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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 of Windigo Island

• Coordinates appointments for community members with visiting Nurse Practitioners from Kenora Area Health Access Centre (KAHAC) twice per month
• Provides health awareness, education and prevention workshops and seminars
• Coordinates clinics in areas that may include Dental Hygiene, Diabetes, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Coordinates foot care sessions through visiting specialists
• 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 representative
• 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

Provides services that promote physical and mental health 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
• Administers various community health programs
• 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 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

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

Health centre focused on family and community health

• Offers primary health care and preventative services for Anishinaabe people through both traditional and contemporary health services
• Provides chronic disease management
• Administers immunizations
• Provides referrals to other service providers and specialists
• Performs some diagnostic procedures including electrocardiograms (ECG) and specimen collection
• Provides in-house laboratory services
• Provides weekly outreach clinics in most Kenora area communities
• Collaborates with Lake of the Woods District Hospital and Sunset Country Family Health Team for consultations, diagnostic imaging and laboratory analysis

Provides services in the following areas:

• Assessment, diagnosis and treatment
• Diabetes education and specialized care
• Early child development and nutrition
• Health education and promotion
• Mental health and wellness
• Nutritional counseling and support
• Preventative health care
• Reproductive health
• Traditional health care

Provides community health services and assistance with non-insured health benefits to eligible First Nation 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 arrangements for extended health benefits, including:

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

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Provides consultations with visiting physicians
• 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 office
• Works with maintenance worker 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

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates health care services through a health team that consists of Community Health Nurse and Community Health Representative
• Coordinates Physician consultations weekly through visiting Physicians from Kenora and other locations
• Coordinates dentist appointments twice per month
• Provides health awareness and counselling, education and prevention workshops especially in the areas of diabetes and alcohol/drug abuse
• Coordinates clinics/workshops in areas that may include Diabetes, Foot Care, Immunization, Sexual Health and Communicable Diseases
• Publishes a monthly newsletter which is mailed out to area residents

Addresses individual health care needs by providing:

• Advocacy on behalf of individual with other health professionals
• Coordination of one-on-one prenatal 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 consultations with visiting physicians
• 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 office
• Works with maintenance worker 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 consultations with visiting professionals including regular Nurse Practitioners and Physicians
• 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

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

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

• 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

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

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

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

• Coordinates health care services through the Nursing Station; health team consists of Community Health representatives, visiting Physicians and Home Care workers
• Provides services of visiting physicians several days per week through a contract agreement with Independent First Nations Alliance (IFNA) and Anton Meyers Doctors (AMDOCS)
• Provides dentist and dental hygienist services once per month through a visiting dentist
• Provides vision care services through a visiting optometrist
• 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
• 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 telemedicine services at the Kejick Bay Clinic via Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

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

• Coordinates health care services through the Nursing Station; health team consists of Community Health representatives, visiting Physicians and Home Care workers
• Provides services of visiting physicians several days per week through a contract agreement with Independent First Nations Alliance (IFNA) and Anton Meyers Doctors (AMDOCS)
• Provides dentist and dental hygienist services once per month through a visiting dentist
• Provides vision care services through a visiting optometrist
• 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
• 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 telemedicine services at the Kejick Bay Clinic via Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

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

• Coordinates health care services through the Nursing Station; health team consists of Community Health representatives, visiting Physicians and Home Care workers
• Provides services of visiting physicians several days per week through a contract agreement with Independent First Nations Alliance (IFNA) and Anton Meyers Doctors (AMDOCS)
• Provides dentist and dental hygienist services once per month through a visiting dentist
• Provides vision care services through a visiting optometrist
• 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
• 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 telemedicine services at the Kejick Bay Clinic via Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN)

Provides services that promote physical and mental health for community members

• Coordinates consultations with visiting professionals including a Nurse Practitioner and 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 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

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

• 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

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 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