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The First Nations Regional Health Survey

19 Jul 2018

FNIGC is committed to producing data that can A Member of the Order of Canada, Alberta Order of contribute to the health and well-being of First Nations Excellence, and Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts, his people living in our 634 communities across the country. [...] Pulled together by a collective of First Nations advocates and academics who had to fight for every dollar of funding from the institutions of the day, the first few years of the RHS were a struggle for Dr. [...] ABOUT THE FIRST NATIONS FNIGC has a mandate to oversee data collection on REGIONAL HEALTH SURVEY First Nations reserves and in Northern communities, Phase 3 of the First Nations Regional Health Survey research, knowledge dissemination and the (FNRHS, or RHS) was funded by the First Nations and promotion and advancement of the First Nations Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) of Health Canada. [...] The RHS is one such response that •. The First Nations Health and Social is filling this data gap by generating regional and Secretariat of Manitoba (established by the national evidence to improve the health care system Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs) and the determinants of health for First Nations. [...] The findings of the RHS Phase 3 indicate that the The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: perceived quality of care in remote and special access Calls to Action includes seven health-related First Nations communities is lower than in rural and recommendations which seek to improve the quality urban communities.
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ISBN
9781988433028
Pages
168
Published in
Ottawa, ON, CA

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