CHB Accomplishments
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Action on Community Health Plan Priorities
Each CHB has a local action plan for addressing the community health plan priorities.
Their projects and activities over the five-year life of their plan are too many to list for all 35 CHBs province-wide but the report highlights some examples of CHB actions on the current health plan priorities.
Wellness Fund Success Stories
April 20 2023, Municipality of Cumberland: CHB member receives Cumberland Youth Volunteer of the Year Award
March 1 2023, Port Hawkesbury Reporter: Strait Richmond CHB Wellness Fund Celebration
Sep 20 2022, Saltwire: Pictou Landing First Nation garden project wins annual Ed Bowden Community Wellness Award
August 18 2022, CBC News: Happy to Chat benches in Dartmouth encourage strangers to start talking
July 14 2022, Saltwire: Truro organizations team up to create welcome network
May 10 2022, Saltwire: How a heartwarming supper club brought Fundy shore communities together even during COVID
April 22 2022, Halifax Examiner: Get outside: national nature prescription program launches in the Maritimes
April 21 2022, Saltwire: Food bank for students in need opens at Cape Breton high school
April 14 2022, Saltwire: Children's spring artwork on display along streets of Bible Hill, Nova Scotia
April 11 2022, Saltwire: Happy to chat benches coming to Dartmouth this summer
April 2, 2022, The Grapevine: 3,500 Valley students participate in the Great Big Crunch
PaRx
The Kingston/Greenwood Community Health Board is pleased to partner with PaRx, Canada’s national nature prescription program, to officially launch nature prescribing in Nova Scotia. Health professionals across the province can now formally prescribe nature to their patients as part of their personal health care plans.
Community Meals on Wheels
North Inverness CHB was the chosen recipient of the Outstanding Community Contribution Award due to their work with Community Meals on Wheels. Vulnerable people are receiving healthy midday meals to 45 clients 3 times per week and their wellbeing is monitored by the drivers who deliver these meals. With the availability of healthy, regular meals implicated in the overall health outcomes of populations a demonstrated record of success may be noted by healthcare providers over time.