Addressing financial strain through a peer-to-peer intervention in primary care.

Background: Financial strain is a key social determinant of health. As primary care organizations begin to explore ways to address social determinants, peer-to-peer interventions hold promise.

Objective: Our objective was to evaluate a peer-to-peer intervention focussed on financial empowerment delivered in primary care, in partnership with a social enterprise.

Preventing and Treating Diabetes in Canadian Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Despite emerging evidence that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have a high prevalence of diabetes, Canada does not have a strategy to address diabetes in this population. The aim of this review was to review effective health policies and practices to improve diabetes prevention and management developed by other jurisdictions in response to the high prevalence of diabetes among individuals with IDD. To do so, a narrative literature review was conducted based on 18 studies, in addition to 3 examples of resources, 2 systematic reviews, the Canadian diabetes guidelines, the UK diabetes guidelines and Kachika's "NHS RightCare Pathway" report.