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 effectiveness of existing services offered for the community and for Aboriginal women and concludes that not enough gender and ethnic services are offered.
Joint Special Report: Health and Well-Being of Children in British Columbia: Report 1 on Health Services Utilization and Mortality
E-Books
Author/Creator
Child and Youth Officer for British Columbia
Ministry of Health
Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Description
Aims to use routinely collected data to better understand health and well-being outcomes for children and youth who are currently, or have been, in government care.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 25, no. 1-2, Ending Woman Abuse, Winter/Spring, 2006, pp. 33-38
Description
Discussion of the legislative gap in protecting a spouse's right to equal division of matrimonial real property on-reserve and other human rights issues which leave Aboriginal women at economic and social disadvantage.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 1, Fall, 2006, pp. 14-21
Description
Looks at Canada's first and largest major urban First Nations child and family support program in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. Supplement 3, September/October 2006, pp. S4-S10
Description
Presents an analysis of relevant literature and social policy, concluding that an increase in research activity through multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral collaborations is necessary to improve the health of lone parents and their children.