Rebuilding strength

The positive response to the Men’s Health program The Northern Health Men’s Health program and recognition of the unique factors that contribute to and MANual. [...] This report is the result of a shared desire by the Aboriginal Health and Men’s Health programs at Northern Health to undertake a careful and respectful exploration of First Nations men’s health in northern BC. [...] According to a report released by the Truth and Social Determinants Model of Aboriginal Health as a were essential for the health of individuals, families and Reconciliation Commission (2012), “residential schools framework for understanding the health determinants leading data on First Nations and Aboriginal men’s health in northern and communities because they included lessons and disrupted fami [...] The intergenerational impacts of trauma experienced by the families and communities of those who people continue to Many colonial policies and practices deeply disrupted attended residential schools is well documented and is one experience profound traditional ways of being for First Nations communities and of the leading factors (determinants) contributing to the many families. [...] The first • Suggestions for enhancing the relevancy of the Men’s Northern Health region found that compared to women, involved telephone interviews with leaders of First Nations Health program and tools for First Nations men male participants visited a local clinic less frequently over found similar levels of historical and lifetime trauma among the past six months and that 27% of men did not visi