CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 188, no. 9, June 14, 2016, pp. E165-E166
Description
Family physician from Sioux Lookout, Ontario testifies before the House of Common's Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development in April 2016.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 165-182
Description
Examines a study conducted on the level of knowledge by health and social service professionals, working with First Nations people on issues of HIV and AIDS, which suggests the need for AIDS prevention programs.
Discussion and reference document covering applications, policy and financial questions and a glossary of technical terms related to the provision of distance medical services.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January/February 2005, pp. S13-S16
Description
Discusses attempts to improve overall health status by promoting more holistic care.
Provides overview of the historical and contemporary contexts of racism which have resulted in health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians and examines possible responses and interventions.
Provides overview of the historical and contemporary contexts of racism which have resulted in health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians and examines possible responses and interventions.
Ethnicity and Health, vol. 13, no. 4, September 2008, pp. 335-349
Description
Concludes that diabetes prevention programs should focus on improving physical activity and dietary intake by looking at the needs of the specific risk group.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration With Counselling Psychology
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Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Description
Foreword in the book: Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration With Counselling Psychology edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley and Ashley Hyatt.
Looks at mental health policies, practices and institutions in Aboriginal communities.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January/February 2005, pp. S17-S21
Description
Explores the value of historical methods in studying the health of First Nation's communities in Manitoba.
Presents a music video that was developed from the findings of a CIHR Project that examined the role of identity and stigma in Aboriginal women's healing from illicit drug abuse in Canada.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 12-13
Description
Discusses the federal government's funding cuts in 2010 to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the effects on organizations such as the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal which provided healing support from the trauma of residential schools.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 96-97
Description
Book reviews of:
Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50 by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Akak'stiman: A Blackfoot Framework for Decision Making and Mediation Processes by Reg Crowshoe, Sybille Manneschmidt.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, July/August 2006, pp. 5-6
Description
Describes how community leaders contributed to the design, content, and artwork of flipchart as part of a self-reflective treatment process for alcohol abusers.
Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, vol. 44, no. 2, May 2007, pp. 237-261
Description
Argues that attributing weight gain and diabetes to the thrifty gene has failed to incorporate aboriginal health perspectives and should be "decolonized".
Health & Place, vol. 16, no. 4, July 2010, pp. 638-645
Description
Study, through the use of interviews and surveys, assessed women's attitudes about the impact of having to travel outside the community to deliver their babies.
This file contains "Sinasia Remembers" the reminiscences of Harriet E. Gerry (unpublished), and published articles about her work nursing among the Indians of western Canada. Her extensive memoir is made up of several short stories and anecdotes about the many communities she worked in. These include Onion Lake, Kehewin Reserve, Leask, Sturgeon Lake, Cold Lake, Fort Qu'Appelle, One Arrow Reserve, Piapot Reserve and many in British Columbia later in her career.
Healthsharing, vol. 13, no. 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 11-15
Description
Talks about the Inuit philosophy of child birth and compares it to the southern obstetrical practices.
Journal on one pdf. Scroll down to page 11 to read article.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, May/June 2001, pp. 26-31
Description
Speakers which include various politicians and healthcare professionals commented on the challenges of delivering health services in rural and remote areas of Australia.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 10, no. 3, July 1999, pp. 220-228
Description
Literature review and study were conducted to ascertain attitudes towards the disease found that three distinct phases existed and that it was more important to the sample that practitioners had experienced the disease rather than they be of Aboriginal background.
Study conducted in South Africa to better understand the traditional healing and culture and their use in health care. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, vol. [23], no. [1], January 2001, pp. 1-15
Description
Makes recommendations for providing culturally appropriate healthcare in areas of concern such as: life expectancy, mortality (children and adult), diabetes, HIV/AIDS, obesity, etc.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 15-16
Description
Reports on the unique area north of the Australian mainland. Local Torres Strait Islander health workers were considered critical to the success of the study.