Health

  • Who is present? Who is absent?
  • Expectations: Cards
  • What is good health?: Spray Diagrams
  • Rich Diagrams
  • Table of Results, Programmes (outcomes) and Indicators
   
On January 22, the focus was on the health sector. The participants 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.
   

Present

Absent
Susan Owen – E-Centre manager
Health board
Anna Owen – Mental Health Trainee
Prenatal nutrition
Maggie Moose – National Native Alcohol Drug Awareness Program (NNADAP)
Dental assistant
Lydia Owen – Referral clerk
Nurses
Alice Suggashie – Multi media production
Chief and council
Fabian Campbell – Assistant Health director
Mental health consultant
Teresa Wassaykeesic – Health Director
Patient driver
Rita Wassaykeesic – Tele-health coordinator
Tikinagan worker
Barbara Strang – CHR
Home care worker
Anita Strang – Computer technician
Water treatment worker
Salina Strang – CAP youth worker

Participants’ expectations for the health sector were gathered on cards.

Jim Suggashie – Councilor

Bella Moose – Healthy babies coordinator

Georgina SuggashieResource MOM
 

Once expectations were gathered, the participants brainstormed on what Good health means in Poplar Hill. The diagram allows everyone to "spray" their ideas on to paper.

 

From the spray diagram, the participants 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 the technology (in red),

- how they plan to use the technology that the SMART project brings to the community (in blue),

- programs they would like to have in the community (in orange), 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 program outcomes contribute to more than one result. Programs that are already using SMART technology have red letters for video-conferencing (VC), personal computers with Internet (PCI); training (TR), service support (SS); On-line services including list serves, chat, discussion forum (OL); websites (W); and new technology (T).

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Table of Results,

Programs, and indicators for Good Health in Poplar Hill.

Results

Programs

Indicators

Traditional values and teachings

Traditional legends (T, P) (VC, W)

No lost stories
Books
Communication

 

Community feasts (T, P, W)

50% community feasts on memorials, openings, and churches

 

Family gathering (T, P, W) (VC)

Seeing more family gatherings for fishing, derby’s, both in winter and summer

 

Elders support (T, P) (VC)

 
 

Traditional medicine (P, T) (VC, TR, W)

90% increase in traditional medicine

 

Using traditional land (P, T, OL) (W)

Trap lines, fishing continues also with trapping, hunting festivities

More wild life

 

Elders gathering and feats (VC, T, P, PCI)

Show lot of respect for our elders for their wisdom and knowledge

Prevention

TB (P, SS, T) (TR)

Disease controlled or reduced

 

Suicide (P, SS, PCI, OL, T) (TR, VC)

Suicide rate reduced

 

Diabetes (P, PCI, TR, SS, T) (W, VC)

Disease controlled or reduced

 

Immunization (P, PCI, TR, SS, OL, T) (W, VC)

Healthier people

 

Domestic violence (P, SS, OL,)

Community family counselors

 

Hypertension (P, PCI, SS, TR, T) (W)

 
 

Well being clinic (P, PCI, TR, SS, OL, T)

Healthier people

 

FAS

Health babies

New and larger facility

Telehealth program (P, PCI, PC, VC, OL, SS, T)

Less traveling

Lower spending of medical funds

 

New equipment (P, PCI, TR, SS, OL, T)

More trained technicians

 

Population needs and reports (SS, PCI, P, OL) (VC, W)

 
 

Support from zone hospital (T, P, SS, VC)

Documents recorded

 

More hydro (PC, T, SS, TR)

Hydro comes from Eyefalls and no longer on diesel generator

 

Location (P, T, OL)

New health facility will be located in central area

 

Evaluation planning (T, P, SS, VC)

Documents recorded

Improve services

Community workshops (P, T, SS) (VC)

Community members are more informed on health topics

 

Full time nurse (P, PC, TR, SS, VC, OL, W, T)

Two nurses living in the community

 

Child care center (P, VC, PC, TR, SS, T)

Building established and in operation

 

Better residence for doctors and nurses

Doctor and nurse staying longer and enjoying their stay

 

Elders complex (P, TR, SS, T, PCI, PC)

 
 

More visits from specialists (P, PCI, VC, SS)

More visits

 

Access funding (W, P, T, PCI, SS, OL)

More fund for projects

Community well being

Indoor, outdoor activities (T, P, SS) (PC)

Sport teams for all ages, COED, males, females

 

Fitness (T, P, SS)

Fit and healthy community members

 

Youth programs (P, T, SS) (TR)

More youth involved

 

Family consulting (T, P) (VC)

Family participation and respect

 

Radio programs (P, T, SS)

More announcements

Radio shows – women hour, men’s hour, children’s hour

 

Safety (P, W, VC, TR, T)

 
 

Better budgeting (P, PC, PCI, T, TR, SS, OL)

More community vocal concerns

Meeting program financial requirements

 

Discipline

Better behaved and responsible people

Community awareness

Nutrition (P, T, PC, PCI) (VC)

Healthier community members

 

Prenatal (P, T, PC, PCI) (VC)

 
 

Diabetes education

 
 

Sex education (T, SS, OL)

Less teen pregnancies

 

HIV/AIDS education (W, OL, SS, T)

 
 

Safety (P, W, VC, TR, T)

 
 

T.B. education (W, OL, SS, T)

More community knowledge

 

Hypertension education (TR, SS)

 
 

Life styles (TR, SS, T, W)

 

Non alcohol and drug community

Support groups (P, T) (SS, VC)

Church groups

 

Security program (P, T) (TR)

Zero alcohol and drugs coming to the community

 

NNADAP (P) (VC, SS)

Alcohol anonymous groups

Alcohol teen groups

 

Workshops (P, T, SS, VC, OL)

 
 

Role models (W, SS, TR, OL)

Children have a better sense of direction

Job training

Community based training (VC, TR, SS, PC, PCI)

More success in programs

 

Community computer training (T, PC, PCI, SS, OL, TR)

More success in programs

 

Job continuity (T, TR, SS, P, PC, PCI)

Longer employment

 

Career information (W, VC, T, P, OL, PC, PCI)

More info on posters, Internet