Trachoma in Australia: Eye to Eye With Reality
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alp Atik
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 20-22
Description
Comments on the high prevalence of trachoma and the urgent need for health interventions to wipe out this treatable and preventable disease.
Tracing Historical Diffusion Patterns: The Case of the 1780-82 Smallpox Epidemic Among the Indians of Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jody F. Decker
Native Studies Review, vol. 4, no. 1 & 2, 1988, pp. 1-24
Description
Paper establishes the use of methodology that increases the accuracy in understanding historic infectious disease episodes.
Traditional Anishinabe Healing in a Clinical Setting: The Development of an Aboriginal Interdisciplinary Approach to Community-Based Aboriginal Mental Health Care
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marion A. Maar
Marjory Shawande
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 6, no. 1, Traditional Medicine, January 2010, pp. 18-27
Description
Focuses on development of the Noojmowin Teg Health Access Centre from 1998 to 2008.
Traditional Foods and Indigenous Recipes in B.C.'s Public Institutions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Queenswood Consulting Group
Description
Looks at barriers and facilitators to serving traditional foods with a focus on the health care system and post-secondary institutions, and current programs and initiatives. Qualitative study based on interviews with 60 individuals.
Traditional Knowledge in Policy and Practice: Approaches to Development and Human Well-being
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bertus Haverkort
Coen Reijntjes
Marie Battiste
Stephen B. Kendie
Bernard Y. Guri ... [et al.]
Traditions and Diabetes Prevention: A Healthy Path for Native Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue McLaughlin
Diabetes Spectrum, vol. 23, no. 4, Fall, 2010, pp. 272-277
Description
Looks at the factors contributing to high prevalence of diabetes in Native Americans and comments on the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Diabetes Prevention Program.
Trail of Tears Curriculum Guide
E-Books
Description
For use with videos On a Spring Day and Incident at Rock Roe. Collection of lesson plans for English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Spanish and Physical Education.
Transcending the Borderlands: Elements of the Anzalduan Mestiza Consciousness in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony
Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rachael Price
Description
Describes how elements from these novels serve as a mirror of hybridity theory with an emphasis on stories and the idea of journeys for true cultural unity.
Trauma-Informed, Culturally Relevant Psychological Response in Cases of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Tehee
Royleen J. Ross
Charlotte McCloskey
Iva GreyWolf
United States Attorney's Bulletin, vol. 69, no. 2, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Legal, Prosecution, Advocacy and Healthcare, March 2021, pp. 251-263
Description
Discusses the benefits of psychological and cultural responses to the prevention, intervention, and response to missing or murdered Indigenous people cases.
Treatment Issues for Aboriginal Mothers With Substance Use Problems and Their Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Niccols
Colleen Anne Dell
Sharon Clarke
International Journal of Mental Health Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 320-335
Description
Reviews existing research of alcohol and illicit drug treatments and looks at two integrated treatment programs for Aboriginal women, New Choices and Sheway.
Trends in the Study of Aboriginal Health Risks in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris M. Furgal
Theresa D. Garvin
Cynthia G. Jardine
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 4, September 2010, pp. 322-332
Description
Suggests that there are inequities in health risk research that need to be addressed.
Tri-Council Policy Statment: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans [2010]
Alternate Title
Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis
TCPS2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Description
See chapter nine.
Tsilhqot’in in the Time of COVID: Strengthening Tsilhqot’in Ways to Protect Our People
Alternate Title
Dada Nentsen Gha Yatastig = I am Going to Tell You about a Very Bad Disease
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emma Feltes
Jocelyn Stacey
Crystal Verhaeghe
Tuberculosis and Colonialism: Current Tales About Tuberculosis and Colonialism in Nunavut
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Helle Møller
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 6, no. 1, Traditional Medicine, January 2010, pp. 38-48
Description
Contends that colonialism contributes to the high number of undiagnosed and untreated individuals with tuberculosis in Nunavut.
Two-Spirited People and Social Work Practice: Exploring the History of Aboriginal Gender and Sexual Diversity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jill Alaers
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 63-79
Description
Examines the history of Aboriginal cross-gender roles and discusses approaches to improve the quality of social work practices by including traditional Aboriginal practices and worldviews.
Understanding Aboriginal Families' Experiences of Ethical Issues in a Paediatric Intensive Care Environment: A Relational Ethics Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine Fisher
Description
Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Alberta, 2010.
Understanding Chronic Disease and the Role for Traditional Approaches in Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
Social Determinants of Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lynda Earle
Description
Looks at diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease and holistic approaches to prevention.
Understanding Cross-Jurisdictional Partnerships and Decision-Making in Northern Saskatchewan: Final Evaluation Report: Northern Health Strategy March 2010
Alternate Title
Northern Health Strategy Final Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chad Nilson
Bonnie Jeffery
Colleen Hamilton
Description
Reports that partnerships are formed due to the shared need among healthcare providers to reduce barriers to equitable access of quality health care for all northerners.
Understanding Cultural Adherence and the Use of Traditional Medicine in Waskaganish First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Christine Tabib
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2010.
Understanding Resilience Through Revitalizing Traditional Ways of Healing in a Kanien'kehá:ka Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Morgan Kahentonni Phillips
Description
Social and Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2010.
Understanding Respiratory Conditions Among Ontario's Aboriginal Population
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce Minore
Mary Ellen Hill
Jungwee Park
Grace Bandoh
Rose Page ... [et al.]
Description
Findings show Aboriginal people at risk of respiratory ill-health due to uncontrollable factors combined with personal choices.
Understanding Sport, Physical Activity and Wholistic Health in First Nations Youth
Theses
Author/Creator
Kieran C.T. Peltier
Description
Kinesiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--Nipissing University, 2021.
Understanding the Complex Needs of Aboriginal Children and Youth with FASD in BC
Theses
Author/Creator
Shahdin Farsai
Description
Public Policy Project (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2010.
Understanding the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hillmarè Schulze
Urvashi Yadav
The Unforgotten: A Five-Part Film Exploring the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples Living in Canada
Alternate Title
The Unforgotten Toolkit: An Educational Guide to Learn About, Reflect on and Dismantle Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Build.Films
Networked Health
Ewan Affleck
Description
Five vignettes explore effects of colonialism and systemic discrimination from birth through to elderhood. Accompanied by Educational Guide. Duration: 35:51.
Unintentional Injuries Among Children and Adolescents in Aboriginal and Non-aboriginal communities, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Reza Alaghehbandan
Khokan C. Sikdar
Don MacDonald
Kayla D. Collins
Annette M. Rossignol
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 1, 2010, pp. 61-71
Description
Contends that a higher rate of hospitalization and mortality occurs in Aboriginal communities compared to non-Aboriginal communities in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Unresolved Grief and Mourning in Navajo Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John K. Nagel
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 2, no. 2, 1988, pp. 32-40
Description
Looks at bereavement in two cultures and two healing traditions.
Unsettling the Politics of Exclusion: Aboriginal Activism and the Vancouver Downtown East Side
Alternate Title
Beyond Statistics: Urban Indigenous Politics
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 82nd, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donna Schatz
Description
Discusses the history, demographic composition, social problems of the area and the community groups that seek to address these issues.
UNWTO Inclusive Recovery Guide: Sociocultural Impacts of COVID-19 -- Issue 4: Indigenous Communities
Alternate Title
United Nations World Tourism Organization Inclusive Recovery Guide: Sociocultural Impacts of COVID-19 -- Issue 4: Indigenous Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Update: Improving the Health and Well-Being of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Health Council of Canada
Urban Aboriginal Understandings and Experiences of Tuberculosis in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Nicole Rigillo
Paul Brassard
Qualitative Health Research, vol. 20, no. 4, April 2010, pp. 506-523
Description
Examines why tuberculosis continues to be a serious health issue. The article also discusses the challenges to TB prevention and treatment for Aboriginal people in Montreal.
Urban American Indians' Perceptions of Historical Trauma
Theses
Author/Creator
Herbert Grant
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2010
Urban Indian Health Clinics, Funding Issues, and Their Effects on Decision Making
Theses
Author/Creator
Aldon Wayne Scott
Description
Management in Organizational Leadership Thesis (D.Mgt)--University of Phoenix, 2010.
Urban Indian Voices: A Community-Based Participatory Research Health and Needs Assessment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chad V. Johnson
Jami Bartgis
Jody A. Worley
Chan M. Hellman
Russell Burkhart
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Research, vol. 17, no. 1, 2010, pp. 49-70
Description
Looks at the health strengths and needs of urban American Indians based on a survey involving six hundred and fifty adults and youth.
Urban Living is Not Associated with Better Birth and Infant Outcomes among Inuit and First Nations in Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fabienne Simonet
Russell Wilkins
Maureen Heaman
Janet Smylie
Patricia Martens
et al.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 25-31
Description
Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.
Urbanization and Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Responses for the Questionnaire from the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres
Description
Questions were posed about key factors driving urbanization, impacts on social, economic and cultural cohesions, discrimination, identity, recognition and culture, at risk populations, and Indigenous-led initiatives and state responses.
Use of Media Technologies by Native American Teens and Young Adults: Evaluating Their Utility for Designing Culturally-Appropriate Sexual Health Interventions Targeting Native Youth in the Pacific Northwest
Theses
Author/Creator
Stephanie Nicole Craig Rushing
Description
Public Administration and Policy Thesis (Ph.D.)--Portland State University, 2010.
Use of the Talking Circle for Comanche Women's Breast Health Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily A. Haozous
Valerie Eschiti
Jana Lauderdale
Carol Hill
Connie Amos
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 21, no. 4, 2010, pp. 377-385
Description
Identifies barriers to breast health as being access to information, screening, economics, follow-up, and protecting women
Using Concept Mapping to Understand Gender- and Age-Specific Factors Influencing Health Care Access among American Indian Elders,
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elise Trott Jaramillo
David H. Sommerfeld
Erik Lujan
Cathleen E. Willging
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 28, no. 2, 2021, pp. 52-76
Description
Using concept mapping to discuss the impact of factors affecting the access to health care for Indigenous elders.
Varieties of Medical Treatment and Hierarchies of Resort in Johan Turi's Sámi Deavsttat
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas A. DuBois
Journal of Northern Studies , no. 1, 2010, pp. 9-43
Description
Looks at Johan Turi's books Sámi Deavsttat / Lappish Texts and Muitalus Sámiid Birra showing the changes in traditional healing practices.
Viewing Violence, Mental Illness and Addiction Through a Wise Practices Lens
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia C. Wesley-Esquimaux
Andrew Snowball
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], 2010, pp. 390-407
Description
Comments on a concept entitled "wise practices" introduced through the Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network (CAAN) based on the Seven Sacred Values (courage, honesty, humility, respect, truth, wisdom, love)
Views of First Nation Elders on Memory Loss and Memory Care in Later Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Hulko
Evelyn Camille
Elisabeth Antifeau
Mike Arnouse
Nicole Bachynski
Denise Taylor
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 317-342
Description
Looks at the research on dementia and the relationships between the community and the health care system, from the perspectives of First Nation peoples.
The Violence of Colonization and the Importance of Decolonizing Therapeutic Relationship: The Role of Helper in Centring Indigenous Wisdom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Riel Dupuis-Rossi
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 108-117
Description
Looks at the impact of decolonization within the mental health community amongst Canadian Indigenous populations.
Vitamin D Status of Inuit Preschoolers Reflects Season and Vitamin D Intake
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jesse EL Hayek
Grace Egeland
Hope Weiler
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 140, no. 10, 2010, pp. 1839-1845
Description
Study investigated the prevalence of, and risk factors (gender, age, vitamin D intake, and socioeconomic status) for low vitamin D in 16 Arctic communities.
Voice of a Leader: If You Truly Believe Children Are Our Future - the Future is Now
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Chistian
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 10-14
Description
Modified speech by Chief Wayne Christian talking about the history of his community, and how state policies, legislation and laws have affected a way of life for his people. The article also illustrates, through narrative, the importance of re-learning cultural practices.
Voices From an Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness, Prevention and Teaching Program
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Eskes
Description
Human Nutrition Thesis (M.S)--University of British Columbia, 2010.
Voices of Students: We Are Here! We Are Ready to Care for the Next Generations! “Gathering & Sharing Wisdom
Conference” and the Indigenous Child Welfare Research
Network
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacquie Green
Rebecca Taylor
Rakiva Larken
Margaret Brier
Trevor Good
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-21
Description
Highlights the presentations of Indigenous youth sharing their stories and knowledge on life challenges.
Vulnerability of Aboriginal Health Systems in Canada to Climate Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Lea Berrang-Ford
Malcolm King
Chris Furgal
Global Environmental Change, vol. 20, no. 4, October 2010, pp. 668-680
Description
Identifies socio-economic and health factors that are causing an increasing sensitivity to climate change.
Vyid Ynji Tl'äkų: "I Let It Go Now"
Documents & Presentations
Description
Based on presentations given at a three-day healing gathering held for residential school survivors in November 2009 at the Kwanlin Dün First Nation.