First Meeting of Steering Committee Takes Place

This afternoon, we had our first meeting of the needs assessment Steering Committee (some members pictured at right).  This committee (not to be confused with the Advisory Committee!) is made up of Eastern Health staff.  Their job is to oversee the needs assessment. 

Today, we talked mostly about getting the groundwork in place:  the terms of reference for the Steering Committee and the terms of reference for the Advisory Committee.  We also reviewed a draft critical path and discussed how we will get people's input (focus groups, interviews, telephone survey).

One of the first tasks of the Steering Committee is to decide who will sit on the Advisory Committee.  Members of the Steering Committee will review the applications and invite people to participate based on the determinants of health and having as diverse a committee as possible.  The review of the applications will take place as soon as possible after the application deadline of Feb. 5.