Other Diseases

Drinking water contaminated on Red Earth Reserve, 60 miles north of Nipawin, Saskatchewan.

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

Report findings indicate that aboriginal populations have an increased risk of death from alcoholism, homicide, suicide and pneumonia.

Outlines the denial of a deal in which a land claim by the Jawoyn Aboriginal community was traded for an alcohol-rehabilitation centre and two renal-dialysis machines.

Focusing on the youth centre, overview of plan for promoting a healthy, active lifestyle and improving self-esteem and self confidence.

Focuses on prevalence and sex differences, related health risks, research areas, and economic costs. Current as of 2009.

Findings of testing on 3 distinct populations, Hutterites, Oji-Cree and Keewatin Inuit, indicate there's no consistent relationship between the population mean plasma HDL cholesterol concentration and then population LIPC-480T frequency.

Study found that Aboriginals were almost twice as likely as non-Aboriginal people to be admitted to hospital for an ambulatory-care-sensitive conditions, but 43% less likely to visit a nephrologist.

Conclusions indicated that AP in the Inuit is a seasonal photodermatitis which often commences in adulthood and worsens over time. Study found a novel HLA association.

Study sampled 1,622 subjects between 25-75 years of age between January and May.

Examines the relationship between diabetes, renal function and serum adiponectin in Pima Indians.

Compares demographic, clinical, biochemical, serologic, radiologic and histologic factors in Inuit and non-Inuit patients with cholestasis.

Examines the data collected on the differences in rates of mortality, technique failure, and peritonitis between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients receiving peritoneal dialysis; and looks at whether the differences may be accounted for by urban versus rural residence.

Study identifies risk factors for adult renal disease through a screening program known as the Umoona Kidney Project. Information will be used by Aboriginal health workers.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montana, 1976.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2009.

Argues that the use of lead shot shells for hunting is a significant source of lead exposure in children, and results in reduced neurocognitive functions.

Focuses on the statistical differences in the occurrence of this disease in Winnipeg.

Overview of Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme reports starting with the 1998 report Arctic Pollution Issues; A State of the Arctic Environment Report. Provides an update on contaminant levels and health effects.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1992.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2000.

Comments on the health disparities faced by Aboriginal Peoples' and the social remedies required. Appendix from A Healthy, Productive Canada: A Determinant of Health Approach by the Senate Subcommittee on Population Health chaired by Wilbert Joseph Keon and Lucie Pépin.

Community Health Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.

Reports survey data from three large cultural areas: the Yukon First Nations, Dene/Métis, and Inuit communities and compares current proportion of traditional food in diets to the precontact period and the amount of traditional food consumed by older vs. younger generation.

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.

Presents some of the health problems from UVB radiation including cataracts, photokeratitis, immunosuppression, genetic interaction, skin cancer, non-hodgkin's lymphoma etc..

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2011.

Comments on the prevalence of the disease and the multiple barriers to care.

Discusses the need for program planning and identification of new priorities to aid in arthritis care in Aboriginal populations, due to high prevalence.

Describes the disparities of arthritis among Aboriginal people in Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut compared to populations in the South.

Study examined possible correlation between aspiration and the frequency and severity of lower respiratory infections.

Study shows a health care model should be developed to meet the needs of people living with chronic conditions.

Argues there is a need for more dietary studies which examine the impact of moving from traditional to market foods.

Focuses on neurodevelopmental problems caused by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the food chain in Nunavik, Quebec.

Statistics for children aged one to five years. Chronic conditions were asthma/chronic bronchitis and chronic ear infections.

Literature review of epidemiological studies searched in Medline and published between 1946 and January 2014. Found 60 relevant primary studies.

Study demonstrated albuminuria confers a risk of progression to kidney failure for First Nations and non-First Nations people.

Examines influences on systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Study to determine rates of office and emergency visits for chronic respiratory conditions.

Study found that while asthma was rarely reported before 1975, the hospitalization rate for Indigenous peoples of the USA in 2000 to 2002 was only slightly lower than the general population.

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.

Study examined skeletons to learn more about the process of bone separation that produces this condition.