Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 39, no. 1, January 1996, pp. 1-33
Description
Argues that when dealing with people who occupy a lower socioeconomic position, police officers become part of a network providing social services. On reserves, where access to this network is limited, the police are often viewed as the primary source of personal and community security.
Toxicology and Industrial Health, vol. 12, no. 3/4, 1996, pp. 361-368
Description
Reports on a study conducted on residents of the Akwesasne Reservation to check the association between consumption of local fish, residential exposure, body burdens of PCBs and liver enzyme induction.
American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 12, no. 4, July/August 2000, p. 542–551
Description
Looks at the study to determine the prevalence of diabetes among the Métis, to identify diabetes risk factors, and to test hypotheses related to diabetes etiology.
Editorial: Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in High Risk Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stewart B. Harris
Bernard Zinman.
Diabetes Care, vol. 23, no. 7, July 2000, pp. 879-881
Description
Recommends community-based and culturally appropriate interventions to combat epidemic proportions of this disease caused by genetic susceptibility combined with rapid transition in lifestyle.
Study focuses on three types of policy initiatives: (1) control of alcohol within tribal jurisdictions; (2) education and treatment (3) social and environmental risk factors.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 7-9
Description
Discusses how the mental health assessment model was modified to ensure cultural appropriateness for the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander society.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 35-56
Description
Identified potential risk factors associated with psychological distress from a random general population health survey in 1991. The article states that gender and generational differences should be considered when planning strategies.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 5, September/October 2000, p. 29
Description
Brief article reports on the 9 recommendations and resolutions that arose from the Council of Remote Area Nurse of Australia Inc (CRANA) conference held in Alice Springs, Central Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 4, July/August 1996, pp. 14-15
Description
Looks at pilot project between Central Sydney Area Health Service, Aboriginal Hostels and NSW Department of Health and Aboriginal trainees and coordinators in the hospital.
Information gathered from databases and extensive community consultation was to be used in strategic planning for health delivery systems in the district.
Background Paper (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; PRB 99-24E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Jill Wherrett
Description
Overview prepared by Research Services, Library of Parliament of the seven-volume Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Report (RCAP).
"Revised 2 August 2000."
Prairie Forum, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 149-176
Description
Describes the link between federal First Nations health care, in the period 1890 to 1930, and the social reform goals and values of that same time period.