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Recommendation 2: Work with the Ministry of Health to create a strict set of regulations and a monitoring system for all recovery centres in the province. This will include security, standards of care and safe discharge plans.
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Recommendation 98: Women with lived experience need to be included in any collaborative initiatives around violence, mental health and substance use in the lives of women. (p.20)
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Recommendation 394: Women [with disabilities] have to know they are not alone with this problem. Sensitization is the key. Publicity (lots) on the services available to these women should be put in places like grocery stores and doctor’s offices. These are the only places where many women with disabilities are allowed to go. (p.149)
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Recommendation 24: When a woman is unable to become pregnant due to a disability, she should have access to publicly funded assisted reproductive technologies.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
Group/author:
West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
Year:
2014
2014
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Recommendation 113: What is required is on-going funding to support culturally relevant Aboriginal programming and services that are designed, delivered and implemented by healthy, Aboriginal women, Elders and community workers…Recognition of and changes to…”power dynamics” that support the continuation of violence against Aboriginal women will aid in shaping a community-based response…Advocating for Aboriginal women’s safety includes the establishment of on and off reserve safe houses or shelters, counselling programs and victim assistance programs. (p.17)
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Recommendation 296: We recommend the Ministry of the Attorney General evaluate the counselling services available for sex offenders and victims of sexual abuse or assault and endorse the recommendations of the British Columbia Task Force on Family Violence in this regard. We believe priority should be given to the treatment of young offenders because counselling in the early years has proven to be more successful. (p.7 –100)
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Recommendation 22: We call upon those who can effect change within the Canadian health-care system to recognize the value of Aboriginal healing practices and use them in the treatment of Aboriginal patients in collaboration with Aboriginal healers and Elders where requested by Aboriginal patients.
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Recommendation 33: We call upon the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to recognize as a high priority the need to address and prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and to develop, in collaboration with Aboriginal people, FASD preventive programs that can be delivered in a culturally appropriate manner.
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Recommendation 19: We call upon the federal government, in consultation with Aboriginal peoples, to establish measurable goals to identify and close the gaps in health outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, and to publish annual progress reports and assess longterm trends. Such efforts would focus on indicators such as: infant mortality, maternal health, suicide, mental health, addictions, life expectancy, birth rates, infant and child health issues, chronic diseases, illness and injury incidence, and the availability of appropriate health services.
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Recommendation 24: We call upon medical and nursing schools in Canada to require all students to take a course dealing with Aboriginal health issues, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, and Indigenous teachings and practices. This will require skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.
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