Walk the Talk: Empowering Patients and Community Members in Healthcare Delivery Research
This article highlights the integrated work of the East Toronto Health Partners and their high-priority communities. It describes how they built a community-embedded learning health system in which patient partners are included in each step of the research cycle, from idea generation to dissemination.
Achieving equity in reproductive care and birth outcomes for Black people in Canada
#Key Points
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Canada has been slow to collect the robust race-based maternal–newborn data that could allow study of racial inequity in maternal morbidity and mortality at the population level.
2023-2024 Health Promotion Year in Review
This poster from Guelph Community Health Centre presents an overview and evaluation of their health promotion programs for 2023-24.
Key themes addressed:
- Community Program Data, General Satisfaction Survey Results for Community Programs
- Social Prescription Data, results of Staff Survey for those who Refer to Social Prescribing
- Looking ahead
Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort study
System-Level Factors and Time Spent on Electronic Health Records by Primary Care Physicians
Characteristics of Self-Rated Oral Health among Syrian Refugee Parents in Ontario
Have Primary Care Renewal Initiatives in Canada Increased Comprehensive Care for Patients with Complex Care Needs? Yes and No
#Abstract
The First Ministers Health Accords of 2001 through 2003 (Health Canada 2006) launched the renewal of primary care toward more comprehensive care delivery models. We scanned government websites in the 10 Canadian provinces to assess how comprehensive and integrated renewal models were for health and social services in 2018. More comprehensive primary care delivery models were the norm in five out of 10 provinces.