Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 274-279
Description
Examines health care utilization patterns and finds Native Hawaiian women with the highest rates of depression as well as sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 67-84
Description
Contends that conditions were unsanitary and health professionals discourage local consultations with shamans for traditional treatments, both examples of broader reservation health trends of the times.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 32-33
Description
Discusses the aim of the project which was to connect Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with narrative exchanges regarding health and well-being.
Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 46, no. 1/2, March 2004, pp. 137-157
Description
Argues that this population group is at greater risk of poorer health than heterosexual adolescents and is in need of targeted health and social services.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 6, November/December 2001, pp. 7-11
Description
Commentary states that the Northern Territory is only Australian jurisdiction to require health workers to be registered. Health workers that are registered have to meet standards of competency which improves patient care.
Assesses community-based program, which provides prenatal and postnatal support to high-risk women, by examining similar programs and relevant literature.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, July/August 2001, pp. 26-28
Description
Describes program which had 260 Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait participants. Over 60% of female patients and 80% of male patients lost weight.
Northwest Territories Research Project Report for Territorial Stakeholders: Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Report for Territorial Stakeholders
Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Heather Fikowski
Description
Study focused on identifying the needs of women, gaps and associated challenges in service provision, and strategies for developing non-violent communities. It took place over the course of five years and involved individual interviews and focus groups with RCMP, community health nurses, shelter and victim services workers, counsellors and social workers.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 135-138
Description
Counselling approaches structured to resemble both Inuit ideals of constructive assistance and Western counselling methods proved to be the most effective.
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 380-387
Description
"... explores the issues surrounding 'awa use, highlights existing literature, places the discussion in its proper indigenous context, and sheds light on the tensions fueled by culturally inappropriate practice".
Through personal testimonies charges that children were: deliberately exposed to disease, forced to undergo sterilization, beaten, sometimes to death and that these actions were taken with the goal of eventual elimination of the Aboriginal population.
Looks at three Native American students attenting Ivy League universities in the 1990's, and discusses the perceived place of Native Americans in higher education and U.S. society.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 164, no. 7, April 3, 2001, pp. 1026-1027
Description
Reviews "Hygieia: Literature and Medicine" a special issue of Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature (vol. 33, no. 4), which views the "study of medicine as reflected in literature."
Explores how teachers engaging with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, teach about residential schools, how students understand themselves as Canadians while learning the history, and how classrooms can become a space for reconciliation.
Focuses on direct quotations from the Supreme Court's decision respecting the case which dealt with the treaty right to fish for commercial purposes. The Mi'kmaw man had been charged with several offences under the Fisheries Act: fishing eels out of season, without a license and with an illegal net.
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.