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Resources 
Aboriginal Health
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A20-A
Brochure: Aboriginal Pregnancy and Alcohol brochure |
Best Start Resource Centre with support from the LCBO, 2012 |
This is a brochure for use with an Aboriginal population on alcohol and pregnancy: the effects of drinking, traditional teachings about pregnancy and where to get help in Ontario. |
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K13-A
Founded in Culture: Strategies to promote early learning among First Nations children in Ontario |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2011 |
This report reviews early learning policy and research for First Nations children and identifies strategies to support early learning for service providers who work with First Nations parents/caregivers.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K12-A
A Child Becomes Strong: Journeying through each stage of the life cycle |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2011 |
This manual offers culturally specific teachings and information about First Nations child development/child rearing.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K16-A
Creating Healthier Communities 1 |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 7 posters developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K17-A
Creating Healthier Communities 2 |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 7 posters developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K18-A
Eating the Right Stuff 1 |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 7 posters developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K19-A
Eating the Right Stuff 2 |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 7 posters developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K20-A
Getting Active 1 |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 7 posters developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K21-A
Getting Active 2 |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 7 posters developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K22-A
Prevent Childhood Obesity |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 7 posters developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K14-A
Let's Be Healthy Together Toolkit |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This toolkit will help service providers to prevent obesity in Aboriginal children. It was developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This toolkit includes a cloth bag, a DVD of resources and tools, and 1 copy of each of the following books:
-Eating the Right Stuff (book for parents of young Aboriginal children about healthy eating)
-Getting Active (book for parents of young Aboriginal children about being active)
-Creating Healthier Communities (book for parents of young Aboriginal children about good mental and spiritual health)
-Prevent Childhood Obesity in Your Community (book for service providers about preventing Aboriginal child obesity)
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Available in print.
See other areas of this webpage for pdf copies of the books.
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Prevent Childhood Obesity in Your Aboriginal Community: A Guide for Service Providers
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| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This book is for service providers who work with Aboriginal parents or young Aboriginal children. It was developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children. This book helps service providers address healthy weights in young Aboriginal children. |
Available in pdf.
A print copy of this book is included in the Let's Be Healthy Together Toolkit.
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K23-A
Creating Healthier Communities |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 3 books for parents of young Aboriginal children. It was developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children. This book helps parents give their child the best start in life when it comes to having good mental and spiritual health. It helps parents explore their culture with their young one(s).
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K24-A
Eating the Right Stuff |
| Best Start Resource Centre, 2010 |
This is one in a series of 3 books for parents of young Aboriginal children. It was developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children. This book helps parents give their child the best start in life when it comes to eating good food.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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K25-A
Getting Active |
| Best Start Resource Centre,2010 |
This is one in a series of 3 books for parents of young Aboriginal children. It was developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. This project developed tools to help communities prevent obesity in Aboriginal children. This book helps parents give their child the best start in life when it comes to being active.
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Available in print and PDF. |
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D13-A
Folic Acid - Poster - Aboriginal adaptation |
| Best Start Resource Centre, with support from Health Canada First Nations and Inuit Health, Ontario Region, 2010 |
The Aboriginal version of the folic acid poster (12 x 18 inches) includes key information about folic acid. Available in English. |
Available in
print and PDF. |
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H05-E
You
and your baby… |
| Perinatal
Partnership Program of Eastern and Southeastern Ontario with
the support of Best Start Resource Centre, 2008 |
| Printer-ready
handouts on abuse and pregnancy in multiple languages. |
Download printer-ready handouts as PDF files in Cree
- N Dialect, Severn
Ojibwe. |
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K08-A
Have a ball together – Poster - Aboriginal adaptation |
Best Start Resource Centre, 2009
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| Posters (11x 17) include the campaign key messages. Available in English, French or culturally adapted Aboriginal version. |
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print and PDF. |
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K09-A
Have a ball together – Aboriginal adaptation – Brochure |
Best Start Resource Centre, 2009
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| Brochure (8.5 x 11) is designed to provide parents with additional information about the promotion of physical activity for children aged 2-5 years. Culturally adapted Aboriginal version also available in French. |
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K10-A
Have a ball together – Aboriginal adaptation – Stickers |
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| Best Start Resource Centre, 2009 |
| Twenty-four stickers on a 8.5 X 11 sheet with indoor/outdoor and seasonal activities. These stickers can be placed on the family calendar to schedule plans for physical activity. The stickers do not contain any text so can be used with all cultures and languages. |
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K11-A
Have a ball together – Aboriginal adaptation - Parent resource activity card – English |
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| Best Start Resource Centre, 2009 |
Four laminated cards (4X6). A carabiner allows parents to attach the resource to their diaper bag, stroller, backpack etc. Each card provides parents with seasonal ideas of how to be physically active with their children. Available in English, French or culturally adapted Aboriginal version
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Holistic
Support Wheel Tool |
| Best
Start Resource Centre in collaboration with Spirit Moon Consulting,
2007. |
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tool to assist in planning holistic care and supports for Aboriginal
children and their caregivers. |
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in black and white PDF and in full colour PDF. |
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Through the Eyes of a Child – First Nation Children’s Environmental Health
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| Developed by the Union of Ontario Indians, Anishinabek Health Secretariat with support from the Best Start Resource Centre, 2009. |
This manual looks at some of the environmental issues that are affecting First Nation children on and off reserve. The information provided is intended to support service providers in addressing the environmental health concerns of their clients in a manner that is culturally sensitive and strength based. The manual includes background information, the impact on First Nation children, information about First Nation initiatives, recommended strategies, and parent handouts. |
| Manuals are $12.95 each, plus shipping and handling. To order, email laura.liberty@anishinabek.ca |
| Available inPDF. |
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Let's Be Healthy Together
This website will help service providers to prevent obesity in Aboriginal children. It was developed as part of the Let's Be Healthy Together project funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
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