Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 23-24
Description
Conference participants discuss injury mortality and morbidity rates for Indigenous peoples which exceed the rate for non-Indigenous people in Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 15-16
Description
Reports on the unique area north of the Australian mainland. Local Torres Strait Islander health workers were considered critical to the success of the study.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, March/April 1995, pp. 6-7
Description
Looks at how a community addressed an alcohol problem by collaborating with government agencies and other organizations to to lobby authorities for help.
Home Safety Assessments/Interventions in American Indian Homes A Role for Indian Health Services Engineering Staff
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Ludington
Journal of Environmental Health, vol. 62, no. 9, May 1, 2000, pp. 13-18
Description
Efforts to reduce environment related diseases through promotion and installation of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and other safety devices in homes lacking the equipment.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 8-9
Description
Reports less than 53 percent of Australian children are fully immunized and children are dying from diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella and haemophilus type b.
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.
Examines the relationship between culture and the clinical practice of psychological assessment.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 48, no. 10, October 1995, pp. 1277-1283
Description
Report shows increased trend of asthma hospitalizations among Aboriginal children and adult females even though asthma was rare among Aboriginal people prior to 1975.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 6, November/December 2000, p. 8
Description
Alcohol and Other Drug Council of Australia (ADCA) calls on Federal Government to include a substance abuse expert in the proposed Indigenous Families and Communities Roundtable.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 6, November-December 2000, pp. 25-31
Description
Held in Melbourne, Australia the theme of the conference was to create positive change to address social inequities which directly impact health outcomes.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 73-89
Description
Looks at the experiences and perspectives of First Nations women living with HIV/AIDS and examines how HIV/AIDS affects their lives differently from the men's lives.
Canadian Materials, vol. 7, no. 6, November 17, 2000
Description
Review of National Film Board video designed for Grade 10, which uses the traditional story of Siwash Rock with a contemporary application concerning teenage pregnancy.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 3, February 8, 2000, p. 397
Description
Profile of Dr. Chandrakant Shah, a professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Toronto and an advocate on behalf of marginalized groups.
Critical Public Health, vol. 10, no. 2, 2000, pp. 243-256
Description
Examines the holistic and spiritual concepts of health among Indigenous peoples in North America and Australia as opposed to western medicine's linear approach.
Permanente Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 34-39
Description
Looks at three objectives of Medicine Wheel approach: making the life of a physician easier, providing patients a framework to identify and deal with the cause for their symptoms, and improving the quality of treatment.
Discusses traditional practices, medicalization of childbirth, including evacuation of women, and current and future status of midwifery. Includes results of literature search and key informant interviews.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, July/August 1995, pp. 4-14
Description
Looks at services offered by the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service, staff involved in the programs and the role in the development of a national Indigenous health policy.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, March/April 2000, pp. 10-11
Description
Describes the mandate and priority items for the 13 member Council which is expected to guide Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait health into the 21st century.