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AHS Practice Resources

Aboriginal Mental Health: A Framework for Alberta, 2009
AHS Indigenous Health Program
AHS Policies, Procedures, Protocols, Guidelines and Standards
Bringing Reconciliation to Healthcare in Canada
HealthCareCAN, 2018. This report offers wise practices for health leaders and organizations to address the health-related Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC).
Cancer Screening in Aboriginal Communities: A Promising Practices Review, 2012
Population, Public & Indigenous Health Strategic Clinical Network
Practical Considerations for Working with Aboriginal Mothers

AHS Indigenous Health Program Learning Series

Click on the menu icon in the top left corner of the video to access all the videos in this series, and use the full screen icon to view the video in full size.

General Practice Resources

The State of Knowledge of Aboriginal Health: A Review of Aboriginal Public Health in Canada
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, 2012
Health and Health Care Implications of Systemic Racism on Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Indigenous Health Working Group of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada, 2016.
Issue Brief: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Health-Related Recommendations
HealthCareCAN, 2016.
First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The Role of Racism in the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Allan & Smylie, 2015.
Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre
Resources and reports from the First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS), the First Nations Regional Education, Employment and Early Childhood Development Survey (FNREEES), as well many other First Nations health trends.

Culturally Competent Care

Bias, Hostile Health Environments and Indigenous Patients
Video. AHS, 2016
Developing Awareness and Skills in Culturally Competent Care
IHP Learning Series Video. AHS, 2016
Empathy, dignity, and respect: Creating cultural safety for Aboriginal people in urban health care
Health Council of Canada, 2012
Indigenous Health Values & Principals
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2013

Mental Health & Wellness

Aboriginal Mental Health: A Framework for Alberta, 2009
Alberta Mental Health Board, 2006.
Advancing the Mental Health Strategy for Canada: A Framework for Action (2017–2022)
Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2016.
Changing Directions, Changing Lives: The Mental Health Strategy for Canada
Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2012.
First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework
Health Canada, 2015.
Positive futures: optimizing mental health for Alberta's children & youth : a framework for action (2006-2016)
Alberta Health & Wellness, 2006.
Children's mental health plan for Alberta: three year action plan (2008-2011)
Alberta Health & Wellness, 2008.

Associations & Organizations

Assembly of First Nations Health Unit
The Health Unit's mandate is to maintain, promote, support and advocate for the rights, health and the well-being of First Nations.
First Nations & Inuit Health (Health Canada)
Provides a range of resources relating to First Nations & Inuit Health in the following areas: Diseases and Health Conditions, Family Health, Funding, Health Care Services, Health Promotion, Non-Insured Health Benefits, Substance Use and Treatment of Addictions, Reports & Publications.
National Aboriginal Health Organization
Knowledge based organization that excels in the advancement and promotion of health and well-being of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, families and communities.
National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health
A national aboriginal organization established in 2005 by the Government of Canada and funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis public health renewal and health equity through knowledge translation and exchange.

Population, Public & Indigenous Health

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