Regional Health Survey: Volume 2
First Nations wellness encompasses Indigenous knowledge, culture, language, world view and spirituality as indicators of health. These indicators are core to an overall understanding of how we, as a people, keep ourselves “balanced” and therefore healthy. This reinforces the need for the RHS Cultural Framework to be used in interpreting the information collected by First Nations people. The model is important in explaining why certain questions, such as those relating to language and culture, are included in the context of a “health” survey. The First Nations Wellness model highlights the need for such questions. It illustrates that you cannot have an indicator of wellness for First Nations health without also discussing culture, language, world view and spirituality.

The RHS Phase 3 was made up of three specific surveys: the child, youth and adult. The child survey collected information on children between the ages of 0- and 11-years-old. (Child surveys were completed by the primary caregiver, usually a parent). The youth surveys were completed by First Nations youth between the ages of 12 and 17. The adult surveys were completed by those aged 18 years or older.

The National Report of the First Nations Regional Health Survey Phase 3: Volume Two 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:

• Health – Care Access
• Language and Culture
• Nutrition and Food Security
• Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviours
• Personal and Community Wellness

Each of the above sections presents the following information:

• Executive Summary
• Key Findings
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Discussio
• Conclusions, and
• References

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