Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; January 2014
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 14-193]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Siomonn Pulla
Description
Focuses on strategies which balance physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional health. Includes three case studies: Winnipeg Aboriginal Sports Achievement Centre North, Makimautiksat Youth Wellness and Empowerment Camp, and Government of the Northwest Territories’ Take a Kid Trapping program.
Climate Change and Food Security in Regional Inuit Centres
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Ford
Elaine Power
Christopher Furgal
Susan Chatwood
William Gough
Description
Overview of project aimed at Identifying and characterizing the vulnerability and resilience of food systems. Phase two looked at policy linkages and attempted to identify opportunities and priorities for adaptation intervention in high risk populations.
BMC Public Health, vol. 13, October 18, 2013, p. article no. 970
Description
Study found that users were more likely to be housing insecure, female, middle-aged, unemployed, Aboriginal and lack a high school education. Compares results with those from a previous study conducted in Iqaliut, Nunavut.
Examines service fragmentation due to poor inter-jurisdictional coordination, especially in cases where patients are moved to and from reserves, and makes recommendations for improvement.
Public Policy Research Project (MPP)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.
Measures cost of a nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using 67 standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Prices from 2011 to March 2013 for comparison purposes. Includes link to list of items in the basket.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 107-111
Description
Looks at a comparison of a traditional form of measurement to a community based monitoring project which will help to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 107.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Journal of the American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association, vol. 36, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 79-83
Description
Study evaluated the efficacy of universal screening, treatment and contact tracing as a means of getting an accurate count of prevalence and limit transmission.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. [143]-161
Description
Discusses the Brightening Our Home Fires project which involved thirty women from four communities and intended to provide enhancements to current service delivery and health concerns.
Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, vol. 16, no. 2, April 2009, pp. 201-223
Description
Presents a study that looks at health and environmental risk perspectives associated with gender and place in two sets of northern Canadian Aboriginal communities.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sally Carraher
Hsiu-Ju Chang
Rachel Munday
Karen J. Goodman
CANHelp Working Group
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, no. Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21594
Description
Results of an examination of a community-based project found that it significantly reduced the burden of infection in the community. Continued commitment to the project is recommended.
Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE)
Description
Links to videos, which present highlights from indigenous communities in nine countries, aimed at contributing to the evidence base used to make global policies to protect Indigenous Peoples' food resources and promote good health.
Raises awareness, with the intent of informing decision makers, advisors and nongovernment organizations, (NGOs) regarding Inuit’s unique cancer concerns and realities.
Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, vol. 4, no. 2, Autumn, 2013, pp. 7-22
Description
Discusses the inability to provide adequate housing and addiction and mental health services to those in need and the approaches to take to care for the vulnerable.
European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 17, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 205-212
Description
Study identified a third immunological mutation in this isolated population, which points to the need for newborn screenings in this high-risk population.
Uses review of literature, focus group interviews, statistical data and the administration of Quality of Life for Homeless and Hard-to-House Individuals inventory to assess reasons for homelessness, gaps in services and potential solutions for individuals residing in Inuvik and communities in the Beaufort Delta.