General Resources

  The Ottawa Hospital Academic Family Health Team offers many external community resources to patients.

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Here are some general resources that you might find helpful:

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• Viral Upper Respiratory Illness (common cold) – Information from CHEO (pediatric) and CFPC (adult) on managing the common cold at home

• College of Family Physicians of Canada – Provides helpful information about healthy living. Any health or medical information is provided for reference and is not intended to replace advice or care from a healthcare professional.

• Community Health and Resource Centers – The Coalition of Community Health and Resource Centres of Ottawa helps you understand local health and social issues and also tells you what resources are available in your neighbourhood.

• Ottawa Public Health – Ottawa Public Health provides services such as health protection and promotion, disease and injury prevention, control of communicable diseases, and family health services.

• Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

• Ontario 211

• Help with High Prescription Drug Costs

• Living Healthy Champlain  - Free workshops for adult patients and caregivers on living a healthy life with chronic illness

• Champlain Screening Outreach Program - Launched in July 2023, the Champlain Screening Outreach Program allows eligible individuals without a family doctor living in Eastern Ontario to access cancer screening (OHIP patients only)

 

Legal Support

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• Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) - CLEO is a community legal clinic, founded in 1974, that specializes in public legal education.

• Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)  - FLEW is a public legal education project funded by the government of Ontario to assist women in understanding their family law rights.

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