Community Health Promotion Projects (HPP)
Region 12 - Chaudières-Appalaches
Organization:
Megantic English-speaking Community Development Corporation (MCDC)
Project description 2012-2013:
Adapting support services for easier access in English
Dr. J Pocock’s research, “A Profile of the ESC of Appalaches,
L’Érable, and Lotbinière MRC territories,” states that 56.9% of
the ES population is aged 45 years and older. As a result, the
MCDC health promotion strategy includes the Health After 50
program. This tried and tested program has proved successful in
Outaouais and the Montérégie. MCDC joins 3 CSSSs in the region,
Thetford, Athabaska-Érable, and Alphonse-Desjardins, to support
the program.
Project description 2011-2012:
Adapting support services for easier access in English
The MCDC serves and promotes the well-being of the
English-speaking community of the Chaudière-Appalaches and
Bois-Francs regions by offering programs to all age groups,
access to information and referrals to health and social
services in English, and volunteer and interpreter services.
MCDC identified topics crucial to the community including
cancer, chronic disease, end-of-life care and mental health,
which direct their health promotion efforts for the current
year.
The PIED program, a new addition to the cadre of last year’s
offerings, proved to be a fantastic success in the community. As
a result, MCDC plans to offer the next level of PIED, and will
leverage the work of its NPI colleague, REISA, to work on
diabetes-related programming, as well as make headway into
end-of-life and mental health programs.
Project description 2010-2011:
Adapting support service for easier access in English
MCDC will work with the CSSS to adapt 3 support services as identified and prioritized by the community in 2009-2010. MCDC aims to secure support from community and public partners to deliver programs and use learning’s to develop similar support services across several CSSS territories.
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