How to Talk About Social Determinants of Health
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Barrie is a city of people who take care of each other.
We need to learn How to Talk About Social Determinants of Health in a way that makes sense to our decision makers and neighbours, so they can more easily understand how to best take care of each other. |
Friday, November 1st 2019
Simcoe County Museum
9am - 1pm
Light refreshments provided.
Dr. Lisa Simon from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is our local SDOH expert, and she will kick off our meeting with a presentation on what the SDOH are, and how they intersect with issues like homelessness, poverty, food insecurity, racism, mental health, addictions, and childhood development.
From there, we will move into discussions to develop key messaging that we can all use when talking to decision-makers to show how our work addresses these social determinants of health (also sometimes called addressing "root causes").
This will give us a common language and framework with which to educate these decision-makers when advocating for policy and funding changes, and help them see how, across the sector, our numerous agencies have a common agenda.
We want to develop a simple message, say it right, and then say it over and over.
On October 15, 2018, a group of close to 60 residents of Barrie gathered at the Southshore Community Centre to discuss how we could better respond to homelessness in our city, together. Learn more about that inaugural event here.
