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STRATHCONA COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK

Health: Social Determinants

HOW WE WORK

Governance

Table of Partners: The right people working with accountability and transparency

The Table of Partners works within a robust governance structure under the guidance of a Terms of Reference. There are three permanent members:

• Strathcona Regional District
• First Nations Health Council
• Island Health

Other members on the current Table of Partners include representatives from:

• Laichwiltach Family Life Society
• North Island Employment
• City of Campbell River
• KDC Health
• Success by 6
• Greenways Land Trust

West Coast Childhood Resiliency Project

Building relationships and trust through engagement and action

The Project:

• To establish why childhood vulnerability in SD84 is high and

recommend actions

• $50k grant received from Island Health, held by School District
• Working closely with new Gold River Children’s Health Hub
• Identify local assets, external supports and future actions

Collaborative Steering Committee:

• Strathcona Community Health Network
• School District 84
• Nuu‐Chah‐Nulth Tribal Council (NTC)
• Island Health
• Success by Six

REGIONAL HOUSING PLAN

Health & Wellbeing

Access to appropriate, affordable housing impacts:

• Ability to access affordable, healthy food
• Access to school and education
• Employment opportunities
• Access to mental health and substance use services
• Ageing in place

Communities with housing plans:

• Village of Cumberland
• Naniamo
• Comox Valley
• Port Alberni
• Chilliwack

Regional housing availability and affordability

Housing

• In 2015 46.1% of renters in

LHA 72 and 52.6% of renters in LHA 84 are spending more than 30% of their income on housing

• Combined population

growth for both regions is projected to increase by 11% over the next 25 years

‒ 75+ age bracket to increase 250% ‒ 20‐44 age bracket to increase by 20%

• Address affordable housing across the region and across the housing continuum
• Identify projected trends
• Develop shared data measurements
• Identify policy interventions
• Develop multi‐sectoral partnerships and collaborative planning
• Positioning communities to leverage external funding and support
• Research evidence‐based best practice in comparable communities
• Identify opportunities to increase the availability of appropriate, affordable

housing across the region

ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE TRANSPORT

Transport

Other Health Network initiatives:

• BC Transit inter‐community bus service between Port Hardy

and Port McNeil

• Dialogue to Action project and Transportation Study in Port

Alberni

Transport: Improve access to affordable, reliable transport

Transport was identified as a high priority at both Health Network forums Access to affordable, reliable transport contributes to mental health, physical health and regional prosperity. It is linked to other priority areas such as:

‐ Access to healthy, affordable food ‐ Access to affordable, appropriate housing ‐ Ageing in place ‐ Employment, income and education ‐ Social connectivity and mental wellbeing

HEALTH AND WELLNESS DATA

Health and Wellness Data

• Evidence‐based decision making
• Tracking population‐level changes
• Informing strategic direction
• Evaluating impact

COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING

Community Capacity Building

• Providing capacity to leverage funding and

support

• Grant writing support and training
• Strategic interventions to leverage funding
• Cross‐regional sector‐specific training
• Support long‐term, sustainable

interventions

STRATHCONA COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK