Health
Workshop Day 2, Tuesday, November 20

The workshop began with an opening prayer by Halum Kakepetum. Raymond Mason gave introductions of the Health staff, Smart people as well as the people fromTelecommons.

Ricardo Ramirez (Telecommons Development Group), introduced the days agenda.

 

Here is Les, Lawrence, Raymond, Dorothy and Helen.

Health Agenda

• Who is present? Who is absent?
• Expectations: Cards
• What is good health?: Spray Diagrams
• Rich Diagrams
• Table of Results, Programmes (outcomes) and Indicators

Who is Present and Absent

We identified who was present and who was absent in the health sector, with the aim of ensuring that those who are away are invited to review and comment on the workshop results.

Expectations

Everyone is asked what they came to this workshop expecting . The ideas were written on coloured construction paper, with one idea per piece to see the community take charge of health and technology in a practical manner

We gathered expectations on cards.

Participants crossed off the expectations that had been met, others that were not point at services that the E-Centre may want to offer.

What is Good Health? Our Spray Diagrams..

Participants brainstormed on what GOOD HEALTH means in Keewaywin. The diagram allows everyone to “spray” their ideas on to paper.

From the spray diagram, we worked on another one, describing:

•    the vision or results that the health workers are working towards (large bubbles),
•   the programs they are involved with (in green),
•    how they are using and plan to use the technology that the SMART project brings to the community (in red), and

•     what to measure to show that the visions or goals were being reached, or that the programmes were moving ahead yellow sticky papers)

  The table below is a summary made from the diagram. Many programme outcomes contribute to more than one result. Programmes that are already using SMART technology have red letters for video-conferencing (VC), personal computers with Internet (PCI), list server (LS); E-Centre programmes are all in red.

  

  Table of Results, Programmes (outcomes) and indicators for Good Health in Keewaywin.

  Results	Indicators	Programmes	Indicators	Comments
  Community awareness	Nutrition:  better awareness of diabetes and more people involved in the diabetic programs More awareness for Pregnant moms, drugs, smoke,alcohol abuse.	Elder support (Video Conferencing) Organization and coordination (Live Sessions)	Community website showcasing activities and programs	Awareness on: TB, diabetes, STD, drugs and alcohol abuse, family violence, sexual abuse
  Healthy foods	Better nutrition, more traditional foods, class room visits, more healthy foods in store	Elder support (Video Conferencing) Healthy babies Homecare Nutrition
  High esteem	Less violence, suicide rate drops, Less vandalism; People involved in more positive activities People are working to keep their land clean (sense of pride)	Social activities (computer club) Mental health Fitness program	More community involvement in various programs, ie fitness programs, guitar lessons
  Day Care		Healthy babies (Phones Computers & Internet)
  Healthy children	Pregnant women: drugs, smoke, alcohol, abuse awareness Statistics, how many children seen and for what; more prevention awareness Home visiting: let parents know about parenting and pre-natals	Healthy babies (Phones Computers & Internet) Nutrition Home care Fitness program
  Stress management	Less violence Better overall health Better quality of work	Guitar lessons Therapy Organization and coordination (Live Sessions) Fitness program Leisure and recreation	More community involvement in various programs, ie fitness programs, guitar lessons
  Good hygiene	Better health Improved personal appearance Class room visits – teaching Hygiene awareness	Home support Healthy babies (Phones Computers & Internet) Housing awareness
  Improved living conditions	Better maintained homes; Houses last longer; Less overcrowding Better home environment, clean house Home support (for) clients	Elder support (Video Conferencing) Homecare Community counseling
  Non violence in homes	Dry reserve Activities in community Curfew	Mental health Drugs and alcohol (Phones Computers & Internet) Crisis co-ordinator (PCI)
  Confidentiality (patients) (Video Conferencing)	Discuss personal – private issues with worker, ie MHO, NDAP, BFL on chat, if you feel uncomfortable with eye contact	Brighter futures Referral clerk
  Dentist and eye doctor	Dentist and eye doctor	Funds Videoconferencing	Number of workshops and training increased through Video Conferencing
  Extended clinic	More people to work (offices), more offices in clinic	Funds Videoconferencing	(as above)
  Nurse present at all times		Transportation Funds Videoconferencing	Telehealth-less medical visits to outside community, more patients treated in community
  Trained health staff		Workshops and training (Video Concferencing) Organization and coordination (Live Sessions)

The table includes the indicators developed with the Health group; further inputs are needed from other people who were away. TeleCommons will review the inputs and suggest additional indicators and ways of collecting them in future.

During the day, Jesse Fiddler did demonstrations on how to develop a website to upload the workshop results.