When thinking of health care most of us tend to focus on the treatment of disease rather than its prevention. Advancements in medical technology fascinate us all and regularly make the evening news. Popular TV series feed us regularly with images of emergency wards and acute care facilities where people lie helpless hooked to a myriad of beeping machines. Primary health care is not the stuff of sensational TV drama. But, it continues to be very important and to affect the lives of countless individuals and communities throughout Ontario.
Good Health! Bonne santé! |
An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure.
The stories presented in this web site are authentic stories of
real people who benefited by their involvement at their local Community Health Centre
(CHC). The common theme in all the stories is that multi-disciplinary, community based
primary health care delivery, like that provided by CHCs in Ontario, makes a difference in
the lives of individuals and communities. 
Please
enjoy reading and listening to these stories. For more extensive information about the
factors that affect individual and community health, please follow the links we have
found. We look forward to hearing from you with your comments and questions and of course
to hear your own stories. Please send us feedback after you have visited the site.