Injury

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.

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.

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

Goals were to identify names of victims, identify government agencies that collect and report information, and determine what is and is not reported.

Looks at background work, framework for action, and important characteristics using a holistic perspective. Concludes with recommendations.

Statistics indicated deaths were higher in villages with no local alcohol restrictions.

Part 1 provides epidemiologic profile of research and surveillance on water-related unintentional injury deaths during 1991-2010 gathered from annual structured reviews of mandatory coroner and police reports for all water-related deaths. Part 2 makes recommendations for drowning prevention from review of national and international research, programmes, and initiatives.

Looks at the game of hockey in the community of Holman, Northwest Territories and the effects on the Inuit youth.

Discusses the limited access to physical therapy for rural communities and suggestions for improvements based around cultural sensitivity.

Looks at ways to reduce glass litter including a public awareness campaign and plans for a recycling plant.

Comments on strategies that may be the most effective tools to help decrease suicide and suicide attempt including community wellness and cultural competence strategies.

Looks at risk levels, types of burns and burn experiences of Treaty Indians and Métis in an Alberta hospital.

Outlines reasons for adopting plan, principles to guide development, key elements (national leadership and coordination, effective surveillance, community supports, policy analysis and development, and public education), and scope and objectives of program.

Evidence that the Aboriginal population is at a disproportionate risk for injury, but that there is little factual data. This particular study develops an injury surveillance framework that is culturally relevant.

This study examines the context, function, and consequences of binge drinking among 69 youth from the White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), and looks specifically at it as factor in self-harming behaviours.

Nursing Practice Project (DNP)--Walden University, 2018.

Study group consisted of nine men and four women recruited from two minimum security healing lodges, a psychiatric treatment centre, and a medium security institution, who took part in focus groups or individual interviews. All had decreased or ceased engaging in self-harming behavior.

Study includes 13 Indigenous offenders and 14 corrections staff who participated in focus groups or personal interviews about non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and its treatment. Responses are analyzed using a culturally informed qualitative approach. Culturally-informed and culturally-based interventions appear fundamental in reducing NSSI.

Expert and community stakeholders said indicators related to motorized vehicle collisions, mortality, and hospitalization rates were most likely to prove useful and prompt action.

Five leading causes of death were: poisoning, motor vehicle-traffic crashes, drowning, natural environment and transport-other (land). Analysis found that one third of deaths occurred when an individual had travelled away from his or her community to more urban areas.

Study of 20 participants assesses the effectiveness of a telemedicine programme in managing the remote diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of concussion patients. At the study’s conclusion 90% of participants met criteria for clinical recovery and close to $41 000 of treatment cost had been avoided.

Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Sydney, 2017

Shows statistics for injury death rates broken down by age from infant, 1-9 and 10-19 years. American Indian/Alaskan Natives and blacks were consistently at a higher risk for fatal injuries than other ethnic populations.

Very brief description of major issues and existing strategies, including substance abuse, stress through overcrowding, poor housing, and the effect of levels of mental health and social health. Concludes with recommendations.

Discusses findings that while bone density of Inuit is decreased in women with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2D) is reduced the risk of osteoporosis is mitigated.

Conference participants discuss injury mortality and morbidity rates for Indigenous peoples which exceed the rate for non-Indigenous people in Australia.

Reports results from an online survey (102 respondents) and four virtual circle sessions. Findings grouped under organizational characteristics, work-related illnesses/injuries, and work experiences. Concludes with areas for future research and program and policy recommendations.

Related Material: Maori Standards of Health: A Study of the 20 Year Period 1955-75.

Hauora: Maori Standards of Health: A Study of the Years 1970-1984.

Examines health risks, health status and health services use utilizing comprehensive population-level health data. Primary source is the 2007 California Health Interview Survey.

Indian Health Service patient registration database indicates Native American youth had a higher rate of injury than non-Native youth, especially from motor vehicles accidents and assaults.

Concludes that hospitalization rates for dog bites were higher in Alaska, compared to rest of the United States.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

Uses data on critical injuries and deaths reported to the Representative for Children and Youth when children/youth and/or their families have received (within the prior 12 months), or are receiving government services and compares results to statistics for the non-Indigenous population. Related Material: Invisible Children: A Descriptive Analysis of Injury and Death Reports for Métis Children and Youth in British Columbia, 2015 to 2017.

Injury-related health services usage (hospitalizations and visits to emergency rooms) and mortality were calculated and compared to the general population of Alberta

Raises awareness of mortality and morbidity due to injuries and strategies for effective prevention.

Discusses causes of injuries and gives statistics for motor vehicle, drowning and suicide.

Study results indicated that the physical and climate challenges posed in the northern Canadian setting are factors in a higher injury rate.

Compares common types of injuries causing death between the non-Aboriginal population and Aboriginal population.

Contends that as socio-economic conditions improved, risk of hospitalization due to unintentional fall injury has declined.

Presents a study that compares injuries severe enough to require a hospital admission among First Nations communities and those living in small northern and southern communities in Ontario.