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The First Nations Health Society ActNow Initiative: The Value of Engaging Communities
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| Presenter(s):
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| Kylee Swift, Reciprocal Consulting, kylee.swift@hotmail.com
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| Kim van der Woerd, Reciprocal Consulting, kvanderwoerd@gmail.com
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| Michelle Degroot, First Nations Health Society, mdegroot@fnhc.ca
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| Abstract:
When considering a Social Determinants of Health model, there are several gaps in the health of Aboriginal people as compared to non-Aboriginal people in British Columbia (BC). The First Nations Health Society (FNHS), funded by the Aboriginal ActNow, endeavored to fill some of those gaps through the development and implementation of health promotion programs and products. The FNHS engaged in a number of activities in order to encourage healthy lifestyle changes and increase the capacity of communities to affect health outcomes. This presentation reviews a comprehensive process evaluation of the FNHS Aboriginal ActNow programs. Findings suggest that greater value can be found in community paced, holistic and culturally appropriate programs in Aboriginal communities. Relationship building and trust are key community values that have a great impact on the development, implementation and overall usefulness of an evaluation.
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Case Study's Within First Nations and Canadian Policy
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| Andrea L K Johnston, Johnston Research Inc, andrea@johnstonresearch.ca
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We have completed more case studies over the past two years than the culmination of the previous 13 years of evaluation efforts. Current Canadian policy and decision making is wild over case studies. We interviewed our government clients asking how it works and what policy issues has it influenced. Then we interviewed the First Nations we visited as a part of these case study contracts. We asked First Nations what has worked well and not well for them. Then, we rolled this data up to improve our approaches for case studies and present to you some of our interview findings and also our "best-practices" with regard to performing case studies within, not without First Nations. Finally, we explore the impacts case studies have on Canadian Policy.
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Have Government Programs Been Successful in Transferring the Benefits of Postsecondary Educational Attainment to the First Nation People?
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| Paul J Madgett, University of Ottawa, paul.madgett@gmail.com
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| Andrew Wall, University of Rochester, afwall@warner.rochester.edu
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This paper aims at identifying whether the benefits of postsecondary educational attainment of the Canadian First Nation people have resulted in an improvement in their social, financial and cultural well-being. The authors will be evaluating whether greater emphasis should be placed on higher education accessibility programs by assessing if significant differences exist by comparing those individuals that have attended postsecondary training programs, community colleges and universities to rest of the population. The authors will be using advanced statistical methods in order to compare these grouping of individuals with various variables namely dealing with health, income, views on education, financial planning and self-efficacy. Overall, the authors are attempting to determine whether the government has created an environment through their policies and programs which allows for the benefits of higher education to be diffused to this unique minority group in their respective geographical locations.
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