Community Health Centres can create long term savings in the health system, improve accessibility and comprehensiveness of health and social services in rural B.C., and enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of mental health and addictions programs. Racialized ethno-cultural communities, low-income seniors, single parents, at-risk youth, First Nations and rural communities all would benefit from Community Health Centres if they are appropriately implemented, funded and community-governed. Here are some more resources to learn about Community Health Centres:
- Community Health Centres Frequently Asked Questions; BC Health Coalition
- Healthy People Healthy Communities: The Role of Community Health Centres (CHCs); Canadian Association of Community Health Centres
- Building Ties with the Health System: A Briefing Document; Community Alliance of Racialized Ethnocultural Services for Equitable Health
- The importance of community health centres in BC’s primary care reforms: What the research tells us; Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Shared Workload makes Cool Aid centre hum; Times Colonist
- Newcomers find piece of home and access much-needed services at New West clinic; New West Record
- Rural Evidence Review Survey: An Investigation of Rural Citizen-Patient Priorities for Health Planning; Centre for Rural Health Research
- Citizen-Patient-Community Participation in Health Care Planning, Decision-Making and Delivery through Rural Health Councils Policy Brief; Centre for Rural Health Research