Basic Need Amenity Uses
Definition
7th Street Health Access Centre offers several free amenities including laundry, phone, computer, and shower.
Why This Matters
This facility has many services available for the community including, nurse practitioners, a service navigator, a community nurse, housing resources, addiction services, a community social worker, cultural facilitators, peer support facilitators, and more. First come first serve services include a shower, laundry services, free phone service, and private voicemail boxes, computers with internet access, faxing/photocopying, and meeting rooms. From April 1st, 2019 to March 31st 2020, there was 14,564 amenity uses in total. From April 1st 2020 to March 31st 2021, there was 9500 amenity uses. This decrease in usage is likely a reflection of the pandemic.
Address: 20-7th Street, Brandon, Manitoba
Hours of operation: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm everyday.
Phone Number: 204-578-4800.
Data Source
Prairie Mountain Health (2021). 7th street health access centre. Retrieved from https://www.pmh-mb.ca/index.php/7th-street-health-access-centre
References
Prairie Mountain Health (2021). 7th street health access centre. Retrieved from https://www.pmh-mb.ca/index.php/7th-street-health-access-centre
Prairie Mountain Health (2013). Better life, better health. Retrieved from https://www.pmh-mb.ca/images/Primary_Health_Care/7_street_access_centre_brochure.pdf
Basic Need Amenity Uses in the Sustainable Development Goals
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3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. Major progress has been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio and the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, many more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues.
10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
The international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty. The most vulnerable nations – the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries and the small island developing states – continue to make inroads into poverty reduction. However, inequality still persists and large disparities remain in access to health and education services and other assets.
Additionally, while income inequality between countries may have been reduced, inequality within countries has risen. There is growing consensus that economic growth is not sufficient to reduce poverty if it is not inclusive and if it does not involve the three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social and environmental.
To reduce inequality, policies should be universal in principle paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.