Health Literacy Blog: Practical Medicine
Lynn Farrales, is a family physician and completed the R3 Enhanced Skills in Global Health, a UBC Department of Family Medicine program. She has an interest in refugee health, international health, community-based development and social justice. Lynn recently launched a blog chronicling some of her activities related to health literacy. Her hope for this blog is “to generate some discussion among health providers and educators who have an interest in addressing health literacy.”
GHI Workshop: Aboriginal Health
Dr. Joseph Copeland will talk about key issues that affect Aboriginal populations and will help us understand how to successfully partner with aboriginal peoples to improve health outcomes. The Aboriginal Health Initiative (a medical student led group) will be presenting on a unique and very inspiring First Nations Health Program in Whitehorse, Yukon.
GHI Workshop: Community Needs Assessment, Part 1
The next Global Health Initiative Workshop: Community Needs Assessment, is on January 6, 2011. Speaker Dr. Jane Buxton from the UBC School of Population and Public Health will lead the workshop which will be beneficial to anyone planning a global health project in near or distant future and will be of great importance to those planning their projects for the coming summer.