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Stz'uminus Health Centre

Addictions / Substance Use, Caregiver Support, Condition Specific Support, Family / Parenting, Healthcare Providers, Home Health Care, Indigenous Services, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, Mental Health - Child & Youth, Pregnancy Care, Public Health, Sexual Health, Social / Recreational, Transportation, and Youth Services

Provided by Stz'uminus First Nation

Community Health Programs

Stz'uminus First Nation offers a variety of health programs, including:

Pre/Postnatal Group: The pre/postnatal group promotes healthy pregnancies and postnatal health. All pregnant women and mothers of babies up to 18months are encouraged to attend. Participants are welcome to have one additional person join them. The classes begin with 30 minutes of Yoga which is led by a certified trainer, followed by an education topic promoting health moms and babies. A nutritious lunch is provided. Rides can be provided for community members on reserve.
Xu’athun Tsatsup: For mothers with children up to 6 years of age. Aboriginal parenting in today’s world. Rides provided for community members on reserve. What will be offered: Hands on activities, Topic discussions, Elder involvement to share traditional teachings, Information on child development, Early years parenting resources, and Mini workshops and overall Family health and wellness.
Parent Break: The Parent Break Program is designed to improve parent and child relationships and develop happier families. In this program, parents get a break to improve mental health and increase self esteem. During this program, cultural practices are taught as well as other parenting skills while child minding is provided.
Boys and Girls Groups: The Boys and Girls Groups are designed to introduce health and mental health issues for boys and girls during their pre-teen years. The program is designed to deal with emotional, mental, physical and spiritual health including ‘coming-of-age’ and the culture around it. Recreational activities are done for the last 45 minutes of the program.
One-on-one Counselling: This program is designed to improve and increase healthier choices. Also, to reduce risk of suicides, ideations, attempts and competed. As well it helps improve coping skills for trauma, anger, depression and anxiety.
Women’s Group & Men’s Group: The Women’s & Men’s group are designed to increase self esteem, promote a healthy lifestyle, increase volunteerism, increase trust and confidentiality; and improve teamwork, mental health, friendships, community, and social supports. It is also designed to decrease isolation.
Alcohol and Drug Program: This program concentrates on increased sobriety, improved coping, increase participation in treatment programs, and one-on-one counselling, mental and emotional health. The decrease in intergenerational effects of residential schools, alcohol and drug related offences, child apprehension, and suicides. Offers alcohol support meetings as well.
Home Care Program: Open to Community members with disabilities or Elders who require HC (assessed by HCN). This program provides community members health care at home. The HCN may help you manage your own care at home by providing assessment, education, medical, counselling, medical and surgical care. It is designed to improve community health, increase people living well at home, help people be able to manage their own care, independence, medication management and wound care, manage and prevent chronic disease. Also, decrease isolation for elders and seniors. Lunch Preparation is also provided with these programs.
Dental Program: Health Canada supplies a Dental Therapist to provide limited services to community members for dental care. This program also includes providing information on dental hygiene and awareness.
Patient Transportation: This program is to improve accessibility for health services for community members who must travel outside of our community.
Diabetes Prevention Program: What you can expect from this program is improved health and self care of a community member with diabetes, better managed diabetes, reduced body weight; improved diet, increased exercise, increased awareness and improved attitudes of diabetics, improved mental health.
Immunization Program and Pandemic Control: Information is given on how to lower sickness and also about increased immunization coverage.
HIV/STI’s Harm Reduction: Learn how to decrease HIV/STI’s.
TB Program: Learn about TB rates and how to eliminate TB incidences.
Physical Exercise Adults: Learn about improved/increased opportunity for physical activity, also, how to improve weight management and decrease obesity.
Primary Health Care Services: A doctor provides primary health care once a month. The Nurse Practitioners provide primary health care services every Monday and every first and third Thursday of the month. Every third Thursday, the NP will provide information on a specific topic. The Midwife comes in on an as-needed basis to meet with expectant mothers.