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INNOVATION Innovation means changing the way we think. It means finding better ways – large and small – to serve our clients, residents and patients. It means going beyond traditional boundaries, or recapturing old truths, so that all clients feel welcomed and included. It means creating breakthroughs that allow for better care, delivered more efficiently and effectively, to meet the needs of those we serve. New Supports for Personal Health What does providing computer time to write a resume have to do with health? Can teaching groups of young mothers how to buy groceries be called a health care service? The Regina Health District has programs which do both these things – and more. These programs are designed to increase a person’s opportunity for better income, better skills in coping with the demands of life, and improved self esteem. Studies have shown that improvements in factors such as these increase a person’s chance for better personal health. The Regina Health District’s community health centres are currently involved in programs that go a step beyond the obvious in health care promotion. Increasingly, the focus is turning to areas referred to as the “determinants of health.” These determinants involve the many factors that affect a person’s life. Included are individual behaviours, physical environments (including home, work, school, community and recreation), as well as social supports (including family, friends and community contacts), income, education, and employment. those mothers in improving their economic situation. Bringing together unemployed people from the community to discuss job interview techniques may allow them access to employment and whole new areas of social and workplace support. Organizing a feast where community members can come together to share their cultural traditions is one way the District can help build the selfesteem of those in need. The range of factors affecting individual health is vast. The Regina Health District is working to integrate services and develop community partnerships that will continue addressing the determinants of health. Above all, health care in the District will continue to provide choices that help individuals and families take control of factors determining their own health. Determinants of Health What are the broad determinants of health, the things which make and keep people healthy? The following list was prepared by the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Advisory Committee on Population Health. • Income & Social Status • Social Support Networks • Education • Employment & Working Conditions • Physical Environments • Biology & Genetic Endowment • Personal Health Practices & Coping Skills • Healthy Child Development The District has aimed programs and services at helping individuals improve these areas. By teaching young mothers to shop well on a budget, the District is supporting Innovative programs go beyond the obvious in health care • Health Services Source: Strategies for Population Health: Investing in the Health of Canadians, September 1994 10 Regina Health District
Native Healing Centres are Unique Receiving health care in a hospital can be a stressful experience for anyone. It is even harder if you are not from the majority culture, speak a language other than English and have different beliefs about how to deal with your personal well-being. These are difficulties that can be faced by Native patients requiring hospital care. To respond, the Regina Health District has initiated Native Healing Centres – a bold concept, unique in Canada – to help Native patients feel more comfortable receiving treatment. Under construction at the Pasqua and General hospitals, the centres take into account the cultural values and expectations of Aboriginal people. Instead of being built like standard counselling offices, the centres are circular, in keeping with the traditional medicine wheel or circle, which is an ancient symbol used by almost all the Native people of North and South America. Native counselling services offered at the centres are designed to reflect In 1998, however, they formed part of a study about the well-being of palliative care patients in Pasqua Hospital. the importance of nature, spirituality, prayer and the circle. They speak to the four primary points of the medicine circle – physical, mental, spiritual and emotional. They promote the traditional, humble way of life. The centres facilitate healing, prayer, teaching and other assistance required to maintain wellness in the individual and the community. A key to the healing centres’ concept is that they be constructed large enough to accommodate the many people who gather to support a member of the family or community requiring hospital care. They can meet there to talk with doctors, nurses and therapists about a client’s case. Such meetings may take the form of a traditional Native talking circle, where all those involved have an opportunity to express their The Regina Health District’s Nutrition and Food Services started an innovative home-style meal service to find out if it would encourage palliative care patients to eat better. The answer was a resounding “yes.” The research found that patients who were able to choose any of the attractively presented foods concerns. A Regina Health District counsellor and a Native elder usually work together to facilitate the talking circle and to help resolve problems and issues. While designed specifically to help Aboriginal people deal with the hospital environment, Native Healing Centre services are available to all those seeking an alternative method of healing the physical, mental, spiritual or emotional aspects of their lives. Native Healing Centres help clients cope Innovation Leads to New Palliative Care Service China dishes, linen napkins, and bedside buffet service are not usual in a hospital research project. Choice enhances well-being from the buffet cart ate better. Eating well is important because it provides patients with more energy, which may enhance their feelings of well-being. A satisfying meal may also improve quality of life at a time when even the smallest pleasures are important. The project was so successful that the lunch service is now offered every day to patients on the nine-bed palliative care unit in Pasqua Hospital. The service consists of the sandwiches, soups, and desserts that are on the regular menu. They are brought in on a cart, buffet-style, to each patient, who chooses whatever he or she wants. Featuring linen napkins, the service provided a touch of class that family members and patients who participated in the research sincerely appreciated. Annual Community Report 1997-1998 11
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