- Community-Informed Persona of Community-Based Health Navigator
By Tasmira Mohib How do newcomers learn about the healthcare system and navigate through it in their newly adopted country? A new healthcare system navigation may involve understanding the process of applying for healthcare cards, finding information on healthcare structure, understanding the access of family physician and walk-in physicians, searching for family physicians, making appointments… Read more: Community-Informed Persona of Community-Based Health Navigator - Who is Black?
Defining the Black Population in Canadian Health Research: A Critical Need Marie Claire Uwamahoro The presence of Black people (“Blacks”) in Canada can be attributed to historical factors such as slavery, colonization, and migration. Some have been here for centuries, while others have been here for merely days to months and are from different countries… Read more: Who is Black? - Welcome!
The Canadian Collaboration for Complex Care welcomes you to our new website! Through our engagement with communities, collaborators, and partners, we have created a web presence strategy that we hope addresses the information and communication needs for our community engagement initiatives and our academic affiliations. As we exist in both academic and community spaces, we have… Read more: Welcome! - Healthcare in Alberta: The hidden truths provide the most promising solutions
Doreen M. Rabi, MD, Clinical Researcher Fobete Dingha, Community Advocate On behalf of the Canadian Collaboration for Complex Care There is an ancient, Eastern parable about blind men encountering an elephant. Having no knowledge or concept of this creature, the men each approached the animal from a different angle, using their sense of touch to… Read more: Healthcare in Alberta: The hidden truths provide the most promising solutions - Exploring limitations in the current standard of care for thyroid hormone replacement therapy in thyroid cancer survivors
Members of the C4 team with lived experience of thyroid cancer are working with thyroid cancer specialists to learn about thyroid cancer patient experiences, treatment satisfaction, and opportunities to improve thyroid cancer care for future patients. This work is the first step in a multi-step program of research, design, and evaluation based on the observation,… Read more: Exploring limitations in the current standard of care for thyroid hormone replacement therapy in thyroid cancer survivors
