Supporting Health in Communities during COVID-19: How Community Primary Healthcare Delivered Continuous Care and Advanced Health Equity through the Pandemic Crisis

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential impacts on the health and wellbeing of people and communities in Ontario, Alliance members worked hard to ensure that people who experience barriers continued to receive high-quality care. The Alliance has 109 members that include AHACs, CHCs, CFHTs, and NPLCs and a FHO. When the information below describes a specific primary care model, this is indicated.

Collaborative Care for Mental Health and Addictions

The current provincial government, since their election in the spring of 2018, has pledged considerable funding towards expanding and improving mental health care in Ontario. However, the critical role of community-based primary health care teams in providing this care has not been recognized. There is a significant risk that this work will be under-resourced and that, as a result, the clinically and socially vulnerable people served by these teams will experience unnecessary harms. This discussion paper describes a research program that is helping us better understand:

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