Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Redefining Health

Three stories of the social determinants of health and a social medicine approach. Produced by the Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic, based in St. John's, Newfoundland.

http://www.changingourpictureofhealth.ca/
http://www.chpna.ca

Redefine. Rebuild. Reconnect: Changing our picture of health from Population Health Working Group on Vimeo.

2 comments:

  1. Hey Dan,
    This is a fantastic video! Good find. Great direction, and gripping stories. I love how each story offers a ray of hope at the end, brought about by an intervention by an allied health professional. I don't know how many times already in my career that I have been in the situation of the first vignette.
    Whether or not all of these scenarios are plausible (due to exhausting community resources) is another story. But it definitely reminds us that there is a lot out there besides what we see in the office/hospital.
    Thanks!

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  2. Thanks Hannah, I'm glad you liked it. It's often a struggle to effect health outcomes outside the clinical setting, and I thought this was a good way to show how.

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