Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2015, pp. 51-78
Description
Looks at two Great Plains Native American physicians who shared the belief that "civilization" had caused widespread health issues among their peoples.
A Whanau Ora Journey of Maori Men With Chronic Illness: A Te Korowai Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacquie Kidd
Veronique Gibbons
Erena Kara
Rawiri Blundell
Kay Berryman
AlterNative, vol. 9, no. 2, 2013, pp. 125-141
Description
Research looked at the development of a local conceptual framework exploring the views of men and their families in relation to their healthcare and healthy families.
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 34, no. 2, 2015, pp. 37-51
Description
Compares socio-demographic status, mental health, physical health and traumatic experiences between homeless individuals who do and do not utilize volatile substances.
MCN, The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, vol. 30, no. 6, November/December 2005, pp. 380-388
Description
Investigates four approaches to research: descriptive literature, world view perspectives, cultural brokering and transcultural world view. The article further discusses implications these have in terms of nursing education, research and practice.
Canadian Nurse, vol. 102, no. 4, April 2006, pp. 28-31
Description
Argues that nurses need to understand the specific history, culture and the concept of respect, in Aboriginal terms, within a particular community and then apply this knowledge to their relationships in that community.
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 108, Fall, 2001, pp. 48-51
Description
Reviews the large scale northern tour of an award winning First Nations play, fareWel by Ian Ross, which looks at issues such as identity, poverty, substance abuse, and racism.
Discusses a controversial lesson in history through art, by presenting nstitutions devoted to nostalgic theme-park versions of history; the exhibit contrasts violence, defiance, racism, alienation and suicide with family harmony, friendship, creativity and work.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 38, no. 4, August 2014, pp. 217-218
Description
Discusses a lifecylce approach to diabetes and the need to balance basic science research to understand causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children.
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 46-49
Description
Findings from conference revealed lack of health education, malnutrition, prostitution, lack of condom use, and improper protection in hospitals as factors in the spread of AIDS.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 6-8
Description
Presents abbreviated version of paper from World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on the Social Determinants of Health's International Symposium on Indigenous Health.