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| Communicable Disease Control Return to Menu |
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Communicable diseases remain a significant public health priority
The problems facing reserves today include: (list diseases here)
Ways to protect yourself include: (list info here)
Childhood immunizations |
- 6-months, 1-year, 2-years etc…(get exact ages)
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| Annual Flu Vaccine |
- Free service provided for all reserve residents.
- Immunization of all those under 65 years of age with chronic health conditions with annual flu vaccine
- Immunization of 65+ years for pneumococcal infections
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| School Health Program |
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Fact: Hand washing does prevent the spread of communicable diseases! |
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| Please check back later for more information. |
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Diabetes Program Return to Menu |
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| A.D.I. – Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative program addresses the high rates of diabetes and its complications. Provides First Nations and Inuit communities with opportunities to design, develop, and participate in projects to address diabetes within their communities. |
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| What is diabetes? |
| Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies. When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should. This causes sugar to build up in your blood. |
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| Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations. Diabetes is a leading cause of death in North America |
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| What are the symptoms of diabetes? |
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| People who think they might have diabetes must visit a physician for diagnosis. They might have SOME or NONE of the following symptoms: |
- Frequent urination
- Excessive thirst
- Unexplained weight loss
- Extreme hunger
- Sudden vision changes
- Tingling or numbness in hands or feet
- Feeling very tired much of the time
- Very dry skin
- Sores that are slow to heal
- More infections than usual.
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| What is the treatment for diabetes? |
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| Healthy eating, physical activity, and insulin injections are the basic therapies for type 1 diabetes. The amount of insulin taken must be balanced with food intake and daily activities. Blood glucose levels must be closely monitored through frequent blood glucose testing. |
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| Healthy eating, physical activity, and blood glucose testing are the basic therapies for type 2 diabetes. In addition, many people with type 2 diabetes require oral medication, insulin, or both to control their blood glucose levels. |
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| People with diabetes must take responsibility for their day-to-day care, and keep blood glucose levels from going too low or too high. |
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| People with diabetes should see a health care provider who will monitor their diabetes control and help them learn to manage their diabetes. |
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Dental Care Return to Menu |
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| Preventive dental care (birth to 6 years) -
To help establish good dental habits, it’s important to: |
- Clean your child’s teeth at least once a day.
- Allow your child’s teeth to benefit from fluoride.
- Limit snacks high in sugar (choose healthy snacks)
- Take your child to visit a dental health professional regularly.
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| Other tips: |
- Teeth should be cleaned after each meal
- Develop a good routine for cleaning your child’s teen and your child will have healthy and strong teeth for life.
- Always use a toothpaste that contains fluoride (makes teeth less likely to decay)
- Have a dental health professional look at your child’s teeth as early as six-12 months of age. (Ensure child has a FULL checkup from a dentist by two to three years of age.
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| COHI (Children’s Oral Health Initiative) |
- Goal is prevent children from developing cavities in their baby teeth, and prevent the need for dental treatment.
- COHI provided your community with its very own dental professional (INSERT NAMES HERE). Your community COHI Aide is _______________.
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| If you have questions about your child’s teeth visit your dental office or call the dental health coordinator in your health region. |
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| Please contact your COHI staff if you have any questions or concerns. |
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| Helpful Internet Websites: |
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Home & Community Case Program Return to Menu |
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| Who is eligible? |
- Persons of any age who have an assessed need whom:
- Have been discharged from hospital
- Have an illness or disease needing follow-up care
- Are unable to live alone while waiting for care in a long-term facility
- Have a disability requiring assistances to live on their own
- Need nursing care in the home
- Choose to live at home instead of in a long term care facility, as long as it is safe, affordable and services are available
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| What services are provided in the home? |
- Personal care like bathing, foot care, getting dressed, etc.
- Home care nursing provided in your home.
- Home support could include light housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, etc.
- In-home respite services when it is not safe for you to be left alone while family or other caregivers are away or rest.
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| Who provides the services? |
- Registered nurses
- Licensed practical nurses
- Certified home health aided/personal care workers
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* Based on needs identified through a client assessment.
* Takes into consideration person’s physical, social, spiritual and emotional needs. |
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| Client Assessment includes: |
- Talking with you and your family
- Talking with your doctor or other caregivers
- Reviewing health history
- Physical check-up
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Injury Prevention & Surveillance Return to Menu |
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STATISTIC: |
Injuries are the number 1 cause of death among status first nations people in B.C. The injury death rate is 4-times that of other residence of B.C. |
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| Causes of injury: |
- Motor vehicle collisions
- Suicides
- Falls
- Overdoses
- Fires
- Drowning
- Poisoning
- Other
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Injuries are preventable! |
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| Start by finding out what the main injuries in your community. |
- Check with a First Nations Emergency Services Society (FNESS)
- School officials, band leadership
- Community nurse or anyone else you think may have the information.
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| Identify and understand situations that lead to accidents and injury |
- Look at what is causing the accidents and injuries (i.e. Not wearing seatbelts, drinking and driving, poor road conditions, etc.)
- People that are aware of possible causes are less likely to be involved in a accident or get injured.
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| Get Involved: |
- Getting information to people in your community will greatly decrease the level of injuries.
- Promote safety and living safely to those around you.
Lead by example
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| Some Injury Information Websites: |
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Pandemic Influenza Project Return to Menu |
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| Pandemic flu is a human flu that causes a global outbreak, or pandemic, of serious illness. |
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| There is often little natural immunity; so the disease will spread easily from person to person. |
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| Pandemics are different from seasonal outbreaks of influenza. Viruses that people have already been exposed to; flu shots are available to help prevent widespread illness, and impacts on society are less severe cause seasonal flu outbreaks. Pandemic flu spreads easily from person to person and can cause serious illness because people do not have immunity to the new virus. |
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| Simple precautions can go a long way. |
- How to protect you and your family:
- Wash your hands often with soap and warm water
- Clean-up with bleach or other household cleaners
- Throw away garbage (do not let it pile-up)
- Washing clothes often
- Cover cuts with a bandage
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Internet based information: |
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| HIV/AIDS Return to Menu |
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What you need to know about HIV/AIDS |
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| How HIV is transmitted: |
- By sexual contact with an infected person
- By sharing needles and/or syringes (primarily for drug injection) with someone who is infected
- Through transfusions of infected blood or blood clotting factors (rare due to blood screening)
- Babies born to HIV-infected women may become infected before or during birth or through breast-feeding after birth
- Accidentally being stuck with a needle containing HIV-infected blood (usually hidden with garbage)
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| How to prevent getting HIV/AIDS: |
- Gloves should be worn during contact with blood or other body fluids that could possibly contain visible blood, such as urine, feces, or vomit.
- Cuts, sores, or breaks on both the caregivers and patients exposed skin should be covered with bandages.
- Hands and other parts of the body should be washed immediately after contact with blood or other body fluids, and surfaces soiled with blood should be disinfected appropriately.
- Practices that increase the likelihood of blood contact, such as sharing of razors and toothbrushes, should be avoided.
- Needles and other sharp instruments should be used only when medically necessary and handled according to recommendations for health-care settings. (Do not put caps back on needles by hand or remove needles from syringes. Dispose of needles in puncture-proof containers
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| For more information or to get tested: |
- Talk with your doctor, local public health unit, or community health/resource centre
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| Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Return to Menu |
| F.A.S.D. - NEW-April 01, 2006 |
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THERE IS NO SAFE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL DURING PREGNANCY. |
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| What is F.A.S.D.? |
- The range of effects that can occur in an individual whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These effects may include physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities with possible lifelong implications.
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There is also no safe TIME to drink alcohol during pregnancy. |
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| A baby's brain is very sensitive to alcohol while it is developing |
| Research shows that children born to mothers who drank as little as 1 drink per day during pregnancy, may have behaviour and learning problems. |
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| Binge drinking - or drinking a large amount of alcohol in a short amount of time - is especially damaging to the developing baby. |
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| Can FASD be prevented? |
- Yes! Alcohol use during pregnancy is the only cause for this disability.
- Stopping or cutting down drinking alcohol while pregnant will make the baby healthier.
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| “Circle of Life” Mentoring program: |
- Postnatal home visit from a community health nurse within 24 hours of discharge.
- One-hour baby clinic assessments, immunizations, health education
- Extended, non-judgmental, medical and social services
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| For more information or for help to stop drinking, please: |
- Talk to your doctor, community health nurse, midwife or other health care provider
OR talk to your local public health unit, community health/resource centre, or Friendship Centre
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| Online Resources: |
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| Youth Suicide Prevention Program Return to Menu |
| NEW-April 01, 2006 |
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| Direct services provided to clients who are 17 years of age or older. |
| Please check back later for more information. |
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| Other Services Return to Menu |
