FNHA: The Past, Present and Future of Systems British Columbia

PowerPoint Presentation FNHA: The Past, Present and Future of Systems British Columbia AFN First Nations Health Transformation Summit February 13, 2018 Joe Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer First Nations Health Authority www.fnha.ca It starts with me… • BC First Nations Perspective on Wellness – holistic • Our vision of health & wellness comes from the ancestors & is relational • Colonization int. [...] 10 www.fnha.ca Factors Critical to Success • Unity amongst ourselves as BC First Nations • Political leadership • Consensus-building • Relationship and Trust Building across Partners • Series of evolving agreements over time • Willingness to provide long-term funding for engagement • Focus on the Administration of Health and not Jurisdiction, Treaty or Aboriginal Rights. [...] FNHA’s Services Authority authority comes from the inherent right of First Nations people to be self-determining • Working at all levels of the health system simultaneously – unique in the health Regional Health system in BC Authorities • Articulating First Nations views about health and wellness and develop policy that works for First Nations www.fnha.ca First Nations Planning Approach A comprehe. [...] 20 www.fnha.ca Policy Statement on Mental Health and Wellness The FNHA through its relationships and partnerships will assure that all First Nations people have access to a culturally-safe, comprehensive, coordinated continuum of mental health and wellness approaches that affirms, enables and restores the mental health and wellness of our people, and which contributes to Reconciliation and Nation. [...] When services are needed, a full continuum is equitably available and includes: Principles: • culture and traditional healing; • Person-and family- • promotion, prevention, capacity-building, education; centred • early identification and intervention; • Wellness-focused and • wrap-around supports, including aftercare; Recovery-oriented • harm reduction; • Trauma informed and • crisis response; res.