NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority 2009/2010 Community Health Assessment Report
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NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority Community Health Assessment Report April 2010 Principal Authors: Catherine Hynes, Regional Manager Decision Support Susan Lockhart, Executive Director of Planning, Research & Development Jamie Simard, Decision Support - Administrative Data Entry / Programmer Dr. Lawrence Elliott, Medical Officer of Health NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority 84 Church Street Flin Flon, Manitoba R8A 1L8 Telephone: (204) 687-1338 Fax: (204) 687-6405 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.norman-rha.mb.ca A Message from Vivian McKenzie Board Vice-Chair A Message to the Region In accordance with Section 23(2B) of the Regional Health Authorities Consequential Amendment Act, I am pleased to present, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority, a copy of NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority’s 2009/2010 Community Health Assessment. Over one year ago, the NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority Board of Directors appointed the NRHA Community Health Assessment Advisory Committee to complete a comprehensive Community Health Assessment for the region. Building on the work that has been done since the RHA’s inception in 1997 and NRHA’s second comprehensive Community Health Assessment completed in 2004, the goal of the project was to provide a solid base of facts and data to guide future decision-making in the region. Both the Community Health Assessment process and report will assist the NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority’s planning process and form the basis for the development of our NRHA’s 2011 - 2016 Strategic Plan. We hope you find the information useful and we encourage our community partners to use the information for your own planning purposes. Sincerely, Vivian McKenzie Board Vice-Chair 2009/2010 NRHA Community Health Assessment Forward Page i A Message from Drew Lockhart Chief Executive Officer A Message to the Region The NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority’s 2009/2010 Community Health Assessment (CHA) is the product of an intensive year of work by the Community Health Assessment Advisory and Research Teams. I would like to thank all of our staff, physicians, community partners and residents of NOR-MAN and north eastern Saskatchewan who were involved in the Community Health Assessment. Whether you were on our Advisory or Research Team, District Health Councils or participated in one of our many community consultation activities, your commitment to health in this region is appreciated. As can been seen as you read through the report, we have many health challenges facing our region. There is also some very good news stories where we have made great strides towards the priorities set out in our last Strategic Plan. This report will form the backbone for setting our strategic directions for 2011-16. We are looking forward to the many initiatives planned in the coming years. We have a dedicated health care team of staff and community partners who continue to work together towards our Mission of “Healthy People in Healthy Communities, Working Together to Improve Our Health.” Sincerely, Andrew Lockhart Chief Executive Officer 2009/2010 NRHA Community Health Assessment Forward Page ii Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge the contribution of the many individuals and organizations whose efforts and expertise made it possible to produce this report. A special thank you is extended to: • NRHA Board of Directors • NRHA Senior Management and Staff • District Health Council members • Advisory Team members • Research Team members • All NRHA staff and physicians who participated in the various staff consultation activities • All community partners and residents who participated in the various community consultation activities The NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority also acknowledges the dedicated financial support of Manitoba Health and the work of the Manitoba Community Health Assessment Network. Our sincere thanks are extended to our Advisory and Research Team members for their contribution, support and ideas in the development and review of this document: CHA Advisory Team Members: • Doug Lauvstad, NRHA Board Member • Doris Habermann, NRHA Board Member • Joan Niquanicappo, NRHA Board Member • Marie Jebb, NRHA Board Member • Drew Lockhart, Chief Executive Officer • Dr. Lawrence Elliott, Medical Officer of Health • Corliss Patterson, Executive Director, Communication • Lil Rourke, Executive Director, Finance and Support Services 2009/2010 NRHA Community Health Assessment Acknowledgement Page iii • Pat Bilquist, Executive Director, Community and Long Term Care • Tanis Campbell, Regional Care Advocate, Men’s Team • Jocelyn Bruyere, Swampy Cree Tribal Council • Judy Mayer, Manitoba Métis Federation, The Pas Region • Various representatives from Manitoba Keewatinook Ininew Okimowin (MKO) • Brenda Mishak Beckham, Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority • Peter Nunoda, University College of the North CHA Research Team members: • Dr. Lawrence Elliott, Medical Officer of Health • Tanis Campbell, Regional Care Advocate, Men’s Team • Don Gamache, Regional Community Health Developer • Deanna Johnson, Regional Community Health Developer • Fran Labarre, Regional Community Health Developer • Christa McIntyre, Regional Community Health Developer • Lesa Nordick, Regional Community Health Developer • Jamie Simard, Decision Support, Administrative Date Entry/ Programmer • Carol Buchberger, MMF • Andrew Basham, MKO Finally, there were several individuals who helped us with the editing of this document. A special thanks to the following individuals for their assistance: • Dr. Lawrence Elliot • Drew Lockhart 2009/2010 NRHA Community Health Assessment Acknowledgement Page iv • Corliss Patterson • Pat Bilquist • Tanis Campbell We again thank all of the community residents, partners and NRHA staff who participated in the various community consultation activities. Your valuable input has given us a greater understanding of the health care needs and concerns of the people living in our region. Your feedback and input are valued, and important to the ongoing community health assessment process. If you wish to provide feedback or require additional information, please e-mail [email protected] or call Catherine Hynes at (204) 687-1338. Principal Authors: Catherine Hynes Regional Manager, Decision Support Susan Lockhart Executive Director, Planning, Research and Development 2009/2010 NRHA Community Health Assessment Acknowledgement Page v How to Read this Report There is a wealth of information contained in this Community Health Assessment report - information that will prove useful to planners, decision-makers, and policy makers in the NOR- MAN region. There are numerous graphs and tables contained in this report, each graph or table has been chosen to give information on key indicators deemed helpful to health planning and decision making. When reviewing this report, please note the following: Report Key: Teal Highlights and Clouds - identifies interesting information for the NOR-MAN region Red Highlights and Clouds - identifies areas of concern or problems for the NOR-MAN region Yellow Highlights and Clouds - identifies warnings for the NOR-MAN region Green Highlights and Clouds - identifies good news for the NOR-MAN region Blue Highlights and Clouds - identifies best practice Yellow/Teal Filled Clouds with White Text - identifies consultation results 2009/2010 NRHA Community Health Assessment How to Read this Report Page vi Teal Boxes - represent definitions Teal Call Outs - comparisons from the last CHA Statistical Significance Statistical significance is used to indicate how much confidence to put in the reported rates. If a difference is “statistically significant” then this difference is large enough that we are confident it is not simply due to chance. In most figures, the results from both time periods are shown, followed by a set of parentheses that can include the following indicators: (1, 2, t, s, d) • a ‘1’ indicates, that in the first (1st) time period, the area’s rate was statistically different (either higher or lower) from the Manitoba average at that time • a ‘2’ indicates, that in the second (2nd) time period, the area’s rate was statistically different (either higher or lower) from the Manitoba average at that time • a ‘t’ indicates that for that area, the change in rates from time 1 to time 2 was significant (either higher or lower) • A ‘d’ indicates the difference between two group was statistically different (higher or lower) for that area • A ‘s’ indicates that the results were suppressed to ensure confidentiality (rates are suppressed where the counts upon which the rates were based represented one (1 ) to five (5) events) 2009/2010 NRHA Community Health Assessment How to Read this Report Page vii Table of Contents Navigation Feature For your convenience, the Table of Contents has been linked by topic and page number. This allows for easy navigation directly to the topic and page number chosen. Example: By clicking on the topic “District Health Councils” or page number “1-9”, you will be taken directly to that requested page in the report. Summary When reading this report, it is important to remember that in any diverse community, indicators cannot tell the personal stories of the individuals, families or communities. The graphs and tables provide only the basic statistical information from which to raise the questions. The community consultation activities provided the stories to understand the data. We are hopeful that our 2009/2010 NOR-MAN Regional Health Authority Community