Pilot project called Looking Out for Dementia involved production of a 16 minute DVD in English and three Indigenous languages (Warlpiri, Kriol, Djambarrpuyngu), an accompanying flip chart in plain English, and a poster publicizing the resource. Evaluation carried out through observation, focus groups and telephone interviews with participants and coordinators of aged services.
Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol. 30, no. 3, 2011, pp. 304-331
Description
Discusses the feasibility of telehealth videoconferencing for providing preclincal assessments and follow-up appointments for rural and remote communities.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 331-336
Description
Looks at partnership offering a holistic approach to Indigenous values and traditions and provide a community-based system of care for substance abuse and mental health.
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 17, no. 1, 2010, pp. 1-24
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Comments on the high rate of American Indian and Alaska Native youth entering their childbearing years as teenagers and the importance of having substance abuse prevention strategies in place for these at risk teens.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 117-131
Description
Looks at the understanding of knowledge, healing and resilience among Aboriginal peoples in Canada, with a focus on the Anishinaabe of the Lake Nipigon area of northern Ontario.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 102, no. 2, March/April 2011, pp. 103-107
Description
Looks at ways underage smokers access contraband cigarettes and how to use this information for implementing tobacco control policies and activity programming.
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
Description
Includes description and analysis of current services, discussion of best practices, results of structured interviews with key stakeholders in First Nations communities, and an examination of the practicality of outpatient detoxification services.
Geographical Journal, vol. 177, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 44-61
Description
Study looked at variables such as food affordability, budgeting, declining hunting activity, food knowledge and quality, and cost of harvesting in the context of changing livelihoods and climate change.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, July/August 2010, pp. 3-7
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Concludes that the program offered dental care for patients who otherwise would not have received it but should not take the place of regular essential oral health care in remote areas.
Journal of Palliative Care, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 34-36
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Discusses the use of a non-Indigenous perspectives when dealing with Indigenous palliative care patients and the need for an approach that balances Indigenous patients cultural and physical needs.
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status, environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 13-36
Description
Looks at the role First Nations play in establishing casinos and strategies to help with health related issues for gambling problems of reserve residents.
Website contains resources and information on traditional healing practices including nutrition, physical health, emotional and spiritual well-being, and all aspects related to healing from the effects of colonization.
Information from the BC Ministry of Health Health System Matrix database. Includes hospital, physician, chronic conditions, home and residential care service data.
Presents overview of health of First Nations in Alberta including trends in life expectancy, communicable disease control measures, and environmental health.