Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, January 2010, pp. 32-38
Description
Determines there is a need for more effective perinatal and infant care programs in remote First Nations communities to reduce mortality rates.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 343-354
Description
Looks at a study identifing the most prevalent chronic conditions, indicating that older American Indians experience higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, back pain, and vision loss compared to national statistics of older adults.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, vol. 15, no. 1, January 2015
Description
Looks at usability testing for a shared decision making (SDM) tool, the Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG) for use between the client and health care provider with Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 1422, October 26, 2010, pp. 1-15
Description
Examines comprehensive program developed to manage services for elderly Warlpriri people using operating principles of community control and cultural comfort.
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Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 101-105
Description
Discusses the diagnosis of primary invasive breast cancer between First Nations and non-First Nations women, and the need for screening programs aimed at detecting breast cancers earlier.
Identifies challenges and opportunities in six areas: accountability reporting burden; access to services; fragmented health record; service referrals; connectivity and infrastructure; and interoperability.
Information arranged under five phases: grounding the program in community values and principles; having community readiness; experiencing a catalyst; creating a palliative care program; and growing the palliative care program.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 2, December 2010, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses a program that includes the use of cultural beliefs, practices and customs for the health care needs of cancer patients in Indigenous communities.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 78-85
Description
Discusses the similarities and differences between the use of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," and an Aboriginal naming ceremony used by the Coast-Salish people in British Columbia.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 303-316
Description
Examines the belief systems about diabetes in American Indian elders with two practice models, one an Indigenous model, valuing traditional American Indian culture, the other a mainstream model, aligned with western biomedicine.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 39-45
Description
Presents a study to determine if there is a difference in birth outcomes among First Nations women living
on-reserve versus off-reserve in Manitoba.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 3, September 1987, pp. 46-50
Description
Talks about experiences working with the Communicable Disease Centre and the use of a new family planning educational aid kit, MAGNEL 88 used to educate people living in Aboriginal communities.
Includes results of literature search and environmental scan which produced list of 61 successful, customized programs from agencies across Canada. Each program is listed with a description of goals and objectives, implementation steps, reach, evaluation, critical factors for adaptation, challenges and lessons learned.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 117-131
Description
Looks at the understanding of knowledge, healing and resilience among Aboriginal peoples in Canada, with a focus on the Anishinaabe of the Lake Nipigon area of northern Ontario.
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
[Health Canada]
Description
Data sources: First Nations and Inuit Health program reports, Non-Insured Health Benefits Pharmacy Claims, Regional Health Survey, Aboriginal Peoples' Survey, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), and Statistics Canada. Covers period from 2009 to 2013.
Information from the BC Ministry of Health Health System Matrix database. Includes hospital, physician, chronic conditions, home and residential care service data.