Outcomes from a collaborative project developing and evaluating a community rehabilitation worker program for Northwestern Ontario First Nations
CONCLUSION: The process of iteratively developing and evaluating a CRW program resulted in a Northwestern Ontario college welcoming the first cohort of students to the CRW program in March 2022. The program is co-facilitated with a First Nations Elder and includes components of local culture, language, and the reintegration of First Nations elders into community as part of the rehabilitation efforts. In addition, to appropriately support the quality of life, health, and wellbeing of First Nations elders, the project team called upon provincial and federal governments to work with First Nations to make available dedicated f...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - July 10, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Helle M øller Robert Baxter Alison Denton Esme French Mary Ellen Hill Taryn Klarner Garth W Nothing Marlene Quequish Joan Rae Kirsti Reinikka Shane Strickland Denise Taylor Source Type: research
Overweight children in rural Norway - public health nurses' possibilities and limitations within national guidelines
CONCLUSION: There was consensus among the public health nurses involved in this study that national guidelines for treating overweight and obesity in children with the principles of NPM, and simplifying and standardising services, adds challenges instead of solutions. Such practices also hinder the use of experience-based knowledge about both the individual and the local context. There is a need for more flexible guidelines that can easily be adapted to the local (rural) context.PMID:37429741 | DOI:10.22605/RRH7783 (Source: Rural and Remote Health)
Source: Rural and Remote Health - July 10, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Reidun Heggem Gudveig Gj øsund Alexander Zahl-Thanem Anne Margrethe Brigham Source Type: research
Outcomes from a collaborative project developing and evaluating a community rehabilitation worker program for Northwestern Ontario First Nations
CONCLUSION: The process of iteratively developing and evaluating a CRW program resulted in a Northwestern Ontario college welcoming the first cohort of students to the CRW program in March 2022. The program is co-facilitated with a First Nations Elder and includes components of local culture, language, and the reintegration of First Nations elders into community as part of the rehabilitation efforts. In addition, to appropriately support the quality of life, health, and wellbeing of First Nations elders, the project team called upon provincial and federal governments to work with First Nations to make available dedicated f...
Source: Rural and Remote Health - July 10, 2023 Category: Rural Health Authors: Helle M øller Robert Baxter Alison Denton Esme French Mary Ellen Hill Taryn Klarner Garth W Nothing Marlene Quequish Joan Rae Kirsti Reinikka Shane Strickland Denise Taylor Source Type: research
