The City of Barrie was the first to use the "Index of Wellbeing" which came
out of the Romanow report

On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 5:03 PM Qamar Zaidi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing it, Dennis. It's a feeling of fresh breath as small
> municipalities, health services and law enforcement agencies are coming
> together to plan implementing some of the social determinants of health to
> deal with local community and individual level problems. Although, Barrie
> and Simcoe regions are relatively small regions; however, this accord set
> an example for metropolitan cities to follow. I feel, finally, SDOH
> scholar's struggle getting some recognition in practical terms. I
> especially like Simcoe County's Warden George Cornell analogy for the
> accord, " *The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.
> It will take root. I am convinced it will grow and flourish.”*
>
> All the best,
>
> Qamar Zaidi
> An SDOH student
>
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> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 7:08 PM Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I was reading this article in the Barrie Advance that I thought you
>> would be interested in.
>> On Oct. 26th, Barrie signed a 10 year health accord focused on addressing
>> what they call "root causes of health determinants", it looks promising! It
>> looks like the municipal governments are involved, along with health
>> agencies.
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>> Here is the link to the article as well as one I found on the same topic
>> by Global News:
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>> https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/10231924--an-unparalleled-step-barrie-simcoe-county-rvh-health-unit-and-city-police-sign-historic-accord/
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>> https://globalnews.ca/news/7423253/barrie-health-accord-signing-oct-26/
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>> I'm curious what you think and hope you enjoy the read,
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