What’s New In Your Community
At Horizon, we collaborate with our community partners to deliver innovative and accessible health care programs and services, in your community. The stories we share celebrate these partnerships, acknowledge impressive work and ensure you know how to access community-based care that helps you be healthy and stay well.
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Community Stories (6 stories found)
Community development is fundamental to health care
Feb. 18, 2021 By Scott Crawford, Regional Manager for Community Development, Population Health By partnering with Westphalia Bakery, they were able to deliver 40 free meals a week to seniors in Harvey up until the end of July. Over the past few month…
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Meet Campobello Island’s nurse practitioner
Nov. 13, 2020 In August 2020, Horizon’s Campobello Island Health Centre (CIHC) welcomed Nurse Practitioner (NP) Christopher Scalabrin to the team. On Campobello Island, the health centre team offers primary health care programs and services to Islanders w…
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Harvey: A rural community’s response to COVID-19
Nov. 7, 2020 By Sheryl Pepin, community developer for the Harvey and McAdam areas As a community developer for Horizon Health Network, I have the pleasure of working in the community I have called home almost my entire life. Harvey is where I grew up, and…
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Living through COVID-19 – Virtual sessions offer hope, resiliency and support
Oct. 31, 2020 Staff at Horizon’s St. Joseph’s Community Health Centre (SJCHC), located in uptown Saint John, have embraced the adversity of living through a pandemic and responded by offering virtual, supportive, educational sessions through their Hope Se…
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Literacy programs ensure children are put on the road to success
October 24, 2020 Reading to a child, from the moment they’re born leads to success in school, and it’s a fun and engaging activity for both parents and children. Kelly Harrell, a Horizon Public Health nurse in St. Stephen with the Healthy Families, Health…
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Lending Kitchen Essentials: Neqotkuk First Nation’s innovative approach
October 9, 2020 By Katherine Houser, Horizon Community Developer for the Upper River Valley area from Nackawic to Beechwood. Food has the power to bring people together. Enjoying a nutritious meal with family and friends can leave you feeling good mentall…
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