First Nations and Inuit

Health Canada has many online resources concerning First Nations and Inuit health issues such as:

• AIDS/HIV
• Alcohol and Substance Misuse
• Children
• Diabetes
• Family Violence
• Funding Health Care Programs and Services
• Indian Residential Schools support
• Injury and Suicide Prevention
• Non-Insured Health Benefits
• Nursing
• Seniors
• Tobacco
• Tuberculosis
• West Nile Virus
• Women
• Other Resources

AIDS/HIV

• Facts on HIV and Aids in First Nations and Inuit Populations
• First Nations and Inuit Health Branch HIV/AIDS Progra

Alcohol and Substance Misuse

• Alcohol, Drugs and Solvents
• National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
• National Youth Solvent Abuse Program
• Treatment Centre Directory

Children

• The Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve initiative is designed to prepare young First Nations children for their school years, by meeting their emotional, social, health, nutritional and psychological needs.
• Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI) was developed as a means to address the disparity between the oral health of First Nations and Inuit and that of the general Canadian population.

Diabetes

Among First Nations people, the prevalence of diabetes is three times the national average. They can have diabetes complications more often and at an earlier age.

• Diabetes Background
• First Nations On-reserve and Inuit in Inuit Communities Program (FNOIIC)
• Canadian Diabetes Strategy
• Canadian Health Network - Diabetes

Family Violence Prevention

• A Resource Guide on Family Violence Issues for Aboriginal Communities
• Family violence in Aboriginal communities: An Aboriginal perspective

Funding Health Care Programs and Services

The First Nations and Inuit Health Branch is a highly decentralized, client-oriented organization which is responsible for providing health services to status Indians living on-reserve and to recognized Inuit and Innu people.

• Contribution Agreements
• Funding Accountability and Audits
• Health Integration Initiative
• Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative
• Home & Community Care
• eHealth
• Telehealth

Indian Residential Schools Support

For information on the services provided to claimants who have suffered abuses in Indian residential schools, Health Canada 's Indian Residential Schools Mental Health Support Program.

Injury and Suicide Prevention

• Injury Prevention
• Suicide Prevention

Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB)

• Non-Insured Health Benefits
• Benefits Information
  • Drug Benefits List
• Protecting Personal Privacy

Nursing

• Nursing in First Nations and Inuit Communitites
• Employment Opportunities
• Office of Nursing Services
• Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
• Canadian Nurses Association

Seniors

Seniors currently make up a relatively small proportion of the Aboriginal population in Canada but that proportion is estimated is almost triple from 1996 to 2016.

Tobacco

• First Nations & Inuit Health -- Tobacco
• Supporting communities

Tuberculosis

• First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Tuberculosis Elimination Strategy
• Tuberculosis - are First Nations people more at risk?

West Nile Virus

What is being done to address West Nile virus in First Nations communities?

Women

• Healthy Pregnancy and Babies: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAS/FAE) in First Nations and Inuit Communities
• Just for You -- Women
• Canadian Health Network --Women

Other Resources

• Reports and Publications
• Canadian Health Network -- Aboriginal Peoples
• Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
• Aboriginal Canada Portal

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