Breaking the Barrier – Multicultural Health Navigator Program -Bridge, mediate, advocate-

“The need for patient navigation is in response to the growing complexity of healthcare service delivery, the aging population, increased polymorbidity and social inequalities in population health.” viii These authors also recognize the important connection between the SDOH and primary care and the Somerset West Community Health Centre March 21, 2019 Breaking the Barrier – Multicultural Health Nav. [...] MHN Intervention: Connected family to a primary care provider, and community groups; Educated family on how to manage appointments and access interpretation support; Accompanied family to many appointments, both to help ease the transition and to introduce them to the provider (and to ensure that the provider was aware of the MHN support); Connected the parents to a dietitian for help in p. [...] Role and contribution of the Somerset West Community Health Centre During the development of the MHN proposal, SWCHC played a key role in supporting the process by: hosting meetings, providing in-kind support to smaller community partners, creating a space for conversations around health equity and the importance of the SDOH. [...] This proposal for the MHN fit the issues and needs and the partners were ready to move on to the proposal. [...] The OLIP table thought it would be successful, SWCHC was able to support a learning trip to Edmonton and then support the development of the proposal and the Champlain LHIN recognized the issue and agreed to fund the pilot project for a year.