Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 18-24
Description
Discusses the need to improve socioeconomic conditions as well as perinatal and infant care for Aboriginal peoples in Quebec.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 39, no. 3, 2007, pp. 126-148
Description
Contends nursing practice in remote Aboriginal communities is broad and complex and requires formal knowledge and skills that are beyond basic nursing education.
Public Health Reports, vol. 122, no. 3, May-June 2007, pp. 339-347
Description
Looks at trends in injury mortality rates over a 10 year period in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. Shows a higher rate for injury mortality in Aboriginal children than non-Aboriginal children.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 98, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 444-446
Description
Looks at chronic respiratory diseases in Aboriginal populations and suggests there is a need for researchers to adopt a life course epidemiology approach for the study of Aboriginal health.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 96-105
Description
Looks at wide spread hearing loss among all Indigenous peoples and the impact it has on intercultural communication in schools, the criminal justice system, and within Aboriginal families.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S10-S17
Description
Suggests three efforts towards improved mental health care: enhancing understanding and trust, promoting mental health in the context of holistic health, and linking mental health to its human rights determinants.
Document was created to provide background information for potential meetings of survivors. Includes self-assessment form and guide to interpreting results.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 6-11
Description
Looks at the links between historical impact of trauma and present behaviors, beliefs and dysfunctional socio-cultural norms.
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Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 63-85
Description
Presents a study that looks at links between personal homelessness and intergenerational trauma through a series of interviews with Aboriginal men.
International Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, suppl.2, June 2010, pp. 212-215
Description
Overview revealed that inequalities exist and are on the rise in child and adult populations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 2, 2007, pp. 129-134
Description
Study suggests that increasing rates of obesity among Inuit will have health consequences, and that anthropometry is a useful tool to indirectly assess insulin resistance.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 1, January 12, 2010, p. E46
Description
Discusses the need for programs to promote wellness and community development; and looks at young people returning to traditions, such as acknowledging their spirit names.
Conference held May 2007 brought together addiction and mental health workers to share and gain knowledge in the areas of: approaches to healing, programs in place, and training and treatment options.
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, perceptions of water quality, harvesting and country food, education, employment, and use of communication technology.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 3, June 2007, pp. 199-214
Description
Reviews literature from early 1990s to 2007, examines women's health challenges in Northern communities, and looks at the need for more research to support the health of Inuit women and their communities.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 9-22
Description
Study on prenatal alcohol abuse in the lives of young Aboriginal women and the connections between that abuse and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, sexual abuse, extreme violence, and gangs.
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada-Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Pre-Admissions Support Toolkit for First Nations, Inuit, Métis Students into Medicine
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
Description
Developed to give guidelines to faculties of medicine for supporting Indigenous students' success in applying to medical school and during their medical education.