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Applying Medical Anthropology: Developing Diabetes Education and Prevention Programs in American Indian Cultures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brooke Olson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 185-203
Argues that diabetes is not just a disease of the body but is a problem which needs to be understood within the context of Aboriginal history, culture, and experience.
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Appropriate Engagement and Nutrition Education on Reserve: Lessons Learned From the Takla Lake First Nation in Northern BC

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela Tobin
Margo French
Neil Hanlon
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 6, no. 1, Traditional Medicine, January 2010, pp. 49-57
Describes an outline of appropriate engagement used in a study conducted in Takla Landing, British Columbia and looks at how it can be used to work with other Aboriginal communities to improve and promote health.
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Arctic Peoples and Beyond: Research Opportunities in Neuroscience and Behaviour

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence Duffy
Abel Bult-Ito
Marina Castillo
Kelly Drew
Michael Harris
et al.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 3, 2007, pp. 264-275
Presents a set of recommendations which are related to research opportunities to help give the development of future health research in circumpolar neuroscience and behaviour.
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Arkansas AETC Takes Aim at Native American Health Disparities

Alternate Title
Arkansas AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Takes Aim at Native American Health Disparities
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Derrick Newby
HIV Clinician, vol. 23, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 8-10
Identifies steps needed to prevent the spread of HIV in Native American communities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 8.
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The Armidale and New England Hospital

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Graham Benson
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, June 1983, p. 32
Briefly acknowledges four graduates of the eighteen month Addictions course believed to be the first of its kind in Australia.
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Asking Our Elders

Theses
Author/Creator
Marianne Rolland
Social Welfare Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1994.
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Assessing HIV & Other STI Risk in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities: Participants' Manual

Alternate Title
Tribal Bear Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fransing Daisy
Lee F. Brown
Presents health care providers with culturally relevant training tools to improve communication with patients regarding the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and other STIs, and supports efforts to minimize STI impact, including HIV, on Native communities.
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Assessing HIV & Other STI Risk in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities: Trainer's Manual

Alternate Title
Tribal Bear Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fransing Daisy
Lee F. Brown
Presents health care providers with culturally relevant training tools to improve communication with patients regarding the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and other STIs, and supports efforts to minimize STI impact, including HIV, on Native communities.
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Assessing Mental Capacity in Canadian Aboriginal Seniors

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Xavier Cattarinich
Nancy Gibson
Andrew J. Cave
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 53, no. 11, December 2001, pp. 1469-1479
Study conducted to evaluate testing methods found problems with both the process and the content of tests due to differences in culture.
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Assessing the Interest and Cultural Congruence of Contingency Management as an Intervention for Alcohol Misuse Among Younger American Indian Adults

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine A. Hirchak
Jalene Herron
Sean M. Murphy
Dennis Donovan
John M. Roll ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 38-57
Qualitative study uses focus groups to examine the interest in, and potential strategies for culturally and developmentally adapted contingency management (CM) for Indigenous youth aged 18-29.
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Assisting American Indian Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Cope with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Lessons from Vietnam Veterans and the Writings of Jim Northrup

Alternate Title
Assisting American Indian Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Cope with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence W. Gross
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 373-409
Article discusses the Vietnam veteran's experiences and calls for scholars to make practical suggestions for relieving the suffering of American Indian veterans.
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Asthma in the Australian Indigenous Population: A Review of the Evidence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A.P. Dawson
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 4, no. 238, 2994, pp. 1-18
Study conducted on Torres Strait Islanders shows a lack of quality studies on management interventions. Recommends that well-funded studies of high methodological quality and culturally sensitive design should be undertaken.
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Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practices for Trauma-Impacted American Indian/Alaska Native Populations: Does the Role of Culture Even Matter?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlie N. Knowlton
Theresa Lafavor
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 9, 2021, pp. 1-23

Examines the need to shift away from the traditional evidence-based practice (EBP) treatments towards a more cultural-sensitivity when dealing with trauma amongst Indigenous people.

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Awareness Raising To Reach Aboriginal Populations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TAP Resources and Associates
Provides overview of Aboriginal health and outlines strategic plan to better serve the population through education, cultural accommodation and by partnering with health providers.
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Background Document on Accountability for Results from an Aboriginal Women's Perspective: For the Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable Sectoral Follow-up Session on Accountability for Results

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Focuses on strategies and processes to determine how to develop current accountability frameworks to foster the social, economical, cultural, and political well-being of Aboriginal women.
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Background to the Launch of the Young Tidda's Video

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jenny Faulkner
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, May/June 2001, pp. 15-16
Describes series of circumstances that took place to facilitate the production of the women's health promotion video in Queensland, Australia.
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Balancing the Medicine Wheel through Physical Activity

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lynn Lavallée
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Womens Health, January 2008, pp. 64-71
Reports on a research project that explores the impacts of physical activity on the well-being of Aboriginal women.
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Bama Wadu Wadu Mara Mara - Young Aboriginal Men and Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ernest Hunter
Patricia Fagan
Tiffany Wilkes
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, March/April 1998, pp. 12-18
Reports on three day Pacific Rim Indigenous Adolescent Health Conference held in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia.
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Barrier to Healthcare Access Faced by Indigenous Women in the Guatemalan Highland

Alternate Title
Barriers to Healthcare Access Faced by Indigenous Women in the Guatemalan Highland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily A. Kragel
Logan N. Beyer
David L. Boyd
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 2018, pp. 104-121
Data collected from 15 study participants living in three different communities indicates a hierarchy of barriers with the barrier of geography appearing to be the first and most difficult to overcome. Subsequent barriers include cost, perceived quality of care, trust of medical provider and available time.
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BCPSQC Program Sub-Topic: Cultural Safety & Humility Action Series

Alternate Title
BC Patient Safety & Quality Council Program Sub-Topic: Cultural Safety & Humility Action Series
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Joe Gallagher]
[Shelley Joseph]
[Vanessa Mitchell]
[Brad Anderson]
[Evan Adams ... [et al.]]

Series of 11 hour-long webinars designed for health care professionals.

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