Alternate Title(s)

Health and well-being of aboriginal people in British Columbia, 2nd report
Provincial Health Officer's annual report.

Publication Information

Victoria : B.C. Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport Office of the Provincial Health Officer

Physical Description

xl, 301 p. : ill 24 cm.

Contents

Aboriginal people : land, tradition, and culture. Life of aboriginal people pre-contact -- European arrival : disease, devastation, and population decline . -- Pre-contact education system -- Establishment of residential schools -- Government actions : Steps towards health and healing for aboriginal people -- Federal government's apology for residential schools -- Transformative change accord: First Nations health plan -- Characteristics of the aboriginal population in BC.;Determinants of Health. Community -- Aboriginal population distribution -- Socio-economic conditions and well-being -- First Nations economy : pre-contact -- First Nations economy : post-contact -- First Nations economic development : current challenges -- Employment -- Occupations -- Income -- Education -- Other community measures (Children in care ; Violence and abuse ; Crime).;Healthy beginnings. pregnancy, infants, and children -- Maternal health -- Births and mother's age.;Disease and injuries. Life expectancy -- Mortality due to all causes -- Analysis of chronic diseases and major causes of death -- Cancer, digestive system diseases, external causes of death, disabilities, injury prevention.;Physical environment. Housing -- Homelessness -- Federal and provincial housing initiatives -- Air quality -- Drinking water -- Traditional Foods and food safety.;Health services. Responsibility for health care -- The tripartite first nations health plan -- Access to services -- Treatment and support services -- The use of prescription drugs in the aboriginal community.;The Métis population of British Columbia -- Métis Nation British Columbia centralized registry -- Métis Nation British Columbia survey data (2006).