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Paving the way: Fostering Community Partnerships within the Education and Public Health Sectors March 27th 2019
Paving the way:Fostering Community
Partnerships within the
Education and Public
Health Sectors
March 27th 2019
DisclosuresPRESENTERS
Natalie Dupuis
Annick Morin
None of the presenters at
this session have received
financial support or in-kind
support from a commercial
sponsor.
None of the presenters have
potential conflicts of interest
to declare
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How did it all start? Mental health provincial
movement
Buy-in at the top
Near North District School
Board
Alignment in goals between
the two organizations
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Local Context
The CSC Franco-Nord is a
French language Catholic
School Board that is located in
northeastern Ontario, with 11
elementary schools and 3 high
schools.
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The NBPSDHU provides services to
over 120,000 residents, covering most
of the Nipissing District, and all of the
Parry Sound District. This includes 31
municipilaties, four unorganized
areas, and nine first nation reserves.
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Partnership Logistics
CSCFN Mental Health Lead and
NBPSDHU Bilingual Community
Health Promoter
Partnership objectives 2017-2019
and evaluation
Formal, yet flexible, schedule
CSCFN email account, key
Shared documentation,
monitoring and reporting, TEAMS
Student Success Team,
committees, education and
training, social events
Frequent communication
between upper management and
management
Culture of inclusion
Official Partnership Agreement
Partnership DesignAllowing the School Board to continue running its day-to-day
business, with the Health Unit providing public health support in
intersecting work.
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7Successful Projects 2018-2019 TABATA
Active Hallways
School Mental Health and Well-Being Leads
Recess Revivals
Policies (Prevalent Medical Conditions, Concussions,
Naloxone…)
Active School Travel
PD Day Cannabis Session
French Food Handler Training
Teaching Kitchen and Clinic Visits
Ontario Trillium Foundation French Physical Literacy Programming-
awaiting response
All-gender washrooms
Requests
Moving More and Sitting Less : 24-hour movement patterns –
Nipissing U.
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Various planning timelines
Translation needs
Lack of available resources in
French
Funding and political climate
Lack of supply teachers for
training and meeting
opportunities
Differences in IT protocols
Overcoming Obstacles
Tracking and ReportingMeasuring the impact of change between the sectors
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The original objectives
were focused on
awareness, information
sharing and streamlining
processes and have been
successfully accomplished
to date. The partnership
goes beyond these
objectives, where the
collaboration is now leading
to action and
implementation.
Succession
Planning
Quantify
Reporting and
Identify Impact
Integration
Funding
Communication
What did we learn from
the evaluation?
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To reflect on the (continued)
effectiveness and performance of the
partnership through discussion
reflection questions; and
To create recommendations/suggestions
to improve the partnership moving
forward.
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Key
elementsrequired in implementing
a partnership between
the education and public
health sector
The right players need to be involved
Buy-in from upper-management is crucial
Informing teams from both parties about partnership
Transparency
Allowing time for relationships to build
Being patient with potential obstacles and differing
organizational processes
Measuring Impact of Student Achievement and
Planning & Evaluation working closely (tracking,
monitoring, evaluation...)
Succession planning
One Health Unit go-to person
Direct access to various teams
Immersed into organizational culture and context
Working together to achieve same goal (planning)
Increased buy-in and uptake of Health Unit-specific
initiatives
Relationships
Easier approval process
Accessibility (open doors) and flexibility
Simplified formal and informal communication
Directly involved in planning, facilitation and
implementation of upstream and comprehensive health
interventions
Increased awareness among both parties of the programs,
services and resources that exist
Benefits to
Public Health
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Benefits to Education
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One go-to person from the Health Unit for all
requests
Accessibility
Relationships
Simplified communication, planning, logistics and
implementation
Public health knowledge and resources
PH responding to SB needs and immersing
themselves into SB projects. PH not adding extra
work, but lending a PH voice to SB ideas and
helping plan, facilitate and implement = partnership
design
New opportunities
Thanks! Merci! Miigwetch!For more information…
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Natalie Dupuis
Bilingual Community Health Promoter, Healthy Schools
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
(705) 474-1400 x 5352
www.myhealthunit.ca
Annick Morin
Mental Health Lead
Conseil scolaire catholique Franco-Nord
(705) 472-1702 ext. 2720
https://www.franco-nord.ca/
