Transforming Health Care in Remote Communities: report on an international conference

BMC Proceedings

Meeting Report

Josée Lavoie¹  James Ford²  Susan Chatwood³  Mason White⁴  Michael Jong⁵  Gwen Healey⁶  T. Kue Young⁷ 

[1] Department of Community Health Sciences, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;Department of Geography, McGill University, Montréal, Canada;Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, Yellowknife, NT, Canada;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;Labrador-Grenfell Regional Health Authority, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada;Discipline of Family Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada;Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, Iqaluit, NT, Canada;Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Canada;School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada;

关键词: Intimate Partner Violence;    Remote Community;    Chronic Disease Prevention;    Health Human Resource;    Community Health Nurse;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12919-016-0006-0

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

An international conference titled “Transforming Health Care in Remote Communities” was held at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel in Edmonton, Canada, April 28–30, 2016. The event was organized by the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health, in partnership with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre in Iqaluit, Nunavut.There were 150 registrants from 7 countries: Canada (7 provinces and 3 territories), United States, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Australia. They included representatives of academic institutions, health care agencies, government ministries, community organizations, and private industry.The Conference focused on developing solutions to address health care in remote regions. It enabled new networks to be established and existing ones consolidated.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2016