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 > > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 7:08 PM Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> >> >> 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. >> >> Here is the link to the article as well as one I found on the same topic >> by Global News: >> >> >> >> >> https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/10231924--an-unparalleled-step-barrie-simcoe-county-rvh-health-unit-and-city-police-sign-historic-accord/ >> >> https://globalnews.ca/news/7423253/barrie-health-accord-signing-oct-26/ >> >> >> >> I'm curious what you think and hope you enjoy the read, >> > > > > To leave, manage or join list: > https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 > > To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1