Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 172-174
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal Health and Healing in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives, 2nd ed. by James B. Waldram, D. Ann Herring, and T. Kue Young.
Outlines the progresses made to advance all aspects of the new First Nations health governance structure and the actions needed to improve health services in BC.
Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 83-100
Description
Looks at health care costs for First Nations people living on and off reserve increasing dramatically by the year 2029 based on data collected in Manitoba and analysing First Nations health.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 12-13
Description
Discusses the federal government's funding cuts in 2010 to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the effects on organizations such as the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal which provided healing support from the trauma of residential schools.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 1, no. 1, Governance of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, pp. 96-97
Description
Book reviews of:
Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50 by Mary-Ellen Kelm and Akak'stiman: A Blackfoot Framework for Decision Making and Mediation Processes by Reg Crowshoe, Sybille Manneschmidt.
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 6, no. 1, Mothering, Law, Politics and Public Policy, Spring/Summer, 2004, pp. 112-123
Description
Discusses two documents First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative and Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative and a Resource Manual for Community-based Prevention.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 105-130
Description
The introduction of western medicine to Native Americans during the 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition and the implications for Native American health and policy in the United States.
Supports the Cree Nation's proposal of a wellness centre, which will include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) clinic, on the urban reserve land in Saskatoon.
Histoire Sociale / Social history, vol. 43, no. 85, May 2010, pp. 165-191
Description
Looks at First Nations patients' views on two of Canada's Indian hospitals, on the patients' interactions with the nurses and doctors and on the treatments they received.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, p. 23
Description
Media release reports on two year funding arrangement that includes incentives for general practitioners working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, vol. 61, no. 22, November 15, 2004, pp. 2340-2344
Description
Discusses how chronic diseases have increased in prevalence in Aboriginal populations and affect those residents disproportionately when compared with other ethnic groups in the United States.
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
Discusses government strategy which hopes to reduce the number of new infections; improve quality of life in infected individuals and reduce risk factors for acquisition of HIV infection.
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 59, no. 2, July 2004, pp. 335-349
Description
Argues that health program devolution was part of a longer tradition of incorporating aspects of non-Native medicine in a way that supported Nisga’a social structure.