Health and Wellness Framework
The majority of First Nations people in BC live in urban areas or away from home. However, mainstream health services are not always accessible due to systemic, institutional, clinical and individual barriers.
The document Closer to Home: Urban and Away-From-Home Health and Wellness Framework outlines high-level principles and strategic directions for expanding the scope and function of FNHA support for the urban and away-from-home population.
This page provides guidelines and tools for developing and submitting a community health and wellness plan.
Submitting a Community Health and Wellness Plan to the FNHA
Please note that the required content for a completed community health and wellness plan includes:
1. Introduction
2. Health and Wellness Vision
3. Health and Wellness Context, Goals, Objectives and Initiatives
4. Budget
5. Health and Wellness Monitoring, Evaluation and Sharing Results
For sample contents, ideas and tips, please see Health and Wellness Planning: A Toolkit for BC First Nations (p. 68-87).
Please submit your completed plan to FNHA Community Development.
Health and Wellness Plan Template
This fillable tool is intended to support the planning process by providing an outline of the five sections of a Community Health and Wellness Plan. You may wish to use this template when submitting your Community Health and Wellness Plan to the FNHA or use your own format.
Tips for submitting health and wellness plan content:
• You can submit separate documents, like budget spreadsheets or multimedia files (e.g., songs, images, etc.), as email attachments.
• If community-identified goals exceed the number of goals in the template, additional Goal/Objective/Initiative pages can be downloaded for use here.
If you require assistance in developing or submitting your plan, please contact us.
Health and Wellness Plan template
Extra template pages for additional goals, objectives and initiatives
Health and Wellness Planning Toolkit
Coordinated planning is key to the success of the work ahead to improve the health and wellness of BC First Nations. The FNHA is leading or supporting planning processes at the organizational level (FNHA), as well as at regional and community levels. For the FNHA, this includes the annual Summary Service Plan, sets out our goals, outcomes, objectives, strategies, priorities and measures.
Moving forward, it's the health and wellness priorities of the regions that will increasingly drive the work of the health governance partners (the FNHA, the First Nations Health Council, the First Nations Health Directors Association and the Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health).
BC First Nations have called for the development of Regional Health and Wellness Plans to clearly identify their priorities. All five regions within BC have developed a Regional Health and Wellness Plan, and are utilizing these plans to guide their work with BC First Nations within their respective regions
Informed through regional processes, the FNHA works alongside the FNHC and FNHDA to achieve our Shared Vision of “Healthy, Self-Determining and Vibrant BC First Nations Children, Families and Communities,” and to pursue strong health partnerships and integration with federal and provincial governments.
Honouring the governance processes and standards that have led to the creation of this organization, the FNHA advances health system transformation and undertakes program and service delivery in a manner aligned with First Nations philosophies, perspectives and ways of being.
