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e-499 (Mental health)
E-petition
Initiated by Nickta Jowhari from Richmond Hill, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled
Whereas:
- Suicide still remains the second highest cause of death for young people in our country;
- MOBYSS (Mobile York South Simcoe) is Ontario’s first mobile health clinic for youth who are 12 to 25 years of age;
- Mobile units can assist with hospital diversions, providing just in time access to services and supports, and pre-empting crisis situations;
- Mobile units provide immediate primary and mental health services: the team includes health care from a Nurse Practitioner, specialized youth mental health worker, and peer support specialist;
- Mobile units provide early intervention to prevent the loss of young lives to mental illness, addiction and suicide, they support at risk and homeless youth, they remove barriers to access: geographic, financial & stigma;
- Mobile units are innovative: virtual line up & utilizes Ontario Telemedicine Network;
- Mobile units improve partnerships: provincial, territorial and municipal governments, Indigenous Canadians, community organizations equipped with the appropriate resources; and
- Mobile units are safe.
We, the undersigned, Citizens (or residents) of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to investigate and create a national framework in which Mobile Mental Health Units (i.e MOBYSS), can be implemented in every region across Canada and ensure that the units are customized to fit the unique needs of a particular region.
- Open for signature
- July 29, 2016, at 9:19 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- November 26, 2016, at 9:19 a.m. (EDT)
