Name
Building a new integrated mental health / primary care program in a community centre located in a disadvantaged neighbourhood
Description
This project was a response to a major newspaper study identified the health disparities in access and outcomes within a circumscribed small area of North Hamilton, Ontario, Canada including significantly shortened life expectancy. In one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in Hamilton, where over 20% of the population had no access to primary care the Hamilton Family Health Team worked with a local community centre to develop and implement a new primary care clinic with a range of programs all of which integrated mental health and primary care from the outset. This presentation describes all the steps in the creation of the new clinic and the programs that have been developed.
nick kates
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Patient-centered care or Patient perspectives, Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, Social determinants of health or SDoH
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
Medicine, Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH)
Objective 1
Understand the rationale for integrating a primary care clinic within a community centre located in a deprived neighbourhood
Objective 2
Learn the steps that need to be followed to ensure the successful implementation of a new community based project
Objective 3
Understand the principles and goals underlying the integrated mental health / primary care team
Content Reference 1
DeLuca, P. F., Buist, S., & Johnston, N. (2012). The Code Red Project: Engaging communities in health system change in Hamilton, Canada. Social Indicators Research, 108, 317-327. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0068-y
Content Reference 2
Kates N, Sunderji N, Ng V, et al. Collaborative mental health care in Canada: challenges, opportunities and new directions. Can J Psychiatry 2023;68(5):372–398.
Content Reference 3
Farber AS. The Peckham Experiment revisited: cultivating health. Health Soc Work. 1976 Aug;1(3):27-38. doi: 10.1093/hsw/1.3.27. PMID: 789192.