Cross-national consultations on health and learning : Final report on adults living in rural and remote areas

B. Purpose of the Consultations From the consultations focusing on adults living in rural and remote areas, the AWG sought to identify themes, gaps and needs related to health and learning as experienced by these adults. [...] This, we hope, will result in a greater understanding of the relationship between health and learning, and in initiatives to improve the health status of adults living in rural and remote areas across Canada. [...] Our goal was to attract the widest range of participants to the consultations by August 2008 6 Adult Working Group Consultations on Health and Learning: Final Report on Adults Living in Rural and Remote Areas advertising the sessions widely in the communities and surrounding areas. [...] We wanted providers to participate in the consultations because of the useful information they could provide related to their experiences around health and learning in terms of the community members they worked with. [...] In the Seaforth consultation, participants reported that Family Health Teams are the way of the future and provide access to information as well as integrated health services that can help compensate for the lack of doctors in the region.