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Strengthening Community Health Centres in British Columbia
- Advocacy
BCACHC and its member CHCs are working to achieve the following: Secure dedicated funding for...
British Columbia Association of Community Health Centres 2024-2025 Annual Report
- CHC Operations
Please click here to download a copy of the 2024-2025 British Columbia Association of Community...
BCACHC 2023 – 2024 Annual Report
- CHC Operations
BCACHC Annual Report 2024Download
BCACHC Newsletter Issue 2 / 2024
- Newsletter
Please click here to download a copy of our latest newsletter.
FEATURE – Rutland Community Clinic
- Featured CHCs
History Rutland Community Clinic is a new community health centre (CHC) in the Rutland...
Starter Kit: Community Health Centres in British Columbia
- Building CHCs
- CHC Operations
The British Columbia Association of Community Health Centres (BCACHC) created this guide to assist...
Accessing Team-based Through the CHC Model
- Team-Based Care
Accessing Team-based Through the CHC Model Please join us for a virtual event about the Community...
Newsletter – Issue 1 – 2024
- Newsletters
BCACHC Newsletter - Issue 1 - 2024 Please click here to access our latest newsletter.
Feature – RISE Community Health Centre
- Featured CHCs
History RISE Community Health Centre (CHC), a part of Collingwood Neighbourhood House officially...
A New Clinical Tool for Assessing & Addressing Poverty in Primary Care Settings
- Allied Health Care
- Social Determinants of Health
- Team-Based Care
About the Tool The Centre of Effective Practice recently released a guide to improve screening for...
Patient Safety
- Health Equity
- Primary Care
1 out of every 10 patients worldwide is harmed in the process of receiving care1. Common incidents...
Resources on Cultural Safety, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Practices
- Health Equity
- Cultural Safety
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
“Racism and culturally unsafe care affect the safety and quality of care and cultural safety and...
The SAFER Knowledge Translation & Exchange (KTE)
- Primary Care
- Harm Reduction
The SAFER Knowledge Translation & Exchange (KTE) Initiative is a program of AVI Health &...
BCACHC Board Member Profile
- Featured CHCs
Special Feature Irene Clarence Executive Director, Mid-Main CHC (2005 – 2023) Director, BCACHC...
2022-23 Annual Report
- Annual Report
BCACHC-Annual-Report-2023Download
Communications Toolkit | Team-Based Care : Back to Basics
- Allied Health Care
- Building CHCs
- Team-Based Care
Background Team-Based Care (TBC) is a healthcare delivery model where many health professionals...
County Health Rankings and Health Outcomes
- Health Equity
- Social Determinants of Health
Rankings in US provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn,...
WE MATTER’s Toolkit for Support Workers
- Allied Health Care
- Mental Wellbeing
- Cultural Safety & Humility
A toolkit to help youth workers, counsellors, or mental health staff use the We Matter videos to...
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Understanding Trauma-Informed Practice and Engagement [WEBINAR]
- Mental Wellbeing
- Cultural Safety & Humility
- Patient Engagement
In this webinar, presented by Healthcare Excellence Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health...
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How Safe is Your Care? Building Capacity for Patient Safety, Together with Patients and Care Partners [WEBINAR]
- Communities of Practice
- Mental Wellbeing
- Cultural Safety & Humility
- Patient Engagement
What is commonly measured in the healthcare system isn’t how safe care is but how harmful it has...
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Safety Conversations Start with Creating a Safe Workforce and Workplace – Lessons from Early Adopters of HSO’s Workforce Survey on Well-Being, Quality, and Safety [WEBINAR]
- Allied Health Care
- Mental Wellbeing
- Cultural Safety & Humility
- Patient Engagement
Canadian Patient Safety Week 2022 hosted a panel discussion, “Safety Conversations Start with...
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Building Relationships and Partnerships Between Indigenous Communities and Health Organizations: Sharing the Journey of the Promoting Life Together Collaborative [WEBINAR]
- Communities of Practice
- Mental Wellbeing
- Cultural Safety & Humility
- Patient Engagement
In this webinar presented by Healthcare Excellence Canada, the panel will discuss and share...
Promising Practices for Retaining the Healthcare Workforce in Northern, Rural, and Remote Communities
- Allied Health Care
- CHC Operations
- Mental Wellbeing
Healthcare Excellence Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Institute for Health Information...
Registered Nurse Competency Project
- CHC Operations
- Communities of Practice
- Primary Care
- Team-Based Care
Advancing Team-Based Care BCACHC was very fortunate that Laura Sacilotto, an experienced nurse...
Building a CHC: Bowen Island
- Building CHCs
- Featured CHCs
A note from BCACHC Bowen Island Community Health Centre was initiated by a concerned group of...
Advancing the Practice of Patient- and Family-Centered Care in Hospitals
- Allied Health Care
- Communication
- Health Equity
Some guidelines for how to determine how patient-centered the care the organization is providing...
Institute for Patient- and Family- Centered Care: Resources
- Communication
- Health Equity
- Social Determinants of Health
Free resources, guidelines, checklists, etc. for how to promote patient- and family-centered care...
Team-based care Evaluation and Adoption Model (TEAM) Framework
- Allied Health Care
- CHC Operations
- Primary Care
The TEAM Framework provides a comprehensive framework for assessing evidence needed to support...
Culture Change Toolbox
- Allied Health Care
- CHC Operations
- Communication
The Culture Change Toolbox is a collection of tools and interventions for changing culture in our...
PACC Mapping
- Building CHCs
- Social Determinants of Health
PACC Mapping is an engagement and planning approach that helps communities collectively explore...
Equip Health Care – health equity toolkit and training, trauma- and violence-informed care training
- Allied Health Care
- Health Equity
- Social Determinants of Health
EQUIP Health Care is a research and implementation program that involves health equity...
Improving Routine Childhood Vaccination
- Allied Health Care
- Health Equity
- Primary Care
The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS), with support from the Public Health Agency of Canada...
80% Of Rural BC Residents Struggle To Pay For Health Care
- Evidence for CHCs
- Health Equity
- Rural Health
A survey by the Centre for Rural Health Research has found that the cost of seeking health care is...
Legal & Complaint Resources for People Impacted by the Mental Health Act
- Health Equity
- Social Justice
- Mental Wellness
Legal and complaint resources for people impacted by the Mental Health Act View...
Why Have We Left Human Rights Out of Mental Health and Substance Use Health Care?
- Health Equity
- Social Justice
- Mental Wellness
This paper provides an overview of human rights issues in BC’s civil involuntary mental health and...
Legal Research and Resource Guide
- Health Equity
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Justice
- Mental Wellness
This guide supports access to justice by providing an overview of legal research and resources for...
Resources for Community Health Nursing
- Primary Care
Canadian community health nursing professional practice model, standards of practice and related...
What does intersectional equity in mental health law look like?
- Health Equity
- Mental Wellness
Mental health laws don’t impact all people and communities in the same way. This blog provides...
WE MATTER’s Toolkit for Support Workers
- Allied Health Care
- Communication
- Mental Wellbeing
A toolkit to help youth workers, counselors, or mental health staff use the We Matter videos to...
Integrated Care Research and Practice: Multidisciplinary Teams
- Team-Based Care
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has compiled a wide variety of resources for...
Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits After Regional Expansion of Community Health Centres
- Evidence for CHCs
- Mental Wellbeing
Delve into this research study which found that the expanstion of primary care services in...
The importance of community health centres in BC’s primary care reforms: What the research tells us
- Evidence for CHCs
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Promising Practices for Increasing Access to Transportation in Rural Communities
- CHC Operations
This resource delves into rural transportation programs that can be implemented to increase...
A Guide to Authentic Patient Engagement
- Patient Engagement
This guide is for people working in the health care system who are planning or continuing to...
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C.
- Health Equity
- Social Determinants of Health
- Cultural Safety & Humility
Report from an independent review examining systemic Indigenous-specific racism in the BC...
The Interprofessional Collaborative Organization Map and Preparedness Assessment Tool (IP-COMPASS)
- Team-Based Care
IP-COMPASS is a quality improvement framework to help clinical settings become better prepared to...
BC Hub for Workplace Mental Wellness
- Mental Wellbeing
This website is a valuable repository of mental wellness resources for workers in various...
CMHA Online Mental Health Courses
- Mental Wellbeing
The Canadian Mental Health Association offers a wide variety of online courses on mental health,...
Rural Mental Wellness Toolkit
- Mental Wellbeing
The Stigma-Free Society created this Rural Mental Wellness Toolkit to provide resources for...
Center for Community Health Innovation
- Primary Care
The Center for Community Health Innovation (CCHI) works to identify, support, and replicate...
CHCs: A Game-Changer for Health Care in BC
- Advocacy
- Evidence for CHCs
- Health Equity
- Primary Care
- Social Determinants of Health
About the Author: This blog was written by BCACHC volunteer, Patricia Balmes, who brings the...
New Videos: CHC Model in Action
- Advocacy
- Building CHCs
- CHC Operations
- Evidence for CHCs
- Health Equity
- Primary Care
- Social Determinants of Health
Better for the whole community “I just think that the more Community Health Centers that we have,...
A Pathway to Hope: CHCs Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Our Communities
- Primary Care
- Mental Wellbeing
Mental health in BC “almost one million British Columbians will experience a mental health or...
Building Ties with the Health System
- Advocacy
- Evidence for CHCs
- Health Equity
Calls for more CHCs in BC Community coalitions have always recognized the value of having...
The importance of Community Health Centres in BC’s primary care reforms
- Advocacy
- Evidence for CHCs
Evidence for the CHC model The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives call for a closer look at...
Identifying the Features and Impacts of Community Health Centres
- Advocacy
- Evidence for CHCs
Evidence for the CHC model A rapid synthesis study performed by McMaster University in 2020...
Community Health Centres in BC Infographic
- Building CHCs
How do you describe the Community Health Centre model? CHCs in BC are defined by a set of...
Roadmap to a CHC
- Building CHCs
Looking to develop or expand a Community Health Centre? This blog serves as a guide for groups...