St. Michael's

Keenan Research Centre - Research Programs

St. Michael's Hospital, Inner City Health Program

30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8

Name & Title of Main Contact Person for ACHIEVE:

Jim O’Neill, Executive Director, Community and Health Service Partnerships

Anthony Mohamed, Diversity and Special Projects Coordinator, mohameda@smh.ca

Acute care hospital serving a large and diverse inner city population.

See CRICH mandate (www.crich.ca)
Priority populations include people who are homeless or under housed; women, children and seniors health; people with severe or persistent mental illness; people living with HIV/AIDS; people with addictions
Data collection of equity indicators
Consistent policies for serving non-insured clients
Access to oral health care, especially for high risk populations
Access to withdrawal management services, using a harm reduction framework
Alternative and complementary therapies (ie. Art, touch therapies, etc.)
Service provision – cultural sensitivity training models, diverse menu’s, spiritual care, welcoming physical environment – especially for patients and staff with disabilities
Cervical cancer screening for women who are homeless or under housed
Equitable funding models for hospitals that serve high risk populations
Models of interpretation and translation services
Impact of various forms of discrimination on health and care provision
Models to engage Aboriginal populations
Integration and support for Internationally Educated Professionals
Partnerships to address systemic health equity challenges
Research that allows clarity of connections with the broader Social Determinants of Health (ie. Housing, Poverty)