Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusion-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 50-53
Description
Suggests that occupational therapists can play a role in advancing the health of First Australians moving towards health equality.
Case studies listed under three themes: collaboration, integration / linkages, and awareness. Programs from eight communities are highlighted: Osoyoos Indian Band, Kainai Home Care, Indian Brook, Battlefords Tribal Council Indian Health Services Inc., Sagkeeng First Nation, Walpole Island, Kitigan Zibi, and Kwanlin Dun.
Aboriginal Health Programs Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Description
Outlines program's five strategic directions: enhances patient experiences and access, improve quality and integration, foster public engagement, awareness and communication, support a positive work environment, enhance structure and sustainability.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 5, 2011, pp. 552-563
Description
Study conducted in the Sioux Lookout Zone highlights key problems associated with the delivery of appropriate care and offers suggestions for improving clinical outcomes.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusion-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 43-49
Description
"The aim of this study was to explore occupational therapists' views of their effectiveness when practicing with Indigenous clients".
Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 46, 2011, pp. 107-113
Description
Outlines the role of Indigenous culture and its intersection with Western approaches to recovery in YSAP’s (Youth Solvent Addiction Program) operation of nine residential treatment centers for youth.
Aboriginal Psychosocial Interventions and Research Group
Description
Addresses background information, treatment intensity levels, supply of detoxification services, best practices, criteria for success factors, and the entirety of available programs and services.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, 2011, pp. 159-212
Description
Book reviews of:
Captive Arizona, 1851–1900 by Victoria Smith
Caring and Curing: A History of the Indian Health Service by James P. Rife and Alan J. Dellapenna
Conversations with Sherman Alexie edited by Nancy Peterson
Documents of Native American Political Development, 1500s to 1933 edited by David E. Wilkins
Encounters on the Passage: Inuit Meet the Explorers by Dorothy Harley Eber
Give Me Eighty Men: Women and the Myth of the Fetterman Fight by Shannon D. Smith
Indian Alliances and the Spanish in the Southwest, 750–1750 by William B.
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) Phase 2 (2008/10) Preliminary Results
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Description
Results of the only First Nations on-reserve and northern First Nations community longitudinal survey conducted in Canada and only national research initiative under complete First Nations control.
Revised second edition.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-16
Description
A study partnership on Manitoulin Island between Indigenous communities, researchers and health boards identifies the barriers stopping effective self-managed health care for diabetes.