The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 289, no. 1-3, April 22, 2002, pp. 255-260
Description
Contends that improved iron nutrition in aboriginal babies is necessary considering the potential for higher blood lead levels in infants with iron-deficiency anemia.
Global Health Action, vol. 4, no. s1, Vulnerable Populations in the Arctic, 2011, p. article 8452
Description
Reports that environmental factors are responsible for a large number of global child deaths and efforts should be made to reduce the risk for the next generation.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 3, 2011, pp. 266-273
Description
Assessment involved four steps: scoping to describe local conditions, surveying to collect data, analysis, and planning. Goal was to improve response capacity of vulnerable communities.
Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge
University of Victoria Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Description
Documentary takes a critical look at the environmental public health challenge as expressed by First Nations peoples living in Canada.
Duration: 30:15.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, 2002, pp. 113-124
Description
Discussion of how two novelists have brought attention to the way Caucasian people have harmed the environment. The article also suggests that Aboriginal peoples are economic and social victims of the scarred earth and its destroyed forests, a fact which has driven some insane.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 1, no. 1, Special Issue, 2011, pp. 1-3
Description
Study found that levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides were attributable to atmospheric transport from industrial areas in temperate climates and their subsequent accumulation in traditional foods.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 5, September/October 2002, p. 21
Description
Briefly discusses how public health and sanitation improvements resulted in better health outcomes for the residents of this isolated community in Northern Territory, Australia.
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status, environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals.
Presents overview of health of First Nations in Alberta including trends in life expectancy, communicable disease control measures, and environmental health.
Ecology Law Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, 2002, pp. 283-314
Description
Discusses the Hawaii Supreme Court decision to subject all the state's fresh water regulation to a wide range of public interest concerns regarding in water.
Report on the Health of British Columbians: Provincial Health Officer’s Annual Report 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer [British Columbia]
Description
Looks at health status, community environments, healthy growth and development, physical environment, health services, and disease and injury prevention. Identifies areas where significant health benefits can be made.
Related material: Pathways to Health and Healing (Second Report).
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 102, no. 2, March/April 2011, pp. 112-117
Description
Looks at the need for a holistic health indicator model for baseline health assessment and impact prediction of industralization, etc. in Canadian indigenous communities.
Speaker discusses Pimachiowin Aki, a project involving six Aboriginal communities and two provincial parks that are lobbying for 4.3 million hectors of land in Northern Manitoba and Ontario to be designated a UNESCO world heritage site.
Part 1: 30:42.
Part 2: 26:44.
Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.
Study gathered information through focus groups and key informants; reported that while all agreed on the various benefits of the food, there was growing concern about its safety due to environmental contamination.