Janet Smylie, Cheryllee Bourgeois, Marcie Snyder, Raglan Maddox, Stephanie McConkey, Michael Rotondi, Conrad Prince, Brian Dokis, Michael Hardy, Serena Joseph, Amanda Kilabuk, Jo-Ann Mattina, Monica Cyr, Genevieve Blais
OBJECTIVES: Methods for enumeration and population-based health assessment for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis (FNIM) living in Canadian cities are underdeveloped, with resultant gaps in essential demographic, health, and health service access information. Our Health Counts (OHC) was designed to engage FNIM peoples in urban centres in "by community, for community" population health assessment and response. METHODS: The OHC methodology was designed to advance Indigenous self-determination and FNIM data sovereignty in urban contexts through deliberate application of Indigenous principles and linked implementation strategies...
April 15, 2024: Canadian Journal of Public Health. Revue Canadienne de Santé Publique