Explains suicide as the cause of death for one third of Aboriginal youth. Prime Minister Harper suggests that economic development could fix the problem, but the author contends that the issue is too deep rooted for such a quick fix.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 25-30
Description
Looks at designing a specific health care program that balances main stream design and research while maintaining Aboriginal cultural integrity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 155, no. 11, December 1, 1996, pp. 1609-1611
Description
Describes the work of the J.A. Hildes Northern Medical Unit in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories and discusses the University's program designed to recruit and retain Aboriginal health practitioners.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach For the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1285-1302
Description
Looks at high quality data from Canada, United States, New Zealand and Australia concluding that intervention strategies are lacking for indigenous children.
Results of gathering of representatives from several AIDS organizations, funders, federal and provincial governments, Tripartite First Nations Health Plan staff, and researchers which discusses and identifies strategies and challenges faced in ending the HIV epidemic.
Topics examined in report are: demographics, data sources, health status, determinants of health, jurisdictional issues, trends in research, and suggested topics for future research.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vladimir Randa
Description
Examines the connection between human speech and animals among the Inuit.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach For the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1263-1283
Description
Reviews literature, government reports and immunization guidelines from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, an the United States.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 69-76
Description
Analyzes community well-being in Manitoba using three measures: self-assessed personal health, reported improvements in family finances, hope for the community's economy.
Scroll down to page 69 to read article.
Water is tested for drinking quality, two youth develop a rash, and children are bullied at summer day camp in episode 23 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Three boys devise a plan to find love and a young girl becomes obsessed with looking mature in episode 20 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 24:00.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 1, 2009, pp. [204]-226
Description
Looks at the use of storytelling and humour to explore connections between the traumatic experience of Aboriginals' past and their problems in the present.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 27-54
Description
Contends that there is no clear evidence that self-determination policies are the answer to improving Indigenous health outcomes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.
Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing, vol. 5, no. 1, January 2009, pp. 20-29
Description
Explores the diverse group of traditional healing elders and what they believe are the important attributes and principles for mental health providers.
"It highlights examples of thriving collaborative, community-based, suicide prevention projects that are funded through the National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NAYSPS)." Examples used: Prince Albert Grand Council, Kenora Chiefs Advisory, Gitxsan Health Society and File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council.
Explores the issue of teen pregnancy among Aboriginal women by speaking with them about their experiences and perceptions on sex, protection and pregnancy and their expectations and the realities of becoming a young mother.
Published by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence.