Goals of the Project

• Design effective processes and forums for collaboration involving
  northern community residents and health care organizations to
  discuss access issues and generate solutions.
• Describe issues of access to health services from the experiences
  of northern residents.
• Identify quantitative and qualitative population health data that are
  appropriate and relevant for use by northern communities.
•  Build community capacity to use health data and access theory to
  understand community experiences in accessing health services,
  as well as capacity to influence program planning and policy
  development.
•  Evaluate the design of health service delivery to improve access
  by northern residents.
• Influence healthy public policy to ensure it is appropriate and
  relevant for people and communities of the north.