Toward improved health for Ontario’s First Nations: The Aboriginal People’s Survey A presentation to the Association of Local Public Health Agencies February 8, 2008 Chantelle Richmond, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow (U of T, Public Health Sciences) Adjunct Professor (UWO, Geography & First Nations Studies)
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Toward improved health for Ontario’s First Nations:
The Aboriginal People’s SurveyA presentation to the Association of Local Public Health Agencies
February 8, 2008
Chantelle Richmond, Ph.D.Post-doctoral Fellow (U of T, Public Health Sciences)
Adjunct Professor (UWO, Geography & First Nations Studies)
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Outline of topics
What is the Aboriginal People’s Survey?
What does the APS measure?
How can you access the APS data?
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The Aboriginal People’s Survey (1) A post censal survey conducted by Statistics
Canada (1991, 2001, 2006 underway)
The report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples relied heavily on the 1991 APS data
Survey developed in consultation with national Aboriginal organizations, federal departments, provincial and territorial groups
All data collected under the authority of the Statistics Act Data owned by Statistics Canada
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The Aboriginal People’s Survey (2) The APS respondents represent diverse
segments of the Aboriginal population (who report First Nation, Métis, Inuit ancestry and identity) Geographic levels include on-reserve & off-reserve
Statistics Canada’s Research Data Centres (RDC’s) (1) RDC’s provide researchers with access, in a
secure university setting, to microdata from population and household surveys undetaken by Statistics Canada
StatCan datasets more readily available 14 RDC’s across Canada Staffed by StatCan employees Projects must first be be approved Researchers are ‘deemed employees’ and
Web address: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01aps/home.cfm
Information on Aboriginal identity population for select communities where population > 200
Data available at the community level for: Children
General health, health care utilization, medical conditions, physical injuries, dental care, education and social activities, language, childcare arrangements
Adults Education, language, labour activity, health communication
technology, mobility, housing
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Self-rated health % of adults who say their health is:
AN EXAMPLE FROM THE APS COMMUNITY PROFILESGeneral Health Characteristics (Adult)
7045 Other health professional
5455 Dentist or Orthodontist
4131 Nurse
X16 Traditional healer
7859 Family doctor or general practitioner
% of adults who saw or talked on telephone about physical, emotional or mental health in past 12 months to:
326 Fair or poor
3231 Good
3859 Excellent or very good
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Garden River 14
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X86 % of children (6-14 years) who attended Aboriginal specific early childhood development or preschool program
Fort William 52Garden River 14Child Education:
AN EXAMPLE FROM THE APS COMMUNITY PROFILESChild Education and Social Activities
7583 One or more times (%)
25X Never or less than once (%)
How often child plays sports per week:
44 Average number of hours children watch TV and/or play video games per day
3850 % of children (6-14 years) who attended an early childhood development or preschool program
92100 % of children (6-14 years) attending school
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Summary of the APS The APS is a rich source of data on the Aboriginal
population of Canada APS data can be used to inform the health and social
needs of Aboriginal peoples in Ontario and for targeting health care programming
Limitations relate to population or regional aggregation of First Nation on-reserve population Community-level profiles are useful for
understanding local conditions A need to integrate information from other sources
(i.e., the Regional Health Survey) and from other methods as well (e.g., qualitative approaches)
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Thanks for listening/ Miigwetch!
Comments/questions:
Chantelle Richmond, Ph.D.Department of Geography &
The First Nations Studies ProgramThe University of Western Ontario