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Title | Do Discrimination, Residential School Attendance and Cultural Disruption Add to Individual-Level Diabetes Risk among Aboriginal People in Canada |
Created by: | Roland F. Dyck, Chandima Karunanayake, Bonnie Janzen, Josh Lawson, Vivian R. Ramsden, Donna C. Rennie, Jenny Gardipy, Laura McCallum, Sylvia Abonyi, James A. Dosman, Jo-Ann Episkenew, Punam Pahwa |
Description: | Cross sectional survey (2012/13) conducted with Beardy's and Okemasis' Cree Nation and Montreal Lake Cree Nation involved 580 households and 1570 adult participants. Found that residential school attendance and cultural disruption were not predictive of diabetes, while those experiencing the highest level of racism had low prevalence. Authors suggest that the latter finding may be the result of increased interaction with off-reserve society. |
Citation: | BMC Public Health, Vol. 15, 2015, p. article no. 1222. |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Categories: | Indigenous Studies Portal > Health & Well-Being > Diabetes Indigenous Studies Portal > Society > Cross-Cultural Relations > Racism & Discrimination Indigenous Studies Portal > Education > Residential & Boarding Schools Indigenous Studies Portal > Statistics & Surveys |
Nations: | Beardys and Okemasis First Nation [Find location using Google Maps] Montreal Lake Cree Nation [Find location using Google Maps] |
Names: | Abonyi, Sylvia [Find offline items] Dyck, Roland F. [Find offline items] Ramsden, Vivian [Find offline items] Rennie, Donna C. [Find offline items] Pahwa, Punam [Find offline items] Karunanayake, Chandima [Find offline items] Janzen, Bonnie [Find offline items] Lawson, Joshua A. [Find offline items] Dosman, James A. [Find offline items] |