Wawakapewin First Nation
Health Services
- Offers health care through a health team consisting of Community Health nurses, visiting Physicians and Home Care workers
- Provides health awareness and counselling, education and prevention workshops/clinics in areas that may include Child Care, Diabetes, Elderly & Chronic Disease, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
Addresses individual health care needs by providing:
- Treatment of on-going health problems
- Emergency services
- Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
- Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
- Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments
Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)
- Provides access to specialized medical care using videoconferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
- Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
- Allows consultations for patients with specialty services such as physio, diabetes, etc.
- Provides opportunity for workshops and education sessions for staff and patients
- Reduces the need to travel to receive care
Family Well Being Program
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community.
- Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
- Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
Activities and programs provided can include but are not limited to the following:
- Activities that revitalize Native language
- Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
- Community events such as feasts
- Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
- Referrals to other programs and services
- School programs
- Traditional land-based healing events
Source: https://www.northwesthealthline.ca/displayService.aspx?id=152835