Discusses the role of the Vancouver Coastal Health’s Aboriginal Health Practice Council and their collaboration with Aboriginal community members and health care practitioners to develop and implement best health care practices.
Discusses a research methodology that provides opportunity for non-Indigenous researchers to be connected to the cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings of Indigenous knowledge.
Comments on a methodological research process honouring cultural traditions and protocols to enable women to comfortably share their stories on their health care experiences.
Communique, Special Section: Indigenous Peoples: Promoting Psychological Healing and Well-Being, August 2010, pp. xxiii-xxvii
Description
Presents the People Awakening Project as a good example of a strength-based and culturally-appropriate approach.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page xxiii.
Website has links to news/events, resources, newsletters and projects to advance Indigenous health and science research and reduce health disparities in urban Native communities.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 74-87
Description
Discusses a physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual framework rooted in Indigenous epistemologies, worldviews, cultures and traditions for Indigenous based social work practice.
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Twelfth Session New York, 20-31 May 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Economic and Social Council
United Nations
Description
Overview of issues discussed focusing on recommendations for increased involvement of youth, support for the revitalization of Indigenous languages, education reforms and Indigenous youth suicide.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 18-24
Description
Discusses the need to improve socioeconomic conditions as well as perinatal and infant care for Aboriginal peoples in Quebec.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valery V. Gafarov
Dmitry O. Panov
Elena A. Gromova
Igor V. Gagulin
Almira V. Gafarova
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21210
Description
Study findings reveal that the majority of Russian women have a low level of social support which is associated with poorer health and increased risks.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda O'Neill
Serena George
Corinne Koehn
Blythe Shepard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21203
Description
Study identifies the challenges and local solutions found by building capacity to support health care providers, whether they were mental health specialists or not.
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David L. Driscoll
Tenaya Sunbury
Janet Johnston
Sue Renes
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21405
Description
Results from 91 participants in a one-year study showed that the community-based system is an effective study method and should be expanded nationally.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 81, no. 11, November 1991, pp. 1466-1468
Description
Assesses the injury-related mortality rate for Native American children between the ages of 1 and 4 and finds that it is nearly three times that of the same age group in the general population.
Document was created to provide background information for potential meetings of survivors. Includes self-assessment form and guide to interpreting results.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 63-85
Description
Presents a study that looks at links between personal homelessness and intergenerational trauma through a series of interviews with Aboriginal men.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Early Parenthood, 2013, pp. 1-32
Description
Explores the unique challenges of teen reproductive health by studying international health programs and determining what may be applicable to the Canadian situation.
Results of a systematic literature review on effective interventions aimed to support healthier lifestyle choices and improved health for Indigenous people.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Early Parenthood, 2013, pp. 1-3
Description
overview of themes including relationship between economics and high fertility rates, consequences of early parenting and the need for support systems.