Circle of Eagles Lodge Society & Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Harm Reduction Project: Dialogue and Gathering Report
[Circle of Eagles Lodge Society and Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Harm Reduction Dialogue Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Sophia Vitalis
Sarah Wood
Kim van der Woerd
Amanda Card
Billie Joe Rogers]
Description
Divided into two parts: first section describes the Circle of Eagles Lodge Society's Circle of Care Harm Reduction for Indigenous Brothers and Sisters on Parole project aimed at addressing the opioid crisis among federal parolees; the second section describes the community dialogue and gathering report.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 3, March 2010, p. 12
Description
Comments on the disproportionate number of First Nations women developing Type 2 diabetes and the need for early preventative measures.
Article found by scrolling to page 12.
Describes a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome prevention program in lab mice that had a significant effect on increasing Alaska Native students comprehension of the negative impacts of drinking during pregnancy.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 1, February 2018, pp. 117-127
Description
Study works with 47 Indigenous clients of the De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre (DAHC) in Ontario who are at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Each client received three educational sessions delivered by an Indigenous nurse, the clients’ health literacy was assessed prior to and following the education session and found to be greatly improved by their attendance.
Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, vol. 34, no. 1, Spring, 2019, pp. [21]-47
Description
Review conducted to identify principles, approaches, methods, tools and frameworks reported from 2000-2015 in Canada, United States, New Zealand and Australia.
Looks at health determinants such as chronic illness and risky behaviors that effect well-being and social determinants that contribute to disadvantages in areas of education, income and employment.
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Highlights contemporary challenges facing Indigenous peoples including American Indians and Alaskan Natives.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page vii.
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Systematic literature search of PubMed and Scopus reveals 94 articles on psychiatric research conducted on the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Research includes information on early predictors of several psychiatric diagnoses, and novel findings related to brain imaging and cognition.
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, vol. 5, no. 22, 2010, p. [?]
Description
Attempts to fill knowledge gap regarding occurrence, characteristics and relationship to drinking problems. Recommends community support and education as part of a prevention strategy.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study aims to describe and categorize symptoms experienced by people exposed to cold air. 50 distinct symptoms were reported by 34 participants, symptoms were grouped into ten sub-categories and two major categories; airway versus whole body symptoms.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
Racial Disparities in Health Status: A Comparison of the Morbidity Among American Indian and United States Adults With Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joan O'Connell
Rong Yi
Charlton Wilson
Spero M. Manson
Kelly J. Acton
Diabetes Care, vol. 33, no. 7, July 2010, pp. 1463-1470
Description
Discussion of the research conducted to compare the morbidity rate of diabetic American Indians and Alaska Natives with the United States population in general.