Human Organization , vol. 75, no. 1, Spring, 2016, pp. 59-70
Description
Using the 2011 evacuation of Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation to explore the way that evacuations can utilize existing social and cultural strengths of Indigenous populations.
Focuses on strategies and processes to determine how to develop current accountability frameworks to foster the social, economical, cultural, and political well-being of Aboriginal women.
Journal of Counseling & Development, vol. 83, no. 3, Summer, 2005, pp. 284-291
Description
Looks at a different perspective for the counseling profession to use based on American Indian perspectives on leadership and relational-cultural theory.
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 40, no. 3, June 2016, pp. 216-225
Description
Investigates 17 different publications that evaluated different forms of intervention. Community ownership was found to be essential for project success.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Faces of HIV/AIDS and Sustance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 247-255
Description
Examines some of the biological, social, and economic variables related to HIV/AIDS; and discusses the need for Native-specific programs and interventions.
Contains links to a series of 24 videos in which Elders, family members and health professions discuss death and end of life care from an Indigenous perspective.
Journal of Interprofessional Care, vol. 19, no. S1, May 2005, pp. 224-234
Description
Examines cultural competency in health care, and explores the use of a participatory action approach to foster collaboration with patients, traditional healers and the community.
[Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum, November 2016]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carrie Bourassa
Description
Paper given at the Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future , dialog and conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, November 2-3, 2016.
National Collaborating Centre For Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Reports a good health care strategy should include: health professions communicating in the local language, combining local knowledge with modern medicine, community control and development, and use Aboriginal concepts of health in care and policy.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 98-100
Description
Book review: Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health in Canada: Beyond the Social edited Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay, and Charlotte Reading.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Inuit Health, 2016, pp. 63-84
Description
Concerns over suicide in youth and the lack of access to outings on the land to learn traditional skills led to the pilot outreach program for youths 14 to 21.
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. S22-S27
Description
Survey found that perceptions of health centred around physical issues, while well-being was a more holistic concept.
Discusses the natural history of HIV disease, cultural factors, belief systems, traditional healing and prevention education. The self-study includes case studies, study questions and "lessons learned".
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 10, no. 9, Our Children and Youth are Sacred, November 2005, pp. 549-552
Description
Reviews health care system and makes suggestions on how to make it less intimidating and more assessable through interpreter services and outreach programs.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 40, January-December 2016, pp. 25-33
Description
Examines impact of incarceration and return to community on family members and discusses results of the SPRINT (Services and Primary health care needs for Recently released Inmates in Need of Treatment and health management) study.