"The frontlines of health care provisions exist where ever there are people unserved or under-served by mainstream health care in both urban and rural areas. Frontline service providers offer health care to geographically, socially, economically and culturally marginalized populations in inner city and rural Canada. Frontline providers are people, programs and organizations that deliver health care to these people and populations facing barriers to accessing health care.
This research report highlights a number of innovative, creative and effective health care models that are struggling to deliver frontline care and services to marginalized populations, in spite of extremely challenging conditions and demands."
The full report explores:
- Research Questions and Methods
- Profiling the People on the Frontlines
- Frontline Health Services in Canada
- Policy Perspectives for Frontline Health
- Conclusion