Resources

Research Papers and Reports

• Correlates of physical activity among First Nations children residing in First Nations communities in Canada.
• Data Resources and Challenges for First Nations Communities. Document Review and Position Paper.
• Healing the Whole Human Being: Realist Review of Best Practices and Contextual Factors for Preventing & Treating Opioid Misuse in Indigenous Contexts in Alberta.
• Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care final report
• Indigenous Health Indicators: A participatory approach to co-designing indicators to monitor and measure First Nations health.
• Opioids and Substances of Misuse among First Nations People in Alberta: Alberta Report, 2017.
• The Alberta Baseline Assessment Report.
• Alberta FNIGC MMIWG+ Data Research Project | Knowledge Transitioning Data Collection: Atchimostakanna – Story Telling Instrument TestingYouth Resilience and Protective Factors Associated with Suicide in First Nations Communities. 
• First Nations status and emergency department triage scores in Alberta: a retrospective cohort study | CMAJ
• Study suggests Alberta First Nations people tend to get lower level of emergency care
• First Nations patients less likely to be prioritized for urgent care in Alberta ERs: study
• Emergency Care of First Nations Members: Lessons from a five-year mixed methods research partnership in Alberta
• Increased Access to Culturally Safe Cancer Care Pathways by Alberta First Nations in Rural, Remote, and Isolated Communities
• Leaving emergency departments without completing treatment among First Nations and non–First Nations patients in Alberta: a mixed-methods study
• Racism, discrimination may lead to First Nations patients leaving emergency rooms: Alberta study

Community Resources

• Framework for a Data Sharing Agreement.
• Privacy Law Template.
• OCAP® & OCAP® in Action

The Alberta First Nations Health Status Report

The Alberta First Nations Health Status Report website gives you access to the Report on the Health Status of First Nations in Alberta. It is set up to provide you with the opportunity to read the entire Report, browse only the specific sections you would like to review, and/or filter the information you require so you can easily create a personal, customized, and printable report.

The Report aims to highlight health inequities for public awareness and action and identify specific areas for action to reduce identified gaps for a wide spectrum of First Nations people, healthcare professionals, researchers, academics, and the general public.

Our aims are consistent with typical public health surveillance reporting approaches that commonly focus on populations at risk of poor health outcomes. We hope that by highlighting inequities and identifying specific areas for action as a first step, we can continue to walk together in partnership to seek strengths-based and community-led frameworks that will bolster meaningful actions aimed at improving the health of First Nations in Alberta.

The Report on the Health Status of First Nations in Alberta is led jointly by the Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. This collaborative endeavor is supported through the guidance of an Advisory Committee comprising community, provincial, and federal health leaders; health information technicians; as well as Elders from across the province.