Health Care Practices

Overview of topics covered at Challenge, Consensus and Change conference held in Sydney in 1994.

Looks at the removal of Aboriginal children and the continuing effects on mental health and lack of culturally appropriate programs.

Outlines research findings in the areas of cross cultural care, infectious disease, social determinants of health, maternal-child care, and addiction medicine.

Comments on the unique needs, during a public health emergency, of isolated First Nation communities.

Presents results for adults, youth and children. Under each there are sections dealing with demographics, indicators and predictors of personal health and wellness, health care, and community health and wellness. Version 2.0.

Reports responses of 319 individuals who were asked questions about family life, income nd employment, education, housing and homeless, public accommodation, harassment and violence, police interactions and prisons, health and identity documents. Related material: 2008 Survey Results.

Focuses on government procurement, Indigenous tourism and the arts, and trauma-informed care.

Audit covered the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2021.

Discusses achieving equity in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Education and Psychology Thesis ([D.Psy.?])--Pepperdine University, 2012.

Report describes factors investigated and some preliminary recommendations to reduce the infant mortality rate.

Notes that while expenditure levels are similar, Aboriginal Australians are much more reliant on publicly funded services than non-Aboriginal Australians.

Reprint of two letters received by the journal in 1989. One by a person involved in Aboriginal education and the other regarding African women's health.

Discusses services offered to three target groups needing help: slightly intellectually handicapped, prisoner's families, and multiple problems due to diabetes.

Discusses program which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NOTE: pdf displays incorrect information (vol. 30 no.6 November/December 2006)

Looks at the establishment of the National Centre for Health Promotion, functions, and involvement with Aboriginal Health Promotion Network.

Looks at skills needed to do a certain level of work, skills transfer and training nationally to use in a different areas, planning for future job training, and categorizing different competencies at different levels.

Report found that Indigenous Australians were 3 times more likely to go to a hospital with injuries due to interpersonal violence, falls, and transportation-related injuries.

Chapter from The Social Determinants of Health in Manitoba edited by Lynne Fernandez, Shauna MacKinnon, and Jim Silver. Material presented as exhibit 130 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.

Promotes need for outreach Paediatric service to reduce hospitalization, improvements to housing and food, and cross-cultural awareness training for hospital staff.

Looks at a Nova Scotian teenager who has been denied disability benefits by the Government of Canada despite an agreement signed by federal and provincial governments.

Research priorities were organized into four theme areas: Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Primary Health Care, Public Health and Prevention, and Human Resources and Indigenous Cultural Competency.

Health care workers discuss roles in the community and the health programs they look after.

Explains a local health record system that enables semi-literate health workers to independently assess children and keep accurate health records of patients.

Looks at variables associated with increased standardized relative risks (SSR) including higher proportions of crowded housing, housing in poor condition, remoteness and more.

Goal is to help staff working in hospital settings to provide culturally responsive services grounded in values, practices, concepts and views of health common to Indigenous peoples the region.

Looks at the development of a curriculum on Aboriginal cultural safety offered to all students enrolled in undergraduate health sciences programs. Offers three modules on the health of Aboriginal people.

Brief description of a new program designed to educate medical students and faculty.

Summarizes learnings from earlier pilot project, discusses models for introducing/integrating practitioners into maternity care in a variety of settings, and makes recommendations about steps needed to develop an effective province-wide network.

Overview of different types of tools to assist First Nations/ Aboriginal early childhood educators increase their knowledge and skills in the area of screening and assessment.

Examines the eye care clinics which were established in association with the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AHMRC) in Australia.

Reports that one of the main causes of cases of uncorrected vision is the lack of physical access to eyecare services.

Discusses the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network and the need for more representation by First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities.

Describes the practice of muttonbirding, the seasonal gathering of the chicks of seabirds for food, oil and feathers by Aboriginal people in Furneaux Group of islands north of Tasmania.

Case study of the Aboriginal-controlled Nishnawbe-Aski First Nation's Crisis Team program.

Overview of community development program in which communities identified their own action program. Common priorities for discussion were housing, sewage, water, alcohol, first aid, and unemployment.

Reports on conference which was organized by a private commercial organization held in Sydney, Australia.

Human Development, Learning and Culture Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2011.

Goal of study was to gather information on extent of culturally appropriate health supports and to make recommendations that would increase integration of traditional, spiritual and cultural practices into existing services and programming.

Statistics reveal that the number of Aboriginal people trained to work in health careers over a ten year period exceeds the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Looks at the responsibilities of the Aboriginal Health Organization of Southern Australia.

Discusses the discrepancies surrounding accurate Aboriginal health data.

Reviews presentations at the Aboriginal Health: Social and Cultural Transitions Conference held Sept 28-30 at the Northern Territory University in Darwin.