Tuberculosis

Description of the Hagenbeck Inuit show of 1880-81 in Germany. Originally published as "Das Eskimo - Tagebuch von 1880. Eine Völkerschau aus der Sicht eines Teilnehmers" in Kea: Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften 2 (1991): 87-115.

Describes the medical and socio-economic influences contributing to the high rate of tuberculosis. Includes recommendations for future research and policy changes.

Literature review.

Literature review concludes that adherence to therapy is influenced by systemic, personal and societal factors within the contextual experience of TB among Indigenous Peoples.

Chronicles the diseases introduced by European contact and the profound impact on Native American civilization, including a discussion of the AIDS epidemic.

Interview includes a discussion of Alfred Durocher's life.

The interview includes discussion of Alfred Durocher's life.

Investigates how the Sioux, who interacted with field nurses, evaluated the nurses' work against traditional Sioux medicine standards.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2013.

Looks at a global strategy recommended to control TB and discusses weakness of current eradication initiatives and strategy limitations in controlling TB in First Nations populations in Canada.

Discusses how vitamin D helps fend off germs and helps fights the tuberculosis (TB) germ Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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.

Trapper who threatened an Inuit community was shot, which resulted in the first criminal trial in the eastern Arctic and ultimately, a tuberculosis epidemic.

Book review of: Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder by Shelagh D. Grant.

Study results did not support a definition for a First Nations-specific TB outbreak but a response protocol would be useful with a preamble providing the unique circumstances of an on-reserve outbreak. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 23.

Study shows a correlation between overcrowded housing and rates of tuberculosis.

Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2013.

Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2003. Evaluates effectiveness of BCG vaccination in communities at high risk for tuberculosis with particular attention to immunodeficiency syndromes.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University (Canada), 1996.

Bibliography is divided into five categories: Social and cross cultural aspects of health and disease, Health, health education, and health care delivery, Genetics and metabolism, Infectious diseases, and Noninfectious/Chronic health problems.

Author discusses Indigenous medical practices; lists some maladies that were effectively treated using Indigenous medicine and notes those diseases brought from Europe for which Indigenous peoples had no treatment.

Book reviews of: Alaska Native Medical Centre: A History 1953-1983 by Robert Fortuine. Circumpolar Health Atlas edited by T. Kue Young, Rajiv Rawat, Winfried Dallmann, Susan Chatwood, Peter Bjerregaard. Healing Histories: Stories From Canada's Indian Hospitals by Laurie Meijer Drees.

Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.

Details of the Cheyenne sweatlodge ceremony as witnessed by the author.

Discusses the Indigenous Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada, formed to gather proof of genocide which could result in criminal cases against personnel responsible and compensation.

Comments on how the problem of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB might be addressed through natural drug discovery.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Univerity of Saskatchewan, 2010.

Discussion on the rationalization and justification of coerced and racially segregated hospitals.

Study proves screening to be effective in identifying tuberculin skin test (TST) reactive individuals and how this will not have much impact if barriers to receiving primary health care continue.

Community Health and Epidemiology (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.

Study focuses on cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

History thesis (Ph.D) -- University of Nebraska, 2010.

Paper uses qualitative description to examine the way that community settings act as determinants on tuberculosis (TB) detection and rates among Indigenous peoples. Researchers found delays in diagnosis and misdiagnosis to be high in urban centers, while issues of shame and stigma were prominent in rural and remote communities, low levels of TB knowledge were present in all communities.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Contends that in risk groups, active case finding allowed tuberculosis to be revealed earlier than passive case finding.

Results revealed that 29% of the tuberculosis cases were Indigenous on reserve with 36% Indigenous off reserve.

Concludes that Canada has the largest ongoing single strain of tuberculosis (TB) within the treaty status population.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.

Originally published by Talonbooks, 2007.

Film explores historical overivew of the Coppermine community beginning with arrival of the missionaries, the tuberculosis epidemic and Dr. Russel Martin's fight for medical supplies from Ottawa. Duration: 57:07.

Looks at patterns of tuberculosis among different tribes living on the reservation and bands, and the link between tuberculosis to government policies, housing, food and sanitation.

Book review of: The Crisis of Chronic Disease Among Aboriginal Peoples: A Challenge for Public Health, Population Health and Social Policy by J. Reading.

Focuses on the efforts of the Chief Medical Officer of the Departments of the Interior and Indian Affairs on behalf of the Aboriginal population within the broader context of the public health movement.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2002.

Compares HIV and tuberculosis deaths by using race-correlated information and diagnostic codes.

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Highlights: Conception of Northern Health Services and its joining to form Directorate of Indian and Northern Health Services. To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits