Contemporary

Project findings reveal barriers related to travel for services and lack of specialized services.

Topics covered: delivery systems, barriers to participation, gaps and best practices.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.

Presents a cross-cultural integration model, based on the experience of the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Ontario, which would assist with the integration of traditional and contemporary health knowledge and practices.

Describes the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health model of cross-cultural care based on 5 key service aspects: governance, patient support, traditional healing practice, medicines, and foods.

Looks into criticisms of the Indian Health Service and offers an analysis of how the Service can support the expansion of sovereignty. Food and Drug Law Paper (3rd Year)--Harvard University, 2005.

Various Aboriginal health workers from the Northern Territory, Australia describe the roles that they play in the health care system.

Aboriginal health workers in Australia report on the various roles that they play in the health care system.

Several Queensland, Australia health workers report on their various health care delivery methods.

A series of short reports describe various health worker's duties in remote areas of Northern Territory, Australia.

Brief report by an Aboriginal health worker regarding health care practices at Miligimbi Island, Northern Territory, Australia.

Identifies sources for healthcare, strategies and approaches for communities dealing with disease, and provides a sampling of current programs.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 2001.

Looks at upper respiratory tract infection and treatment options in children.

Uses links to Indian Health Services (IHS) patient records to lessen misclassification of race and identify eligibility for services from federally recognized tribes.

Article reports on the findings of three case studies conducted in Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand; shows that health systems in these countries have not addressed barriers to health care arising from multiple factors (or aggravated forms) of discrimination, such as the intersection between disability and indigeneity. Makes recommendations for improvement.

Reviews the health, including HIV infection, of Aboriginal populations in Canada and looks at methods of improving Aboriginal health based on community relevance and involvement.

[Health, Aging, and Society] Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2014.

Commentary on issues which influence accessibility and service utilization.

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.

Briefly explains how AIDS Awareness Week has helped raise awareness in Australia but continued education is needed to avoid becoming complacent.

Call for more culturally-based prevention material and clinics for Aboriginal people living on reserves.

Interview with the Executive Director of the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN).

Advocates the prevention of AIDS and argues that it is becoming a pandemic in Native communities.

Briefly discusses the logistical challenges of providing health care to isolated island located 72 kilometres north east of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.

Article discusses the challenges of providing health care across the seventeen islands that comprise the Torres Straits Islands

Introduction of the Aide program provided tangible improvements in dental prevention statistics among Alaskan youth.

Summary comparing risk behaviour for HIV and STD infections.

Found that the majority of parents would be interested in having their daughters vaccinated.

Looks at changes in Alaska telemedicine resulting from Federal funding and partnerships between state and private health organizations.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 1986.

Statistics for: apparent accidental poisoning deaths (fentanyl & non-fentanyl opioids); demographics and recent medical history of decedents; confirmed drug and alcohol poisoning deaths; dispensing data; opioid agonist therapy (OAT); emergency department visits; hospitalizations; and emergency medical response. Includes data for 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Outlines potential recipients, effective treatments, and principles guiding application. Uses evidence-based approach supplemented by expertise of members of the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee.

Used data from a national sample to compare Native American with White, Black, and Hispanic caregivers in their need for and receipt of treatment.

Looks at a Teton Sioux knowledge tradition, heyoka and connections to Indigenous healing practices and how it differs from western therapeutic knowledge in psychology.

Reviews healthcare challenges and policies for American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Looks at cancer prevention through to end-of-life care.

An overview of Indigenous public health research, knowledge and cultural practices to combat violence in American tribal communities. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 149.

Examines a study in California offering practical and culturally sensitive steps for health care providers to help implement a focussed breast cancer educational program.

Overview of the policy history and funding authorities of the Indian Health Service System.

Author offers advice to individual counsellors from Veteran Centers in terms of establishing contact with Vietnam veterans who are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, but not utilizing available programs.

Examines approaches taken in a campaign to ensure reduction of children suffering from anaemia.

Advisory column discussing factors unique to Aborigines including anatomical, psychological, physiological, and habitual.

Analysis of dietary patterns of Kahnawake school children with the objective to help prevent diabetes in future generations.

General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada. Restorative approach to justice.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004.

Using data collected by Canadian Observational Cohort (CANOC) to compare the risk of interruption and quality of HIV treatment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants.