Best Practices in Behavioral Health Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
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Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Carmela Alcantara
Description
Contends that American Indian and Alaska Native communities require professional mental health services that do not yet exist.
Chapter from Best Practices in Behavioral Health Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives edited by Elizabeth H. Hawkins, R. Dale Walker.
Uses findings based on the hearings and consultation sessions conducted on the No Child Left Behind Act to discuss the impact the Act has had on students and the institutions they attend.
Premier Lorne Calvert's three year action plan to treat substance abuse based on recommendations from the report Healthy Choices in a Healthy Community by Graham Addley.
Contains statistics for rates of testing in voluntary ("opt-in") and mandatory ("opt-out") programs, lists best practices benchmarks from a variety of sources, and answers questions frequently asked by health practitioners.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et las savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 5-30
Description
Introductory article to themed issues presents various author perspectives' on reversing language and knowledge shifts.
French text pages 5-15. English text pages 16-30.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, vol. 27, no. 3, March 2005, pp. 237-246
Description
Study concluded that women who did not receive adequate care were more likely to live in poverty, have highly stressed lives, low levels of self-esteem and Aboriginal, and that racial disparities needed to be addressed.
Analysis of data from 9,403 participants in the "Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders". Statistics for demographics, incidence of individual diseases and prevalence in conjunction with factors of rurality, gender and age.
The Journal of Rural Health, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 2005, pp. 198-205
Description
Study shows low utilization of specialty diabetes health care providers across ethnic groups in a rural setting, confirming the importance of primary care providers.
Information for First Nations individuals and communities about access, protection and treatment of personal health information, as well as an example of a privacy code.
Based on census data.This is the second report, the first report was Population Projections of Visible Minority Groups, Canada, Provinces and Regions: 2001-2017
Talks about literacy programs developed for FNMI students in the Grasslands Regional Division No. 6 ,Lethbridge School District No. 51 and Pincher Creek.
Australian Academic & Research Libraries , vol. 36, no. 2, June 2005, pp. [149]-157
Description
Discusses the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services and discusses areas needing further development.
Research in Brief (National Institute of Justice) ; December 2005
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carole Goldberg
Heather Valdez Singleton
Description
Looks at effects of PL 280 which shifted federal jurisdiction of offences to states creating jurisdictional uncertainty and lack of funding for law enforcement.