The Aboriginal Children’s Hurt and Healing (ACHH) Initiative is collaborating with communities and clinicians to bridge the gap in understanding Indigenous children’s pain and hurt, aiming to improve healthcare experiences.
Community Members
Are you a community member that participated in our work? Would you like your community to take part in our research? See what we’ve learned so far and how we plan to move forward.
Academic & Health Professionals
There’s lots of ways to improve the healthcare experience for Indigenous children and youth. Education is the first step! Learn more about ACHH’s research and the FIRST Approach developed for health professionals.
If we only treat one thing such as our body, and our spirit isn’t healthy and our minds and thoughts aren’t healthy, then how can you be healthy?
– Elder
News & Events
Featured Project
On September 30th, 2023, the ACHH Initiative brought together Indigenous clinicians, Elders and youth from across Canada to share in a 2-day gathering at Six Nations of the Grand River and Hamilton, Ontario. The Gathering focused on Pain and Hurt and how to move forward with improving the pain and hurt experience of Indigenous people through a research platform led by Indigenous clinicians.
