Health

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

Enjoying good health is paramount to enjoying all of life's gifts and opportunities. Your native health is your birthright to your unique health needs and attributes. With nutritional and energetic guidance, you can discover your personal health blueprint that can lead you to greater understanding of your whole self and improved skills for health management.

What is Health

For most of us health is Something we take for granted, we don't think about it, that is, until we lose it. In today's society the word "health" is used in such a wide variety of contexts-describing everything from insurance to exercise facility- thus it's meaning in terms of personal well being has been obscured.

It is Important that part of or existence and or well being. Health in the mind body and soul three main connection all helping us in Wholeness.

Respect for First Nations cultures forms the basic tenet of the program. Flexible approaches recognize the complexity of needs and the individual situation of each client. Components include daily crisis intervention, legal advocacy, counseling, prevention education, maximally assisted medication therapy and on-site access to physicians, nurses, social workers, addictions counselors and outreach workers.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak Health Services are not independent of each other, but linked like pieces of a puzzle to form the larger picture. Each Service supports the another and one service cannot be established without supporting Services.

For example, physician services cannot be established without nursing services while client services depend upon both of these. Together all Services work to achieve the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Health Services Vision, which is develop community-driven, community-based quality health care services for our members of the first nations utilizing Red Lake and it's facilities for client referrals. This document is intended to give structure to Keewaytinook Okimakanak Health Advisory Committee (KOHAC) while maintaining the spirit and flexibility of the Kewwaytinook Okimakanak Health Services' mandate and principles of equity and access.

Purpose

The Keewaytinook Okimakanak Health Advisory Committee is committed to:

• responsible and equitable consultations;
• seamless integration of First Nations health services in community-based healthcare systems;
• community development and building local capacity by identifying, acknowledging and broadening local skills and experience.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE (KOHAC) STRUCTURE

GENERAL

THE advisory Committee Formally Represents the work of Keewaytinook Okimakanak Health Services (KOHS) The Advisory is composed of:

• six members (staff or local health authority member designated by each KO First Nation Authority/Committee). All designated members must be members of Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations. Ideally KOHAC members will be showing a strong commitment toward community-based health care systems development and who are well informed and enthusiastic about work;
• the KO Director of Health

CHAIR VICE CHAIR, and SPOKESPERSON

The Chair and Vice Chair of Advisory Committee are elected from the KOHAC membership, by it's members, to serve a two year term. There is no limit to the number of terms a member may sit.

The Spokesperson is normally the KO Health Director.

WORKING COMMITTEES

The Advisory Committee, in response to issues, concerns,and priorities raised by the general membership, will establish and ad-hoc committees as necessary. The Advisory Committee members will be encouraged to participate on such committees. Each working committee shall consist of 3 to 5 members drawn from local staff, health authority, or outside person(such as programs sponsors), and shall include at least 1 member from the advisory Committee who will serve as Liaison with KOHAC.

DEFINITIONS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

KO Board of Chiefs

Keewaytinook Okimakanak is governed by the Board of Chiefs which represent the six member First Nations of KO. They hold ultimate responsibility for affairs undertaken by KO. With regards to KOHS, the Board of Chiefs are responsible for considering presentations brought forth to them by the KO Health Director or KOHAC Chair or designate, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of related options, and making appropriate decisions to support the long term health, well-being, and development of their respective First Nations and First Nation members.

Constituency

The Constituency for KOHS is FN Membership at the community level. Community members (The Constituency) are responsible for maintaining awareness of local health issues, supporting local politicians who have a strong vision for and interest in health, and communicating their interests and concerns to their respective Chief and Council and local health authority members and staff.

General Membership

The Health staff and health authority members at the First Nations level are the General Membership of KOHOS. They are responsible to plan, set policy, and work together at community level to achieve their community's vision for health.

The General Membership will be consulted on concrete issues relevant to the KOHS, as well as on issues which impact changes to these terms of reference. The General Membership will be encouraged to participate through focus groups, working groups, ad-hoc committees and other initiatives.

KO Health Staff

KO Health Staff are responsible for carrying out the work of KOHS, on behalf of KOHS and the KO member First Nations either at KOHS