Your Primary Care team can access evidence-based tools and resources to support patients with financial strain by:

  • Incorporating screening

  • Understanding how to foster a team approach to supporting patients

  • Decreasing stigma

  • Enriching the relationships and conversations important to the patient and their health

  • Connecting patients so they can get the support they need


Change Package and Tools 

  • The RIFS change package helps physicians and team members implement practice changes that improve care for patients living with financial strain. 

  • To see all the tools the clinic teams used see the AMA website

Change package


Podcast

Alberta Doctors' Digest Editor-in-Chief, Marvin Polis, talks to Dr. Karla Gustafson, Medical Officer of Health, Calgary Zone about income as a socio-economic determinant of health. They discuss the Reducing the Impact of Financial Strain (RIFS) initiative.

LISTEN TO PODCASt (7:17miN)


Training on Learn@AMA 

  • This curriculum was designed to help primary care physicians, clinical team members, and practice facilitators implement practice changes that improve care for patients living with financial strain. 

  • It will take approximately 3-hours to complete

Sign up for training

Alberta Healthy Communities Hub - The Approach

  • The approach encourages community groups and leaders to build on existing strengths by engaging all its members through conversations on local priorities. 

the approach


Building Financial Well-Being – A Community Planning Toolkit

  • This toolkit explores strategies to inspire and energize your community to act on financial well-being

the toolkit


Alberta Community Health Dashboard | Healthier Together

Locally relevant, up-to-date information to help communities find and use comprehensive and interactive cancer profiles for communities in Alberta.

The dashboard

Population Health Needs Framework

The Population Health Needs Framework and User Guide identifies innovative opportunities to improve the health and well-being of Albertans and their communities. By shifting our perspective of health and co-designing with Albertans, we will improve population health and health equity. 

Frameworkuser guide  


 

Resource your team with collaborative partners within the:

AHS LINK TO COURSES NON-AHS STAFF LINK TO COURSES

Course List

 

Contacts 

To get in touch or learn more, contact us at healthy.communities@ahs.ca

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