Aboriginal Peoples

For a wide variety of Aboriginal health information visit Health Canada’s First Nations & Inuit Health Branch Web site.

Here are a few specific Aboriginal Peoples health information, you can find topics on:

• Diabetes
• Healthy Living
• Substance Use & Treatment
• Suicide Prevention

Diabetes

• Joseph's story - Profiles an Aboriginal elder suffering from type 2 diabetes
• Living well with diabetes: active living
• National diabetes prevention program
• Smoking and diabetes
• Living well with diabetes: healthy eating

Healthy Living

• Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide - First Nations, Inuit and Métis
• Tried & true: traditional Indigenous games
• Canada’s Physical Activity Guide
• Healthy Pregnancy

Substance Use & Treatment of Addictions

• Alcohol, drugs and solvents
• Treatment Centre Directory
• Tobacco

Suicide Prevention

• Mental health and wellnesss
• Suicide Rates

Related links

• National Aboriginal Health Organization

Resources for Health Professionals and Educators

Diabetes

• Diabetes among Aboriginal (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) people in Canada: the evidence
• Aboriginal diabetes initiative (ADI): evaluation framework
• Building a national diabetes strategy: a strategic framework: volume 2
• Building a national diabetes strategy: synthesis of research and collaborations: consultation findings

Healthy Living

• Ready-to Use Presentation for Nutrition Educators on Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide - First Nations, Inuit and Métis
• Sport Canada's policy on Aboriginal Peoples' participation in sport
  

Substance Use & Treatment of Addictions

• Treatment centre directory: National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) and National Youth Solvent Abuse Program Treatment Centres
• National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
• Alcohol and drug prevention publications

Suicide Prevention

• The human face of mental health and mental illness in Canada 2006
• Mental health and wellness - Provides depression and suicide statistics for Aboriginal Peoples.
• Acting on what we know: preventing youth suicide in First Nations