{"id":8536,"date":"2025-11-21T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnql.com\/mandat\/cadre-du-continuum-du-mieux-etre-mental-des-premieres-nations\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:02:22","slug":"cadre-du-continuum-du-mieux-etre-mental-des-premieres-nations","status":"publish","type":"mandate","link":"https:\/\/apnql.com\/en\/mandat\/cadre-du-continuum-du-mieux-etre-mental-des-premieres-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Background<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>First Nations are moving toward taking control of the direction of their own health models and service delivery.<\/li>\n<li>The need for a holistic approach to support this transition continues to be felt.<\/li>\n<li>At the forefront of this transition, the Continuum Framework supports communities by integrating the interconnectivity of the First Nations worldview.<\/li>\n<li>Partnerships, collaboration, and an approach based on the social determinants of health continue to play a key role in supporting communities in the implementation of the Continuum Framework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Applying the Framework: A Paradigm Shift<\/h2>\n<div class=\"content-table-responsive-mobile is-responsive\">\n<table class=\"content-table\" style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805; text-align: left; background-color: #cb4b01 !important; color: white; width: 50%; font-size: 25px; font-weight: bold;\">From:<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805; text-align: left; background-color: #cb4b01 !important; color: white; width: 50%; font-size: 25px; font-weight: bold;\">To:<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805; text-align: left; background-color: #fff6eb !important; width: 50%; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\">Deficit-centered programs<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805; text-align: left; background-color: #fff6eb !important; width: 50%; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\">Strength-based discovery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\">Evidence that excludes First Nations worldview, values, and culture<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\"><strong>Culture considered as the foundation of evidence:<\/strong><br \/>\nWorldview, values, and culture are the foundation for determining the relevance and acceptability of various sources of evidence within a community context.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\">Focus on inputs from individuals<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\">Focus on <strong>outcomes<\/strong> for individuals, families, and communities; collaborative holistic approaches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\">Policies, funding, programs, and services lacking coordination<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\"><strong>Comprehensive planning<\/strong> models and federal-provincial-territorial and sub-regional integration, with First Nations, for policy, funding, and service delivery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\">Communities limited by restrictions due to program silos<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\">Communities that adapt, optimize, and restructure their mental wellness programs and services based on their <strong>own priorities<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\">Programs centered on health and illness<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 20px 24px 20px 24px; border: none; border-right: 1px solid #942805;\">Approaches that strengthen <strong>multi-sectoral links<\/strong> by connecting health programs and social services to provincial-territorial-federal systems to support <strong>integrated case management<\/strong> while considering the <strong>social determinants of health<\/strong> of First Nations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Implementation Team Work Plan<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Community Health and Wellness Planning<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work Plan Items\n<ul>\n<li>FNMWCF: A Guide to Implementation<\/li>\n<li>Trauma-Informed Care Training<\/li>\n<li>Safe Policy Pathways to Address Child Sexual Abuse<\/li>\n<li>Land for Healing: Land-Based Service Delivery Model<\/li>\n<li>Community Crisis Planning for Prevention, Response, and Recovery: First Nations Service Delivery Model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Key Themes from the FNMWCF\n<ul>\n<li>Culture as Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Quality Care System and Competent Service Delivery<\/li>\n<li>Community Development, Ownership &amp; Capacity Building<\/li>\n<li>Collaboration with Partners<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced Flexible Funding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Exemples de r\u00e9ussites<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Culture for Life<\/em> website<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultureforlife.ca\/index_en.html\">http:\/\/www.cultureforlife.ca\/index_en.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Community examples of <em>Wise Practices for Life Promotion<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wisepractices.ca\/\">https:\/\/wisepractices.ca\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Indigenous Community Development Strategy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcfndgi.com\/\">http:\/\/www.bcfndgi.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Promoting Life Together Collaborative<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcass-cfhi.ca\/WhatWeDo\/promoting-life-together-collaborative\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.fcass-cfhi.ca\/WhatWeDo\/promoting-life-together-collaborative<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cross-cutting connections between federal departments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><br \/>\n* See other examples in the documentation provided<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Prochaines \u00e9tapes \u2013 travail en cours<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop an evaluation approach based on the Framework in collaboration with the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health in Toronto<\/li>\n<li>Continue to advance implementation opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Increase the capacity of communities and regions<\/li>\n<li>Support systemic changes<\/li>\n<li>Opioid research \u2013 Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse<\/li>\n<li>Child and family services reform<\/li>\n<li>Define safe pathways to address sexual abuse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A framework that presents a holistic approach to First Nations mental wellness, centered on a paradigm shift, strengths-based perspectives, culturally adapted programming, and concrete initiatives to support community health and resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","mandate-tag":[81],"mandate-category":[72],"class_list":["post-8536","mandate","type-mandate","status-publish","hentry","mandate-tag-health-and-social-services","mandate-category-health-and-social-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnql.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mandate\/8536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnql.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mandate"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnql.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mandate"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnql.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mandate-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnql.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mandate-tag?post=8536"},{"taxonomy":"mandate-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnql.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mandate-category?post=8536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}