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Building a Foundation for Discussion Community Health and Wellness

Building a Foundation for Discussion Community Health and Wellness. Jackie Gervais B.A., CTTS-M, ECE, DHSW. What is Community Health and Wellness?. Made in. Fort Erie. Solutions. Made in Fort Erie. Physician Recruitment Task Force More than 100 volunteers. Identified community needs.

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Building a Foundation for Discussion Community Health and Wellness

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  1. Building a Foundation for DiscussionCommunity Health and Wellness Jackie Gervais B.A., CTTS-M, ECE, DHSW

  2. What is Community Health and Wellness? Made in Fort Erie Solutions

  3. Made in Fort Erie Physician Recruitment Task Force More than 100 volunteers Identified community needs Community Health and Wellness Advisory Committee & 4 sub committees If you don’t know what you don’t know, you don’t know what to ask for!

  4. Community Health & Wellness… Health Canada’s Determinants of Health 7. Personal Health Practices & Coping Skills 1. Income and social status 2. Employment 8. Health services 9. Social support networks 3. Education 10. Biological & Genetic Endowment 4. Social Environments 11. Gender 5. Physical Environments 12. Culture 6. Healthy Child Development Uses Health Canada’s Determinants of Health to guide wellness in Fort Erie

  5. Health status is more than a health care system…. Health is an outcome of many factors

  6. Community Health & Wellness is… Town Council From the People Grass roots

  7. Community Health & Wellness is… • 2003 • Access to Health Care – Interim Report • Education and Literacy – Interim Report • Health of the Environment – Interim Report • Health of Older Adults – Interim Report • Housing – Interim Report • Mental Health – Interim Report • Fort Erie Social Capital Report • 2004 • Community Health and Wellness Advisory Committee Terms of Reference • Fort Erie Youth Study • Health of Youth – Interim Report • Self-Reported Health Status & Lifestyle Behaviours of the Residents of the Town of Fort Erie, Ontario, as Related to the Canadian Community Health Survey • 2006 • Fort Erie Youth Living Without Secure Housing Report • Youth Forum Report • 2007 • Unlock the Possible: A Case for Inclusion • Town of Fort Erie – Learning Community Plan • 2009 • Building a Foundation for Discussion – Fort Erie Community Health and Wellness Founded in research

  8. What is Community Health & Wellness? 50 + Partnerships Literacy Link Niagara Local Physicians Maple Park Lodge McMaster University Niagara Health System Niagara Homelessness Initiative Niagara Mental Health Niagara Mental Health Suicide Prevention Coalition Niagara Regional Public Health Niagara Region Community Services Niagara Region Child Care Niagara Regional Housing-Affordable Housing Program Ontario Early Years PBNC The Problem Gaming Program RCBHS Red Cross Regional Recruitment and Retention Rural Ontario Medical Program Sage-femme Renaissance Midwifery Salvation Army Speech Services Victorian Order of Nurses W.A.R.M. Other regional, provincial, national contacts and leaders Adult Literacy Council Bridges Community Health Centre Brighter Futures Brock University Buffalo General Hospital Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators Canadian Council on Learning Canadian National Institute for the Blind Canadian Tire Foundation for Families Funding Underprivileged Youth Chamber of Commerce Community Living Fort Erie Community Nursing Community Support Services Douglas Heights Seniors Centre Douglas Memorial Hospital Douglas Memorial Hospital Standing Committee Family and Children’s Services Fort Erie Multicultural Centre Fort Erie Native Cultural Centre Fort Erie Out of the Cold Fort Erie Public Library Fort Erie YMCA Greater Fort Erie Health Services Board Heart Niagara IMG John Howard Society

  9. Community Health & Wellness… Addresses immediate needs….

  10. Community Health & Wellness… Small Children & their Families Access to Health Care Youth engagement Literacy ~ implications on health Youth without secure housing Health of Older Adults Addressescommunity needsby lookingat theroot causes of illness and health….

  11. So what changes have occurred because of Community Health and Wellness? • Research and Reports • Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council • Tune into Mental Health Series • Youth Without Secure Housing Committee • Community Health Centre – Bridges • The Forum for Service Providers Caring for Youth and Children • Family Literacy Day Annual Event • Health Professional Recruitment and Retention Without the networking of Community Health and Wellness these likely would not have happened

  12. Good Health/ Wellness is the outcome of many factors. Therefore wellness is complex.

  13. What is Community Health & Wellness? Gap identification New directions yet to forge Awareness Voice for the community Community partnerships Advocacy It is the hub of information and the connection to the community regarding the conditions that provide quality of life and health to the residents of the Town

  14. Now, more than ever, we need to consider how we are going to addressCommunity Health and Wellness…

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