The Community Services Unit provides 3rd level support in nursing (home care, primary care, and community health), mental health and addictions, emergency preparedness, nutrition, tobacco control, and ehealth.
eHealth
Electronic Health (eHealth) is the use of Information Technology solutions to support the business of health care. Examples of eHealth solutions are:
- Panorama, a web based immunization management database system
- Telehealth and video conferencing for remote meetings, training and medical consults
- Internet connectivity for research, email, and remote access
- Microsoft Office for general business productivity
Emergency Response
Northern Communities have unique risks that need to be managed appropriately to minimise harm to communities. The risks could be from fires, floods, or adverse weather affecting critical infrastructure such as roads, power, or potable water.
The purpose of emergency response/management is to identify the risks and minimize the negative effects to health through planning and community preparedness.
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness Guide for Community Members July 2021
9 Steps for Emergency Plan Development – Gov’t of Sask
Get Prepared – Government of Canada
The Sphere Project – Humanitarium Chare and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response
Lockdown and Active Assailant Procedures Template – Word Document
Lockdown and Active Assailant Procedures Template – Adobe PDF
Active Assailant Training PowerPoint – 2023
Active Assailant Training – Adobe PDF
Flood
Heat Exposure
Wildfire
Free Wildfire Planning Tool Available!
PRESS RELEASE: The National Indigenous Fire Safety Council is providing access to a free digital tool to help communities prepare for wildfires.
The NIFSC has made the WUI tool accessible free to all, available on their website at https://indigenousfiresafety.ca/en/community-preparedness
Winter Safety
Power Outage
Other (Private)
Mental Health & Addictions
The Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) program provides advice and support to the NITHA Partners to strengthen their capacities to deliver quality MHA and Wellness services and are comprehensive and community based.
Nutrition
Nutrition is eating the right kind of food from birth to old age so you can grow properly and be healthy. Good nutrition can decrease the risks for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some cancers.
Nursing
The nursing program at NITHA brings leadership, innovation and vision to support and/or supplement the Partnership in the areas of Home Care, Community Health and Primary Care nursing programs. The program strives to foster a high standard of nursing within the Partnership by providing clinical, educational and policy support covering nursing practices.
Tobacco Control
The overall goal of Tobacco control is to address the commercial misuse of tobacco while being respectful of the traditional use of tobacco. While traditional tobacco is used for spiritual, cultural and ceremonial purposes, commercial tobacco is very harmful to our health.
A Smoking Mobile Cessation App has been developed to help smokers who want to quit.
Quit Smoking Posters
LLRIB – Quit Smoking Poster (JPG, Orange, Eng)
LLRIB – Quit Smoking Poster (JPG, Orange, Eng)
MLTC – Quite Smoking Poster (PDF, Blue, Dene)
PAGC – Quit Smoking Poster (JPG, Purple, Eng)
PBCN – Quit Smoking Poster (JPG, Yellow, Eng)
LLRIB – Quit Smoking Poster (PDF, Orange, Cree)
MLTC – Quite Smoking Poster (JPG, Blue, Eng)
PAGC – Quit Smoking Poster (JPG, Green, Eng)
PAGC – Quit Smoking Poster (PDF, Green, Dene)
PBCN – Quit Smoking Poster (PDF, Yellow, Cree)
Tobacco Booklet
Tobacco Cessation Poster – No smoking near entrances
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Please respect my right to stay smoke free, Keep your distance
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Please respect my right to stay smoke-free
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Don’t take shortcuts with your children’s health!
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Smoking in a vehicle with your children <16
Tobacco Cessation Poster 1- You smoke? Your family smokes
Tobacco Cessation Poster 2 – You smoke? Your family smokes
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Daddy’s lungs
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Refuse to be a statistic
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Face off! Smokeless tobacco kills!
Tobacco Cessation Poster – You want to play longer? Say no to smokeless tobacco!
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Give chew the slap slot!
Tobacco Cessation Poster – The best tobacco for your children is sacred tobacco
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Kick the chew, keep your smile
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Starting is easy, quitting is difficult!
Tobacco Cessation Poster – Smokeless doesn’t mean harmless
Tobacco Cessation Poster 1 – Be mindful, be prayerful. Keep tobacco sacred!
Tobacco Cessation Poster 2 – Be mindful, be prayerful. Keep tobacco sacred!
Northern Saskatchewan Breathe Easy Project
Elementary School Lesson Plans
Tobacco Resource Tutorial
Cigarettes Game and Song Handout
Cigarettes Game and Song – Teacher Key
Justin and Sacred Tobacco – Storybook
Justin and Sacred Tobacco (Cree) – Storybook
Justin and Tobacco Read Aloud
Help Justin Get to School Colour and Write
Jaycee and Justin learn About Cigarettes
Help vs Advice DM2.1
Healthy Or Unhealthy Sort
Healthy Lungs Colouring
Health Lungs USC1.2
Poster Types of Cigarettes
Poster Types of Cigarettes Teacher Key
Gr K Youth Tobacco Series Primary Unit
Gr 1 Youth Tobacco Series Primary Unit
Gr 2 Youth Tobacco Series Primary Unit
Gr 3 Youth Tobacco Series Primary Unit
Gr 3 Helpful and Harmful Substances
Outcome-Based Observation Assessment Tracking
Master Printable List
Podcasts
Public Health Unit Resources
Under the direction of NITHA Medical Health Officer Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka, the Public Health Unit (PHU) provides advice and expertise for various public health programs including population health assessment, disease surveillance, health promotion, health protection, and disease and injury prevention. PHU also provides direct assistance in the prevention and management of tuberculosis.
Communicable Disease Control
A communicable disease is a disease caused by a germ which can be passed on to other people by a variety of means. The germ may spread rapidly and can possibly affect many people in the community in a short period of time. A timely response and intervention by the health agency is needed to control its further spread. Examples of communicable diseases are the sexually transmitted infections (STIs), hepatitis C, pertussis and influenza.
Pampletes and Factsheets
Chlamydia Pamphlet
Congenital Syphilis Poster
Congenital Syphilis Fact Sheet
Congenital Syphilis Pamphlet
Genital Herpes Pamphlet
Gonorrhea Pamphlet
Hepatitis B Pamphlet
Pubic Lice Pamphlet
Syphilis Pamphlet
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Pamphlet
HPV Pamphlet
Trichomoniases Pamphlet
Syphilis is on the Rise in Saskatchewan, including First Nations – Stats Sheet 2022
Invasive Group A Streptococcus (IGAS) Fact Sheet
Impetigo Fact Sheet
Food and Waterborne
Enteric – Bacteria
Campylobacteriosis Fact Sheet
Clostridium Difficile Fact Sheet
E. Coli Fact Sheet
Salmonellosis
Enteric – Protozoa
Ameobiasis
Cryptosporidiosis Fact Sheet
Giardiasis Fact Sheet
Enteric – Worms
Trichinellosis
Weblinks
CDC Forms
Blood and Body Fluid Post Exposure Incident Form
Confidential Notification of Chlamydia and Gonococcal Infections Form
Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Data Collection Worksheet – Public Health – Follow Up
Haemophilus Influenzae Infection (invasive) Data Collection Worksheet
Influenza Data Collection Worksheet
Measles Data Collection Worksheet
Meningococcal Disease (invasive) Data Collection Worksheet
Mumps Data Collection Worksheet
Pertussis Data Collection Worksheet
Pneumococcal Disease (invasive) Data Collection Worksheet
Streptococcal Invasive Disease (group A) Data Collection Worksheet
Syphilis Notification Form
Syphilis Data Collection Worksheet – Public Health Follow-Up
CDC Guidelines and Manuals
MBC Radio Advertising
Presentations
Environmental Health
Environmental Health officers are responsible for carrying out inspections and monitoring for the prevention of public health and general safety hazards. Environmental Health Officers work with agencies, tribal councils, and individuals to reduce the risk of illness and injury from an environmental concern.
Forms and Templates
NITHA Animal Bite Investigation Form
Basic Costs of Responsible Dog Ownership
Dog Bite Alert – Summer Dog Bite Avoidance (Private)
Dog Care
TEMPLATE – Notice to Owner or Responsible Person for a Dog/Dogs (Private)
NOTICE – To Owners of Biting Animals (Private)
Animal Control By-law Template (Final Oct. 27, 2014, Private)
Refusal of Rabies Vaccine (Private)
TEMPLATE – Community Dog Book (Private)
Work Standard
Weblinks
CDC Forms
Campy Data Collection Worksheet and Questionnaire
Cryptosporidiosis Data Collection Worksheet
Giardiasis Data Collection Worksheet
NITHA Enteric Disease Investigation Form
Salmonellosis Data Collection Worksheet
Salmonellosis Routine Questionnaire
Verotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Infection Data Collection Worksheet
Sewage Concerns
Animal Health and Rabies Prevention
Animal Control Bylaw Draft Template (word document)
Basic Costs of Owning a Dog
Community Dog Book
Dog Bite Prevention-SPCA Tips
NITHA Animal Bite Investigation Form Blank (2016)
Packaging An Animal for Rabies Testing: Dog (YouTube)
Preventing Dog Bites
Rabies Information Sheet – May 2023
Reducing Animal Populations – Multi-Step Approach
Ten Day Hold Dog – Poster
Pests and Public Health Concerns
Avian Influenza (Bird) Flu
Avoiding West Nile Virus (July 2022)
Bat Prevention Fact Sheet
Bed Bug Fact Sheet
Chronic Wasting Disease
Cockroaches Fact Sheet
Hantavirus Fact Sheet
What is the Hantavirus – Illustration & Info Sheet 2022
PAGC Hantavirus YouTube – English
PAGC Hantavirus YouTube – Dene
PAGC Hantavirus YouTube – Cree
Lyme Disease, Tick and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Fact Sheet
Pediculosis (Lice)
Scabies Fact Sheet
Tick Safety and Removal
Food Safety
Emergency Response
Health Promotion
Health promotion refers to the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health (WHO, 1986). Health promotion not only focuses on strengthening the skills and capabilities of individuals, but also on changing the social, environmental, and economic conditions so as to positively impact public and individual health.
Infection, Prevention & Control
Infection Prevention and Control is an important component of health care that refers to policies, practices, and procedures that help to prevent or minimize the risk of spreading infections in health care settings. Infection prevention and control measures protect clients (residents/ patients), employees and visitors from acquiring Healthcare -Associated Infections (HAI).
Cleaning and Disinfecting in Daycare Settings
Fact Sheets
Safe Needle Handling
Monkeypox
Monkeypox Audio Clips
Monkeypox July 2022 – English
Monkeypox July 2022 – Cree
Monkeypox July 2022 – Dene
Immunization
Nursing program provides overall immunization coordination and ongoing education to nurses and other members of the health care team in the area of immunization.
Immunization and Vaccines
Influenza 2022
Influenza and COVID Vaccine 2021
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread – Community Poster
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread – Youth
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread – Child
Facebook and Instagram Influenza Posts 2021
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread – Child
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread –Community
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread – Elder 1
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread – Elder 2
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread –Prenatal 1
2021 It Takes a Community To Stop The Spread –Prenatal 2
MBC Flu Campaign Radio Ad – English
MBC Flu Campaign Radio Ad – Cree
MBC Flu Campaign Radio Ad – Dene
Influenza 2020
Forms
Receiving Moderna Vaccines and Handling a Possible Cold Chain Break (video)
Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) Form
COVID-19 Cold Chain Break Report Form (updated March 23, 2021 – PDF)
Cold Chain Break Report Form (updated March 18, 2021 – PDF)
How to Complete CCB Form (update June 22, 2018 – .doc)
Vaccine Incident Report NITHA
Vaccine Order Form
Resources
Management of Anaphylaxis by Registered Nurses – (NITHA)
Immunization by Public Health Nurses/RNs – Medical Directive and RN Clinical Protocol (NITHA)
Vaccine Card – Flulaval Tetra (MedSask)
Vaccine Card – Fluzone Quadrivalent (MedSask)
Vaccine Card – Fluzone High-dose Quadrivalent (MedSask)
Honouring Our Babies – Safer Sleep Cards (Perinatal Services BC)
Safer Infant Sleep – Practice Resource for Health-Care Providers (Perinatal Services BC)
Pocket Guide for Immunizers: Tdap/DTaP/IPV-containing Vaccines (Immunize Canada)
Community Healing Journey – Four Winds Life Promotion (Saskatchewan Health Quality Council
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, commonly known as TB, is a bacterial infection spread through the air from a person who has active tuberculosis to those who are in close contact. It is most often found in the lungs.
Most people who are exposed to TB never develop symptoms because the bacteria can live in an inactive form in the body. But if the immune system weakens, such as in people with HIV or elderly adults, TB bacteria can become active. In their active state, TB bacteria cause death of tissue in the organs they infect. Active TB disease can be fatal if left untreated.
TB Docuseries
This 4-episode docuseries follows the course of a 2019 TB outbreak in a small, northern First Nations community.
The series delivers:
- in-depth stories of TB survivors and front line workers;
- educational information on promising strategies for outbreak response;
- insights into what is needed to end TB in northern First Nations communities.
This podcast was developed in partnership with the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) and the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH). Episodes are narrated by Rick Harp.
TB Videos
TB Audio Clips
NITHA – TB Facts (Kids) November 2021 – Cree
NITHA – TB Facts (Kids) November 2021 – Dene
NITHA – TB Facts (Kids) November 2021 – English
NITHA – Oct 2021 Cree TB Message 1
NITHA – Oct 2021 Cree TB Message 2
NITHA – Oct 2021 Dene TB Message 1
NITHA – Oct 2021 Dene TB Message 2
NITHA – Oct 2021 Eng TB Message 1
NITHA – Oct 2021 Eng TB Message 2
TB Survivor Stories
TB High Risk Screening and Educational Tools – Primary Care/Community Health
Weblinks & Manuals
Pamphlets
TB Zone Map – Current
World TB Day March 24
TB Poster Set
TB High Risk Screening and Educational Tools – Client Handouts
TB and COVID-19
Articles
The Hill Times – Reconciling our history for the health of our future
HIV and Hepatitis Programs
Policies and Procedures
Weblinks
AIDS Programs South Saskatchewan
All Nations Hope Network
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Canadian AIDS Society
Canadian Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (CANAC)
CATIE (Canada’s Source for HIV and Hep C Information)
Native Youth Sexual Health Network (Facebook)
Nine Circles Community Health Centre
Public Health Agency of Canada – HIV and AIDS
Saskatchewan HIV HCV Nursing Education Organization (Facebook)
SK HIV Collaborative
United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS) Strategy
World AIDS Day
Video
Presentations
STBBI Conference 2023
STEPS – Medical Education – Amanda Galambos
Harm Reduction Training – Leegay Jagoe FNIHB-Indigenous Services Canada
Know Your Status 2023
KYS Conference HIV Presentation – Visna Rampersad, Epidemiologist, Indigenous Services Canada
Indigenous Harm Reduction Policy Brief
Contests:
Pamphlets and Educational Material
HIV Pamphlet 2022
HIV and AIDs in NITHA Summary Report for 2005-2015
HIV is different now – Get Tested (Poster)
SK HIV Collaborative Work Plan – Summary – April 2017
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Presentation
DBS (Dry Blood Spot) Testing
World Hepatitis Day Posters and Information Sheet July 28, 2022
Hepatitis C Pamphlet 2022
What is Hepatitis C?
How is Hepatitis C Transmitted?
Hepatitis C is also spread by:
What are the symptoms
How do I know if I have Hepatitis C?
Can Hepatitis C be cured?
Getting cured of Hepatitis C has many benefits