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Health Services

The main role of the Community Health Team is to Educate and promote health awareness and disease prevention.

Our team consists of:

  • Community Health Nurse In Charge and a Community Health Nurse.
  • Community Health Representative In Charge and 2 Community Health Representatives.
  • Healthy Babies Healthy Children Co-ordinator and a Home Visitor
  • Maternal Child Health Co-ordinator

 

Mandatory programs of the Community Health Nurses are:

  1. Publically Funded Routine Immunization as well as School based immunization programs
  2. Infant and children immunizations
  3. TB testing
  4. Communicable disease reporting and follow up
  5. Reporting spreadable diseases
  6. Follow up for spreadable disease

 

We also provide Health awareness and disease prevention to the community through some of the following:

  • Blood Pressure checks (Hypertension info flyer), Cholesterol checks & Glucometer testing at many of our clinics.
  • Chiropody-  for people on Territory with Diabetes.
  • Diabetes Nurse Educator services. Dietician now available, introduction
  • Diabetes Wellness Circle every 2nd Tuesday of the month-  a holistic look at prevention of and  living with Diabetes.
  • Flu Clinics INFO, Health Fairs, workshops and information delivery as needed.
  •  Breastfeeding support group every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with Lactation consultant. Community Wellbeing Building

 

Other Health Canada Programs we also deliver and develop are:

  • Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program(CPNP):The goal of the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program-First Nations and Inuit Component (CPNP-FNIC) is to improve maternal and infant nutritional health. January 2012 VOUCHERS - INFO, Prenatal Classes - Fall Session to begin September 14th, 2011 - INFO
  • Maternal Child Health: The goal of the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program is to support pregnant First Nations women and families with infants and young children, who live on reserve, to reach their fullest developmental and lifetime potential
  • Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative:diabetes primary prevention and health promotion programs.

 

Healthy Babies Healthy Children:

We provide programs to families with children 0 to 6, living on Territory. through friendly home visits we can provide

  • Parenting/caretaker awareness and healthy parenting and coping skills.
  • Prenatal support, services and information to expecting mothers.
  • Postpartum support, services and information to mother, infants, and families.
  • Integration of traditional teachings and values.
  • Enhance nutrition, safety and breastfeeding.

 

  Community Health Reps are responsible for:

  • provide health information/education programs and services
  • Development and maintenance of community based health promotion and Disease prevention.
  • Works with the Community Wellbeing team to assess, plan, and implement coordinated services to the community.
  • conducting pediculosis inspections.
  • responding to dog bite incidences and conducting rabies clinics
  • West Niles surveillance
  • HIV/AIDS and STD awareness
  • smoking cessation programs and support groups

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