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Community Health Advocate Program: Project Overview

Publication type: 
Project Proposal / Grant Application
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Agency: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC)
Pages: 
3
Summary: 
This project overview for the Community Health Advocate Project by the Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC), describes the role of the Community Health Advocate, the VWHC's working definitions of "community" and "violence against women," and includes quotes from women who have been abused within and by the health care system. The document also outlines the goals of the Community Health Advocate's role, and the different types of advocacy they do.
Keywords: 
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Community Health Advocate Project; advocacy; education; women and health; women's health; violence against women; awareness raising; community-based health; volunteer; workshops; patients' rights;