The Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) is a network over 60 community resources, associations, foundations, public institutions and other stakeholders dedicated to creating partnerships that enhance health and social services for English-speaking communities in Quebec.
Health Passport Information (taken from the CHSSN’s website)
“Several years ago a community organization serving the English-speaking community of the Chaudière-Appalaches Region in Quebec decided to invest resources it had received from Health Canada for promoting better health of its community into a pocket reference that could be used on a visit to the doctor or an emergency room. They felt that having some of the basic vocabulary necessary for these visits at a person’s fingertips could improve the outcome of the visit and ultimately the health of the individual. The pocket reference was called the MCDC Health Passport and was a huge success. The model has since been adopted in several regions of Quebec and in two Francophone communities across Canada (Newfoundland and Yukon). The CHSSN recognized a good idea and decided that an electronic version of this passport just might be the next step. So here we are. This version of the Health Passport is benefiting from the development and revision of several organizations. MCDC (Megantic English-speaking Community Development Corporation) developed the original version and VEQ (Voice of English-speaking Quebec) and Jeffery Hale Community Services revised and produced a second version. We have taken the content (with VEQ and MCDC’s permission) to create this electronic version for use by the greater English-speaking community of Quebec. All of this work would not have been possible without the financial support from Health Canada and their Official Languages Support Program.”
You can find the CHSSN Health Passport by clicking here.
