What is unique about the ACHWM?
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Gives children a voice in their own health assessment.
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Developed with Aboriginal children [link to development paper].
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Culturally relevant and grounded in the Medicine Wheel.
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Overall score; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health scores.
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Scientifically sound: valid [link to validation paper], reliable and sensitive tablets engage children in a non-judgmental way.
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Automated process enhances feasibility and supports the generation of local report.
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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.