Fact Sheet

#What is primary health care? How is it different from primary care?

Community Health Centres and other members of the Alliance for Healthier Communities are committeed to supporting the health and wellbeing of the people in Ontario who face the most significant barriers, including difficulty accessing health and social care, matierial deprivation, discrimination, and trauma. The people who experience these barriers are our moral owner and we are accountable to them in our work. Each Alliance member organization chooses local priority populations according to their communities demographics and assets. 

#What do we mean when we say Primary Health Care is the Foundation of our Health System? 

The Model of Health and Wellbeing (MHWB) is the common conceptual framework that guides our organizations and lays out our sector's foundational commitments.

This document is a list of references for Alliance the fact sheet, "The Model of Health and Wellbeing Works! Here's how we know."  They are also listed below. Headings in the references document and on this page correspond to the headings in the handout.

This project started in Spring 2021 and was conducted in partnership with the National Reconciliation Program (NRP) at Save the Children. The aim of the project was to engage Indigenous youth aged 15-24 in creating a grass roots social media campaign. Indigenous youth promoted positive messages about the COVID-19 vaccines through digital storytelling. 25 youths, including members of the IPHCC's Knowledge Circle and the NRP participated in the planning committee and were engaged in all aspects of the project. 

The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) has developed a series of accessible, culturally aware fact sheets with info on youth vaccinations, Indigenous prioritization for vaccinations, post-vaccination COVID cases, and COVID-19 variants of concern. These resources honour traditional knowledge systems and provide necessary evidence to help support Indigenous populations in making important health choices.

The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) has developed a series of accessible, culturally aware fact sheets with info on youth vaccinations, Indigenous prioritization for vaccinations, post-vaccination COVID cases, and COVID-19 variants of concern. These resources honour traditional knowledge systems and provide necessary evidence to help support Indigenous populations in making important health choices.

The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) has developed a series of accessible, culturally aware fact sheets with info on youth vaccinations, Indigenous prioritization for vaccinations, post-vaccination COVID cases, and COVID-19 variants of concern. These resources honour traditional knowledge systems and provide necessary evidence to help support Indigenous populations in making important health choices.

The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) has developed a series of accessible, culturally aware fact sheets with info on youth vaccinations, Indigenous prioritization for vaccinations, post-vaccination COVID cases, and COVID-19 variants of concern. These resources honour traditional knowledge systems and provide necessary evidence to help support Indigenous populations in making important health choices.