Week 9 - Indigenous Healthcare

Question 1

Truth and reconciliation

Answer 1

To address the ongoing legacy of residential schools in Canada for Indigenous peoples

Question 2

Truth & rec calls upon:

Answer 2

• Child welfare
• Justice
• Education
• Language rights
• Government Indigenous funding programs
• Health care

Question 3

Nursing considerations and Indigenous health

Answer 3

• Respect -> Reciprocal Process
• Trust: Vulnerability, dependence, risk taking
• Spirituality: Traditional indigenous faiths and healing

Question 4

Cultural Competence

Answer 4

expertise in understanding culture to deliver competent care

Question 5

Cultural safety

Answer 5

For individuals and at the institutional and policy levels

Question 6

Social determinants involved

Answer 6

Proximal: Direct influence on health (eating nutritious meals/physical activity)

Intermediate: Structures available (Bikes, parks etc)

Distal: overall historical effects (economy, political, social context etc.)

Question 7

Some of the many branches of indigenous peoples

Answer 7

• First nation
• Metis
• Inuit

Question 8

Indigenous medicines

Answer 8

Sage, tobacco, cedar, sweetgrass

• purify body and soul
• be mindful, stay grounded