Pimatisiwin, vol. 10, no. 1, Summer, 2012, pp. 125-142
Description
Reviews twenty three studies which highlight the need for further research on youth suicide and suggests how such research could be conducted rigorously.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 18-24
Description
Discusses the need to improve socioeconomic conditions as well as perinatal and infant care for Aboriginal peoples in Quebec.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18543
Description
Results indicate that the Community Health Practitioners provide a wide range of care to residents in remote communities that would otherwise go untreated.
Journal of Family Issues, vol. 33, no. 9, 2012, pp. 1272-1293
Description
Research reveals government relocations programs negatively affects not only well-being of grandparent-generation but ripples out to affect subsequent generations.
Document was created to provide background information for potential meetings of survivors. Includes self-assessment form and guide to interpreting results.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 63-85
Description
Presents a study that looks at links between personal homelessness and intergenerational trauma through a series of interviews with Aboriginal men.
Ancillary Meeting of the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, July 16, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kristen Jacklin
Description
Focuses on the "ask and offer" session which identified key areas of interest under five themes: knowledge gaps, clinical assessment and screening, caregiving, networking, research methods and knowledge translation; two cross-cutting themes were issues of communication and cultural safety.
Comments on health promotion efforts related to preventing suicide and attempted suicide, consequences of underage drinking, consequences of adult problem drinking and prescription drug misuse/abuse.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Research with American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deana Around Him
Amy J. Elliott
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 29, no. 2, Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Research with American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, 2022, pp. [1]-8
Description
An introduction to a special issue on COVID's impact on Indigenous populations and communities.
International Dental Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, suppl.2, June 2010, pp. 212-215
Description
Overview revealed that inequalities exist and are on the rise in child and adult populations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 6, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Communities, the Bioeconomy and Natural Resource Development, 2012, pp. 194-212
Description
Discussed the traditional use of caribou in health care, potential uses for biomedicines, nutraoceuticals, functional foods, and the benefits that could arise from being in partnerships.
International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey: Health in Transition and Resiliency
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Nunavut Steering Committee of the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey
Description
Summarizes results from supplemental survey to Inuit Health Survey which assessed environmental exposure to chemical contaminants.
Revised edition, originally published August 2011.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 1, January 12, 2010, p. E46
Description
Discusses the need for programs to promote wellness and community development; and looks at young people returning to traditions, such as acknowledging their spirit names.
Reports on the the Amaujaq National Centre for Inuit education, health and social development, environment and wildlife, and the Inuit Knowledge Centre.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2, p. article no. 17996
Description
Questionnaires completed by 175 women aged 18-63 suggested that health service planners should be aware of the potential barriers to Pap smear attendance, especially by older women.
Scans existing systems and identifies barriers to developing common standards for data collection, access, and reporting, with the long-term goal of improving the ability to collect baseline information and target Cancer services to areas of most need.