Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 63, no. 5, May 2009, pp. 414-416
Description
Study which compared prevalence of depression in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in two out-reach programmes found Aboriginal women experienced more self-harm thoughts; also found link between exercise and reduction of depression.
Article describes the role of the aboriginal doula, which is to provide emotional support, physical comfort and assistance in obtaining information before, during and just after childbirth.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 16-17
Description
Summary of Baseline Evaluation Report provides snapshot of childbearing population revealing need for support and treatment, awareness raising, and professional education and training.
Uses data from 2004-2005 Canadian Community Health Surveys and 2001 Aboriginal People's Survey for identifying demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 1, March 2009, pp. 71-98
Description
Looks at how Métis women and their families in Western Canada withdrew from Treaty Six to participate in the scrip program in order to gain economical benefits.
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.
History Compass, vol. 7, no. 6, November 2009, pp. 1606-1615
Description
Studies reveal that gender and sexuality were paramount to all colonial North American borderland encounters among and between Native Americans and Europeans.
Lancet, vol. 374, no. 9683, July 4, 2009, pp. 65-75
Description
Looks at the burden of disease, disability, and death being consistently greater in Indigenous than non-Indigenous populations and issues that need to be addressed.
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. 1243-1261
Description
Looks at the impact of socio-economic conditions on health outcomes and infant mortality.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 288-292
Description
Book review of 2 books:
Living through the Generations :Continuity and Change in Navajo Women's Lives by Joanne McCloskey. Weaving Women's Lives: Three Generations in a Navajo Family by Louise Lamphere.
Quality of Life Research, vol. 18, no. 5, June 2009, pp. 619-27
Description
Discusses a First Nations Bone Health study that looks at different types of measurement equivalence in two HRQOL instruments among Canadian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women from rural and urban sites in Manitoba.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. 352-423
Description
Discusses the prevalence of HIV and AIDS among Native American women, and outlines some of the social, cultural and psychological risks for becoming infected.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 117, no. 3, March 2009, pp. 481-487
Description
Contends that physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling is a useful tool in the assessment of exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in infants.