Committee looks at incidence, historical context, environment, the healthcare system and the federal government's role regarding TB. Provides recommendations for Health Canada to consider when planning a TB elimination strategy for reserves.
Nova Scotia Aboriginal Home Care Steering Committee
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Purpose of guide was to document findings and recommendations from the Steering Committee of the Aboriginal Home Care in Nova Scotia Project, provide a common set of definitions to facilitate shared understandings of program scope and purpose among those involved in service planning and delivery, and provide information for all those interested design and delivery of services to the on-reserve population in the province.
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 25-28
Description
Instructive article for Australian rural health research workers provides an understanding of the role that various politicians play in developing health policy.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 154-158
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Discusses smoking practices and health risks for First Nations pregnant and parenting women and their children, and looks at culturally-relevant strategies to support tobacco reduction.
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 107-131
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Discusses the only surviving medical ledgers in the 200-year history of the Hudson's Bay Company, which span the years 1846 to 1852 at the post; records indicate five per cent of case records were for Aboriginal peoples.