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Community Health and Wellbeing Week kicks off next week
 On Monday, September 30, Community Health and Wellbeing Week officially kicks off with a special community breakfast at AccessPoint on Danforth. This symbolic ribbon cutting event will signal the rollout of activities hosted by 108 member centres across the province celebrating Community Health and Wellbeing Week. During the week, organizers will showcase the work that is being done in Ontario's community-governed primary health organizations to address the broad determinants that contribute to health and wellbeing. |
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"How Are You Really Doing?" survey pilot launched
AOHC is working in partnership with the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), one of the world's leading initiatives measuring societal progress, to explore how the Index can be applied in Ontario's Community Health Centres.
A survey pilot will investigate the use of the CIW as a population needs-based framework for planning, monitoring and evaluating progress toward better health and wellbeing for people, families, neighbourhoods and communities. The client survey was designed to be used in a pilot with the overall goal aimed at measuring wellbeing in the eight domains identified by the CIW.
The survey pilot is entitled, "How Are You Really Doing?" The results will be analyzed to give a view of wellbeing at an individual and community level and will provide centres with a validated approach to measuring and improving people and community-centred holistic wellbeing.
The survey will be piloted in six centres across the province from late September to mid-December. Centres participating include: Chigamik CHC, Four Villages CHC, Vaughn CHC, L'Estre CSC, Mary Berglund CHC and Somerset West CHC.
For more information and how your centre can get involved, please contact Heidi Schaeffer, heidi@aohc.org.
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| New meeting dates for Ontario government Poverty Reduction Strategy consultations
St. Catharines: September 30 - 6:30-9 p.m.
Grantham Lion's Club - Ballroom, 732 Niagara
Toronto: October 2 - 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Meeting with MPP Rosario Marchese for residents of Trinity-Spadina
St. Stephen's Community House - Gym ,91 Bellevue Avenue
Kitchener: October 4 - 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
A.R. Kaufman Family YMCA, 333 Carwood Ave
Scarborough: October 4 - 12:30 - 4 p.m.
Centre for Information and Community Services, 2330 Midland Avenue
Complete the online survey
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New report released by Health Council of Canada
A new report released September 19th by the Health Council of Canada, Better health, better care, better value for all: Refocusing health care reform in Canada, examines the impact of the 2003 and 2004 health accords. It finds that improvements in health and health care have been modest and Canada's overall performance lags behind that of other high-income countries. Read the report.
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Get screened for breast cancer
The provincial Under/Never Screened project has drawn our attention to an animated video that walks viewers through the mammography procedure, with humorous commentary and funny visuals. The animated video is intended to make people aware of what to expect when going for a mammography and hopefully, remove the fear element that can prevent people from taking the test.
http://getscreened.ca/resources/
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CIO Blog
Doing the Edge Walk at the CN Tower is one of those things Rod Burns has been meaning to try. Last month, he did just that. Read about it here.
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Quality Improvement Plans - A six month check-in
Participate in peer learning calls with Lorri Zagar and Heidi Schaeffer. All AOHC member centres are welcome.
Ü How's it going?
Ü What's Working Well?
Ü What are your challenges?
View dates and more information
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Free webinar on navigating legal services for people with disabilities
This free webinar is designed to help workers identify legal issues and problems faced by people with disabilities.
Date/time: October 8, 2013 (1:00-2:00pm)
Read more and register
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