This policy brief is an attempt to enrich public discourse and advance novel approaches to designing and implementing Niagara’s public-health [...]
Poor oral health is linked to diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Access to oral health care should NOT be limited [...]
The Niagara Dental Health Coalition conducted a survey in early 2017 looking at barriers faced by Niagara region residents aged [...]
The 2017 edition of The Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey focused on the views and experiences of seniors (age [...]
The provision of integrated care is key for older people. The WHO Guidelines on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) propose evidence-based [...]
This is the second webinar in the INTERVENTIONS IN PRACTICE webinar series, highlighting evidence-informed interventions implemented as part of the Systems Improvement [...]
211 helps people get connected to community, social and government resources and services. During the reporting period of January to [...]
As a general practice, 211 Information and Referral Specialists document situations where no referrals were available to meet an inquirer’s [...]
This report makes four recommendations to respond to Canada’s demographic shift – all seemingly simple and all a familiar tune [...]
Port Colborne's age-friendly needs assessment builds upon the existing needs assessment and action plan developed by Age-Friendly Niagara Community Network. [...]
The goal of this report is to provide the Thorold City Council with the direct feedback from the members within [...]
Throughout Canada’s history, Statistics Canada has collected, compiled, and disseminated data and insights on Canadians’ lives, creating a unique record [...]
What would happen if we engaged the most marginalized members of our community to create healthcare policy, relying on their [...]
The HEART project is aimed at improving access to healthcare for marginalized populations in their local communities. It combines qualitative [...]
This report provides a description and analysis of eight patient-centered policies that provide powerful options for local health system reform [...]
This report highlights some of the achievements of Niagara Health, with a focus on strategic initiatives aligned with four areas [...]
The Niagara Dental Health Coalition conducted a survey to identify barriers to accessing dental care in Niagara region for adults [...]
Bill 41 or the Patients First Act was recently passed in the provincial legislature. The act focuses on four key objectives: improving access to the right care, connecting and providing a more integrated health system, informing patients so that the right decisions can be made and protecting the health care system to ensure sustainability.
For more than 10 years, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), based at the University of Waterloo, has provided comprehensive [...]
"A Profile of Wellbeing" notes that living standards, economic, food and housing insecurity and precarity of work are major issues [...]
