Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 3, March 2010, p. 12
Description
Comments on the disproportionate number of First Nations women developing Type 2 diabetes and the need for early preventative measures.
Article found by scrolling to page 12.
Looks at health determinants such as chronic illness and risky behaviors that effect well-being and social determinants that contribute to disadvantages in areas of education, income and employment.
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.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 1, January-March 2010, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses the development of eHealth research agenda initiatives including the knowledge gaps which impede adoption in rural Aboriginal communities in Canada.
Examines reactions to the 2009 film by Warwick Thornton which is about bravery, hopelessness, optimism, and the struggles of two Indigenous youth, and the dialogues it has created.
Around The Kitchen Table: a Model for HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program
Description
Outlines the successes and challenges Chee Mamuk had in the creation of a culturally appropriate traditional model and provides recommendations for future implementations.
Discussion on the effectiveness of a non-Aboriginal recovery system and the provision of culturally appropriate
services and programs to meet the needs of Aboriginal people.
Roundtable on Gender and Aboriginal Economic Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allan Clarke
Vera Pawis Tabobondung
Beverley O'Neil
Roberta Stout
Nadine Roach ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at the National Association of Friendship Centres and the Friendship Centre Movement perspective on urban Aboriginal economic development and the basic systemic, socio-economic and educational barriers facing urban Aboriginal women.
Prairie Forum, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 149-176
Description
Describes the link between federal First Nations health care, in the period 1890 to 1930, and the social reform goals and values of that same time period.
Discusses the sociological and psychological factors that drove Ernest Gribble to become the Anglican Church's longest serving missionary to the Aboriginal people.
Chapter from Lectures on North Queensland History, no.5 edited by B. J. Dalton.
Public Health Reports, vol. 125, Supplement 4, 2010, p. 43–50
Description
Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Description
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Description
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
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.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. [53]-61
Description
Discusses the impact of residential schools and the forced removal of children for the purposes of foster care or adoption. Argues that current practices and training must take into account the damage inflicted by the drive for assimilation and incorporate the Aboriginal worldview when dealing with clients.
Policy Paper Series (Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria (FVPLS Victoria)
Description
Reports on current legal and associated services offered in the state, government initiatives addressing family violence, and results from consultations about experiences with the legal system.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, March/April 1996, pp. 53-55
Description
Overview of funding of health and substance misuse services and hearing and mental health and agreements being negotiated between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory.
Looks at the relevance of existing asthmas education materials and identifies how these materials could be adapted to better suit the needs of the communities.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 23-24
Description
Conference held in 1995 looks at the imbalance in health circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and provides recommendations to address the situation through policy changes and funding.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 63-79
Description
Examines the history of Aboriginal cross-gender roles and discusses approaches to improve the quality of social work practices by including traditional Aboriginal practices and worldviews.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 25-31
Description
Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 317-342
Description
Looks at the research on dementia and the relationships between the community and the health care system, from the perspectives of First Nation peoples.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 10-14
Description
Modified speech by Chief Wayne Christian talking about the history of his community, and how state policies, legislation and laws have affected a way of life for his people. The article also illustrates, through narrative, the importance of re-learning cultural practices.