Prescribing Better "Pills" to Swallow

This report was featured in the 2023 Family Medicine Report from the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Alongside some of the major findings of the Alliance's Rx:Community Social Prescribing pilot, and it tells the powerful story of Nafisa and her daughter, two participants in Rexdale CHC's Social Prescribing program. Shortly after they came to Canada as asylum seekers, Nafisa experienced complex health challenges.

rapport d'étape: Projet pilot de l'Alliance sur l'utilisation du questionnaire EQ-5D pour la collecte de MRDP

#Introduction

À l’automne 2022, l’Alliance pour des communautés en santé a lancé un projet de recherche pour mettre à l’essai le questionnaire EQ-5D pour la collecte de mesures des résultats déclarés par les patients (MRDP) dans six centres de santé communautaire (CSC).

A Bridge to Universal Healthcare: The Benefits of Ontario’s Program to Make Hospital Care Accessible to All Residents of the Province

In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) issued a directive to extend funding for all medically necessary hospital care to residents without health insurance. Members of the Health Network for Uninsured Clients (HNUC) have observed significant improvements to healthcare access for uninsured clients since the MOH directive has been in place.

Learning from Practice: Building Community Power for Health Equity- Nail Technicians in Greater Toronto

This case-study, cowritten by the NCCDH and Parkdale Queen West Community Health Center (CHC), highlights how the CHC invested resources and effort to support community engagement, community organizing and coalition building in the nail technician community of the Greater Toronto Area in order to improve and enhance occupational health and safety in the industry.

“A Missing Part of Me:” A Pan-Canadian Report on the Licensure of Internationally Educated Health Professionals

#EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Canada’s health care system is understaffed and facing both recruitment and retention challenges. As part of a wider health human resources (HHR) strategy, the National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) is investigating internationally educated physicians and nurses as a key demographic to help meet staffing needs.

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