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Indicators of Aboriginal Health and Well-Being

Health Status Well-Being General Health Health Conditions Deaths

Community Environments Employment Income Educational

Attainment Participation and Social Integration

Healthy Growth and Development

Healthy Child Development

Learning Opportunities

Healthy Choices Healthy Connections

Physical Environment Housing and Infrastructure

Air Water Environmental Change

Health Services

Accessibility Doing the Right Things Right Culturally-Appropriate Services Disease and Injury Prevention Non-Communicable Disease Communicable Disease Injuries

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• 20 are improving; health-related areas like heart disease and stroke, respiratory diseases and non-health related areas like housing quality, community control and high school graduation.

• 7 stayed the same; youth in justice system immunizations, dental procedures, mental health follow-up, TB, lung cancer and arthritis.

• 3 have worsened; percent and number of children in care, alcohol related deaths and HIV/AIDS deaths.

• 25 are without trend data

• 5 relate to health care utilization and suggest deficiencies

Health Indicators

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• Formal Commitments to achieve comparable health status

• Improve Standard of Living• More Recognition and Respect• More Holistic Approach• More Autonomy• More Representation

Solutions

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Canadians British Columbians First Nations in B.C.

Diabetes Prevalence RatesCanadians, British Columbians & First Nations in B.C., 1996/97

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