Growing our Community: Youth-led initiative empowers people to garden August 22, 2020 As a summer student with Horizon Health Network (Horizon), Kandis Neil-Sampson spent the summer of 2020 making connections, applying for grants to initiate programs, and at the end of the day, truly living Horizon’s vision of helping people be healthy!...
ONE BRAVE BOY August 20, 2020 How compassionate care at Horizon's The Moncton Hospital helped one family through a childhood injury https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMyALDTro70 Every parent knows accidents happen. A tumble here, a scratch there, maybe even a broken bone. But what parents don't expect is an accident...
Youth are building healthy New Brunswick communities – and here’s how August 15, 2020 Through a partnership with Mount Allison University, Horizon’s Port Elgin and Region Health Services Centre (PERHSC) has secured a student who created positive change for the community in just a short amount of time. This year, that student was Hannah Crouse....
Partnerships ensure families ate healthy during COVID-19 pandemic August 8, 2020 By Kate Doyle, Community Developer for the Moncton Area Schools are so much more than just a place to learn. They’re often community hubs, support systems and, safe spaces. For many, they’re also a place where students can count...
Staying committed to quitting August 1, 2020 June 5, 2020 was a momentous day for Albert County resident Kathy Chapman: after smoking for more than 40 years, she had been cigarette-free for one year. Kathy started smoking when she was 18-years-old, and after moving to New Brunswick...
SURVIVAL OF THE LITTLEST July 30, 2020 Six years later, smallest patient ever at Horizon's Rexton Health Centre is a success story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKZkPY2AqPY&feature=youtu.be "It takes a village to raise a child." This African proverb may sound cliché, yet it was exactly what was needed to keep little...
We want to play too: accessible playground in Baie-Sainte-Anne July 25, 2020 Tucked in behind the Baie-Sainte-Anne Regional School is a brand new, accessible playground – which is available to not just the school’s students, but to the whole Baie-Sainte-Anne community. The Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for the Miramichi Area, which...
The COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to get back to basics July 11, 2020 By Chad Duplessie, Community Developer for the Miramichi Area If there is a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be that it allowed us to pause, reassess our lifestyle and get back to the basics. Whether it’s a...
Partnership builds rural harm reduction program July 3, 2020 A harm-reduction program, born out of a partnership between a community health centre and local pharmacy, ensures a reduction in blood-borne-infectious diseases among intravenous-drug users. Horizon’s Queens North Community Health Centre (QNCHC) partners with the Minto Shoppers Drug Mart, AIDS New...
VIDEO TECHNOLOGY REDUCES “NO-SHOWS” IN COVID ERA June 25, 2020 When in-person mental health appointments were stopped due to COVID-19, a new virtual technology allowed clients to continue sessions from home Krisan Palmer, Virtual Care Manager When it became clear in March that COVID-19 was at New Brunswick's doorstep, the...