Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 101-105
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Discusses the diagnosis of primary invasive breast cancer between First Nations and non-First Nations women, and the need for screening programs aimed at detecting breast cancers earlier.
Health and Place, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 403-411
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Argues that environmental dispossession disproportionately affects the health of Aboriginal peoples, but what is not known is how its effects are sustained over time.
Identifies challenges and opportunities in six areas: accountability reporting burden; access to services; fragmented health record; service referrals; connectivity and infrastructure; and interoperability.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 2, December 2010, pp. 1-20
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Discusses a program that includes the use of cultural beliefs, practices and customs for the health care needs of cancer patients in Indigenous communities.
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 282-295
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Argues that current interventions into child welfare are a continuation of past patriarchal attitudes and actions which in turn have produced unhealthy families and communities.
Compares the incidence and prevalence of diagnosed type 2 diabetes among Status Aboriginals and the general population of Alberta from 1995-2007.
Chapter 10 from Alberta Diabetes Atlas 2009
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 55, no. 4, April 2009, pp. 386-393
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Results of study which measured the state of diabetes in forty-three communities concluded that there was a need for community-based screening to deal with control and complications of the condition.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 3, 2010, pp. 236-252
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Examines trends in diabetes, mostly by using population-based data, but also including discussions on risk factors, awareness, funding and case findings.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 78-85
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Discusses the similarities and differences between the use of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," and an Aboriginal naming ceremony used by the Coast-Salish people in British Columbia.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 107-111
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Looks at a comparison of a traditional form of measurement to a community based monitoring project which will help to identify the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 107.
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 23, no. Supplement 1, 2010, pp. 27-34
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Study found inadequate intakes of several essential nutrients, as well as reliance on non-traditional food and concluded that nutrition intervention was needed prevent diet-related chronic disease.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 85-99
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Looks at the diseases that are prevalent among elderly Native Americans living on or near a reservation and discusses how to close the disparities gap.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 303-316
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Examines the belief systems about diabetes in American Indian elders with two practice models, one an Indigenous model, valuing traditional American Indian culture, the other a mainstream model, aligned with western biomedicine.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 68, no. 5, March 2009, pp. 980-989
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Analyzes the community health of the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve in Ontario, and discusses the implications of intra-community variation in health status in relation to influential health policy theories.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 39-45
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Presents a study to determine if there is a difference in birth outcomes among First Nations women living
on-reserve versus off-reserve in Manitoba.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1501-1517