We think the best way to learn is by example. The resources
in this section tell great stories about Community Health
to inspire you to make positive changes in your own community.
Just click to read about them!
Building on Success: A Blueprint
for Effective Primary Health Care - This position
paper from the Association
of Ontario Health Centres is helpful for two reasons: it makes a strong case
for community-based health care in the first section, and
uses 9 short examples in the second section to illustrate
the benefits of community health centres. Each story consists
of three parts: a specific health problem; the solution provided
by the community health centre; and the benefits of that approach—how
it was more effective, cheaper, and faster than traditional,
hospital-based solutions.
Real
Stories: Community Health in Action - This website, hosted and maintained by Health Nexus, holds a good collection of stories about community health and community health centres in Ontario.
Speech by Janet Napper - Hospice care is not about curing illness; hospices provide
care for people suffering from terminal illness. This speech
by Janet Napper, president of the Hospice
Association of Ontario, explains the need for, and growth
of, hospice care in Ontario. Hospice care is viewed as a more
human-scale, community-oriented alternative to hospital care,
where people in the last months of their lives can be comfortable
and receive the personal guidance possible at small-scale
hospices.
Have we missed something? Know a great resource
we should include here? Email us at tamarack@tamarackcommunity.ca
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