eBooks Health & Social Care eBooks Circle of Health©: A holistic framework for health promotion June 19, 2024 Patricia Beattie-Huggan, President and Principal Consultant of The Quaich Inc., talks to Open Access Government’s Harriet Belderbos about the Circle of Health©, an interactive framework that bridges gaps in health promotion, by thinking about health in a more holistic way, and draws together both the external and internal factors that drive our health Q. Where did the concept of creating a company that would focus on consulting and innovation come from? In the ‘80s I became involved with the Association of Nurses of Prince Edward Island (PEI) to advocate for a baccalaureate degree in nursing on the Island.
Once that was approved by the government, we questioned what system these new graduate nurses would need. We studied primary health care in the Alma Ata Declaration and in some of the principled documents that needed to be implemented if we were going to have university-educated nurses entering a system that would use their skills. In 1992-93, I pursued a Masters in Nursing and Health Studies at the University of Edinburgh.
I studied health systems in various countries so that I could bring what I learned back to PEI, where I live. My biggest wake-up call while I was there was learning that no one had all of the answers to what I sought to find out. Everyone was exploring options for health systems and the best ways to meet the needs of the public.
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