Awasisak Indigenous Health Program

Alberta Health Services - Edmonton Zone

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Description
This program aims to improve health status, outcomes, and services for indigenous infants, children, youth and their families who require ancillary neonatal, pediatric, or outpatient care.

Program objectives include:

  • ensuring that Stollery and Indigenous communities are part of the health care team, to work collaboratively and engage in ongoing resource mapping
  • providing the community and hospital health care providers the ability to assess, clarify, and identify resource availability within individual hospitals and communities
  • providing an effective, patient-centered approach for improving care to First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples and communities through specific services
  • facilitating accessible, culturally safe, equitable health service delivery for all First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities and peoples

Affiliation: Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation
Key Provider: child and family coordinators, cultural advisors, registered nurses (RNs), social workers
Eligibility
N/A
Application Process
Service Access: See below, Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information. Referrals also by request support staff or families on nursing units or outpatient clinics.
Referral Process: No


Waiting Period: No,
Telephone
780-407-2313
Fax
780-407-6131
Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Fees
Fee: No


Fee Reduction: No


Membership Fee: N/A
Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes -
Other disabled access: Yes - Parking stalls, ramps, elevators and washrooms.
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Agency Information
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Last Verified On
October 16, 2024
Address
8440 112 Street
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7

This facility provides a range of healthcare services for children including a 24/7 emergency department.


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Hours of Operation
Mon
08:30 AM to 04:45 PM
Tue
08:30 AM to 04:45 PM
Wed
08:30 AM to 04:45 PM
Thu
08:30 AM to 04:45 PM
Fri
08:30 AM to 04:45 PM