Presents statistics and trends reflecting the rates of disease transmission in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Findings indicate that while progress has been made, more needs to be done to improve the health status of Native peoples.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, April 2018, p. Article 5
Description
Uses data from Statistics Canada’s 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) to examine the relationship between education and the skill level of jobs. Makes recommendations for policy based on findings.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 7-17
Description
Reviews Indigenous infant mortality, stillbirth, birth weight, and preterm birth outcomes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mandy Yap
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Findings suggest that patterns of Indigenous females differ from those of non-Indigenous females both in level and timing of fertility. Uses data from the 2006 and 2011 Australian Censuses of Population and Housing.
Canadian Issues, Aboriginal Immigrant Relations Today, Summer, 2012, pp. 35-45
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Focuses on the evolution of three major Aboriginal languages and three major immigrant languages and discusses the factors associated with observed changes.
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Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 37, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 151-174
Description
Study shows that when children and parents belong to the same ethnic group, children will take their parents identity and in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal unions, children will favor Aboriginal identities.
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, suicide rates, food insecurity, harvesting country food, education, and strength of family ties.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Description
Looks at the National organizations working in First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis health, and reviews relevant peer-reviewed and non-peer reviewed literature to identify current Aboriginal health research priorities.
Health Education & Behavior, vol. 45, no. 4, 2018, pp. [473]-479
Description
Examines the methods used by Good Food, Healthy Families studies to get the best samples of representing populations of interests for research studies.
A report that discusses the mainstream media's coverage and the response by the law enforcement agencies to murdered and missing Indigenous females in American cities.
Report has information about demographics, reservations and land maps, community issues, educational issues, schools types, Indian Education Legislation and Native organizations.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at the Caregiver Ratio Index (CRI), the number of potential caregivers divided by the number of potential frail elders, and its usefulness as a demographic tool.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 55-61
Description
Assesses birth outcomes and infant mortality, by neighborhood socioeconomic status, among First Nations and non-First Nations in Manitoba.
State Center for Health Statistics And Office Minority Health and Health Disparities
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Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 46-54
Description
Concludes that North-South place of residence does matter in regards to adverse birth outcomes, but the effects may differ by ethnicity and this situation could require different intervention strategies.
Data Sources: Statistics Canada (2011 NHS, 2016 Census, Income Statistics Division and Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics), Nunavut Department of Education, Nunavut Department of Health, Nunavut Bureau of Statistics.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 41-70
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Uses census data (collected every 10 years) and the American Community Survey, to compare occupational structures and stratifications in the two groups.
Analyzes data on prisoner numbers, imprisonment rates, age, sentence length, offense type and recidivism. Also looks at physical and mental health and role as mothers.
Health Reports, vol. 22, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 1-8
Description
Compares participation rates using data from a 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. Also studied three health indicators: self-perceived health, self-perceived mental health, and the presence of chronic conditions.
CAEPR Indigenous Population Project 2011 Census Papers ; no. 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Biddle
Description
Comments on six key demographic and geographic features of the Indigenous population: age structure, population change, structural aging, mobility, geography, and urbanisation.
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, vol. 30, no. 3, 2018, pp. 254-275
Description
Using the Violence Risk Scale-Sexual Offender, which is used to measure the risk of recidivism, to examine the impact of therapeutic help on the scores of these assessments regarding Indigenous prisoners.