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DESCRIPTION:Date: Wed May 12\, 2021\n	Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. \n	Topic: Conn
 ecting care and improving access for vulnerable populations\n	Zoom link: ht
 tps://mcgill.zoom.us/j/81299619692\n	Moderated by Dr. Marion Dove\n	\n	Socioe
 conomic factors are known to be closely connected with good health. Primar
 y care providers are uniquely positioned to holistically address these bro
 ader determinants of health by acting as a conduit between health and soci
 al services. In Canada\, there is growing recognition that these linkages 
 should be formalized within healthcare delivery to ensure high quality pri
 mary care.\n\nThis session will focus on two innovative models of primary 
 care delivery.\n\nDr. Vania Jimenez will present the case of La Maison Ble
 ue\, a non-profit organization (NPO) that provides holistic health and soc
 ial support to pregnant women and families living in situations of precari
 ty. It does so by adopting a hybrid model that brings medical\, psychosoci
 al and educational services offered by the Côte-des-Neiges Family Medicine
  Group (FMG) and the CIUSS Centre-Ouest under the same roof as a NPO that 
 ensures integrated\, responsive and continuous care.\n\nDr. Kate Mulligan 
 will discuss a research pilot as part of her previous work with the Allian
 ce for Healthier Communities\, which connected UK experts in social prescr
 ibing with community health centres across Ontario. The project aimed to b
 ring sustainable service innovation to the front lines of primary health c
 are through directed mentorship\, evidence-informed implementation\, local
  adaptation and partnership\, and built-in evaluation. This work emphasize
 s key aspects of Ontario’s healthcare reform\, which is moving towards the
  integration of social prescribing link workers as part of its primary car
 e teams.\n	 \n\nDr. Vania Jimenez will present the case of La Maison Bleue\
 , a non-profit organization that combines the strengths of the health and 
 social services network\, represented by the Côte-des-Neiges Family Medici
 ne Group (FMG) and the Integrated Health and Social Services University Ne
 twork for West-Central Montreal (West-Central Montreal Health)\, and those
  of an independent non-profit organization (NPO) rooted in the community a
 nd closely tied to community partners. This atypical model provides a cont
 inuum of free public services to families and to marginalized and isolated
  communities.\n\nDr. Kate Mulligan will discuss a research pilot as part o
 f her previous work with the Alliance for Healthier Communities\, which co
 nnected UK experts in social prescribing with community health centres acr
 oss Ontario. The project aimed to bring sustainable service innovation to 
 the front lines of primary health care through directed mentorship\, evide
 nce-informed implementation\, local adaptation and partnership\, and built
 -in evaluation. This work emphasizes key aspects of Ontario’s healthcare r
 eform\, which is moving towards the integration of social prescribing link
  workers as part of its primary care teams.\n\n \n\n\nSpeaker Biographies
 \n\nDr. Vania Jimenez MD is a researcher\, clinician\, obstetrician\, psyc
 hotherapist and family physician practising in Montreal. In 1999\, she was
  named the Canadian Family Physician of the Year by the College of Family 
 Physicians of Canada. She is currently head of the Family Medicine Unit an
 d head of Medical Services at CSSS Côte-des-Neiges in Montreal. Since 2006
 \, she has served as president of La Maison Bleue\, a non-profit organizat
 ion staffed by family physicians who work in a multidisciplinary team to s
 erve economically vulnerable families.\n\n\n\n	Dr. Kate Mulligan PhD is an 
 assistant professor of social and behavioural sciences at U of T’s Dalla L
 ana School of Public Health. Mulligan previously served as Director of Pol
 icy and Communications at the Alliance for Healthier Communities\, a netwo
 rk of community-governed primary health-care organizations. The network in
 tegrates prescriptions for social connection into existing health care and
  community services\, which conducted Canada’s first social prescribing re
 search pilot in 2018 dubbed Rx: Community.\n
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SUMMARY:Global Health Webinar: Connecting care and improving access for vul
 nerable populations
URL:/familymed/channels/event/global-health-webinar-co
 nnecting-care-and-improving-access-vulnerable-populations-330588
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