Presents seventy-five recommendations based on education, outreach, social determinants, harm reduction, accessible treatment services and support for research.
Looks at a variety of indicators measuring economic development to provide the Atlantic Aboriginal community with a tool to measure progress in its economy; and to collect, analyse, and report on indicators of socio-economic progress.
Developed to assist communities and educators in providing a holistic curriculum for appropriate lifestyle, nutrition, and physical activity to support children's well-being and development in the community and classroom environment.
Beyond Tribal Self Determination A Community Health Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Harrowe
Merle A. Lustig
Teresa Wall
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 53-61
Description
Gila River Indian Community process of transforming their Department of Public Health (DPH) into one that incorporates the values and health concerns of the Native American community.
Journal of Transcultural Nursing, vol. 13, no. 1, 2002, pp. 47-53
Description
Explores the opportunities and challenges facing Native American health care delivery and examines nursing policy issues pertinent to the current state of the Indian Health Service (IHS).
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 40-3-S11-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nicholas Auclair
Tonina Simeone
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides for federal regulations relating to provision of drinking water, water quality standards and disposal of waste water.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 3, February 23, 2010, pp. 235-242
Description
Discusses the high rates of preterm birth, stillbirth and infant death in Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada compared with the rest of the country and the interventions necessary to improve maternal and infant health.
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 289, no. 1-3, April 22, 2002, pp. 255-260
Description
Contends that improved iron nutrition in aboriginal babies is necessary considering the potential for higher blood lead levels in infants with iron-deficiency anemia.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 6, June 2010, p. 24
Description
Comments on a research project, completed by Battlefords Tribal Council Indian Health and researchers from the University of Saskatchewan, looking at how Aboriginal women feel about their bodies.
Article found by scrolling to page 24.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, Technologies Créatives / Creative Technologies, 2010, pp. 39-59
Description
Examines the connection between body and technology and wellness. Also seeks understanding of why local residents consider traditional activities a solution to social problems such as substance abuse.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2002, pp. 40-41
Description
Curatorial notes for an exhibition of the same name mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2002.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 40.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2002, pp. 399-402
Description
Book reviews of 10 books:
An Overview of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Compensation for their Breach by Robert Mainville. Black Elk Lives: Conversations With the Black Elk Family by Esther Black Elk DeSersa, Olivia Black Elk Pourier, Aaron DeSersa Jr., Clifton DeSersa.
Black Elk Speaks, Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) by Nicholas Black Elk.
Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timer Region by Sandra Faiman-Silva.
Human Mutation, vol. 19, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 460-[463]
Description
Study, which reports on two families with the same BRCA1 mutation, finds the first evidence of a BRCA1 mutation that is specific to North American aboriginal people.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, January/February 2002, p. 13
Description
Notes that this conference was, "the first HIV/AIDS conference anywhere in the world to feature a conference track specifically dedicated to Indigenous and ethnic minority communities."
Reports on information gathered at Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Workshop and through interviews with community members and service providers.
Minister of Healthy Living and Sport (British Columbia)
Description
Follow-up to the Transformative Change Accord: First Nations Health Plan (TCA: FNHP). Outlines basic commitments and processes needed to develop an administrative structure which would enable First Nations to exercise greater control over the delivery of services.
Outlines the progresses made to advance all aspects of the new First Nations health governance structure and the actions needed to improve health services in BC.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 5, September/October 2010, pp. 33-35
Description
Looks at worldwide research activities showcased at the 4th International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development Conference held in Washington State.