Waking up to a severe toothache, Alisha ran to the washroom and hurriedly opened the medicine cabinet. She grabbed...
Archive for category: CHC Perspectives
We are grateful to Bernie for allowing us to share his story Bernie is a 67 year old Indigenous...
WE Breastfeed Cafés Serve Up More Than Coffee and Breastmilk
Peggy Nickels, , CHC Perspectives, breastfeeding, child, childhood, Guelph, Guelph Community Health Centre, 0As you walk through the door and into a WE (Women Everywhere) Breastfeed Café on a Wednesday afternoon, the...
Occupational therapy services at a CHC for people living with HIV
CACHC, , CHC Perspectives, CHCs Work, chronic illness, HIV, Manitoba, Nine Circles Community Health Centre, occupational therapy, pain management, Winnipeg, 0An efficient health-care system includes services for people with chronic and episodic conditions within primary care (Aggarwal & Hutchison, 2012)....
Beyond Dispensing: A Pharmacist as Member of a CHC Interprofessional Team
CACHC, , CHC Perspectives, British Columbia, interprofessional care, Mid-Main Community Health Centre, pharmacist, pharmacy, Vancouver, 0Susan Troesch is Clinical Pharmacist at Mid-Main Community Health Centre (Vancouver, BC) and Clinical Instructor in the Faculty of...
What Makes a Community Health Centre?
Nicole Chammartin, , CHC Perspectives, CACHC, community, Klinic Community Health, MACH, Manitoba, Mount Carmel Clinic, Nicole Chammartin, Winnipeg, 0CACHC / MACH AGM participants visit Canada's first and longest operating CHC, Mount Carmel Clinic, in Winnipeg. When I...
The Muddy Waters of Disaster Relief
Juanita Lawson, , CHC Perspectives, CHCs Work, community disaster, emergency response, ER diversion, NorWest Community Health Centres, Ontario, THunder Bay, 0On the night of May 28, 2012, more than 100 mm of rain flooded the secondary sewage treatment plant...
Social Work Students: CHCs Might be Right for You
CACHC, , CHC Perspectives, Grand River Community Health Centre, social work, social workers, 2A question still being asked by many in North America is: “what is a Community Health Centre (CHC)?”. While...
Community Health Centres – My “Aha Moment”
Scott Wolfe, , CHC Perspectives, Medicare at 50: Our Healthy Future and the Role of CHCs, 0I first began to work formally with Community Health Centres (CHCs) in 2004, when I accepted a role with...
Volunteers at CHCs: leaving a mark, leaving a legacy
CACHC, , CHC Perspectives, Medicare at 50: Our Healthy Future and the Role of CHCs, 1A guest blog post from London Intercommunity Health Centre volunteer, José. Good afternoon! It is a pleasure to share...
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