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#Canadian Index of Wellbeing
How are Canadians Really Doing? (link is external) Canadian Index of Wellbeing and University of Waterloo. 2012
How are Ontarians Really Doing? (link is external) Canadian Index of Wellbeing and University of Waterloo. 2014
Measuring What Matters: How the Canadian Index of Wellbeing can improve quality of life in Ontario (link is external) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2014
Bridging the Gap - Measuring What Matters: The Ottawa Community Wellbeing Report (link is external) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2014
Measuring What Matters: The Vaughan Community Wellbeing Report (link is external) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2015

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#Community-Centredness

    
Transforming Primary Health Care in Ontario: Spotlight on Community-Centredness - (English) (French) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2016

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#Community Health Centres
CHC Cost Effectiveness: A Review of the Literature Association of Ontario Health Centres 2005
Comparison of primary care models in the prevention of cardiovascular disease - a cross sectional study Liddy et al. BMC Family Practice 2011
Comparison of Primary Care Models in Ontario (link is external) Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences 2012
The Untold Story: Examining Ontario’s Community Health Centres’ Initiatives to Address Upstream Determinants of Health (link is external) Patricia A. Collins, Sarah J. Resendes and James R. Dunn 2014
Ontario's Community Health Centres: A Transformative Solution to Improve Health and Wellbeing Association of Ontario Health Centres 2015
Cancer screening: How Ontario’s Community Health Centres achieve results - (English) (French) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2016

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#Food Security
Thinking Outside the Breadbox: A “how‐to” handbook for food security programming in Community Health Centres (link is external) GTA CHC Food Security Network 2010

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#Health Equity
Age equity in different models of primary care practice in Ontario Simone Dahrouge MSc PhD, William Hogg MSc MClSc MD FCFP, Meltem Tuna MSc PhD, Grant Russell MB BS FRACGP MFM PhD, Rose Ann Devlin MA PhD, Peter Tugwell MSc FRCPC MD, Elizabeth Kristjansson MA PhD 2011
Social change or business as usual at city hall? Examining an urban municipal government's response to neighbourhood-level health inequities (link is external) Madelaine C. Cahuas, Sarah Wakefield, Yun Peng 2014
Transforming Primary Health Care in Ontario: Spotlight on health equity (English) (French) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2017
Submission to the Standing Committee on General Government regarding Bill 114, An Act to Provide for Anti-Racism Measures Association of Ontario Health Centres 2017

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#Indigenous Health
Cancer in the Métis People of Ontario: Risk Factors and Screening Behaviours (link is external) Cancer Care Ontario 2015
Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig Health Access Centre Annual Report Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig Health Access Centre 2016

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#Interprofessional Teams
EnHANCE Ontario Project (link is external) EnHANCE Ontario  
Building Better Teams: A Toolkit for Strengthening Teamwork in Community Health Centres Association of Ontario Health Centres 2007
Picking up the Pace: Interprofessional Practice (link is external) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2010

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#LGBT
Rainbow Health Ontario Resources and Materials (link is external) Rainbow Health Ontario  
Communique to AOHC members about LGBT Survey (link is external) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2013
LGBT People Living in Ontario and Primary Health Care (link is external) Rainbow Health Ontario 2013

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#Local Health Integration Networks
Committee Transcripts: Standing Committee on Social Policy - 2013-Nov-18 - Local Health System Integration Act review (link is external) Legislative Assembly of Ontario 2013
Promoting Community Health and Wellbeing in Ontario: How LHINs can lead the way (link is external) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2013
Recommendations on how to strengthen the Local Health System Integration Act, 2006 to enable a “People and Communities First” approach to Health System Transformation Association of Ontario Health Centres 2016

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#Migrant Agricultural Workers
Migrant Worker Health - Resources and Materials (link is external) Migrant Worker Health  
Towards Healthier Workers Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers 2012

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#Oral Health
Putting Our Money Where Our Mouth Is: The Future of Dental Care in Canada (link is external) Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives 2011
Oral Health - More Than Just Cavities (link is external) Arlene King 2012
Staying Ahead of the Curve: A unified public oral health program for Ontario? (link is external) Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto 2012
Meeting the Poverty Reduction Target (link is external) (see pg 12 re:oral health) 25 in 5 Network 2012
Brighter Prospects: Transforming Social Assistance (link is external) (see pg 83 re: recommendations on dental benefits) Commission for the Review of Social Assistance 2012
No access to dental care: Facts and figures on visits to emergency rooms and physicians for dental problems in Ontario Ontario Oral Health Alliance 2017

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#Patients First
People and Communities First - AOHC’s Response to Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario Association of Ontario Health Centres 2016
Ontario Oral Health Alliance response to “Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario” Ontario Oral Health Alliance 2016
Réponse des centres de santé francophones de l’Ontario au document de discussion « Priorité aux patients » Association of Ontario Health Centres 2016 
Joint Submission on Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario Association of Ontario Health Centres and Rainbow Health Ontario 2016
Bringing Order to Indigenous Primary Health Care Planning and Delivery in Ontario - AHACs and Aboriginal CHCs Response to Patients First: A Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Heath Care in Ontario Ontario's Aboriginal Health Access Centres 2016
Submission to the Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly regarding Bill 41- Patients First Act, 2016 Association of Ontario Health Centres 2016

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#Primary Health Care
Managing Chronic Disease in Ontario Primary Care: The Impact of Organizational Factors (link is external) Annals of Family Medicine, Inc. 2008
Community orientation in primary care practices: Results from the Comparison of Models of Primary Health Care in Ontario Study Laura Muldoon MD MPH FCFP, Simone Dahrouge MSc PhDc, William Hogg MSc MClSc MD FCFP, Robert Geneau PhD, Grant Russell MB BS FRACGP MFM PhD, Michael Shortt 2010
Getting it all done. Organizational factors linked with comprehensive primary care Grant Russella, Simone Dahrougea, Meltem Tunaa, William Hogga, Robert Geneaub, Goshu Gebremichaelf 2010
Towards equity in access to Community-based Primary Health Care: A population needs-based approach Association of Ontario Health Centres 2012
Family-centred care delivery: Comparing models of primary care service delivery in Ontario Liesha Mayo-Bruinsma MSc, William Hogg MSc MClSc MD FCFP, Monica Taljaard MSc PhD, Simone Dahrouge MSc PhD 2013
Health Care in Ontario: A Primer for The Board of Directors of Community Governed Primary Health Care Organizations Healthy Debate 2014

 

#Privacy and Security

    
Cybersecurity and Ransomware: Alliance member case studies (English) (French) Alliance for Healthier Communities 2019

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#Quality Improvement

    
Evaluation Goals: Implementing an Evaluation Audit Practice in a Toronto Non-Profit Agency (link is external) Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services 2017

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#Social Isolation

    
Transforming Primary Health Care in Ontario: Spotlight on Reducing Social Isolation (English) (French) Association of Ontario Health Centres 2016