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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

The plane was piloted by a native of the island, deeply committed to helping his community. What followed was a powerful expression of community and compassion. We offered trauma-informed support and helped newly displaced individuals connect with health and community resources.

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Patient experience with Social Prescribing Program in Ontario, Canada [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Social Prescribing (SP) is an approach to help individuals address their health and social needs wherein a healthcare practitioner refers patients to non-clinal services in the community. Models of SP vary, and the experience of patients across these models is less known. ARC: All (N=17) participants used navigation.

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Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Design and analysis: The study employed a comprehensive cohort design to compare individuals with T2D who were Ethiopian-born to their Israeli-born counterparts. Setting: Community-based study using Clalit Health Services (CHS) data. Setting: Community-based study using Clalit Health Services (CHS) data. 0.83, HR 0.70; 95% CI 0.65-0.76,

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Envisioning roles for patient partners in primary health care systems of the future: A structured priority setting exercise [Patient engagement]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-society approach to health and well-being, providing holistic care to patients across their lifespan. Objective: To engage the PHC community and identify how patient partners can best support primary health care design, delivery, research, and education.

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'It takes a lot of twisting: doing research in structurally vulnerable spaces [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To inform researcher training and education, this study explored the experiences of researchers conducting participatory research with people experiencing structural vulnerability. Setting: Community based researchers from a Canadian academic setting. Study Design and Analysis: Exploratory qualitative study.

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Validation of the "Proactive" self-assessment tool for older people to identify their own risk of functional decline [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Participants' comments while completing Proactive provided a qualitative assessment of the validity of the response process, and interviews assessed social validity. Setting: Community-based. Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. Providing incentives such as tying vaccination to insurance-related or public benefits or offering small monetary or non-monetary incentives can also improve vaccine uptake.