Regional Health Survey: Volume 1
The meaning of First Nations health and well-being is defined as “the total health of the total person within the total environment.”
The concept of total health is defined as “all aspects and components of health and well-being seen as integrally interconnected with one another within an inclusive and inter-related and interactive web of life and living”.
The concept of total person is defined as all dimensions of personhood including body, mind, heart and spirit. These dimensions, when defined in such a way that can be practically measured in research as social determinants and outcomes, include:
- physical health, mental health, emotional health, spiritual health;
- healthy behaviour and lifestyle, healthy mental function, cultural continuity with the past and towards future opportunity;
- healthy connection to culture and healthy spirituality as a First Nations person; and
- healthy home life, community life and extended family connections.
Total environment is defined as “a healthy connection and relationship with the living environment – this being constituted of the land, natural environment, cultural environment, context of activity, community, family, and the everyday living environment.”
The National Report of the First Nations Regional Health Survey Phase 3: Volume One is intended to provide an overview of the national-level results from the survey, across children, youth and adult First Nations populations.
The data is presented in the following sections:
- Socioeconomic Conditions
- Chronic Health Conditions
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Oral Health
- Indian Residential Schools
Each of the above sections presents the following information:
- Executive Summary
- Key Findings
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusions, and
- References