Project: Community Health Representatives On-Line

Health Infostructure Support Program

Background

Community Health Representatives (CHRs) live and work in First Nations and Metis communities throughout Canada. CHRs make a major contribution toward improving the health of Canadians: they play a key role in health promotion, protection, and injury prevention, and are often change agents within their communities. CHRs increase accessibility to health care by bridging the cultural gap between health care professionals and their clients.

Project Description

This pilot project is intended to increase the effectiveness of individual CHRs. This will help to raise their status and credibility as health educators, and will increase access to culturally sensitive health promotion and injury prevention information. It will accomplish this by fostering networking amongst CHRs, and by affording CHRs more opportunity for professional support and enrichment (via electronic distance delivery), as offered by the Alberta Vocational College and other institutions.

Project Funding under HISP: $79,992.00

Project Management: Alberta Vocational College

For further information contact:

Ms. Jacqueline Demarre
CHR Association of Alberta
c/o Alberta Vocational College
Box 417
Lac La Biche, Alberta
T0A 2C0
Tel.: (403) 422-3052
Fax: (403) 423-0176
jacqueline.demarre@avcllb.ges.ab.ca