Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah Schwartz
Description
Reports results of interviews and group discussions with health directors and program coordinators for First Nations communities, as well health authority and government staff responsible implementing programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat: NIPSPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Production
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on the community's efforts to deal with Hepatitis C through education, outreach, and healing.
Duration: 27:33.
Promoting a Decolonized Model of Type II Diabetes Care for Aboriginal Peoples Living along the North Shore of Lake Huron
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roger S. Pilon
Description
Rural and Northern Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laurentian University, 2015.
The Provincial Implementation Team Report on the Recommendations of the Brian Sinclair Inquest Report: 90 Day Report
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Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Herd
Jean Cox
Bernadette Preun
Avis Gray
Beth Beaupre
Barry Mathers ... [et al.]
Description
Outlines actions taken by team, and the short-, medium- and long-term plans for assessment and implementation of recommendations from the inquest into death of man who died while waiting to receive treatment in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
Psychiatric Research in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986: A Systematic Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jouko Miettunen
Marianne Haapea
Lassi Björnholm
Sanna Huhtaniska
Teija Juol ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Systematic literature search of PubMed and Scopus reveals 94 articles on psychiatric research conducted on the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Research includes information on early predictors of several psychiatric diagnoses, and novel findings related to brain imaging and cognition.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Rap About Clap: A Qualitative Study of American Indian Youth and STDs/STIs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roe Bubar
Donna Rouner
Irene S. Vernon
Marilee Long
Belinda C. Aungie
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, 2015, pp. 53-67
Description
Reviews the case numbers of various STDs/STIs among American Indian/Alaska Native youth and how media messaging seems to be concentrated on HIV/AIDS.
The Rationale for Developing a Programme of Services by and for Indigenous Men in a First Nations Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie George
Melody Morton Ninomiya
Kathryn Graham
Sharon Bernards Samantha Wells
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 158-167
Description
Article summarizes the results of the mixed-methods research conducted in Kettle & Stoney Plain First Nation that focused on the mental health needs of Indigenous Men. Research examines the factors that contribute to mental health issues, the experience of men seeking supports and services, and identifies ways to address mental health in this community.
A Reciprocal Relationship: Accountability for Public Value in the Aboriginal Community Sector: A Report Prepared for the Lowitja Institute
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patrick Sullivan
Recommendations re Inquest Report for Brian Lloyd Sinclair
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Marc Cormier]
Description
Sinclair was a 45-year-old Aboriginal man who died after sitting for 34 hours waiting for medical attention at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre's emergency department.
Reconciling Evidence-based Practice and Cultural Competence in Mental Health Services: Introduction to a Special Issue
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 52, no. 2, 2015, pp. 139-149
Description
Introduction to articles from conference about the merging of evidence based practice and cultural competence held at the University of Michigan with anthropologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social work researchers.
Research and Policy Priorities for Addressing Prenatal Exposure to Opioids in Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalyn Singleton
Amanda Slaunwhite
Mary Herrick
Matthew Hirschfeld
Laura Brunner ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article summarizes main themes of a Symposium with health care providers, researchers, elders and public health officials. Focuses on identifying emerging challenges, trends and potential solutions for the increasing number of infants and children affected by prenatal opioid use.
Research Governance in NunatuKavut: Engagement, Expectations, and Evolution
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Bull
Amy Hudson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Case study report examines the evolution of NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) research governance from 2006 to 2018, highlighting community consent contracts and ethical review processes and protocols.
Responding to Intimate Partner Violence: Challenges Faced Among Service Providers in Northern Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa A. Wuerch
Kimberley G. Zorn
Darlene Juschka
Mary R. Hampton
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 34, no. 4, February 2019, pp. 691-711
Description
Discusses results from interview with focus group of services providers in northern Saskatchewan. Identifies lack of safe shelters, transportation, and available services as barriers affecting women survivors.
Restoring the Blessings of the Morning Star: Childbirth and Maternal-Infant Health for First Nations Near Edmonton, Alberta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrienne Dawn Wiebe
Sylvia Barton
Laura Auger
Em Pijl-Zieber
Caroline Foster-Boucher
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 2015, pp. 47-68
Description
Interviewed 75 Cree and Stoney women and found a feeling of loss and geographic separation from elders, family and community as pregnancy care moved out of the community.
Rethinking Cancer, Raising Hope: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander "State of Knowledge' on Cancer Roundtable: Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kerry Arabena
Zoe Wainer
Alison Hocking
Leanne Adams
Viki Briggs
The RIPPLES of Meaningful Involvement: A Framework for Meaningfully Involving Indigenous Peoples in Health Policy Decision-Making
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alycia J. Fridkin
Annette J. Browne
Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Study interviews 20 Indigenous and non-Indigenous medical leaders in health and health policy to determine what constitutes meaningful involvement of Indigenous peoples in health policy making. Results suggest that attention to the underlying power dynamics and decolonization of the system itself is a necessary step. Authors use the results to develop a framework for meaningful involvement.
Risk Factors Observed in Health Care System 6 Months Prior to Completed Suicide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tommy Lauth Grundsøe
Michael Lynge Pedersen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study examined medical records of 160 people who completed suicide in Greenland between 2012 and 2015. Findings were compared with a control group of 160 people who had not suicided in order to assess if risk factors could be identified through medical contact in the six months prior to suicide completion.
The Road Is Made by Walking: Towards a Better Primary Health Care System for Australia's First Peoples: Report
Alternate Title
Funding, Accountability and Results (FAR) project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judith Dwyer
Angelita Martini
Cath Brown
Edward Tilton
Jeannie Devitt ... [et al.]
Description
One of five publications that report on the work of the Funding, Accountability and Results (FAR) project.
The Road Is Made by Walking: Towards a Better Primary Health Care System for Australia's First Peoples. Summary Report
Alternate Title
Funding, Accountability and Results (FAR) Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judith Dwyer
Angelita Martini
Cath Brown
Edward Tilton
Jeannie Devitt .... [et al.]
Description
One of five publications that report on the work of the Funding, Accountability and Results (FAR) project.
The Road Is Made by Walking: Towards a Better Primary Health Care System for Australia's First Peoples: The Funding, Accountability and Results (FAR) Project
Alternate Title
Funding, Accountability and Results (FAR) Project
Policy Brief (Lowitja Institute) ;
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lowitja Institute
Description
Brief overview of project and list of documents associated with it.
Role of the Nurse in Returning Birth to the North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Wright
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-7
Description
Looks at the colonization of Indigenous childbirth and the possible strategies to address the impact of that particular historical trauma.
Rural360: Incubating Socially Accountable Research in the Canadian North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shabnam Asghari
Thomas Heeley
Anna Walsh
James Rourke
Cheri Bethune
Wendy Graham
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article describes Rural360 as a research incubator which provides funding and support for Northern Newfoundland and Coastal Labrador (NNCL) physicians to design and conduct research which improves accessible and culturally relevant healthcare in NNCL.
A Scoping Study of Cultural Interventions to Treat Addictions in Indigenous Populations: Methods, Strategies and Insights from a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo Rowan
Nancy Poole
Beverley Shea
David Mykota
Marwa Farag ... Laura Hall ... Barbara Fornssler
Colleen Anne Dell
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, vol. 10, 2015, p. article no. 26
Description
Research looked at interventions and their effectiveness. Includes literature review, and consultations with 12 National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and Youth Solvent Addiction Program treatment centres through a series of focus groups Part of the three-year study Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addiction Treatment.
Seeing Clearly: A Community-Based Inquiry Into Vision Care Access for a Rural Northern First Nation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lindsey S. Brise
Sarah de Leeuw
Canadian Journal of Optometry, vol. 77, no. 2, [2015], pp. 34-43
Description
Looks at the state of eye care, access, barriers, and social determinants in a community in Northern British Columbia.
Self-Location and Ethical Space in Wellness Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Peltier
Louela Manankil-Rankin
Karey D McCullough
Megan Paulin
Phyllis Anderson
Kanessa Hanzlik
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 39-53
Description
Authors discuss the need for researchers to acknowledge and examine their own positionality in relation to health and wellness narratives; suggest that being mindful about the privilege implicit to the position of “researcher” is essential in working respectfully and reciprocally within the community.
Shared Decision Making With Aboriginal Women Facing Health Decisions: A Qualitative Study Identifying Needs, Supports, and Barriers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Jull
Audrey Giles
Yvonne Boyer
Minwaashin Lodge
Dawn Stacey
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 4, 2015, pp. 401-416
Description
Looks at results from participatory interviews of Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge about their health decision making experiences. Results were arranged in a Medicine Wheel framework for presentation and grouped in four themes.
Shedding Light or Fanning Flames?: A Consideration of the Challenges in Exploring the Relative Effectiveness of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Claire Thompson
Emma Haynes
Shaouli Shahid
John A. Woods
Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng ... [et al.]
Quality in Primary Care, vol. 23, no. 3, 2015, pp. 141-149
Description
Explores the history and rationale for the ACCHS model of service delivery.
Social Determinants of Indigenous Health and Indigenous Rights in Policy: A Scoping Review and Analysis of Problem Representation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma George
Tamara Mackean
Fran Baum
Matt Fisher
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Scoping review of literature on Aboriginal health, rights, and health policy highlights issues including the impact of ongoing colonialism, the role of government in rights realization, tokenism, and policies of assimilation. Notes an ongoing failure to move from rights recognition to implementation.
Solution Model for Enhancing the Experiences of Urban First Nations and Métis Patients Accessing and Navigating the Health System for Inflammatory Arthritis Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Barnabe
Jean Miller
Sylvia Teare
Casey Eaglespeaker
Brenda Rolan ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Researchers work with Indigenous patients to record and examine their experience of seeking and receiving care for inflammatory arthritis in an urban Alberta community; make recommendations for improving patient care and patient experience.
Spring 2015 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada [to the House of Commons]: Report 4: Access to Health Services For Remote First Nations Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Michael Ferguson]
Standing with Our American Indian and Alaska Native Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People: Exploring the Impact of and Resources for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenna P. Stumblingbear-Riddle
Ann K. Burlew
Daniel Gaztambide
Michelle R. Madore
Helen Neville
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 1
Description
Authors use an intersectional and trauma-informed approach to engage with the consequences of human trafficking for Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people; they then consider resiliency factors, and make culturally informed recommendations to assist psychologists in working with survivors of trafficking.
Structures Last Longer than Intentions: Creation of Ongomiizwin – Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing at the University of Manitoba
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2017 Northern, Rural, and Remote Health conference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Cook
Melanie MacKinnon
Marcia Anderson & Ian Whetter
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Article describes the origins and mandate of Ongomiizwin; highlights the five themes of the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ (RFHS) Reconciliation Action Plan for health science education: (1) Honoring traditional knowledge systems and practices, (2) Safe learning environments and professionalism, (3) Student support, mentorship and retention (4) Education across the spectrum and 5) Closing the gap in admissions.
Stumbling, Not Falling: Reviewing Cultural Competency in Fall Prevention Among Older Indigenous People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Jack
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2019
Description
Reviews the 2011 study Healthy Aging through Fall Prevention among Older Aboriginal People: From Many Voices to a Shared Vision using a lens of cultural competency. Author highlights problematic elements of the study and suggests frameworks that can be used to improve the quality of research.
Suffering like a Broken Toy: Social, Psychological, and Cultural Impacts for Urban American Indians with Chronic Pain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elise AG Duwe
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 150-186
Description
Qualitative study with mixed methods design; uses in-depth surveys of forty self-identified American Indians living with chronic pain. Paper explores the experience of the participants and the factors of resiliency from which they draw strength.
Summary Findings of an Exploratory Data Gathering Exercise on Māori Suicide in Te Waipounamu
Alternate Title
Summary Findings of an Exploratory Data Gathering Exercise on Maori Suicide in Te Waipounamu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Dallas-Katoa
Varona Golda
Maire Kipa
Raniera Dallas
Helen Leahy
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Digital and Data Sovereignty, July 28, 2019, pp. 49-60
Description
Presents the results of a data collection by health organizations on Te Waipounamu (New Zealand’s South Island). Whānau (families) that were interviewed noted the need for a culturally appropriate approach that included Whānau was needed for not only preventing suicide, but for mental healthcare generally.
Symposium on “Parental Education” at the ICCH17
Alternate Title
17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Ingemann
Siv Kvernmo
Helle Møller
Pertice M. Moffitt
Shirley Tagalik ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Summary of the presentations included in the Symposium on Parental Education at the 17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health (ICCH17).
System Enablers of Distributed Maternity Care for Aboriginal Communities in British Columbia: Findings from a Realist Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jude Kornelsen
Kevin McCartney
Description
Investigated which factors would facilitate decentralization of services while maintaining safe birth outcomes in rural and remote areas.
Systems Thinking and Indigenous Systems: Native Contributions to Obesity Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ihirangi Heke
David Rees
Boyd Swinburn
Tuikaki Waititi
Albie Stewart
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 22-30
Description
Describes two approaches to obesity prevention that are grounded in Mātauranga Māori (Māori worldview), both are systems-centered rather that person-centered. Uses Systems Thinking tools to “translate” Mātauranga Māori systems.
Table 577-0003: Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Access to and Use of Health Care Services, by Aboriginal Identity, Age Group and Sex, Population Aged 6 Years and Over, Canada, Provinces and Territories: Occasional
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table.
Take a Tip - From Dr. Teddy: Scabies
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, December 1, p. 26, 55
Description
Provides treatment information regarding scabies infestations.
Threading, Stitching, and Storytelling: Using CBPR and Blackfoot Knowledge and Cultural Practices to Improve Domestic Violence Services for Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily Lindsay Jackson
Julie Coleman
Gayle Strikes with a Gun
Doris Sweet Grass
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 4, no. 1, October 2015, pp. [1]-27
Description
Discusses the process and outcomes of a community-based participatory research project aimed at improving on and off reserve shelter services in rural southwestern Alberta.
Through the Diamond Threshold: A Community-Based Psycho-Educational Group Training Program for Treatment of Substance Use Disorders among American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rockey R. Robbins
Bryan G. Stare
Brittany M. Riggin
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 79-105
Description
Describes a culturally relevant, community-based training program designed to increase awareness and promote healing related to substance use disorders. Program centers Indigenous traditions, collectivism, and historical context.
To Serve and To Heal: Native Peoples, Government Physicians, and the Rise of a Federal Indian Health Care System, 1832-1883
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly Bokosky Silva
Description
History Thesis (PhD) -- University of California San Diego, 2019.
Together in Wellness: Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health: Annual Report, October 2014-October 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Authority
British Columbia Ministry of Health
Health Canada
Description
"A report on the fourth year of the B.C. Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nation Health Governance Implementation".
The Toronto Indigenous Health Advisory Circle (TIHAC): Advancing Self-Determined Indigenous Health Strategies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rebeka Tabobondung
Karen Fish
Towards a Safer Social Work for Indigenous Peoples Seeking Sexual and Reproductive Health Services
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Carole-Ann Filiatreault
Description
Social Work Mémoire (MSW) -- University of Ottawa, 2019.