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The way forward : the Indigenous Primary Health Care Implementation Panel’s plan to advance the recommendations from Honouring Our Roots: Growing Together Towards a Culturally Safe, Wholistic Primary Health Care System for Indigenous Peoples

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The Way Forward is a comprehensive plan to advance the Indigenous Primary Health Care's Advisory Panel's recommendations, respecting diverse well-being definitions within Indigenous communities.... More ≫

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The Way Forward is a comprehensive plan to advance the Indigenous Primary Health Care's Advisory Panel's recommendations, respecting diverse well-being definitions within Indigenous communities. The plan centres Indigenous voices, avoiding tokenistic practices, and adopting trauma-informed, person-centered perspectives and acknowledges the diverse health needs within Indigenous communities. It is committed to increasing life expectancy and overall health, involving community input and respecting cultural protocols while prioritizing culturally safe and holistic healthcare, honoring Indigenous expertise and traditions. Designed as a living document that will be updated to reflect evolving Indigenous health and Alberta's healthcare system.

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Indigenous patient navigator grant program : guidebook for Indigenous communities and organizations

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The Indigenous Patient Navigator Program is intended to provide financial support to First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Indigenous serving organizations to recruit and retain navigators to assist... More ≫

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The Indigenous Patient Navigator Program is intended to provide financial support to First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Indigenous serving organizations to recruit and retain navigators to assist patients overcome barriers accessing primary health care services across multiple service providers, support patient advocacy, gain access to resources, and improve care coordination.

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Indigenous primary health care innovation fund : guidebook for Indigenous communities

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The Indigenous Primary Health Care Innovation Fund (Innovation Fund) to address the immediate challenges facing Indigenous patients, communities, and organizations by investing in First Nations,... More ≫

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The Indigenous Primary Health Care Innovation Fund (Innovation Fund) to address the immediate challenges facing Indigenous patients, communities, and organizations by investing in First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous health care service providers and agencies to deliver comprehensive primary health care services closer to home

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Swan Hills Treatment Center: PCBs and PCDD/F in wild game and fish tissue (1999-2014)

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre (SHTC) is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 km northeast of the town of Swan Hills, AB. On October 16, 1996, a malfunction... More ≫

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The Swan Hills Treatment Centre (SHTC) is a facility for the safe disposal of special wastes located approximately 12 km northeast of the town of Swan Hills, AB. On October 16, 1996, a malfunction of a transformer furnace was discovered to have caused the release of a portion of process gases containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) into the ambient air. These chemicals can be harmful to human health. Therefore, in 1997 Alberta Health (AH) conducted a human health risk assessment study to estimate human exposure and to evaluate the effectiveness of public health interventions. As a result of the study, food consumption advice for wild game and fish taken within a 30 km radius of the facility were issued out of concern that PCBs and PCDD/Fs were accumulating in these locally caught foods. A long-term environmental monitoring and human exposure assessment program has been ongoing since 1998 to monitor concentrations of...

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Honouring our roots : growing together towards a culturally safe, wholistic primary health care system for Indigenous peoples - Indigenous Primary Health Care Advisory Panel final report

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Modernizing Alberta's Primary Health Care System (MAPS) initiative was established to provide recommendations to government on how to strengthen primary health care in Alberta, and improve access... More ≫

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Modernizing Alberta's Primary Health Care System (MAPS) initiative was established to provide recommendations to government on how to strengthen primary health care in Alberta, and improve access to culturally safe primary health care for Indigenous peoples.

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Indigenous primary health care innovation forum : what we heard

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This document summarizes what was heard from participants and presenters during the Indigenous Primary Health Care Innovation Forum, held in Edmonton on January 10 and 11, 2023. The purpose of the... More ≫

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This document summarizes what was heard from participants and presenters during the Indigenous Primary Health Care Innovation Forum, held in Edmonton on January 10 and 11, 2023. The purpose of the forum was to discuss current challenges in Alberta's primary health care system for First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and to identify innovative solutions from other jurisdictions to address these challenges. Results of the forum will also inform inform the Indigenous Primary Health Care Advisory Panel's final report to the Minister of Health.

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Continuing care capital program. Indigenous capital grant funding

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The Continuing Care Capital Program provides capital grant funding program to increase continuing care spaces in Alberta. The Indigenous stream of the Program supports the development of... More ≫

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The Continuing Care Capital Program provides capital grant funding program to increase continuing care spaces in Alberta. The Indigenous stream of the Program supports the development of continuing care spaces for Indigenous peoples in Alberta, increasing continuing care capacity for Indigenous populations on or off reserves or on or off Metis Settlements. Documents in this package include an outline the application process, a guide with information to assist applicants in the preparation and completion of the business case application form, and the application form itself. The deadline for submissions was December 17, 2021.

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Post-disaster food safety : information for the public

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This information sheet describes important considerations around food product packaging to help disaster-impacted communities evaluate how food products are impacted and whether they are safe for... More ≫

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This information sheet describes important considerations around food product packaging to help disaster-impacted communities evaluate how food products are impacted and whether they are safe for consumption.

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Post-disaster food safety : information for policy makers

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This information sheet describes important considerations around food product packaging to help disaster-impacted communities evaluate how food products are impacted and whether they are safe for... More ≫

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This information sheet describes important considerations around food product packaging to help disaster-impacted communities evaluate how food products are impacted and whether they are safe for consumption.

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2019 fish consumption guidance : mercury in fish

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This technical report was prepared to provide summary information about the fish consumption advice available for Alberta water bodies and to present new data collected from 2013 to 2016... More ≫

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This technical report was prepared to provide summary information about the fish consumption advice available for Alberta water bodies and to present new data collected from 2013 to 2016 (inclusive) along with attendant advice. The information in this report may be of interest to researchers, public health professionals, or members of the public who are interested in fish consumption advice in Alberta and want additional information. This document has been produced using methods described in past reports – as such, the information contained herein is a summary of available data related to mercury in fish and human health advice.

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