Information manual topics include: First Nations child rearing practices, developmental milestones and stages of life, healthy child development issues, strategies to promote healthy child development, how parents can be positive role models and more.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 10-11
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Describes pilot project at the Emu Plains Correctional Centre in New South Wales, Australia where Indigenous women were trained in family research methodology.
Looks at re-designing Indigenous school-based health programs and practices to include indigenous ways of knowing, learning, traditions, and values of the community.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 4, July/August 2001, pp. 16-18
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Reports on the findings of the conference held in Adelaide, Australia which examined some of the work being done on the issue of Indigenous family violence.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. [53]-61
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Discusses the impact of residential schools and the forced removal of children for the purposes of foster care or adoption. Argues that current practices and training must take into account the damage inflicted by the drive for assimilation and incorporate the Aboriginal worldview when dealing with clients.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #9 describes a vision which includes accessible services, comprehensive education and holistic care.
Looks at the relevance of existing asthmas education materials and identifies how these materials could be adapted to better suit the needs of the communities.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 1, 2004, pp. 25-38
Description
Concludes that providing home based palliative care in remote Aboriginal communities can be an effective way of addressing the medical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of patients.