Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, January/February 2005, pp. 8-10
Description
Chronicles outcomes of the first year of a project including creation of special partnerships in community and the implementation of school health promotion programming.
Explores the crisis in community health by examining the biological and environmental reasons for the transition from nomadic to sedentary village life style.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, September/October 1998, p. 9
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Brief description of how remote community in Northern Territory, Australia launched a plan to tackle environmental infrastructure issues which negatively impact health.
Assembly of First Nations Health & Social Development Secretariat
Description
Compared national and international models in order to develop a strategy for culturally safe health care, training, and recruitment and retention of community health workers.
Medical Clinics of North America, vol. 89, no. 5, September 2005, pp. 949-975
Description
Suggests that there is no evidence of ethnic disparities in the effectiveness of the interventions used to prevent diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Program.
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 374-377
Description
Book review of: Essentials of Medical Geology edited by Olle Selinus, Brian Alloway, Jose A. Centeno, Robert B. Finkelman, Ron Fuge, Ulf Linch and Pauline Smedley.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 179-189
Description
Discusses how two organizations, the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) and Northern Health, have approached incorporating Indigenous knowledge about health and wellness into their healthcare practices.
Diabetes Care, vol. 28, no. 9, September 2005, pp. 2280-2288
Description
Comparative research between ethnic minorities in the United States and United Kingdom indicates a higher mortality rate and greater risk of complication occurs in select groups.
Ethnicity and Disease, vol. 15, no. 4, Autumn, 2005, pp. 656-663
Description
Study shows that despite high rates of oral diabetes medication, ethnic disparities remain and glycemic control is still a problem with Native Americans.
Étude de Faisabilité de l'Exploitation Intégrée, de Deux Études de Prévalence Réalisées à Dix Ans d'Intervalle, Sur de Grands Échantillons de la Population Inuite du Nunavik
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Author/Creator
Manon Girard
Description
Médecine Sociale et Préventive Thèse (M.Sc.)--Université Laval, 1998.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, 2005, pp. 59-79
Description
Looks at the Messages for Health community-based research project which focuses on cervical cancer on the Apsáalooke Reservation. The objectives of the study include: decreasing screening barriers, increasing cervical cancer knowledge and increasing the proportion of young women who receive Pap tests.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 1, 2005, pp. 16-25
Description
Compares characteristics of persons in rural northern communities who participated in a study on antimicrobial use and drug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae to those who did not participate.
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 32, no. 2, 2005, pp. 229-255
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Examines the error of closure between expected 2001 and observed 2001 population counts due to census undercounts in North American Indians, Métis and Inuit.
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 11, no. 6, November/December 2005, pp. 537-541
Description
Suggests that high risk populations, including American Indians, should look at ways to increase blood glucose screening to identify those at risk for diabetes or metabolic syndrome.