Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 15-16
Description
Reports on the unique area north of the Australian mainland. Local Torres Strait Islander health workers were considered critical to the success of the study.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 4-6
Description
Describes the use of the Weight-for-Height Wallchart which assists health workers with an easy way how to measure children's progress using visual cues.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 7-9
Description
New health worker team in northern Queensland, Australia discusses learning about European medicine while still employing, 'bush medicine' treatments using locally sourced ingredients.
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 246, no. 2/3, 2000, pp. 261-269
Description
Contends that normal levels of some nutritional elements were found in wild rice plants from northern Wisconsin while other nutritional elements, arsenic and lead, had higher levels and could be problematic for human health.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 90, no. 3, March 2000, pp. 344-351
Description
Suggests that the epidemic of alcohol-related problems among many Native North Americans are sought in cultural responses to European arrival, the role of alcohol in frontier society, and colonial and postcolonial policies.
Home Safety Assessments/Interventions in American Indian Homes A Role for Indian Health Services Engineering Staff
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Ludington
Journal of Environmental Health, vol. 62, no. 9, May 1, 2000, pp. 13-18
Description
Efforts to reduce environment related diseases through promotion and installation of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and other safety devices in homes lacking the equipment.
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2000.
Argues that the efforts to empower First Nation people by granting them a significant role in the governance of their own lands and people comes as a mixed blessing.
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 5, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 47-57
Description
Discusses how individuals, with diabetes, reported activity limitations at work, home and in leisure activities.This same group were also at greater risk for suffering heart disease.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Spring, 2000, pp. 200-218
Description
Literary criticism article examines the poetry of Joy Harjo, which combines playful self-deprecation and subtle controversy to examination historical truth and reach a range of readers..