Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 12-14
Description
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.
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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Study conducted with the women and children of the Miccosukee and Seminole tribes of Florida and reports that a traditional group had higher positive self-regard than the more integrated group.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, May/June 1992, pp. 4-5
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Looks at some of the key policy decisions identified in the reports The National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party Report and The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and HIV/AIDS.
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.
Quantitative Analysis and Socio-demographic Research
Management Information and Analysis
Finance and Professional Services
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
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Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government and economic and labour force activity.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 511-519
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Author discusses Indigenous medical practices; lists some maladies that were effectively treated using Indigenous medicine and notes those diseases brought from Europe for which Indigenous peoples had no treatment.
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.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 75-101
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Verifies the social and economic impoverishment of urban Aboriginal women, especially female lone parents, and the increasing poverty of women in metropolitan Toronto.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 21-40
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Reports broadly on statistical information gathered from the 1980 census and other sources, including the lower survival rates that have been attributed to poor stage distribution at time of diagnosis.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 87-116
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Comparative study finds higher mortality rates for lung, cervix, and breast cancer among the Oglala Sioux. Studies also found higher mortality rates for gallbladder, breast, and stomach cancer among the Tohono O'Odham compared to all other United States Native Americans.
Discussion on how best to reach out to the homeless and the services that are available including Lookout Emergency Aid Society and Dunsmuir House Hostel for Men.
Duration: 27:39.