Health Status of On and Off-reserve Aboriginal Peoples: Analysis of the Aboriginal Peoples Survey

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Health Status of On and Off-reserve Aboriginal Peoples: Analysis of the Aboriginal Peoples Survey

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Lori J. Curtis

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Lori J Curtis

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The government of Canada is committed to closing the health status gap between First Nation’s (FN) and non-First Nation’s peoples in Canada. The government of Canada is also committed to evidenced-based policy making and accountability. To provide evidence of effective programming, it must monitor the health and well-being of its First Nations and Inuit populations over time. Evidence on the health status of FN peoples living on-reserve is difficult to obtain due to limited data sources. However, the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) provides information on the health status of on-reserve and off-reserve FN peoples. Important determinants of health such as socio-economic status (SES), health-care utilization and health behaviours will also be documented, as many of the government programmes offered aim to improve health status by affecting the behavioural determinants of health.

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Paper provided by McMaster University in its series Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers with number 191.

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Date of creation: May 2007
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I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General
I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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NEP-ALL-2007-07-07 (All new papers)
NEP-HEA-2007-07-07 (Health Economics)

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Evans, R.G. & Stoddart, G.L., 1990. "Producing Health, Consuming Health Care," Centre for Health Services and Policy Research 90:13r, University of British Columbia - Centre for Health Services and Policy Research..

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James Ted McDonald & Ryan Trenholm, 2009. "Cancer-related health behaviors and health service use among Inuit and other residents of Canada’s north," Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers 248, McMaster University. [Downloadable!]

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