Indigenous people and health care

Honelako gehiago

Ideologies

José Luis‑k egina

Community Helpers

Melanie Bergenhagen‑k egina

The Bahamas Government

Bernard Newbold‑k egina

What is a Health Advocate

David Sandhu‑k egina

Indigenous people and health care

helps to learn other culture

process of self reflection

"journey, not a destination,"

"practice, not perfection,"

Strength based approach

makes community brighter and stronger

creating the sense of togetherness

life promotion

positive things about life

make living worth it

Two- eyed seeing

Increase acceptance

create respectful behavior

learn about different perspective

Government's role in health

Indigenous people want their own health care

know their health need better than government

ensure the care they deserve

they are neglected

not given care required

federal

funding

provincial

delivering

connection to land

central factor for their welbeing

positive contribution to enviornment

spiritual connection

land gives everything required for living

medicine

shelter

food

healthy land leads to

healthy people

DISCRIMINATION

unknown history

stereotypes

denial services

disrespecting their culture

mistreatment

making judgements

inferior

drinkers

less capable

Indigenous perspective on health

focus on spiritual connections

focus on natural remedies

takes prevention in account

focused on wide and diverse range of health

cultural humility