What does healthcare mean to you video overview
everyone gets access to health no matter what
What is health according to WHO?
state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not just absence of disease and infirmity
What is holistic healthcare?
encompasses the whole person (body, mind, spirit)
Importance of a holistic framework?
capture disparate disease and health conditions and their intricate relationships in a unified platform
What is the two-eyed seeing approach?
-combines Indigenous and Western knowledge and no single perspective is better
What is Western medicine?
Conventional and scientific
What is Indigenous Medicine?
-love, honesty, humility and respect to build trust relationships and safe spaces
What is two wayed seeing used for?
to balance impacts of colonization and marginalization and reduce negative health outcomes
-transformative
What are the four directions?
East South West North
What is East?
-Spiritual dimension (Smudging, singing)
-spring, tobacco, eagle yellow
What is South?
-Emotional dimension (self-esteem, self love, positive environment etc)
-Summer, Cedar, Coyote and Red
What is West?
-physical dimension (exercise, balanced diet etc)
-Autumn, Sage Bear and Black
What is North?
-Mental dimension (quality time with family, learning from elders)
-Winter, Sweet grass, Deer and White
What are health promoting conditions?
-availability of health services
-adequate housing
-safe working conditions
-nutritious food
The availability of health services?
-complete health requires access to a family doctor, emergency health services, specialists and technologies
-should be available in a timely manner without financial burden
Adequate Housing?
-health requires safe and secure home and community to live in peace and dignity
Safe working conditions?
-health requires access to comprehensive workplace training , understanding reasonable protection against work hazards, comfy and supportive work environment
Nutritious Food?
-access to variety of food providing macro and micro nutrients to support growth, energy and feel good
-without financial burden
Lack of availability of health services (Indig)
-infectious disease rates increase
-poor mental health increase
-need culturally relevant care to mitigate these issues
Lack of adequate housing? (Indig)
-overcrowding and needed repair
-improper funding, environmental conditions, lack of access to resources and supplies, struggle to obtain bank mortgage due to “the crown”
-have limited funding from band councils
Lack of safe working conditions? (Indig)
-work in more hazardous occupations, higher hospitalizations from work, more stress, barriers to employment (racism, poverty) and impacts of colonization
Lack of Nutritious Food? (Indig)
-Food insecurity, 4x more likely to experience hunger, also no clean drinking water
What did the Opaskwayak nation do that demonstrated resilience in promoting health?
-colonization and intergenerational trauma poorly impacted health
-reclaimed traditions for health and aimed to gain rights bacl
What did the mohawks of the bay of quinte do to promote health?
-estbalished community health programs by providing services to all members regardless of status
-services= blood sugar checks
-staff=nurses etc