Introduction: The rural and remote nature of many First Nations communities in Northwestern Ontario, Canada poses unique obstacles to physically accessing health care, in addition to other barriers. ...Indigenous peoples face similar challenges globally. First Nations communities experience significant health inequities, including cancer burden, which can be attributed to complex factors associated with colonization and Westernization. One potentially promising intervention to decrease the burden of advanced cancers is the provision of accessible, convenient and culturally sensitive cancer screening services, leading to early detection and treatment. The Wequedong Lodge Cancer Screening Program (WLCSP) was a pilot project aiming to provide cancer screening education and opportunistic cancer screening to residents from rural and remote First Nations communities while accessing health services in the urban center of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Methods: Cancer screening education and opportunistic breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening appointments were offered to individuals and their travel escorts already staying at Wequedong Lodge. Program uptake was determined primarily by education participation, and secondarily by client participation in screening.
Results: In total, the WLCSP booked 1033 appointments, with 841 being attended. Over the program's 3 years there was an increase in clients each year. Specifically, 22% (60/275) of age-eligible women completed a mammogram. Pap tests were provided to 8% (45/554) of age-eligible females. Finally, 32% (106/333) of all age-eligible service participants were given a fecal occult blood test kit. An evaluation survey (n=396) demonstrated overall client satisfaction with the program.
Conclusion: The WLCSP aimed to provide education about, access to and uptake of cancer screening services for First Nations people from rural and remote communities in Northwestern Ontario by targeting inequalities in accessing cancer screening opportunities. Therefore, program uptake may provide helpful numerical comparisons for similar future programs globally. Other entities working to improve cancer screening rates in remote and/or rural populations and/or amongst Indigenous peoples may find consideration of the WLCSP processes, successes and challenges helpful to their efforts.
Introduction: The rural and remote nature of many First Nations communities in Northwestern Ontario, Canada poses unique obstacles to physically accessing health care, in addition to other barriers. ...Indigenous peoples face similar challenges globally. First Nations communities experience significant health inequities, including cancer burden, which can be attributed to complex factors associated with colonization and Westernization. One potentially promising intervention to decrease the burden of advanced cancers is the provision of accessible, convenient and culturally sensitive cancer screening services, leading to early detection and treatment. The Wequedong Lodge Cancer Screening Program (WLCSP) was a pilot project aiming to provide cancer screening education and opportunistic cancer screening to residents from rural and remote First Nations communities while accessing health services in the urban center of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Methods: Cancer screening education and opportunistic breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening appointments were offered to individuals and their travel escorts already staying at Wequedong Lodge. Program uptake was determined primarily by education participation, and secondarily by client participation in screening.
Results: In total, the WLCSP booked 1033 appointments, with 841 being attended. Over the program's 3 years there was an increase in clients each year. Specifically, 22% (60/275) of age-eligible women completed a mammogram. Pap tests were provided to 8% (45/554) of age-eligible females. Finally, 32% (106/333) of all age-eligible service participants were given a fecal occult blood test kit. An evaluation survey (n=396) demonstrated overall client satisfaction with the program.
Conclusion: The WLCSP aimed to provide education about, access to and uptake of cancer screening services for First Nations people from rural and remote communities in Northwestern Ontario by targeting inequalities in accessing cancer screening opportunities. Therefore, program uptake may provide helpful numerical comparisons for similar future programs globally. Other entities working to improve cancer screening rates in remote and/or rural populations and/or amongst Indigenous peoples may find consideration of the WLCSP processes, successes and challenges helpful to their efforts.
Last November, I killed my first deer, turning down an earlier shot because I felt I couldn't cleanly hit the deer. Hunters aren't so cruel after all, especially considering the other, more natural ...death, consisting of coyotes and wolves, and their sharp teeth and claws.
This makes no sense to me. We are already swarmed by eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia because of these types of dolls. Now, Mattel Inc. throws out new Barbies with impossibly skinny ...waists and oversized busts, more motivation for my younger friends and peers to destroy themselves by starvation.
Computer work out Chow, Sara
Edmonton journal,
06/2001
Newspaper Article
I am writing this letter in reply to "Technology breeding obese generation," (Journal, June 26). The purpose of this letter is to stick up for computers.
I am 12 years old, also known as a pre-teen. My personal thought is that someone was walking home and kicked down the snowman for the fun of it. I would never do anything like that, even if the ...girls' family did do something to me. I also agree that the person who kicked down the snowman should learn some proper manners.
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