SAMI 101: Introduction to complexity & panel size
The Alliance for Healthier Communities created this resource to help Alliance member organizations understand the relationship between client health complexity ("SAMI" score) and panel-size targets.
At-a-glance – Black-focused social prescribing: the importance of an Afrocentric approach
# Abstract
The Black-Focused Social Prescribing (BFSP) project is a unique initiative by the Alliance for Healthier Communities that intertwines Afrocentric principles with social prescribing. Going beyond conventional social prescribing models, BFSP addresses specific health needs within Black communities. It is rooted in the Alliance Black Health Strategy, advocates for Black health, and is guided by Afrocentric principles.
Board’s Role in Improving Data Collection and Use
Dr. Jennifer Rayner, the Alliance's Director of Research and Policy, presented this at the 2024 Alliance Conference: Co-Designing the Future of Primary Health Care, as part of the Governance stream. It's an overview of the key things board directors at Alliance-member organizations need to know about sociodemographic (SD) data collection, including:
A qualitative study on the Virtual Emergency Department care experiences of equity-deserving populations
# Abstract
Patients from equity-deserving populations, such as those who are from racialized communities, the 2SLGBTQI+ community, who are refugees or immigrants, and/or who have a disability, may experience a unique set of challenges accessing virtual models of care.
Rapport final: Projet pilot de l'Alliance sur l'utilisation du questionnaire EQ-5D pour la collecte de MRDP
Final Report: Alliance EQ-5D PROMs Pilot (June 2024)
Acceptability and feasibility of screening with a pediatric care provider-led social determinants of health identification tool
Achieving equity in reproductive care and birth outcomes for Black people in Canada
#Key Points
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Canada has been slow to collect the robust race-based maternal–newborn data that could allow study of racial inequity in maternal morbidity and mortality at the population level.
Les soins primaires ont besoin de NosSoins: Présentation du standard NosSoins
Pendant 16 mois, entre septembre 2022 et décembre 2023, OurCare a interrogé près de 10 000 personnes sur leur expérience des soins primaires et sur leurs valeurs, idées et espoirs concernant l'avenir et l'amélioration de ces soins.
La conversation a mis l'accent sur l'engagement des personnes qui ont le plus besoin de soins, qui sont confrontées aux plus grands obstacles à l'accès aux soins et qui sont les plus susceptibles d'être exclues des décisions politiques concernant les soins primaires. OurCare s'est déroulé en trois phases :
Primary Care Needs OurCare: Introducing the OurCare Standard
Over 16 months, between September 2022 and December 2023, OurCare engaged nearly 10,000 people about their experiences with primary care and their values, ideas, and hopes for the future and improvement of that care.
The conversation placed special emphasis on engaging people who have the greatest needs of care, face the greatest barriers to accessing care, and are most likely to be excluded from policy-making decisions about primary care. OurCare had three phases: