Services

PHC Consulting has a solid track record of working with a diverse group of clients to strengthen their organizations and improve health service delivery. Our services focus on community health program development grounded in our knowledge of primary health care, community health nursing and public health.

Program Planning, Project Management and Evaluation

Working with teams in health organizations and the academic sector to prepare proposals and to plan new initiatives.

Managing short-term projects on behalf of organizations and coalitions.

Monitoring and evaluating programs by conducting site visits, reviewing program/project objectives and activities, meeting with community groups and staff, applying evaluation frameworks and writing reports.

Sample projects:

Developed an international partnership proposal for the Canada-India Education Society to carry out a multi-year primary health care project in Punjab, India.

Served as project coordinator for British Columbia’s Northern Health Authority for a major program review of early childhood immunization services.

Community Health Nursing Development

Assisting organizations with recruitment, orientation and retention of community health nurses and nurse managers.

Developing, adapting and applying tools that enhance nursing practice. In our work with First Nations health organizations, for instance, we have assisted nursing teams and managers to implement the Canadian Community Health Nursing Standards of Practice as a guiding framework for practice.

Working with groups of community health nurses to plan and review programs.

Assisting managers and staff to achieve and sustain quality practice environments.

Sample projects:

Served as an external consultant to Inter Tribal Health Authority to develop the Nursing Services Department and to implement recommendations to establish an effective Home and Community Care Program.

Worked with the Canada-India Education Society to develop the role of community health nurses in a rural demonstration project, provided ongoing training and consultation to staff and managers during the course of the project.

International Consultations

Working with organizations on development of professional associations and special initiatives.
Facilitating workshops, assisting committees in creating long-term project plans, meeting with university faculty members and students and organizing exchange visits.

Sample projects:

Worked with the Japanese Nursing Association on a health policy project aimed at improving community health through public participation. Visited Japanese universities and hosted visits by Japanese health professionals to Canada.

Served as a consultant/mentor for the Canadian Nurses Association’s partnership activities in Nepal and South Africa.

Recent Reports and Publications

Duncan, S., and Whyte, N. (2010). Global leadership priorities for Canadian nursing: A perspective on the ICN 24^th Quadrennial Congress, Durban, South Africa. Nursing Leadership 23(1): 16-21.

Nursing Consultation Evaluation: Report prepared for Inter Tribal Health Authority for a five-year evaluation of 2^nd and 3^rd Level Health Services. 2009. (Submitted to Health Canada).

Improving Public Health Infant-Preschool Immunization Services in Northern Health: Process and Results of a Program Review. 2008. (Project report prepared for Northern Health and submitted to project funders).

Building Capacity for Primary Health Care in Rural Punjab. 2005. (Final project report submitted to the Canadian International Development Agency by the Canada India Education Society).