Our Aboriginal Relations: When Family Doctors and Aboriginal Patients Meet
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Catherine T. Elliott
Sarah N. De Leeuw
Canadian Journal of Optometry, vol. 72, no. 4, August 2010, pp. 26-28
Description
Comments on Aboriginal patients' desire for doctors to be interested in them as individuals.
Entire issue on one pdf. Article located by scrolling to page 26.
Our First First Nations Physician
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
J.T.H. Connor
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 186, no. 5, March 18, 2014, p. 376
Description
Book review of: Bridging Two Peoples: Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843-1909 by Allan Sherwin.
"Our Healing Starts with Our Women": Wolamsotuwakonol of the Indian Residential School Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda E. Reid
Description
Nursing Thesis (MN)--University of New Brunswick, 2019.
Our Men Our Healing: Designing For Change
E-Books
Author/Creator
Megan Gilmour
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Out of Hours: A Lesson from Lapland: What the Snowmobile Did to One Lapland Community Illustrates What Medicine Is Doing to Us. Why Don't We Take Notice?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Martyn
BMJ, vol. 341, no. 7783, November 27, 2010, p. 1137
Description
Author studies introduction of snowmobile concurrent to the medical interventions in an isolated Skolt Sami community which sometimes produced questionable results.
Outcomes of Primary Maternity Care in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Jean Caitlin Frame
Description
Population and Public Health Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2014.
Ovarian and Uterine Cancer Incidence and Morality in American Indian and Alaska Native Women, United States, 1999-2009
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simple D. Singh
A. Blythe Ryerson
Manxia Wu
Judith S. Kaur
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S423-S431
Description
Discusses ways to improve diagnosis and compares death rates with women in the white population by reducing racial misclassification in cancer data mortality rates.
Overcoming
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Clifton J. Pecore
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 1, Celebrating 25 Years, Fall, 2014, p. 51
Description
Short story about the ghost of a young boy who walks after enduring a lifetime of suffering.
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2014
E-Books
Author/Creator
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Overdose Response Project Knowledge Translation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (MVAEC)
Description
Report highlights insights gathered from focus group discussions with youth, men and women and summarizes recommendations in the areas of response, harm reduction, culture as treatment, and accessing services for each group.
Overincarceration of Indigenous People: A Health Crisis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Davinder Singh
Sarah Prowse
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 18, May 06, 2019, pp. E487-E488
Description
Authors argue that incarceration is a social determinant of health and that it disproportionately affects Indigenous people because of disparities in rates of incarceration; cite statistical analysis that indicate the specific effects of incarceration and notes historic and contemporary calls to address the situation.
Overweight in Cree Schoolchildren and Adolescents Associated With Diet, Low Physical Activity, and High Television Viewing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Luce Bernard
Claudette Lavallée
Katherine Gray-Donald
Hélène Delisle
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 95, no. 7, July 1995, pp. 800-802
Description
Studies children and adolescents from two Cree communities using a dietitian-administered questionnaire to obtain information on foods consumed and activity.
Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP™): The Path to First Nations Information Governance
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Paediatric Trauma on the Last Frontier: An 11-year Review of Injury Mechanisms, High-Risk Injury Patterns and Outcomes in Alaskan Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher W. Snyder
Oliver J. Muensterer
Frank Sacco
Shawn D. Safford
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 25066
Description
Looks at traumatic injury in children 17 years of age or younger from 2001 to 2011.
Palliative Care for First Nations People in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Miranda Falk
Description
Nursing Thesis (MSN)--University of British Columbia (Okanagan), 2019.
Pandemic H1N1 Targeted Messaging for Manitoba Metis: An Evaluation of a Risk Communication Intervention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Michelle Driedger
Ryan Maier
Julianne Sanguins
Sheila Carter
Judith G. Bartlett
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 112-134
Description
Evaluates the health campaign that focused on at-risk Metis in Manitoba.
Pandemic Influenza Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Public Health Unit
Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority
Description
Discussion on the preparedness plan for a pandemic of influenza and other major communicable disease emergencies in Saskatchewan.
Updated version.
Pap Test Follow-up Pattern Among American Indian Women in Arizona
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Merrill Eisenberg
Kathryn Coe
Charlton Wilson
Kathleen Evans
Elizabeth Brewer
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, vol. 4, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 42-51
Description
Identifies barriers to follow up consultation when abnormal results are found.
Parenting With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Rutman
Marilyn Van Bibber
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], April 2010, pp. 351-361
Description
Comments on issues associated with parenting and living with FASD.
Parnasimautik Consultation Report on the Consultations Carried Out with Nunavik Inuit in 2013
E-Books
Author/Creator
Makivik Corporation
Kativik Regional Government
Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services
Avataq Cultural Institute
Saputiit Youth Association
Nunavik Landholding Corporations Association
A Participant's Response to: Recreating the Circle With We Al-Li: A Program for Sharing and Regeneration
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Fredericks
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, March/April 1995, pp. 22-23
Description
Author shares personal experience in the We Al-Li workshops.
Participation in Sports and Cultural Activities Among Aboriginal Children and Youth
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kristina Smith
Leanne Findlay
Susan Crompton
Canadian Social Trends, no. 90, Winter, 2010, pp. 49-56
Description
Study examines factors that may be associated with participation in extracurricular activities. Data taken from the children and youth section of the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS).
A Participatory Case Study of Primary Healthcare for Aboriginal Peoples in an Urban Setting
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelly D. Oelke
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2010.
Partnership, Production & Exchange of Knowledges
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mere Kepa
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 4, no. 2015, 2014, pp. 1-7
Description
Looks at factors contributing to successful aging in the project, Life and Living in Advanced Age: A Cohort Study in New Zealand.
Past Human Health and Migration: The Analysis of Microbial DNA Associated With Human Remains Recovered From a Glacier in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Treena Swanston
Description
Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
West Coast LEAF
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elba Bendo
Sharnelle JenkinsThompson
Isabelle Busby
Emily Beier
Description
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
Patient and Caregiver Perspectives of Health Provision Practices for First Nations and Métis Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Accessing Care in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Tait Neufeld
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 14, no. 440, 2014, pp. [1]-14
Description
Studies Aboriginal women's viewpoint of parental care received based on personal understanding of gestational diabetes.
Patterns of Hopelessness Among American Indian Adolescents: Relationships by Levels of Acculturation and Residence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa D. LaFromboise
Karen Albright
Alex Harris
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, vol. 16, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 68-76
Description
Reports American Indians living on reservations and those who have bicultural competence have less hopelessness than those living in non-reservation areas.
Patterns of Psychoactive Substance Use Among Youths in Nunavik
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natacha Brunelle
Chantal Plourde
Michel Landry
Annie Gendron
Louise Guyon ... [et al.]
INDITERRA, no. 2, [Trajectoires plurielles des Premiers], 2010, pp. 15-27
Description
Looks at drug use patterns of 405 Inuit students aged 11 to 21.
The People's Inquiry into Our Suicide Pandemic: Final Report
Alternate Title
Nobody Wants to Die. They Want the Pain to Stop: The Mushkegowuk Inquiry into Our Suicide Pandemic
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Metatawabin
Jackie Fletcher
Helen Kataquapit
Dorinda Vincent
Nellie Trapper
Description
Largely composed of personal narratives, but also includes section on recommendations and possible solutions.
Perceived Medical Discrimination in American Indian Women: Effect on Health Care Decisions, Cancer Screening, Diabetes Services and Diabetes Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly L. Gonzales
Description
Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oregon State University, 2010.
Perceptions and Psychosocial Correlates of Bullying Among Lumbee Indian Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronny Bell
Elizabeth Arnold
Shannon Golden
Sarah Langdon
Andrea Anderson
Alfred Bryant
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 21, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-17
Description
Comments on the contribution bullying has towards depression and suicide and the need for interventions to address this behaviour.
Perceptions of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia among Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario: Final Report January 2014: Six Nations Community Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristen Jacklin
Wayne Barry
Melissa Blind
Description
Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations involving 22 individuals as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.
Perceptions of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia among Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario: Report for Manitoulin Island First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica E. Pace
Kristen Jacklin
Wayne Warry
Description
Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.
Perceptions of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia among Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario: Sudbury Community Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristen Jacklin
Wayne Warry
Melissa Blind
Description
Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations involving 18 individuals as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.
Perceptions of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia among Aboriginal Peoples in Ontario: Thunder Bay Community Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristen Jacklin
Wayne Warry
Devin Dietrich
Description
Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations involving 30 individuals as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.
The Performance of Body, Space, and Place: Creating Indigenous Performance
Alternate Title
Healing Collective Trauma: Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomas Riccio
Description
Discusses strategies and exercises used to promote individual and community healing.
Chapter seven from Healing Collective Trauma: Using Sociodrama and Drama Therapy edited by Eva Leveton.
Period Life Tables for the Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native Population, 2007-2009
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Arias
Jiaquan Xu
Melissa A. Jim
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S312-S319
Description
Study shows a mortality problem and further research is necessary to find out the causes.
Persistent Organic Pollutants: A Risk Assessment of Vancouver Island First Nations Traditional Seafoods
Alternate Title
Risk Assessment of Traditional Seafoods
Theses
Author/Creator
Amelia Anne Porter
Description
Environment and Management Thesis (M.Sc.)--Royal Roads University, 2014.
Perspectives of Front Line Staff on Health Issues and Community Service Needs for First Nations Seniors
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Centre at the National Aboriginal Health Organization
Peyote and Native American Church
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alice Kulhánková
Description
Comments on peyote connection with Native American Church ceremonies and presents general information and description of Native American Church.
Bachelor's Thesis towards undergraduate degree in [English Language and Literature]--University of West Bohemia, 2014.
Phase I: Service and Capacity Review for Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Nunavut: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Helen Roos
A Photonarrative of Living with HIV: A Métis Woman's Experience
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
José Pruden
Description
Applied Psychology Project (M.C.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
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A Photovoice Study in the Peruvian Amazon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paola A. Torres Slimming
E. Roberto Orellana
Jeiser Suarez Maynas
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 123-133
Description
Study in three villages showed villagers are exposed to structural factors such as social, political, environmental and economic that effect health risk.
Physical Activity Among First Nations People Off Reserve, Métis and Inuit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne C. Findlay
Health Reports, vol. 22, no. 1, March 2010, pp. 1-8
Description
Compares participation rates using data from a 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey. Also studied three health indicators: self-perceived health, self-perceived mental health, and the presence of chronic conditions.
Physical Activity for Aboriginal Older Adults: A Scoping Study and a Case Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Lauren Brooks-Cleator
Description
Human Kinetics thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.
Physician and Nurse Perspectives on Implementation of Universal Adult HIV Screening Guidelines in the Indian Health Service: Results of a Randomized Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brigg Reilley
John T. Redd
Scott Giberson
Juanita K Lee
Don Haverkamp
James Cheek
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 16, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 450-456
Description
Survey results of four facilities, which implemented HIV screening on persons 13 to 65 years old, concluded that more information and training is needing on HIV screening guidelines, execution of strategies and state regulations.