Consult

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Consult
Plan
Action

• Engaging Community Partners and Champions
• Lisa Garand, Daisy Dwyer, Anne Crowell
• Annapolis Valley CHBs

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Moving from Recommendation to Action

• Whats our Role?
• Promotion of The Plan is ACTION
• Learning more is ACTION
• Advocacy is ACTION
• Health Care system is not the only audience
• Population Health Approach

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How can we make a difference?

• Learn- Provincial Strategy, DHA initiatives,
  local community initiatives
• Develop a goal-small bites of the elephant
• Target- who and how do we reach them?
• Multi Sector Approach-who do we engage

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Limitations

• Only a dozen of us
• Money
• Time
• Knowledge
• Connections
• Different understandings of CHB Role

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Our Story

• MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS
• Support mental health promotion knowledge
  /skills/abilities in health care providers.
• Support individuals and families to develop
  personal skills and awareness to decrease stigma
  and improve mental health.

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Key Messages

• CHB members make it work
• New strategic partnerships think outside the box
• Multi sector strategies- build on what exists and
  look for new opportunities
• You need to go to them why is it important for
  them to be a part of this work
• Evidence based capacity building
• WATCH for opportunities you need to look for
  them