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PRESENTATION BY HEALTHY BARRIE CONCERNING A COMMUNITY BASED PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN THE CITY OF BARRIE
Dr. Patrick Feng, University of Toronto and Project Manager for Healthy Barrie provided a presentation concerning the Healthy Barrie Initiative to improve health and wellness in the City of Barrie.
Dr. Feng discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• An overview on Healthy Barrie initiative and community-based partnerships;
• A summary of the early projects;
• Details of the Healthy Barrie Community Snapshot on-line tool;
• How the tool assists in the urban health challenges in Barrie; and
• Future initiatives of Healthy Barrie.
Members of Council asked a number of questions to Dr. Feng and received responses.
Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, University of Toronto and Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health advised of the reasons for choosing the City for this project that included Barrie’s elegant health system structure, one family health team, one hospital, a dynamic health unit and engaged decision-makers.