Study cohort consisted of 160 survey respondents and 288 focus group participants. Topics included barriers to accessing and successfully completing treatment, suggestions for overcoming them, and promising practices.
Produced as part of the evaluation of the British Columbia Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nation Health Governance. Study consists of a combination of literature review and interviews with those playing key roles within the First Nations Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, BC Regional Health Authorities, BC Coroners Service and BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, which were conducted between July 2018 and January 2019.
Occasional Papers Series (BC Institute for Co-operative Studies )
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
T. C. Lantz
Description
Comments on the risk of population extirpation, reduced genetic variation, and species extinction due to the growing commercialization of medicinal plants.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 96-97
Description
Book reviews of:
Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50 by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Akak'stiman: A Blackfoot Framework for Decision Making and Mediation Processes by Reg Crowshoe, Sybille Manneschmidt.
Discusses a policy initiative to reduce inconsistencies in existing policies for service providers in regard to Aboriginal peoples living with HIV/AIDS especially those moving from correctional settings to halfway houses.
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 133, May 2015, pp. 168-176
Description
Found that changes to the methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) regime disrupted treatment engagement and produced health and social harms. Nine of the 34 participants in study were Aboriginal.
Discusses governance and health system transformation, building partnerships, community engagement, and the establishment of the First Nations Health Authority.
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
Found that 60% of unexpected deaths were accidental (motor vehicle crashes, overdose, downing and fire), 33% were due to suicide, and 5% were the result of homicide. Identified three key areas to prevent deaths and support wellness and well-being: connectedness to peers, family, community and culture; access to services; and culturally safe and trauma-informed care.
Portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples held in Vancouver, British Columbia dealing with treatment of HIV and AIDS; includes questions from George Erasmus.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-12
Description
Examines the shift towards equal partnership between federal, provincial and First Nations governments in British Columbia regarding health care services and implications for the rest of Canada.
Agreement between Aboriginal leaders, federal and provincial governments signed November, 2005. Goals included extending life expectancy, reducing suicide, diabetes and infant mortality.
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.