Mental health

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    • PAASH 2020 edition

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      Mental health

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        Mental health

        • UF Mental illness
        • UF Mentally ill
        • UF Personality disorders

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        Mental health

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        317 · Fonds · [1955-2014]

        This fonds consists of approximately 56.27 meters of textual records, 1,600 colour and black and white photographs, 26 audio recordings and 18 videos. The photographs depict medical facilities, medical personnel, procedures and health education activities. The audio materials are primarily related to health education, health studies and reports on healthcare in the north. The videos are primarily health promotion video related to nutrition and diet.

        The textual material is derived from the various iterations of the divisions responsible for policy, planning and reporting; directorate and finance support activities, population health issues; community health issues; board support services, child protection and family services. The records cover issues such as legislative initiatives, departmental organization and strategic planning, the Territorial Hospital Insurance Service, the transfer of health services to the GNWT from the Federal Government, the decentralization of health services to the communities, health and social services matters in self-government negotiations, and significant reports including the Cuff Report (It's Time to Act), the NWT Health Report, NWT Health Status Report and Ambulance Services Report. The records include files related to the management of the department including: Senior Management Chronos, Executive Committee files, records from the Recruitment and Retention Committee, the Joint Senior Management Committee and Senior Management Committee files.

        The textual material also includes correspondence with regional health authorities and boards, program development and delivery records, reports and promotional materials. These records cover programs such as Brighter Futures, Community Action Fund, Social Agenda Community Demonstration Projects, Traditional Knowledge, Community Wellness, nutrition, promoting nursing in the NWT, midwifery, clinical standards of practice, and many programs directed towards promoting healthy lifestyles. Included within these materials are records from various committees such as: the Community Wellness Committee, the Aboriginal Wellness Coalition, the Committee on Nursing Education, the Northwest Territories Pregnancy Risk Score Steering Committee, the NWT Clinical Practice Committee, The NWT Advisory Committee on Immunization, the Antimicrobial Steering Committee, the NWT Maternal and Perinatal Committee, the Childhood Fatality Review Committee, the Mental Health Task Team, Joint Standing Committee-Independent Seniors, the Addictions and Mental Health Committee, and the Traditional Knowledge Working Group.

        Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services (1995-present)
        G-2022-064 · Accession · 2008-2011
        Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services fonds

        Records consist of contribution administration files related to wellness promotion, primarily under the following federally-funded programs: Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI), Brighter Futures, First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care, National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NAYSPS), and National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP).

        G-2009-020 · Accession · 1971-2000
        Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services fonds

        Records include files related to homecare, seniors' housing needs, AIDS, handicap services and pharmacare. The records also include copies of meeting minutes from various regional health authorities as well as files from the NWT Health Coordinating Committee.

        Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Community Health division
        G-2005-011 · Accession · 1982-1997
        Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services fonds

        The records relate to H&SS committees, including the community wellness committee under the umbrella of Integrated Community Services. Other records relate to the Aboriginal Wellness Coalition, the Repatriation Task Team, the Committee on Nursing Education, minutes of the Director of Child Welfare meeting, the Program and Policy Development Committee, Regional Meetings on Strategic Development, the Northwest Territories Pregnancy Risk Score Steering Committee, the Mental Health Task Team, the Joint Standing Committee-Independent Seniors, the Subsidy Adoption Policy Agreement, the Community Empowerment Committee, the Addictions and Mental Health Committee, the ad hoc Committee on Sexual Assault, the Advanced Nursing Skills In-Service Program, and the Coroner's Report Review Committee.

        Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Children and Family Services division
        G-2020-012 · Accession · 2008-2009
        Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services fonds

        Records include contribution administration files related to wellness promotion, many under federally-funded agreements including the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI), National Aboriginal [Youth] Suicide Prevention Strategy (NAYSPS), Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP), and Brighter Futures program.

        Northwest Territories. Department of Health and Social Services. Children and Family Services division