Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, pictures, and articles including: Aboriginal Survivors for Healing by Jackie Miller, and Telling Stories from Our Lives by David Sidwell.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 4, Health and Healing, Summer, 2007
Description
Discusses three ways tribal colleges and universities are involved with health education including curriculum to create more health care providers, community education and research.
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 7, no. 126, 2007
Description
Observes that health care costs for both First Nations and the general population with diabetes in Saskatchewan are substantially higher that individuals without the disease.
Section three looks at Aboriginal health policy covering priority areas, programs and services, First Nations and territorial transfers, mandates and health gaps.
Scroll down to page 7 for relevant materials.
Journal of Historical Biography, vol. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. [27]-78
Description
Biography one of the most decorated soldiers in Canadian history focuses on his time in the military, his activities between the Second World War and the Korean war, and contends that his inability to adjust once he had left the military was due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples : People to People, Nation to Nation: Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Description
Introduction to some of the main themes and conclusions in the final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Looks at the health history of the Aboriginal people from the pre-contact era up to the present time, and discusses the potential value of historical methods in improving the health of First Nation's communities.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007, p. 9
Description
Presents a letter to the editor responding to the article, "Historical Trauma: Holocaust Victims, American Indians Recovering from Abuses of the Past" in Vol. 17, Spring 2006, Issue no. 3.
HIV/AIDS Among Aboriginal Persons in Canada: A Continuing Concern
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Public Health Agency of Canada]
Description
Report published annually; 2007 edition.
Most relevant section located on p. 47-59.
Entire document on one pdf. To access information, scroll to appropriate page.
AIDS Education and Prevention, vol. 19, no. 6, 2007, p. 531–544
Description
Discusses the results from focus group discussions and surveys on the health service needs of Native Americans which conclude the necessity to design culturally appropriate preventive programs.
Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, vol. 39, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 13-20
Description
Findings indicate a lack of knowledge combined with conservative cultural or social customs created significant barriers to widespread adoption of the practice.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 6, June 2007, p. 9
Description
Looks at the publisher of Eagle Feather News being the poster boy for the Smokers HelpLine, a teenager with climate change concerns, a good samaritan, and the launch of a campaign to raise public awareness of the high rates of violence against Aboriginal women.
Article located by scrolling to page 9.
[Concordia University Community Lecture Series on HIV/AIDS
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
LaVerne Monette
Description
Executive Director of the Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy (OAHAS) discusses the role of colonization has played in the poor health status of the Aboriginal population and the characteristics of the spread of the disease. Question and answer period follows.
Hepatology, vol. 45, no. 3, March 2007, pp. 623-630
Description
Although findings suggest First Nations people produce less IL-10, which appears to be beneficial in hepatitis infection, it could negatively impact other disease outcomes.
Discussion of a program offered at the University of Minnesota, barriers encountered in the recruitment and retention of Native American students, and difficulties faced by Native American faculty in gaining tenure and conducting research.