Canada’s leading National Arthritis Awareness Program (NAAP) delivers meaningful tools to initiate conversations about arthritis between you and your healthcare professionals. With the appropriate tools and knowledge you can discuss treatment, prevention and management to live your best life with arthritis.
Arthritis Broadcast Network (ABN) is your daily source for arthritis news, information, and stories.
Also available are two free, comprehensive arthritis apps for iPhone and iPod touch – ArthritisID (for the public) and ArthritisID PRO (for healthcare professionals). View the ArthritisID Feature Sheet and the ArthritisID PRO Feature Sheet. Joint exam videos from the apps are also available for viewing on the Arthritis Broadcast Network YouTube Channel.
The program has provided resource materials, information and tools to help you get informed, get educated, and spread the word about arthritis. We encourage you to share these messages and materials about arthritis treatment and prevention with fellow consumers, patients and healthcare professionals.
Our point-of-practice arthritis tool has been revised with the most up-to-date classification criteria for arthritis detection and diagnosis, developed by leading clinical researchers Drs. Gillian Hawker, Jolanda Cibere and John Esdaile, in consultation with the Canadian Rheumatology Association and The Arthritis Society. It is a practical tool incorporating evidence-based information to support arthritis diagnosis and management that can be used in your daily practice.
Download a version of our full colour and printer-friendly evidence-based, arthritis point-of-practice tool:
- Point-of-practice arthritis tool 11×17 English
- Point-of-practice arthritis tool 11×17 French
- Point-of-practice arthritis tool 8.5×11 English
- Point-of-practice arthritis tool 8.5×11 French
If you would like to order a tool for your practice, please contact us at info@jointhealth.org with your full name and mailing address.
Arthritis Links
Resources for people affected by arthritis
- Arthritis Consumer Experts
- Arthritis Research Canada
- Arthritis Alliance of Canada
- Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
- Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability (CIRPD) – Chronic Pain Webinars
- Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA)
- Health Canada
- Public Health Agency of Canada – Arthritis
- Bone Joint Decade
- Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group
- Cassie and Friends
Disease-specific resources
- Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation
- Canadian Spondylitis Association
- www.MyJointReplacement.ca
- The BC Lupus Society
- Lupus Canada
Arthritis research organizations
- Arthritis Research Canada – If you would like to support research, click here
- The Arthritis Society – If you would like to support research, click here
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
- Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium
- The Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Science
- Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Arthritis research publications for the public and health professionals
- Arthritis Research Canada
- Arthritis in Canada
- Arthritis Community Research & Evaluation Unit
- Cochrane Collaboration
- Public Health Agency of Canada – Arthritis
- Centre for Hip Health and Mobility
Raising awareness for arthritis
- Arthritis Consumer Experts
- The Arthritis Society
- Arthritis Alliance of Canada
- Patient Partners in Arthritis
Other links of interest
- Better Pharmacare Coalition
- Best Medicines Coalition
- The University of British Columbia Division of Rheumatology
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)
- PubMed
Arthritis funding links
- Disability Health Research Network
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health
American Links
- American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
- Alliance for Lupus Research
- Arthritis Foundation
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institutes of Health (United States)
Australian, New Zealand and United Kingdom Links