Surveillance Systems Monitoring HIV / AIDS and HIV Risk Behaviors Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeanne Bertolli
A. D. McNaghten
Michael Campsmith
Lisa M. Lee
Richard Leman ... [et al.]
AIDS Education and Prevention, vol. 16, no. 3, June 2004, pp. 218-237
Description
Examined data from the national surveillance systems and found that youth and women are particularly vulnerable to the continued spread of HIV infection.
Letters and circulars from M. Christianson, General Superintendent of Agencies; T.R.L. McInnes, Secretary, Office of the General Superintendent; Harold W. McGill, Director; all of the Indian Affairs Branch, Department of Mines and Resources. Also included are letters from R.S. Davis, Indian Agency, Punnichy, Saskatchewan; and F.C. Middleton, MD, Deputy Registrar General, Department of Public Health, Government of Saskatchewan.
Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2004, pp. 696-704
Description
Suggests that due to the alarming increase of type 2 diabetes in American Indian children and adolescents, preventative measures and early detection programs must be implemented.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 6-8
Description
Describes a long term study from 1987 that looked at the impacts of maternal health and birth size on childhood growth, nutrition, morbidity and chronic disease risk factors.
Canadian Social Trends, no. 75, Winter, 2004, pp. 22-27
Description
Describes the physical, mental, intellectual, spiritual and emotional well-being of children age 14 and under.
Adapted from A Portrait of Aboriginal Children Living in Non-Reserve Areas: Results from the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 39, no. 3, 2004, pp. 342-353
Description
Looks at the development of the Certificate in Aboriginal Literacy Education program and follow-up workshops for creating children's books in-order to preserve the Mi'kmaq language in the community of Wagmatcook, Cape Breton.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 764-785
Description
Looks at a unique public school in Buffalo known as P.S. #19, Native American Magnet School. Students come from six Iroquois tribes: Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga and Tuscarora.