Supporting the Achievement of Health Goals with Formerly Incarcerated Men

Project Funding: The Vancouver Foundation, the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and Face the World Foundation
Project Period: 2014 – 2017

CCPHE and the John Howard Society of Canada partnered on this community-based participatory research project. The project sought to answer the question: what are the facilitators and barriers to achieving health and successful reintegration for men leaving federal correctional facility in BC? Using participatory processes, this project identified immediate, short- and long-term health goals and priorities of formerly incarcerated men and the barriers and facilitators in achieving these health goals. The project explored the impact of peer-mentorship as a support for participants to achieve their health goals. The overall goal of the project was to identify how to best support men as they transition from a federal correctional facility back into the community.

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