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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
- Living well with diabetes: active living
- National diabetes prevention program
- Smoking and diabetes
- Living well with diabetes: healthy eating
Healthy Living
- Your Health at Home
- 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
Suicide Prevention
Related links
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
