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Introduction: There is growing interest in the role and use of patient navigators within the health care system. Currently, qualifications and training expectations documented in the literature vary tremendously depending on context and patient population. This paper details the theoretical and pedagogical principles used to develop, implement and evaluate a training programme for lay patient navigators working in a primary care setting. Methods: The planning process involved (a) conducting...
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Introduction: Previous studies have shown that French-speaking family physicians (FSPs) in Ontario are less numerous in areas with high proportions of francophones. The purpose of the current study was to assess whether the degree of concordance between physicians' language of competence and the linguistic profile of the community in which they practise is associated with workload and to explore variations in this relation in rural and northern regions of the province. Methods: This was a...
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Introduction: Rural and Northern Ontario francophones face many health-related challenges including poor health status, a poor supply of French-speaking physicians, and the potential for an inability or reduced ability to effectively communicate with anglophone healthcare providers. As such, it can reasonably be expected that rural and Northern Ontario francophones experience barriers when receiving care. However, the experience of physicians working in areas densely populated by...
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Francophones are an official language minority in Ontario with limited access to linguistically concordant healthcare services. Although communication is an important skill in the field of pharmacy, little is known about the availability of French-speaking pharmacists. This secondary data analysis of the Ontario College of Pharmacists registry converted weekly hours worked into full-time equivalents (FTEs) and calculated ratios of pharmacist FTEs per 1,000 population. French-speaking...
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Abstract : Improving health and health care can be achieved efficiently by improving the patient experience. This study’s main objective was to capture and understand the Francophone patient experience during a visit to their family physician’s office and examining the impact of linguistic concordance or discordance on this experience. Data collection method was inspired by the first two steps of the Experience Based Design approach (EBD), six focus groups were conducted in strong French...
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Abstract: Objective: To determine how many physicians in Ontario express a proficiency in providing services in the French language, and to assess the geographic distribution of such physicians. Design: Population-based analysis of the 2007 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Annual Membership Renewal Survey. Setting: Ontario. Participants: A total of 22688 GPs, FPs, and other specialists certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians...
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While over the half of Francophone immigrants living in Ontario come from Africa and the Caribbean, Canadian-trained health professionals are not sufficiently familiar with the health problems that newcomers may face. With this in mind, in a multi-disciplinary partnership, the Center for Rural and Northern Health Research, the Centre de santé communautaire du grand Sudbury, l’Institut du savoir Montfort, the School of Human Kinetics at Laurentian University, and a group of French-speaking...
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Au Canada, au gouvernement fédéral et dans plusieurs provinces, le principe d’offre active sert à guider la prestation des services publics en français. L’Ontario se démarque, car son approche est en partie volontaire. Il importe donc d’étudier comment les services en français sont intégrés à la gouvernance des services publics au sein de la province. Cet article puise dans les données gouvernementales existantes afin de brosser un tableau de l’offre active de services en français en santé...
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Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected frail individuals, especially those living in long-term care (LTC) homes. This study examined the role of linguistic factors on COVID-19 related outcomes in LTC homes. Methods We performed a population-based, retrospective cohort study of residents living in LTC homes in Ontario, Canada who were diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021. Resident language, obtained from LTC assessments, was used to...
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