Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 13-19
Description
Looks at important symptoms for common mental health problems at different ages. The first groups deals with behaviours or problems with normal behaviour and the second group deals with behaviours that are abnormal.
Radio clip on how the trauma from residential schools was passed from one generation to the next. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section.
Duration: 4:45.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 28, no. 1, October 1988, pp. [1-8]
Description
College graduates responses to questionnaire indicated family motivation and encouragement were the most important factors contributing to academic success.
Looks at issues in the context of remote locations as expressed by the women living there. Concludes with recommendations in the areas of health and social services, education, politics and leadership, justice and culture.
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 21, no. 2, April 1993, pp. 102-107
Description
Compares 1980, 1984 and 1988 dental health surveys conducted on children ages 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 years of age by the Medical Services Branch of Health and Welfare Canada.
Discusses the oppressive nature of child welfare systems as they relate to the criteria for "good" mothers imposed by dominant, Western cultural values.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, pp. 15-17
Description
Looks at alcohol abuse and violence in Aboriginal communities and how some communities are using community shelter for women, rehabilitation, fewer liquor outlets and night patrols to deal with it.
Discusses the social disintegration of an Innu settlement and the possible causes.
Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review. March, 1993.
Highlights the establishment of the Extraordinary Policy Development Process (EPDP) and the transfer of control of health services to Indian communities.
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Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1988, [1989], pp. 71-77
Description
Summary of an ecological approach, that incorporates environmental, cultural & historical data with biological data, to help understand the causes of acute ear infections.
Child holding one dog on a chain in foreground., with another standing in background. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".
Child crouching on ground holding puppy, with large dog lying on ground attached to chain. Caption by Dommasch: "Cornwallis Island, Resolute [NU] Native Settlement".
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 88, no. 5, May 1988, pp. 781-786
Description
Argues that there is an apparent high prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska, cautions that use of a single data-source can lead to underestimates.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 3, May/June 1993, pp. 7-10
Description
Topics for discussion at conference included HIV/AIDS, the effects of infectious diseases on children, and Aboriginal community controlled service delivery.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, July/August 1993, pp. 5-6
Description
Discusses workshop for health workers on eye care awareness covering visual development, home care, work and play, discharge planning, and rehabilitation services.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 22-23
Description
Streetwize conducted a series of visual art workshops with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to make posters on HIV/AIDS that would be meaningful to Aboriginal youth.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, December 1986, pp. 45-49
Description
Author, who works with the Dietary-Nutrition Unit in the Aboriginal Health Programme in Cairns, Queensland, Australia describes how the goal is to provide useful information to reduce sickness.