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Health Promotion and Community Development
Over 80 Health Promoters and Community Developers from across Ontario attended the annual learning event held in Toronto on July 16 and 17. Participants reported that they found the event useful and requested more opportunities for networking, knowledge-sharing and dialogue.
A topic of great interest for follow-up is the Trillium Project and the development of standardized survey questions aligned with the Canadian Index of Wellbeing. The hope is for the survey to be used to discover outcomes of our work; such as changes in people's sense of community belonging.
The AOHC Education and Capacity Building team will support networking through monthly open call-in forums hosted by Health Promotion and Community Development staff who wish to participate.
Topics will come from those proposed from the recent learning event. If you have a topic of interest for discussion, or are interested in co-hosting an open call, please write to:
capacitybuilding@aohc.org with the subject heading: Peer to Peer Networking Call-in.
Presentations, handouts and program evaluation tools will be posted to the AOHC community members portal. Stay tuned for information about open call-in forums in the fall.
"Networking with colleagues from across Ontario was good. Having discussions like the one focused on the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) survey tool energized and renewed our perspectives and the value of the work we do."
"As a Health Promoter I was able to understand HP from a wholistic point of view."
"As a newcomer to this sector of healthcare it was a very useful two days. I have gained confidence in some of the things I am currently doing. I also found the speakers to be knowledgeable and inspiring."
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NOW LIVE: inaugural pan-Canadian Community Health Centres survey
 Led by the Canadian Association of Community Health Centre's pan-Canadian Research Working Group, the online survey is open for participation by all 700+ CHC organizations across Canada.
All survey responses from CHCs are required by August 30, 2013, in order to enable analysis of results. Survey results will be presented at the Medicare@50: Our Healthy Future and the Role of Community Health Centres conference this September in Saskatoon.
Learn more about the survey goals and process by visiting the home page for the 2013 CHCs Organizational Survey.
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World Hepatitis Day is July 28th
Every year on July 28th, the World Hepatitis Alliance and healthcare workers across the globe mark World Hepatitis Day to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes.
In Windsor, they have gone one step further and have declared the entire week of July 22-28 as Hepatitis Awareness Week.
More information from the World Hepatitis Alliance
View proclamation made in Windsor
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New report reveals immigrant workers are living near-poverty conditions
Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services has released a new research report titled 'Where are the Good Jobs?' This report contains ten powerful case stories of immigrant families from racialized background who are struggling to find stable employment in Canada.
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North Lambton CHC completes diabetes program
Congratulations to North Lambton Community Health Centre who recently completed The Diabetes Standards Recognition Program, granted by Canadian Diabetes Association.
More information on the program
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Volunteers needed to participate in research study
OCAD University and in collaboration with researchers at the Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation are conducting a study to improve the usability of online resources for people with chronic diseases and disabilities. Looking for volunteers over the age of 50 with a chronic disease or disability who is managing several health conditions or, a caregiver (over the age of 18) for an adult managing many health conditions.
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Show support for supervised injection sites in Toronto
Yesterday, Toronto's Board of Health made a landmark decision to support safe-injection sites in the city. However, the Province needs to agree to fund the pilot projects.
RNAO has set up a site for you to send Deb Matthews a letter asking her to support safe injection services. You can also sign a petition to Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq to stop Bill C-65.
Click here to send a letter to Deb Matthews
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People's Shadow Summit & Rally for Medicare
During the Council of the Federal annual meeting with all the Premiers on July 24-25 in Niagara- on- the- Lake, the Ontario Health Coalition is holding a Shadow Summit to push for the renewal of the National Health Accord and federal support for Medicare. The event includes workshops, media events and a rally on July 25th at 11am to call on the federal government to get back to the table to renew the Health Accord which expires in 2014.
More information
Twitter hashtag: #Stand4Medicare #CouncilofFed
Facebook page: Tell Harper to renew Canada's Health Accord
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