Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, March 1989, pp. 14-18
Description
Includes interviews with Aboriginal medical students at the University of Newcastle about the courses, separation from families and homesickness, and finding accommodations.
Statistics on demographic trends, culture and language, continuous learning, work and participation in society, living arrangements and housing, and health and well-being.
Chapter six of A Portrait of Seniors in Canada 2006.
Scroll to page 221 to read chapter.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 7, no. 796, September 21, 2007, pp. 1-12
Description
Findings indicate that perceptions of care are informed by cultural values in five themes: passing on traditions, being chosen as caregiver, support within the circle of healers, establishing circles of care and accepting of refusing external resources.
National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work ; 19th, 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
ManSoo Yu
Description
Examines multiple potential determinants in adolescents - psychiatric disorders, positive familial, social and cultural environments. Results will aid in intervention/prevention strategies.
Discusses the parallels between the experiences of children in residential schools with child protection practices which targeted Roma in Europe to build a case for compensation for the Romani families.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, 2007, pp. 75-83
Description
Discusses similarities of two residential structures, government schools and foster homes, that have housed Aboriginal children when they were removed from their people. The paper is an attempt to influence child welfare practice in ways that would respect the integrity of family and Aboriginal communities.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Description
Paper discusses three topics: the process of adopting the Siyá:m System of leadership, the limitations of the system as expressed by members of the community, and the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2007, p. 5
Description
Looks at the authors' resolutions for the New Year and her worries about the condition of the environment being passed on to the next generation.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
Discusses the activities of the Rocky Mountain Quality Improvement Center (RMQIC) project which was designed to prevent removal and out-of-home placement of children who have become involved with the child welfare system due to parental substance abuse and child neglect.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 2, February 2007, pp. 317-322
Description
Study found that risk factors for early otitis media in Native American infants included history of upper respiratory infection and maternal otitis media history.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 3/4, 1989, pp. 149-170
Description
Reports on a number of findings regarding the typical Indian elder who tends to be poor, live in a rural area with urban numbers increasing, live with extended family, and they tend to be located west of the Mississippi River.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S34-S38
Description
Looks at some of the key elements of the Family Wellbeing Program including: the notion that no matter how desperate a situation might seem there are always options available for change, embrace rather than resist change and the concept that from little things big things grow.
Evidence-based Practice Knowledge, Use, and Factors that Influence Decisions: Results from an Evidence-based Practice Survey of Providers in American Indian / Alaska Native Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Sheehan
Christine Walrath-Greene
Sylvia Fisher
Shannon Crossbear
Joseph Walker
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 2, 2007, pp. 29-48
Description
Found that providers affiliated with American Aboriginal communities were similar to their non-Aboriginal counterparts in terms of familiarity, knowledge and use of evidence-based practices.
[First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission]
Description
Focus is on families dealing with disabilities and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD). Highlights initiatives undertaken in Manitoba, the Yukon, Nunavut, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Labrador.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 4, April 2007, p. 7
Description
Looks at a woman who has searched for her missing mother for over two decades and comments on some frustrations she has met along the way.
Article located by scrolling to page 7.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S39-S43
Description
Contends services targeting the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous children are inadequate and there is a need to build a skilled workforce with quality degree training for Indigenous primary healthcare field workers.
Argues that some of the most important ways that fathers may contribute to child health may be indirect and harder to measure than behaviours that involve direct child interactions.
Paper prepared for the Public Health Agency of Canada, Population Health Fund Project: Father Involvement for Healthy Child Outcomes: Partners Supporting Knowledge Development and Transfer, March 2007.
Provides background information and set of recommendations about issues in the areas of supporting families, prevention, awareness and public education, and improving responses to missing persons cases,