Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, March/April 2003, pp. 14-16
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Reports on the results of a one year study conducted on Indigenous women living in the Cairns, Australia area. Results indicate that barriers still exist accessing medical services.
Synthesizes research findings focusing on educational and health services and topical areas related to those services. Findings will be used in the development of future programs.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles, including Traditional Parenting Skills in Contemporary Life by Shelley Goforth
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 11, Supplement, October 2003, p. 15
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Article attempts to identify issues and concepts to guide in developing culturally appropriate mental health strategies; argues the mental health problems have social origins that require social and political solutions.
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision)
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Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
Pediatrics, vol. 112, no. 4, October 2003, pp. e328-e347
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Looks at the correlation between the emergence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in young people and the decrease in physical activity and balanced nutrition.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, May/June 2003, pp. 11-16
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Discusses a method for transfer of skills and knowledge through the Family Wellbeing empowerment program. Issue of control is a key factor in disease rates among Australian Aboriginal peoples.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 63-70
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Examines common factors, coping and survival strategies, roles of extended family and friendships, and organizations offering services in the San Francisco Bay area.