Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 12-14
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Report found that Indigenous Australians were 3 times more likely to go to a hospital with injuries due to interpersonal violence, falls, and transportation-related injuries.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 40-43
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Author who is a white physician and faculty member of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine reports of the efforts of his University to attract and retain Native American medical students.
Current Anthropology, vol. 38, no. 2, April 1997, pp. 310-315
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Asserts that pandemics were not the sole cause of population decline but that disease in conjunction with effects of colonialism such as war, relocation and change in diet led to increased mortality and decreased fecundity.
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Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 55-61
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Describes the alcohol treatment program offered at the Kalkadoon Aboriginal Sobriety House (K.A.S.H.) in Queensland plus programs in Victoria and Western Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, March 1984, pp. 26-27
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Briefly discusses the logistical challenges of providing health care to isolated island located 72 kilometres north east of Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 46-49
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Author describes her role and the history of the (Australian) Aboriginal Health Programme located in Brisbane, Queensland. Provides several reasons for alcohol abuse.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, June 1984, pp. 16-19
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Describes how the arrival of aspirin played a role in the collapse of Aboriginal knowledge of herbal medicines. Statistical results showed 45% of women in a small community consuming aspirin daily with anecdotal evidence indicating an even higher rate.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 4, July/August 1997, p. 6
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Describes a collaborative project involving three Queensland, Australia institutions striving to better support breastfeeding and improving infant nutrition practices.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, December 1984, pp. 25-26
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Describes the treatment regime of the facility located in Kinchela, New South Wales, Australia which has a unique blend of Western techniques adapted to Aboriginal culture.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 105, no. 4, April 1997, pp. 424-429
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Study monitoring residents living next to an inactive mercury mine in Clear Lake, California found results consistent with other studies; also considers protective public health measures.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 198-199
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Book review of: Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples by Nancy J. Turner. An updated second edition of Turner's 1975 British Columbia Provincial Museum Handbook. A companion volume Food Plants of Interior First Peoples has also be revised by Turner.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Inaugural Edition, May 1997, pp. 87-101
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Brief historical background of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation; looks at the social and economic change in remote hunting and trapping communities in Northwestern Ontario; and examines how the First Nations have increased the ability to address health and social service problems locally by assuming control of their health services.