Deva-Marie Beck RN, PhD

Nightingale Innovative For Global Health -  Interanational Co-Director

After meeting Deva-Marie beck at the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario's  Point of Care Symposium, and had to hear more about her work with the World Health Organization and team promoting the Nightingale Declaration.

Questions

• Deva-Marie Beck: This is a passion of mine, is this a passion of yours, if not what is a passion you would like to see us (the global community) work on?
• Rob Fraser: Have you heard of the Millennium Development Goals? Which one do you want do you relate to the most, and want to start working on?

Cathy Crowe RN

Street Nurse

A Street Nurse in Toronto. She has worked in the area of homelessness since 1988. In January, 2004 she received the Atkinson Charitable Foundation’s Economic Justice Award which will last for up to three years. During this period of time she is “housed” at the Sherbourne Health Centre.

Links

• Toronto Disaster Relief Committee
• Get Involved in Canadian with TRDC
• Wellesley Institute - Housing and Homelessness
• Homeless Mermorial - Toronto
• Canadian Nursing Students' Position Statement on Health and Homelessness

Research

• TB or not to be
• Shelter Inspection Report

Question

• Cathy Crowe: How much information and course material do you get or have you gotten on Homelessness, the housing crisis, poverty, the recession?
• Rob Fraser: Have you had a community placement? Where was it? Are you fighting for one?

Hilda Swirsky, RN, BScN MEd

Links

• What is the Relationship between Climate Change and Weather?
• Spare the Air Actions
• What is climate change?
• Nursing and Environmental Health
• Canadian Nurses Association's Position Statement - The environment a determinant of Health
• Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario - Environment and Health (many links on this page)

Research

• Google Scholar: Environmental Health nurse
  

Question

1. How do you work with people who are different than you, even if they look the same as you?
2. What is an example of when culture has positively/negatively impacted your experience as a healthcare provider or recipient?

Question

1. What are you doing to increase your green involvement and decrease your carbon footprint?
2. How are the organizations you work for and are apart of reacting to climate change?
   

Marian Walsh

CEO - BRIDGEPOINT HEALTH

Links

• Centre for Global eHealth Innovation
• Patient Self Management Network of Ontario
• Chronic Disease Prevention Aliance of Canada
• Ontario Health Quality Council
• Heart and Stroke Foundation
• Veterans Health Administration
• Kiaser Permanente
• Ministry of Health of Spain

QUESTION

Have you seen any health promotion/prevention initiatives that you like, or thought were effective?

Does the idea of having a higher goal than just treating illness resonate with you?

Does it appeal to you, can you get engaged, or are you engaged?

Lynn Anne Mulrooney

Registered Nurses Association of Ontario - Senior Policy Analyst

Discussing the 25 in 5 Network - a organization that is aiming to reduce poverty by  25% in 5 years.

POVERTY RESOURCE LINKS

• RNAO Resources on Social Determinants of Health, including poverty
• Video Vignettes from Vote out Poverty Event Oct 2007 provincial election
• 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction
• Endorse the Declaration of the 25 in 5, as an organization or as an individual
• Campaign 2000
• Health Providers Against Poverty
• Poverty Watch Ontario
• Income Security Advocacy Centre
• Make Poverty History

Questions

Is poverty an issues that resonates with you?

Do you have any relation with poverty, or someone experiencing poverty? Are you involved, outside of your job, to help those that affected by poverty