Grant: Dissemination Events

The Primary Healthcare Partnership Forum (PriFor) is a scientific conference, the content of which is based on a call for abstracts for oral presentations, posters, and workshops. The only directly planned content includes the keynote speakers and some specific calls for presentations on areas of focus. The forum is organized and hosted primarily by the Primary Healthcare Research Unit (PHRU) of Memorial University of Newfoundland. The PHRU is an academic research unit situated within Memorial University's Discipline of Family Medicine. The overarching theme of the 2011 conference is "Primary Healthcare Teams: People, Practice, and Policy. We believe that providing a forum in which to share ideas and knowledge and network with other health professionals will go a long way in helping those working across the spectrum of primary healthcare to more effectively work together to improve healthcare. While the exact content of the conference is not yet known (as the vast majority will be based on abstracts submitted by conference participants) we will promote a number of sub-themes: 1) aging and care of the elderly, 2) health promotion and prevention to control cardiovascular disease, 3) primary healthcare teams, 4) child and maternal health, and 5) mental health. The conference will bring together researchers, policy makers, and practitioners involved in the multi-faceted field of primary healthcare; it is intended to act as a medium for the transfer of knowledge, primarily through dissemination.