What is unique about the ACHWM?

  • Gives children a voice in their own health assessment.

  • Developed with Aboriginal children [link to development paper].

  • Culturally relevant and grounded in the Medicine Wheel.

  • Overall score; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health scores.

  • Scientifically sound: valid [link to validation paper], reliable and sensitive tablets engage children in a non-judgmental way.

  • Automated process enhances feasibility and supports the generation of local report.

  • Tablets are able to quickly identify urgent health needs and facilitate new connections to local supports.

  • Generates quantifiable data useful at the local level to support program planning/evaluation and funding requests.