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Resources on CORE include checklists, toolkits, reports, studies, videos, and other materials on topics relevant to those working or volunteering in support of healthy aging and older adults independent living.
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[Report] WOMEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF AGING IN CANADA
Womens College Hospital
This report highlights the health and well-being challenges that older women face daily and on a systemic level.
"You don’t get side effects from social prescribing”—A qualitative study exploring community pharmacists’ attitudes to social prescribing
A. P. Rathbone, H. Pearson, O. Akinyemi, et al.
Abstract:"ObjectivesSocial prescribing is an approach that enables the referral of patients to non-clinical support and places a focus on holistic care. This study explored views of community pharmacists regarding social prescribing in pharmacies.
Study designA qualitative phenomenological approach
[Part 2] Special issue: Social prescribing in Canada: an emerging approach to health and well-being, part II
HPCDP Journal, Government of Canada
Volume 44, number 9 of the Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Journal features emerging research and collaborative initiatives aimed at advancing social prescribing in Canada.
This issue includes:
Editorial Social prescribing in Canada: linking the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
[Report] Dementia in the Commonwealth Report
CommonAge
New report sheds light on dementia in the Commonwealth
[Resource] The Prejudice Map
Dr. Eric Hehman and Project Implicit
The Prejudice Map has been compiled to show areas of implicit and explicit bias across North America in a variety of key fields.
[Research] Evidence-informed policy brief – Utilizing the determinants of healthy aging to guide the choice of social prescriptions for older adults
HPCDP Journal
Adopting tools such as the Healthy Aging Asset Index can bring cohesiveness to the support that older adults receive across the care continuum and has the potential to shift the balance of care away from the health system and towards the community, thus improving the capacity of health systems and government to meet the needs of Canada’s older adults.
Resource List for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
United Way of Calgary and Area
A list of resources, media and organizations that cover a range of topics, including Indigenous history, cultural awareness, reconciliation, and personal stories from Indigenous perspectives.
[Report] Potential lateral and upstream consequences in the development and implementation of social prescribing in Australia
Candice Oster and Svetlana Bogomolova
This research paper discusses the implementation of social prescribing in Australia and highlights the existing inequities in Australia's health outcomes. The authors argue that while social prescribing has been successful in countries like the UK and the USA, there is a need for a systematic approa
[Resource] Barriers to accessibility among persons with disabilities in Canada
Statistics Canada
Interactive map of barriers to accessibility by type of disability and location.
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