September - December 2001

Training
Course

Eleven students participate in 216 training hours; attendance is almost 100%.

Marking
Criteria

Instructors develop detailed marking criteria for each assignment.

Each student completes 10 assignments, which are marked by the instructors. Students have the opportunity to improve their marks for some of the written assignments, taking into account instructors feedback. Students can choose their 8 best assignments for their final course marks.

Students participate in two additional writing workshops, one is provided by CHRU-linked graduate students.

Resource persons assist in delivering some of the training sessions.

September 2001

Sustainability

Volunteers from several ethnocultural communities and from the Ontario Regional Cancer Centre and the OBSP become active on T&S Committee.

Transfer and Sustainability Committee develops list of potential funders and supporting organization; and first draft of criteria to use in determining transfer. Working groups are established to follow up, including obtaining funding proposal documents and grant requirements from diverse sources.

Medical practices at CCHC are temporarily closed to new clients. It is hoped that they will re-open prior to the LHP/PRs beginning their work in the community.

October 2001

Media

Outreach and Dissemination committee develops a media package and a communication strategy.

Volunteers from Hispanic community with media expertise become active.

Presentation

Poster presentation at the University of Ottawa’s: “A day of Focusing on Women’s Health Research”, organized by the University of Ottawa and the Ontario Women's Health Council.

Presentation

Presentation is made to the Community Service Managers in community health centres across the city.

Presentation

Presentation is made to the inter-clinic meeting of medical doctors, nurse practitioners, and nurses from community health centres across the city.

AC Meeting

AC meets and provides input into promoting the project across services in the city, starting with their own organizations.

Newspapers

The Spanish-language newspapers Eco Latino and El Mensajero, carry first reports about the project.

Article about the project appears in the Ottawa Sun newspaper.

Intake Data

Data collection planning with Ontario Breast Screening Program is finalized; intake forms are translated into Spanish and French.

November 2001

In-Depth Interviews

As part of the training course, an interview schedule for Spanish speaking women is developed to assess needs in relation to health services and cancer screening.

Students practice interviewing as well as obtaining informed consent.

Students complete one in-depth interview each as an assignment, and transcribe their interviews.

Conference

Project team members present the Mujer Sana Project at a Women’s Health Conference: “Women in the XXI Century” sponsored by the University of La Havana in Cuba.

AC Meeting

Review of findings to date, setting priorities for programming.

Spanish Media

Local Spanish newspapers start reporting about the achievements of the project on a regular basis.

December 2001

Training
Evaluation

Data collection tools for evaluating the training are developed, and data is collected accordingly (anonymous survey; group evaluation with and without instructors present).

Baseline knowledge test, administered first in September, is repeated.

Graduation Party

All students successfully complete the course. Graduation party is organized to be held at the Glebe Community Centre.

Over 100 community members participate in the graduation.

Media

Three newspapers report on the event: Eco Latino, El Mensajero, and the Ottawa Citizen.

CBC television interviews the Project Coordinator and other members, for the local evening news programme.

Intake Forms

CCHC community programs agree to use the new client intake form to collect the same client data as primary care.

Practice
Closure

Medical practices at CCHC continue closed . CCHC agrees to accept new female patients referred by the project to nurse practitioners, so as not to jeopardize project implementation.

Research
design

Design is adjusted to reflect reduced access to primary care at CCHC for the general population in the catchment area.

Health
Promotion
Programming

Each partner agrees to develop a program plan to provide input into health promotion implementation.

Training Committee

Training is completed. Project Team takes over the responsibility for guiding ongoing training and programming.