Manitoba Chapter Presents
Treating the patient who can’t make ends meet: Income security in primary care as a first approach to chronic disease management.
October 16, 2019
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Red River College – Great West Life Lecture Room
160 Princess Street or Via Webinar
There is an argument that disconnect between social services and health services disadvantages patients, and that primary health care is an ideal starting point to address income insecurity (Abbot 2002; Hassan, Scherer, Pikcilingis et al, 2015; Bloch, Rozmovits & Giambrone, 2011; Starfield 2009). Primary care supports longitudinal relationship development, and primary care providers have access to information about the familial, social and economic contexts of their patient’s lives (Kiran & Pinto, 2016). Primary care providers are ideally situated to observe and respond to health determinant discrepancies in their patients’ lives. This presentation will involve the patient voice and examples of this work in action.
Featured Speakers:
- Dr. Michael Hochman, Family Physician and Medical Lead DT/PD My Health Team;
- Arle Jones, WRHA Team Manager Downtown/ Point Douglas My Health Team, Community Mental Health and Healthy Aging Resource Team
- Thomas Doering, Income Security Health Promoter Downtown / Point Douglas My Health Team
- Dr. Sarah Lesperance, Family Physician and PGY4 Public Health and Preventive Medicine Resident
To sign up for to attend in person or online, please click here.