Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 63, no. 5, May 2009, pp. 414-416
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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
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Summary of Baseline Evaluation Report provides snapshot of childbearing population revealing need for support and treatment, awareness raising, and professional education and training.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, vol. 35, no. 7, July 2013, pp. 647-653
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Surveys residents on the knowledge and experience with Indigenous women's heath and tests if programs are able to provide support for this type of curriculum.
Uses data from 2004-2005 Canadian Community Health Surveys and 2001 Aboriginal People's Survey for identifying demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors.
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 60, December 2013, pp. 11-17
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Overview of the quality of water in Aboriginal communities and interviews Grandmothers about the nature of water, its meaning and the importance of water to Aboriginal women.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 90, no. 1, March 2009, pp. 71-98
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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.
Australasian Journal of American Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, July 2013, pp. 1-26
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Comments on the role of the Outing Matron who was responsible for the placement, supervision and regulation of young Native American women in domestic employment.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Journal of the American Sexually Transmitted Disease Association, vol. 36, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 79-83
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Study evaluated the efficacy of universal screening, treatment and contact tracing as a means of getting an accurate count of prevalence and limit transmission.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Winter, 2013 , pp. 111-125
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Comments on novel that explores tensions and dichotomies between traditional world and European American world, emphasizing that at times there is little common ground between the two.
Violence Against Women, vol. 19, no. 8, August 2013, pp. 1034-1058
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Uses the 2004 Canadian General Social Survey to interpret differences between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal postseparation violence. Highlights data on Aboriginal status and coercive control.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 117-131
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Examines John Ralston Saul's book A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada and declares that Canadian nationalism started in opposition to, and not in support of the Indigenous way of life.
History Compass, vol. 7, no. 6, November 2009, pp. 1606-1615
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Studies reveal that gender and sexuality were paramount to all colonial North American borderland encounters among and between Native Americans and Europeans.