Understanding our client populations and their health journeys

# Abstract

The Black-Focused Social Prescribing (BFSP) project is a unique initiative by the Alliance for Healthier Communities that intertwines Afrocentric principles with social prescribing. Going beyond conventional social prescribing models, BFSP addresses specific health needs within Black communities. It is rooted in the Alliance Black Health Strategy, advocates for Black health, and is guided by Afrocentric principles.

Dr. Jennifer Rayner, the Alliance's Director of Research and Policy, presented this at the 2024 Alliance Conference: Co-Designing the Future of Primary Health Care, as part of the Governance stream. It's an overview of the key things board directors at Alliance-member organizations need to know about sociodemographic (SD) data collection, including:

#Abstract

Patients from equity-deserving populations, such as those who are from racialized communities, the 2SLGBTQI+ community, who are refugees or immigrants, and/or who have a disability, may experience a unique set of challenges accessing virtual models of care.

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).

Le projet avait comme objectif :

#Introduction

During the fall of 2022, the Alliance for Healthier Communities (Alliance) launched a research project to pilot the implementation and use of the EQ-5D patient reported outcomes measures (PROMs) tool within 6 Community Health Organizations (CHCs).

The aim of this project was to investigate:

#Abstract

#Background

Complex social determinants of health may not be easily recognized by health care providers and pose a unique challenge in the vulnerable pediatric population where patients may not be able to advocate for themselves.

#Key Points

• 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.

Pendant 16 mois, entre septembre 2022 et décembre 2023, OurCare a interrogé près de 10 000 personnes sur leur expérience des soins primaires et sur leurs valeurs, idées et espoirs concernant l'avenir et l'amélioration de ces soins.

La conversation a mis l'accent sur l'engagement des personnes qui ont le plus besoin de soins, qui sont confrontées aux plus grands obstacles à l'accès aux soins et qui sont les plus susceptibles d'être exclues des décisions politiques concernant les soins primaires. OurCare s'est déroulé en trois phases :

Over 16 months, between September 2022 and December 2023, OurCare engaged nearly 10,000 people about their experiences with primary care and their values, ideas, and hopes for the future and improvement of that care.

The conversation placed special emphasis on engaging people who have the greatest needs of care, face the greatest barriers to accessing care, and are most likely to be excluded from policy-making decisions about primary care. OurCare had three phases:

La croissance rapide du volume de données générées et recueillies en matière de soins de santé, conjuguée aux avancées dans les méthodes et technologies d’analyse de données, transforme le domaine de la santé. L’intelligence artificielle (IA) et les outils connexes d’aide à la décision ont un potentiel exceptionnel pour exploiter les données en vue d’améliorer la qualité et d’adapter les programmes et services pour répondre aux besoins des communautés.