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Exploring the Determinants of Health For Fist Nations Peoples in Canada: Can Existing Frameworks Accommodate Traditional Activities?
Kathleen Wilson, Mark W.Rosenberg Social Science & Medicine , Vol. 55, 2002, pp. 2017-2031. Explores cultural system of beliefs as a factor in shaping the health of First Nations peoples. Data collected from the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Extending the Public Health Impact of Screening for Diabetes in High-Risk Populations: Opportunities in American Indian Communities
Todd S. Harwell, Carrie S. Oser, Carol Strasheim, Terry D. Dennis, Kelly R. Moore, et al. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Vol. 11, No. 6, November/December 2005, pp. 537-541. Suggests that high risk populations, including American Indians, should look at ways to increase blood glucose screening to identify those at risk for diabetes or metabolic syndrome. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Factors Associated with Pregnancy and STI among Aboriginal Students in British Columbia
Karen M. Devries, Caroline J. Free, Linda Morison, Elizabeth Saewyc Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 100, No. 3, May/June 2009, pp. 226-230. Presents data on factors associated with pregnancy among Aboriginal adolescents, contracting an STI, and the need for sexual health interventions. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Fertility of a Community in Transition: the Case of James Bay Indians, Canada
Anatole Romaniuc Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2003, pp. 227-275. Survey, carried out in 1968, about fertility, birthrates and shifts in social life. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A First Approximation of Holocene Inter-Assemblage Variability in Central Alaska
Ben A. Potter Arctic Anthropology, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2008, pp. 89-113. Highlights some of the changes in technology in central Alaska around 6000 and 1000 cal B.P. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Focus on American Indian College Persistence
Don-Paul Benjamin, Stephen Chambers, Gary Reiterman Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 32, No. 2, January 1993, pp. 24-40. Study concludes that higher education should value cultural diversity which in turn benefits the student, the institution, and society. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Forecasting Northern Ontario's Aboriginal Population
B. Moazzami Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2003, pp. 83-90. Projection and comparison of future demographic trends in Northern Ontario's population. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
From Nation to Population: the Racialisation of ‘Métis’ in the Canadian Census
Chris Andersen Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 14, No. 2, April 2008, p. 347–368. Discusses how the term 'Métis' has been constituted according to racial rather than indigenous national constructions and argues that the Canadian census' lack of explicit categories to distinguish Métis Nation allegiance further naturalizes a racialised construction of Métis at the expense of an indigenously national one. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Full Parole and the Aboriginal Experience: Accounting for the Racial Discrepancies in Release Rates
Andrew Welsh, James R. P. Ogloff Canadian Journal of Criminology, Vol. 42, No. 4, October 2000, pp. 469-492. Discusses the overrepresentation of aboriginal peoples in Canadian corrections institutions and the racial disparities in granting full parole for aboriginal offenders. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Fur Trappers in the Northwest Territories: An Economic Analysis of the Factors Influencing Participation
Jack C. Stabler, Gail Tolley, Eric C. Howe Arctic, Vol. 43, No. 1, March 1990, pp. 1-8. Investigates selected aspects of the commercial trapping industry and attempts to identify factors that influence participation in this historically important activity. [Find offline items for Howe, Eric] More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 5, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Geographical Distribution of Diabetes Among the Native Population of Canada: A National Survey
T. Kue Young, Emöke J. E. Szathmary, Susan Evers, Brian Wheatley Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 31, No. 2, 1990, pp. 129-139. Summarizes the data gathered and concludes distribution of the disease is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Geographies of Aboriginal People in Canada
Evelyn J. Peters The Canadian Geographer, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2001, pp. 138-144. Discusses the characteristics and distribution of Aboriginals in Canada and outlines some of the challenges posed by migration. [Find offline items for Peters, Evelyn J.] More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Health and Support Service Utilization Patterns of American Indians and Alaska Natives Diagnosed with HIV/AIDS
Jill J. Ashman, David Pérez-Jiménez, Katherine Marconi AIDS Education and Prevention, Vol. 16, No. 3, June 2004, pp. 238-249. Examines the types of health and support services provided by Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act and compares this with the characteristics and service utilization patterns other ethnic groups receive. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Health Care Among the Kumiai Indians of Baja California, Mexico: Structural and Social Barriers
K. Jill Fleuriet American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2009, pp. 47-63. Author studies health care problems in Baja California, Mexico using research data collected from 1999 to 2001. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Health Care Utilization and Costs in Saskatchewan's Registered Indian Population With Diabetes
Sheri L. Pohar, Jeffrey A. Johnson BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 7, No. 126, 2007. Observes that health care costs for both First Nations and the general population with diabetes in Saskatchewan are substantially higher that individuals without the disease. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Health of Cree, Inuit and Southern Quebec Women: Similarities and Differences
Claudette Lavallée, Chantal Bourgault Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 91, No. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 212-217. Research review findings include, higher proportion of young women in north; Aboriginal women had more responsibilities than other women; higher smoking rates among Inuit women; lower cholesterol, higher blood glucose among Cree women. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Health Services Use of Manitoba First Nations Peoples: Is It Related to Underlying Need
Patricia J. Martens, Doreen Sanderson, Laurel Jebamani Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 96, No. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January-February 2005, pp. S39-S44. Compares the health status and services use of First Nations to all other Manitobans. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Hearing Outcomes after Mobile Ear Surgery for Chronic Otitis Media in Greenland
Preben Homøe, Gohar Nikoghosyan, Christian Siim, Poul Bretlau International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol. 67, No. 5, 2008, pp. 452-460. Found that long term hearing gain can be achieved with mobile ear surgery. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
"He's Won, But He's Lost It": Applying a Samoa Gender Lens to Education Outcomes
Tagaloatele Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2010, pp. 143-154. Discusses how cultural expectations influence male and female educational achievement and looks at ways to address better educational participation and accomplishment. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
High HIV-TB Co-infection Rates in Marginalized Populations: Evidence from Alberta in Support of Screening TB Patients for HIV
Richard Long, Jody Boffa Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 101, No. 3, May/June 2010, pp. 202-204. Discusses the evidence of synergy between HIV and tuberculosis, and looks at experiences with universal HIV testing of TB patients. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
HIV Diagnoses in Indigenous Peoples: Comparison of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
Beverley Shea, Clive Aspin, James Ward, Chris Archibald, Nigel Dickson, Ann McDonald, Mera Penehira, Jessica Halverson, Renee Masching, Sue McAllister, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, John M. Kaldor, Neil Andersson International Health, Vol. 3, No. 3, September 2011, pp. 193-198. Looks at the similarities and differences of HIV diagnoses; and discusses the lessons learned for effective HIV prevention among Indigenous peoples. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
HIV Risk, Systemic Inequities, and Aboriginal Youth: Widening the Circle for HIV Prevention Programming
June Larkin, Sarah Flicker, Ruth Koleszar-Green, Susan Mintz, Michelle Dagnino, et al. Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 98, No. 3, May/June 2007, pp. 179-182. Looks at the insight into systemic Inequities relevant to HIV risk in urban Aboriginal youth and the relevance of this study for prevention education. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Hospitalizations Resulting from Dog Bite Injuries -- Alaska, 1991-2002
Louisa J. Castrodale International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol. 66, No. 4, September 2007, pp. 320-327. Concludes that hospitalization rates for dog bites were higher in Alaska, compared to rest of the United States. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Identifying Colonial Discourses in Inupiat Young People's Narratives as a Way to Understand the No Future of Inupiat Youth Suicide.
Lisa Wexler American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2009, pp. 1-24. Discusses the disproportionate suicide rate in Alaskan Native youth and presents new ideas to understand the issue. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Impact of Chronic Disease on Quality of Life in the Bella Coola Valley
H.V. Thommasen, W. Zhang Rural and Remote Health, Vol. 6, No. 528, 2006, pp. 1-18. Study shows people living with chronic pain, in the remote community, have poor health related quality of life. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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