KIN 261 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Indian Health Transfer Policy, Compulsory Education, Northern Ontario
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Canada"s aboriginal peoples and health: the perpetuation of inequalities (1. 2 million) Aboriginals (indigenous): all original peoples in north america and their descendants o. Collective name for all original people and their descendants. M tis (33%) : aboriginal and mixed european ancestry o. Inuit (4%): replaces eskimo, aboriginals who live primarily in artic canada. Indian act: federal obligations that regulate the indian reserve lands, money, other resources. Defines indian: a person who pursuant to this act is registered as an. Indian or is entitled to be registered as an indian. If a problem affecting a large population: look at social determinants of health. Health of entire aboriginal population difficult to find because scattered, and different groups not combined. Data show on every indicator of health status, aboriginal people have poorer health in comparison to rest of canadian population o. Lower life expectancy, higher morbidity/mortality rates, infant mortality higher, diabetes 3x higher, aids/hiv 2x, drug ods 4-7x higher, suicide higher o.
