Toolkit of Indigenous-focused approaches and evaluation indicators for health systems

This toolkit was produced for use by working groups and support structures of the Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA OHT). However, it may be useful for other mainstream and Indigenous organizations, as well. This document is thus being made publicly available. Please cite appropriately if using it as a reference. 

 

FROM BARRIERS TO SOLUTIONS: A community-based study of Healthcare Access for Reproductive-Age Newcomer Women in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon

# ABSTRACT 

Healthcare should be for everyone, but for newcomer women, it often isn’t. Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park are vibrant, diverse “arrival communities” and home to thousands of newcomer women building their futures. Yet for many, simply accessing basic healthcare remains an uphill climb.

From loneliness to social connection: charting a path to healthier societies

This landmark report from the WHO Commission on Social Connection highlights that social isolation and loneliness are widespread, with serious but under-recognized impacts on health, well-being, and society. Drawing on the latest evidence, the report makes a compelling case for urgent action. It outlines practical, scalable solutions to strengthen social connection – and calls on policy-makers, researchers and all sectors to treat social health with the same urgency as physical and mental health.

Le programme de prescription sociale à l’intention des personnes noires: Perspectives, impacts et recommandations pour l’avenir

Le programme de prescription sociale à l’intention des personnes noires était un project d’une durée de deux ans et demi qui vise à bonifier les pratiques de prescription sociale en élaborant et en appliquant un modèle culturellement adapté, spécifiquement conçu pour s’attaquer aux iniquités en matière de santé auxquelles font face les communautés ACN.

The Black-Focused Social Prescribing Program: Insights, Impacts, and Recommendations for the Future

Black-Focused Social Prescribing (BFSP) was a 2.5-year pilot initiative that aimed to augment social prescribing practices by developing and applying a culturally affirming model of care, specifically designed to address the unique health inequities faced by ACB communities. The pilot was implemented by The Alliance for Healthier Communities, in collaboration with four Community Health Centres CHCs in Ontario: Black Creek, Somerset West, TAIBU, and Rexdale.  

Safer Indoor Air: Recommendations on Wildfire Smoke for Community Spaces and Public Health Authorities

# Purpose

To provide public health authorities and settings such as shelters, group homes, drop-ins, community centres and community clinics with plain language information about reducing exposure to wildfire smoke while considering other indoor air quality goals, including protection from diseases that spread through the air. 

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