vision The best possible health and well-being for everyone living in Ontario:
• A future without systemic barriers that prevent people from reaching their full health potential, a future in which everyone can make the choices that allow them to live a fulfilling life. • A
future in which individuals, families and communities are served by, and are able to actively participate in, trusted healthcare systems that respond to people’s and communities’ needs in coordinated and comprehensive ways.
• A future in which people share
responsibility with their health providers for their health and wellbeing.
Mission As the voice of communitygoverned primary health care in Ontario, AOHC works:
• to
promote public policy that supports health and well-being, and that emphasizes health promotion and illness prevention through a strong focus on the social determinants of health.
• to advocate for eliminating systemic barriers to health and to champion health equity.
• to
promote people- and com munity-centred innovations in the primary healthcare system that improve health and well-being and support healthcare sustainability.
• to support our member centres
to continuously improve the quality and efficiency of their services and to advocate for the resources they need to deliver high-quality care.
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strategic plan 2012-2015
The overriding guideposts for AOHC continue to be a vision of everyone having the best possible health and well-being, and a healthcare system in which everyone matters. Our commitment to anti-oppression and achieving health equity for all remains central to this plan, as do the values reflected in the community health centre model of care. AOHC will advance health equity and healthy public policy by advocating for the elimination of systemic barriers to health. To improve health outcomes and support healthcare sustainability, we will champion the transformation of primary health care so that it realizes its full potential as the foundation of the healthcare system. We will work with our partners to ensure that all residents of Ontario, especially those who face systemic barriers, can access comprehensive health and social services as needed. We will support our member centres to be leaders in this primary healthcare transformation, while ensuring that people whose health is most at risk or who have faced barriers to accessing services can get the services they need. We will lead and participate in research initiatives that evaluate the effectiveness of community-governed primary health care in improving health outcomes, serving people with complex health needs and contributing to the sustainability of the healthcare system. Finally, we will strengthen AOHC’s organizational capacity to deliver on the goals and objectives associated with this strategic plan.
• to
advocate for the protection and improvement of medicare, ensuring that reforms to our publicly funded system focus on keeping people well and benefit everyone.
Approved by the AOHC Board of Directors, September 2012
AOHC
970 Lawrence Ave W, Suite 500, Toronto, ON M6A 3B6 T: 416-236-2539 E: info@aohc.org www.aohc.org
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strategic directions Health Equity, Healthy Public Policy and the Elimination of Systemic Barriers AOHC will advocate for the elimination of systemic barriers to health through the development of healthy public policy. This includes equitable allocation of appropriate resources for populations whose health is most at risk or that face barriers accessing services.
Quality Primary Health Care AOHC will champion equitable people- and community-centred primary health care that fulfills its mandate as the foundation of the healthcare system.
Comprehensive, Integrated Services AOHC will promote comprehensive, integrated health and social services.
enabling directions Supporting Member Centres AOHC will support member centres to build capacity to continuously improve the quality and efficiency of their services. We will also ensure that member centres are appropriately resourced to fulfill their mandate of improving the health of individuals, families and communities.
Supporting Members Research and Evaluation Strengthening AOHC
Community Primary Healthcare Research and Evaluation
A Strengthened AOHC
AOHC will lead and participate in data-driven, evidence-informed research and evaluation initiatives to document and assess the impact of communitygoverned primary health care on health outcomes and the sustainability of the healthcare system.
AOHC will ensure it is sufficiently resourced, aligned with partners and positioned in the larger health and political environment to be an effective leader in community-governed primary health care in Ontario.
Ontario’s voice for community-governed primary health care