National Envelope- Tools for Transition - Responsive Component Initiatives
Best Practices in Primary Health Care Centres - National Conference
(Completed October 2002)
$15,000
Led by the Community Health Co-operative Federation Ltd., the Canadian Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations held a national conference, Best Practices in Primary Health Care Centres, October 2-5, 2002 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Partners:
Canadian Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations
Objectives:
Approximately 900 participants from community health centres attended the conference, which provided a forum to portray innovations in:
- Interdisciplinary approaches to primary health care;
- Health promotion and disease prevention program development;
- Meeting needs of groups at risk;
- Primary health care research;
- Community ownership and involvement in primary health care; and
- Supporting people with chronic diseases.
Expected Results:
This conference gave individuals and organizations involved in primary health care delivery and development in Canada, an opportunity to learn about the success Canada's community health centres have had taking primary health care in directions consistent with the Primary Health Care Transition Fund.
Contact:
Patrick Lapointe
Community Health Cooperative Federation Ltd.
455 - 2nd Avenue North
Saskatoon, SK S7K 2C2
Tel: (306) 652-0300
Fax: (306) 664-4120
Email: plapointe@communityclinic.sk.ca
 www.saskatooncommunityclinic.ca
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