Intersections between Violence and Health Promotion Among Indigenous Women Living in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Julie Williams
Description
Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Ottawa, 2019.
Looks at features of 22 programs which operate to address issues in the areas of conduct problems, reducing re-offending, remand, rehabilitation, and mental health and substance abuse.
Brief discussion of community engagement and readiness, education, harm reduction, testing, treatment, client support and case management, and surveillance.
Attributes unresolved sexual abuse as the underlying problem which when not dealt with could lead to the high levels of First Nations peoples abusing prescription drugs as a means of coping with emotional issues.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.24.