First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Description
Data sources: 2011 to 2016 First Nations and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from the First Nations Information Governance Centre, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency are also included.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 15-24
Description
Paper offers a cautionary note on the importance of understanding culture and context when conducting First Nations health research with large data sets and outlines some approaches to research that can ensure appropriate development of research questions and interpretation of research findings.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 76-96
Description
Interviews with five First Nations Elders to gain a better understanding of health, healthy eating and ideal body image and the relationship to the well-being of youth.
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
Examines and reviews history of First Nations health. Written as background for 2005 Winning the Prairie Gamble exhibit at the Western Development Museum.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, December 1985, pp. 9-10
Description
Profiles an association which advocates for land rights, housing requirements, employment projects and other social issues on the island with an Aboriginal population of 120 located of the north east coast of Tasmania.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration With Counselling Psychology
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Description
Foreword in the book: Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration With Counselling Psychology edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley and Ashley Hyatt.
Looks at mental health policies, practices and institutions in Aboriginal communities.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2003, pp. 15-19
Description
Conference overview describes the role that Indigenous Environmental Health Workers (IEHWs) play in maintaining the well-being of Indigenous people across Australia.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-10
Description
Professional commentary in which the author describes how psychiatrists working with Indigenous people in Canada can draw on Fanon’s work on the intersections of colonialism, racism, and psychiatry in order to provide higher quality mental health care services.
Includes links to program, summary, speeches, and audio of two panel discussions.
Part 1: Community Radio speech by Jack Anawak.
Part 2: Panel discussion: Regional Radio: Taqramiut Nipingat Inc.(TNI) and CBC North featuring Claude Grenier, Salome Avva and Patrick Nagle.
Part 3: Speech by George Hickes, Nunavut Minister responsible for Health and Suicide Prevention.
Part 4: Panel discussion: Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, CFRT-FM, and TV Nunavut featuring Fanny He, Madeleine d'Agencourt, and Charlotte DeWolff.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 79-84
Description
Examined 89 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 and found common displays of conduct disorder but a varied display of other psychiatric disorders.
Clinical Biochemistry, vol. 36, no. 3, 2003, pp. 163-170
Description
Two generations ago diabetes was unknown in Sandy Lake, now there is a high prevalence of diabetes caused by genetic and environmental factors, such as a more sedentary lifestyle, a higher caloric intake diet of saturated fats and sugars.
Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 67, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 17-25
Description
Study findings indicate no evidence for an over-representation of the Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) alleles associated with cardiovascular fitness in the high-altitude population compared with the lowland population.
Tripartite Working Group of the National Aboriginal Court Worker Program
Description
"This curriculum is developed for the purposes instructing Aboriginal Court Workers on how to integrate Gladue Principles into speaking to sentence for an Aboriginal client."
Glass Half Empty? Year One Progress toward Resolving Drinking Water Advisories in Nine First Nations in Ontario
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Lukawiecki
Description
Communities assessed: Constance Lake First Nation, North Spirit Lake, Slate Falls Nation, Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum, Shoal Lake 40, Obashkaandagaang, Wawakapewin First Nation, Northwest Angle No. 33, and Nibinamik First Nation.
Study revealed that there appeared to be no link of the Gly482Ser polymorphism with type 2 diabetes among the subjects examined in the Gila River Indian Community.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 5, September/October 2003, pp. 10-14
Description
Presents thoughts from Chairperson of Australian Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities.