Family Health
Families, as the heart of a community, play an important role
in encouraging and maintaining healthy lifestyles. Health Canada
has several programs to help First Nations people and Inuit to
improve the health of their families, such as the:
We support Aboriginal people in their efforts to design action
plans and activities that provide their preschool children with
a positive sense of themselves, a desire for learning, and opportunities
to develop fully and successfully as young people.
We also work with First Nations and Inuit health representatives
to develop research and create policies, guidelines and procedures
that help families stay healthy.
What Information is Available
In this section, you will find information on healthy pregnancy,
babies and child development, as well as programs available to
help prepare young children for their school years.
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