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Provides programs and services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Offers prenatal and postpartum health care
• Provides smoking cessation counselling
• Provides First Aid/CPR courses administered through Red Cross

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Education and information about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Nursing station providing basic medical and health care services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates health care services through the Health Centre; health team consists of Community Health Nurses and Representatives, a visiting Physician and Crisis Team 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:

• Access to primary nursing health care
• Home visits and referrals
• Postnatal care
• Dietitian counselling on healthy eating habits and lifestyles
• Regular visits from professionals such as doctors and nurse practitioners
• Walk-In clinic

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates appointments for community members with visiting Nurse Practitioner
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates monthly foot care sessions in individual's home or at health office
• Works with maintenance workers and Environmental Health Officer to ensure community water quality
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Health centre focused on family and community health

• Offers access to primary care through a multidisciplinary team of Family Physician, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Health Promoter, Social Worker, Physiotherapist, Aboriginal Support Worker and Foot Care
• Manages a wellness centre
• Administers a food bank

Offers primary health care including but not limited to:

• Disease and illness cure, management and prevention
• Education and outreach
• Health promotion
• Wellness activities

Clinics, Programs and Services

• Aging at Home Program
• Basic foot care
• Blood pressure screening program
• Blood sugar screening program
• Chiropodist (visits monthly)
• Diabetic Educator
• Dietitian
• Immunization Program
• Lab specimen collection
• Mental health services
• Mobile Breast Screening Van appointments
• Mobile Eye Van appointments
• Physiotherapy
• Primary Care Memory Clinic
• Wellness Clinics

Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

• Provides access to specialized medical care using video conferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
• Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
• Reduces the need to travel to receive medical care

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health services to the community members through a Community Health Nurse
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates monthly foot care sessions in individual's home or at clinic
• Works with maintenance workers and Environmental Health Officer to ensure community water quality
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Provides community health services and assistance with non-insured health benefits to eligible First Nations and Inuit people

Community Health Services
Prevention programs intended to improve the health and well being of First Nation peoples are available on the following topics:

• Communicable disease control
• Maternal and child health care programs
• Chronic disease monitoring
• Care of the elderly
• School health programs
• Environmental health

Non-Insured Health Benefits
Provides assistance with accessing and making travel arrangements for extended health benefits, including:

• Dental care
• Medical transportation
• Medical equipment
• Medications
• Mental health counselling
• Short-term crisis intervention
• Vision care

Provides a primary health care clinic for Indigenous individuals and families

• Coordinates professional services through Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, Health Educators, Registered Dietitian, Mental Health worker and Traditional Ojibway healers
• Offers culturally appropriate programs and services combining traditional healing methods and Western medical practices
• Provides treatment of illnesses and chronic disease management
• Provides referrals to other service providers and specialists
• Performs some diagnostic procedures including electrocardiograms and specimen collection
• Publishes a monthly newsletter available online
• Collaborates with Riverside Health Care Facilities and Fort Frances Family Health Team for consultations, diagnostic imaging and laboratory analysis
• Administers various health-related programs

Serves as the administration centre and houses the Executive Director, Director of Finance, Human Resources, Executive Assistant and Finance Assistants

Administrates the following programs:

Health Services

• Child's First Initiative Program
• Children's Oral Health Initiative
• Community Health Program
• Diabetes Education and Awareness
• Home and Community Care

Behavioural Health Services

• Mental Health Crisis Response Services
• Mental Health Counselling and Wellness
• Mino Ayaa Ta Win Healing Centre
• Waasodii Omii'e Program
• Coordinates community sweat lodge ceremonies

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Publishes a monthly Health Newsletter for community members
• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals including a Nurse Practitioner once per week and a Health Canada Nurse
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates regular foot care sessions with visiting chiropodist
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards
• Coordinates activities for community residents such as Elder's nights, bowling, gym nights, judo, and walking programs

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates monthly foot care sessions in individual's home or at clinic
• Works with maintenance workers and Environmental Health Officer to ensure community water quality
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Programs that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Community residents access physician consultations at the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre or health care clinic of choice in Fort Frances, 2 km from community
• Administers health programs and addictions services
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Operates as a group of family physicians who provide comprehensive health care

• Offers timely access to high quality primary care
• Provides access to other health care professionals within and outside of the Family Health Network
• Coordinates documentation if patient receives care from a member of the team
• Provides a walk-in clinic for urgent care

Offers primary health care including but not limited to:

• Chronic disease management
• Health promotion
• Disease prevention
• Nutritional counselling
• Mental health counselling

Provides and administers culturally appropriate health programs and services to the member First Nation communities

• Promotes overall health and enhanced quality of life for community members
• Offers holistic health and social services that combine traditional values and cultural beliefs with modern practices
• Promotes spiritual, mental, emotional and physical well-being through a two-week program at the Healing Lodge
• Oversees the development of a full range of promotion, prevention and intervention services
• Ensures the needed resources are available in communities
• Provides services in the Anishinawbe language whenever possible
• Advocates for members in accessing services outside the community

Health Services Integration Fund (HSIF)

• Works as an initiative to support collaborative planning between First Nation groups, agencies, provincial ministries and Health Canada to meet the health care needs of First Nations people
• Focus is on mental health and addictions services, especially prescription drug abuse

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates regular foot care sessions with visiting chiropodist
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• 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
• Reduces the need to travel to receive care

Access to all health care services through the Nursing Station located in Kasabonika Lake, 37 km NE of Wawakapewin First Nation (closest Nursing Station)

• 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

Offers a mobile Indigenous Interdisciplinary Primary Care Team, providing services to the Sioux Lookout First Nation Health Authority communities as well as the Municipality of Sioux Lookout

Teams will travel to communities on a regular basis to provide collaborative care in the following areas:

• Community Health Workers
• Mental Health (Social Work and Psychology)
• Nursing (Registered Nurses, Registered Practical Nurses, Nurse Practitioners)
• Nutritional Consultations and Food Care
• Occupational Therapy
• Pharmacy Consultation
• Physiotherapy and Kinesiology
• Pharmacist
• Registered Dietician
• Speech Therapy
• Telemedicine Services
• Traditional Healing

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates monthly foot care sessions in individual's home or at clinic
• Works with maintenance workers to ensure community water quality
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Offers an on-site Immunization Clinic as well as immunizations in member homes
• Coordinates monthly foot care sessions in individual's home or at clinic
• Works with maintenance workers and Environmental Health Officer to ensure community water quality
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the Community Health Nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates appointments for community members with visiting physician from Kenora once per week
• Coordinates visits with nurse practitioner and other health professionals from Health Access Centre in Fort Frances
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates monthly foot care sessions through visiting specialists once per month
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments

Health centre focused on family and community health

• Operates an Indigenous Community Health Centre
• Offers primary health care, clinical services, and health examinations
• Offers culturally appropriate programs and services for Indigenous people, combining traditional healing and Western medical practices
• Offers a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects Project to help support women not to drink alcohol during pregnancy so as to avoid Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) birth defects or Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) birth defects
• Offers Diabetes treatment and management

Programs offered include:

• Immunization Clinic
• Wholistic Healing
• Life Skills
• Healthy Choices
• Pre/Postnatal Support, food vouchers and milk coupons

Offers services of various medical professionals including the following:

• Family Practice
• Foot Nurse Clinic
• Golf Links Chiropractic
• General Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopic, and Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine
• Lakehead Physiotherapy
• Plastic Surgery

Modified Services: Call 807-475-6169 or send an email to healthcentre@confederationcollege.ca to be screened by a Nurse Practitioner first. This will be done either by phone or in-person. If any student feels they have Covid-19 symptoms, call the Covid-19 Assessment Centre at the hospital at 807-935-8100.

College community medical clinic

• Offers regular physician clinics during the academic year
• Encourages individuals to continue to see their family physician for continuity of care

Provides primary health care services including the following:

• Advisement regarding health requirements for special programs
• Birth control and free condoms
• Episodic illness and chronic medical conditions
• Health counselling on issues such as nutrition, birth control, sexuality, anxiety, stress management, depression
• Health supervision for special conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension, epilepsy
• Literature on health issues
• Wart treatment
• Massage therapy
• Physicals such as annual, 3rd party, ministry of transport, aviation
• Referrals to other physicians or agencies as required
• Sexually transmitted disease screening and treatment
• Student supplementary insurance information and claims
• TB (Tuberculosis) Skin testing
• Wellness examinations

University health clinic

• Offers primary health and mental health care to Lakehead University students
• Students who have a local family physician are encouraged to continue to receive medical care from him or her, when possible, to ensure continuity of their medical care

Primary care services include:

• episodic illnesses and chronic medical conditions
• mental health concerns
• sexual health concerns
• wellness examinations and annual physicals
• Tuberculosis (TB) skin tests when required for academic program

Counselling team provides students with short or long term emotional support for:

• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Family and relationship issues
• General mental health issues
• Grief
• Stress
• Problematic substance use concerns

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates health care services through a health team which consists of Community Health Representative, Community Wellness Worker and a Family Support Worker, visiting Physicians and Crisis Team 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
• Coordinates basic foot care clinics
• Identifies and attempts to correct health hazards

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Intake services to determine health care needs of individual
• Treatment of on-going health problems
• Referrals to appropriate health care providers based on information in the intake assessment
• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one pre-natal care with the community health nurse
• Home visits to the sick, elderly, new mothers and persons with health care needs
• Assistance with coordinating local and long distance travel arrangements for medical appointments