Partners: R. Bruce Chamberlin and Meredith A. Moore

Moore Chamberlin & Associates is an independent consulting firm specializing in community health development, health promotion, health planning, program evaluation and research. For nearly twenty-five years, our teachers have been northern and First Nations communities and community organizations in Saskatchewan and Ontario. We specialize in "community health development": a purposive process of building strong resilient families, communities, and nations by developing awareness and critical analysis of strengths and challenges, increasing skills required for change, acting to help create change in a planned series of cooperative actions, and reflecting regularly on the process of change.

This process attacks the root causes of learned helplessness and dependency, rebuilds community, and makes sustained development more likely. It also often results in health care services which are more appropriate to local needs and which build on community strengths. In carrying out our work, we use community development methods, and rely heavily on participatory research approaches and methods, contributing needed skills in quantitative and qualitative research methods as required. In recent years, our work has increasingly focused on evaluation research, strategic planning, health systems design, organizational development, as well as on-going involvement in community development work.

Married 32 years, Bruce Chamberlin and Meredith Moore have strong skills in community research and planning, training, and health systems design and implementation. Our commitment to assist northern communities and First Nations and their services to be self-reliant is rooted in our continuing commitment to community development. As community development practitioners, we see each project both as an opportunity to learn from the community as well as share our experience and skills. We strive to ensure that we leave each organization and individual richer in the skills and knowledge and understanding required to make real improvements in the quality of community, family and individual life.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

• designing and implementing community health research and planning
• designing and facilitating community participation and development processes
• community health development
• health promotion strategies
• strategic planning
• group facilitation and training
• educating in post secondary health planning, management and teaching
• leading teams for research and program development
• community health planning; health service model building
• working with marginalized and disenfranchised populations
• negotiating
• organization transformation and change
• program and process evaluation

CLIENTS AND CONSULTATIONS since 1983

• Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority, program evaluation skill development and support for four Partner First Nations Health Services; Strategic Planning
• Athabasca Health Authority: program evaluation of all community-based health services and management support
• Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Service: Program evaluation for all health services provided by the LLRIB Health Service
• Sioux Lookout First Nation’s Health Authority: Facilitation of working groups, research and consultation in support of the District Health Plan for 32 First Nations
• Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation: Health Service Evaluation
• Lac La Ronge Indian Band: Health Service Evaluation and development of new Community Health Plan.
• Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations: Support to working groups, background research and writing plus promotion of the Health Worker Prior Learning and Recognition project.
• Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan: Doctoral studies class in Program Planning and Evaluation (taught twice)
• Telehealth Saskatchewan: Evaluation of demonstration program of telehealth rollout in Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Council for Community Development: Leadership Saskatchewan evaluation
• Northern Telehealth Network (Saskatchewan): Pilot year evaluation
• Mamawetan Churchill River Health District: needs assessment and community health plan in five communities; Strategic Plan for Health District
• Saskatoon Youth Resources Development Network: needs assessment on youth homelessness
• Health Services Utilization and Research Commission: study on effects of rural hospital closures - focus group facilitation, data analysis and reporting
• Northern Telehealth Network: first year evaluation
• Prince Albert and Community Against Family Violence: strategic planning, program evaluation
• Indian Teacher Education Program (U of S): health studies, health education methodologies
• Saskatchewan Indian Federated College: health studies
• Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technology: health planning and management studies
• Northern Teacher Education Program: health education studies
• Northern Inter-Tribal Health Planning Steering Committee: needs assessment and health service model development for third level health services; technical support to transfer of third level health services
• Medical Services Branch, Ontario Region: strategic planning
• Chiefs of Ontario/Medical Services Branch/Corporate Services Branch: transfer negotiations facilitation and support
• Saskatchewan Heart Health Program, University of Saskatchewan: rural families health knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes study
• Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority: Role Review - evaluation, strategic planning, mandate definition process
• Community Action Program for Children, Health Canada: strategic planning process with CAPC Board
• Saskatchewan Heart Health Program, University of Saskatchewan: evaluation of program components; on-going evaluation support
• Health Canada, Medical Services Branch: evaluation of Four First Nations Family Violence Treatment Pilot Projects
• Meadow Lake Tribal Council Mobile Community Treatment: clinical training of trainees
• Saskatchewan Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Mobile Community Treatment Project: developed mobile treatment process, educational materials, trained staff, counseled and educated participants (3 communities)
• Prince Albert and District Health Board: strategic planning
• Northern Medical Services: strategic planning
• Saskatchewan Health: community development orientation for district development team members
• Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations: review of regional addictions program support services and development of program options for First Nations control of services
• Nishnawbe-Aski Nation: research support for 28 community health needs assessment and health planning process; strategic planning and negotiations support to the Chiefs Negotiating Unit for hospital and community health services; design of First Nations health care system; research and policy development
• Northern Health Services Branch: management support and advice on community health development and response to Health Reform initiatives; health policy analysis and strategic planning
• Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office: designed and supervised research process to assess women's attitudes on uranium mining, critical review of the socio-economic impact sections of the Rabbit Lake Mine impact statement, orientation on uranium mining and northern socio-economic issues to Review Panel
• Athabasca Task Force: assessment of hospital service needs in the Athabasca Basin, preparation of location options and implications for Task Force
• Lac La Ronge Indian Band: Health pre-transfer needs assessment and health service development planning; prepare integrated Health and Social Service Development Plan
• Prince Albert Tribal Council: health needs assessment, health service and development planning for the First Nations of Fond du Lac, Black Lake, Hatchet Lake, Wahpeton, Red Earth, Cumberland House; preparation of discussion paper on District level transfer options, development of transfer planning documents, transfer planning workshops, negotiations support; principal negotiator on transfer agreement; health policy analysis and strategic planning; staff training in community health development
• Montreal Lake First Nation: community health needs assessment, health service and development planning, and facility feasibility study; transfer planning support; negotiations support, principal negotiator for transfer agreement, transfer implementation support and health development support; tutorial management support; health policy analysis and strategic planning; addiction program intensive training and professional supervision; addiction program development; co-ordinated Mobile Community Treatment Process for Montreal Lake First Nation
• Sturgeon Lake First Nation: community health needs assessment and health service and development planning; pre-transfer planning support
• Black Lake First Nation/Fond du Lac First Nation/Hatchet Lake First Nation: needs assessment and program design for out-patient alcohol treatment process; development support for program implementation
• Prince Albert District Chiefs' Council: interpretation of medical travel data analysis, and development of preliminary pre-transfer organizational plan
• Saskatchewan Nursing Assistants' Association: review of utilization of Certified Nursing Assistants in Saskatchewan, recommendations for action
• Shellbrook Agency and Saskatoon District Chiefs' Association:
• needs assessment and program design for alcohol treatment centre
• The IMS Corporation: critical review of study design and report on Evaluation of Community Health Demonstration Projects for Medical Services Branch, Health and Welfare Canada
• WMC Associates: Indian Health Capital Facilities Framework study to develop guidelines for levels of health services available on Indian reserves; contributed conceptual framework for study, research, health needs assessment, formulation of guidelines