Les services de santé et les services sociaux en français ne sont accessibles qu’auprès d’un quart de la population francophone au Manitoba (de Moissac, 2011). Une pénurie de professionnels pouvant offrir des services en français est perçue comme un obstacle important pour les usagers qui recherchent ces services et pour les professionnels qui voudraient assurer un suivi en français pour leurs clients. Une hésitation à s’identifier comme francophone et un manque de connaissance des ressources disponibles en français contribuent-ils à cette perception de pénurie? Cet article traite des défis entourant l’offre de services de santé et de services sociaux en français au Manitoba et suggère des pistes de solutions.
Objective:Francophones may experience poorer health due to social status, cultural differences in lifestyle and attitudes, and language barriers to health care. Our study sought to compare mental health indicators between Francophones and non-Francophones living in the province of Manitoba.Methods:Two populations were used: one from administrative datasets housed at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and the other from representative survey samples. The administrative datasets contained data from physician billings, hospitalizations, prescription drug use, education, and social services use, and surveys included indicators on language variables and on self-rated health.Results:Outside urban areas, Francophones had lower rates of diagnosed substance use disorder (rate ratio [RR] = 0.80; 95% CI 0.68 to 0.95) and of suicide and suicide attempts (RR = 0.59; 95% CI 0.43 to 0.79), compared with non-Francophones, but no differences were found between the groups across the province in rates of diagnosed mood disorders, anxiety disorders, dementia, or any mental disorders after adjusting for age, sex, and geographic area. When surveyed, Francophones were less likely than non-Francophones to report that their mental health was excellent, very good, or good (66.9%, compared with 74.2%).Conclusions:The discrepancy in how Francophones view their mental health and their rates of diagnosed mental disorders may be related to health seeking behaviours in the Francophone population. Community and government agencies should try to improve the mental health of this population through mental health promotion and by addressing language and cultural barriers to health services.
Étant donné l’importance de la littératie préscolaire et le rôle de l’environnement francophone dans le développement des compétences langagières en français des enfants en milieu minoritaire, le but de cette recherche est de déterminer si les programmes de littératie préscolaire ont un effet positif sur les pratiques de littératie chez les parents et les enfants qui y ont participé. Plus spécifiquement, cette recherche vise à décrire le profil démolinguistique des parents participants, y compris certaines caractéristiques personnelles des parents, leurs habitudes langagières avec leurs enfants et leur motivation à suivre un programme de littératie préscolaire. Elle a aussi pour objectif de déterminer l’impact de la participation des enfants et des parents sur les activités de littératie familiale et de sonder le niveau de satisfaction des parents et des animatrices quant au déroulement des programmes. Les données recueillies au moyen des questionnaires révèlent une population très engagée qui désire augmenter les occasions de contact avec la communauté francophone et renforcer les pratiques de littératie auprès de leurs enfants. Les retombées des programmes sont très positives pour les parents et les enfants.Given the importance of preschool literacy and the role played by the child’s Francophone minority environment in the development of language competence, this paper aims to assess the positive effects of preschool literacy on both parents and children. More specifically, the demolinguistic profile of parent participants, including a number of personal characteristics, the children’s language habits and their motivation in enrolling in a preschool literacy program will be examined. This study also seeks to determine the impact of child and parent participation on family literacy activities, as well as the level of satisfaction among the program leaders and the children’s parents. The data collected indicate a high level of engagement among the population and a desire to create links with the Francophone community while strengthening the children’s literacy skills. Overall, the program has been very positive for parents and children
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