Congratulations to Sandwich Community Health Centre for receiving their accreditation through the Building Healthier Organizations process!
SCHC's 2008/2009 approved budget is $4,812,700
SCHC's 2008/2009 core budget is $2,913,091
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Click here to view SCHC's Organizational Chart.
Click here to view SCHC's latest newsletter.
Click here to view the Community Needs Assessment Report.
Click here to view the COPS (Childhood Obesity Prevention Strategy) Report.
Click here to view the 2008-2009 Annual Report.
Click here to view the Windsor Star Ad from June 16, 2009.
Click here to view information about Practice Greenhealth.
Click here to view our Community Partner List.
Click here to view information about research that SCHC is involved in.
Click here to view information about Best Practice Spotlight Organization Candidate.
Click here to view information about SCHC's Membership to the Nursing Best Practice Reasearch Unit
Click here to view information from a 'Change Retreat' that SCHC staff participated in.
Click here to read information about the EnHANCE Ontario Project.
Click here to view information about Accessibility at SCHC.
Click here to view the Windsor-Essex Community Health Centre Strategic Planning Process.
In 1982, a group of people who had been involved in a school breakfast programme in the Sandwich Community of Windsor attended an information meeting. As a result of this gathering, a committee was formed to investigate the feasibility of establishing a community based health centre, since it was felt that the West End of Windsor lacked sufficient medical services.
In 1984, as part of the submission paper to the Ministry of Health for the purpose of establishing a health centre, a needs assessment of West Windsor was completed. This assessment by Innes and Parent concluded that the people of our community had difficulty accessing adequate health care due to a limited means of transportation, lack of funds, difficulty obtaining a babysitter and a lengthy waiting time when obtaining medical attention.
In 1986, the Ministry of Health approved the establishment of a health centre in the Sandwich area of Windsor. Location of a suitable site proved to be difficult; however, by early autumn of 1988 drawings for proposed renovations to a basement area of a local school, Forster Secondary School, were nearing completion. The new health centre was to be a tenant of the Windsor Board of Education.
In the autumn of 1988, an Executive Director and a Secretary were hired. By January of 1989, a Nurse Practitioner and Health Promotion Coordinator joined the staff. Shortly thereafter the Board of Directors decided that the 1984 Needs survey should be updated and the Executive Director was to seek funding for that purpose. Funding was secured from both the Ministry on Health and the Federal government through the latter's Student Employment, Experience and Development Programme (SEED) for the summer of 1989 and again in 1990.
In October 1989 the Sandwich Community Health Centre was fully operational. Today we have expanded to include primary care services and a wide variety of health promotion programmes and initiatives. Due to ongoing research and community need we have recently expanded our catchment area. This new catchment area was defined in January 1999. Previously the SCHC serviced what is known as Olde Sandwich Towne, which is about one third the population of the newly defined area. Olde Sandwich Towne lies at the heart of the expanded catchment area.
Where we work and whom we serve:
The location is West Windsor, Ontario. The area is bordered by the Detroit River, Crawford Avenue, Tecumseh Road West, Huron Church Road, Malden Road and Armanda/Broadway Roads. Click here to view the catchment area map.
This is a highly industrialized area of town, consisting of many factories, waste treatment plant, salt mine and the Ambassador Bridge - which connects Canada to the United States. Immediately across the Detroit River is another highly industrialized area of Detroit. ST/WW is an area plagued with high truck traffic, vehicle and factory emissions from both Canada and the U.S. The air quality is rated as one of the worst in Canada.
There are approximately 12,000 households containing more than 25,000 residents in our catchment area. The ST/WW area is one of the oldest settlements in all of Canada. Our citizen's come from a diversity of backgrounds and, like Olde Sandwich Towne, are all rich in heritage. Residents are very active within the community and are dedicated to the improvement of quality of life in ST/WW.
ST/WW is the most densely populated area in Windsor/Essex County, but it also has the lowest per capita income.
There are a great number of senior citizens, university students and new Canadians. Some of the groups we work with will include: schools and youth groups, senior citizen's groups, multi cultural groups, etc.
100% of the Centre's RPNs are employed full-time.
92% of the Centre's RNs are employed full-time.
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