Shawna McGhan (@shawnamcghan) 's Twitter Profile
Shawna McGhan

@shawnamcghan

Innovating primary health care. Influencing change for healthy communities and a more compassionate world. Tweets my own.

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Shawna McGhan (@shawnamcghan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amazing stories from caregivers as they rejuvenate in the wild. Love these! How might we help caregivers rejuvenate? #NationalCaregiverDay Mike Lang, PhD storiesforcaregivers.com/series/caregiv…

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Great panel taking about Enablers for co-ordinated health and social outcomes: international reflections on trends and challenges. Dr Maeseneer from Belgium spoke about the need for equity and upstream processes. Dr Lewanczuk shared stories emphasizing relationships #ICIC23

Great panel taking about Enablers for co-ordinated health and social outcomes: international reflections on trends and challenges. Dr Maeseneer from Belgium spoke about the need for equity and upstream processes. Dr  Lewanczuk shared stories emphasizing relationships #ICIC23
Leanne Wells (@leannewells63) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The amazing ⁦@KateMMulligan⁩ presenting at #EACH2023 covering what is next needed to take #socialprescribing to the next level. Local implementation at scale, evaluation & systematising promising practice. Sage advice for Australia

The amazing ⁦@KateMMulligan⁩ presenting at #EACH2023 covering what is next needed to take #socialprescribing to the next level. Local implementation at scale, evaluation & systematising promising practice. Sage advice for Australia
Hannah Ellis Gray (@hannah_ellis89) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Grab a cuppa & pen & lean in 👇 Powerful Qs & inspiration from Cormac Russell: How do we raise a village? What's the community alternative to services? What are our health creating capacities? What does it mean to think of ourselves as health creators? youtu.be/i2xafy8tmcU

Rachel Savage (@savagera) 's Twitter Profile Photo

While older #immigrants had many shared correlates of #loneliness as Canadian-born older adults, we found that community-level factors (⬇️ ethnic diversity and income) were more strongly associated with loneliness in immigrants.

Shawna McGhan (@shawnamcghan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Many individuals and families are struggling today to afford food, which ultimately impacts their health and mental well-being," cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Shawna McGhan (@shawnamcghan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"High rates of food insecurity are persisting and are "deeply concerning," given the impact on human health and the health-care system." cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

FamilyCaregivers (@familycarersab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How might we prevent loneliness and social isolation? The old saying is people need Somewhere to live, Someone to love, and Something to do! We need more non-traditional employment!

UCalgary Nursing (@ucalgarynursing) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nursing grad student Tiffany Brew has practiced primarily in public health and most recently has been working as a Primary Care Behavioral Health Provider. She holds a certification in Community Health Nursing. Watch her story from Nursing Story Slam. ow.ly/PO3J50PjLbC

Nursing grad student Tiffany Brew has practiced primarily in public health and most recently has been working as a Primary Care Behavioral Health Provider. She holds a certification in Community Health Nursing. Watch her story from Nursing Story Slam. ow.ly/PO3J50PjLbC
Cormac Russell (@cormacrussell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

2 ways of knowing: 1 studies 2. Stories. Most studies lead to more data; stories are the seeds of social change. Cold data is mostly devoid of meaningful stories abt specific communities. In contrast, warm data (cf nora bateson) seeks to reveal local meaning. No data w/o stories.

2 ways of knowing: 1 studies 2. Stories. Most studies lead to more data; stories are the seeds of social change. Cold data is mostly devoid of meaningful stories abt specific communities. In contrast, warm data (cf <a href="/NoraBateson/">nora bateson</a>) seeks to reveal local meaning. No data w/o stories.
Dysautonomia Intl. (@dysautonomia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People with #dysautonomia often look "fine," but they may have a lot of debilitating medical problems you can't see. Share this post to help us raise awareness during #DysautonomiaAwarenessMonth. Learn more at dysautonomiainternational.org/whatisdys

People with #dysautonomia often look "fine," but they may have a lot of debilitating medical problems you can't see. Share this post to help us raise awareness during #DysautonomiaAwarenessMonth.
Learn more at dysautonomiainternational.org/whatisdys
Cortney Gensemer, PhD (@cortdoesscience) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Overly flexible connective tissue causes problems in joints and throughout the body − and is often missed by doctors theconversation.com/overly-flexibl… via The Conversation U.S.

André Picard (@picardonhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is the reason your ER doctors are leaving. You don’t have a family doctor, and you can’t get an admission bed. So you end up waiting and waiting in the ER for a physician who might not be able to help much, by Brian Wall thestar.com/opinion/this-i… Toronto Star Raghu Venugopal MD

Kerry Kuluski (@dr_kerryk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sharon Anderson takes the stage to provide us with a framework to action better supports for +inclusion of caregivers in health and social care. Her team developed a competency framework+education4providers. “Caregiving is a social determinant of health.” FamilyCaregivers #ICIC24

Sharon Anderson takes the stage to provide us with a framework to action better supports for +inclusion of caregivers in health and social care. Her team developed a competency framework+education4providers. “Caregiving is a social determinant of health.” <a href="/FamilyCarersAB/">FamilyCaregivers</a> #ICIC24
Aine Carroll (@ainemcarroll) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.@richardmeade13 makes the vital point that informal carers make a massive contribution to health and care and need to be an essential part of any major planned intervention. Hear hear!! 👏👏👏 #ICIC24 IFIC Updates

.@richardmeade13 makes the vital point that informal carers make a massive contribution to health and care and need to be an essential part of any major planned intervention. Hear hear!! 👏👏👏 #ICIC24 <a href="/IFICInfo/">IFIC Updates</a>
IFIC Updates (@ificinfo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#ICIC24 Closing Ceremony - Jodeme Goldhar 🇨🇦🌐 and Walter Wodchis share the themes for the upcoming #NACIC24 Conference which will be held in Calgary, Alberta October 2024 - abstract submission is open now integratedcarefoundation.org/events/nacic24…! #IFICCanada

#ICIC24 Closing Ceremony - <a href="/JodemeGoldhar/">Jodeme Goldhar 🇨🇦🌐</a> and <a href="/wwodchis/">Walter Wodchis</a> share the themes for the upcoming #NACIC24 Conference which will be held in Calgary, Alberta October 2024 - abstract submission is open now integratedcarefoundation.org/events/nacic24…!

#IFICCanada
FamilyCaregivers (@familycarersab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Caregiver-Centered Care: Empowering Change Workshop November 14, 2024 9 a.m . - 1 p.m. TransAlta Hall Bow Valley College Connect with the educators at Bow Valley College, industry partners, & Dr. Jasneet Parmar's caregiver-centered care team. Free! bvc.me/4b6TP4Z

Caregiver-Centered Care: Empowering Change Workshop November 14, 2024
9 a.m . - 1 p.m.  TransAlta Hall Bow Valley College
Connect with the educators at Bow Valley College, industry partners, &amp; Dr. Jasneet Parmar's caregiver-centered care team.  Free!
bvc.me/4b6TP4Z