Joint Special Report: Health and Well-Being of Children in British Columbia: Report 1 on Health Services Utilization and Mortality
E-Books
Author/Creator
Child and Youth Officer for British Columbia
Ministry of Health
Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Description
Aims to use routinely collected data to better understand health and well-being outcomes for children and youth who are currently, or have been, in government care.
BMC Health Services Research, vol. 7, no. 126, 2007
Description
Observes that health care costs for both First Nations and the general population with diabetes in Saskatchewan are substantially higher that individuals without the disease.
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Presents the assessment findings that will help develop environmental information services that are aligned with the needs of Aboriginal peoples and the general public.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, vol. 52, October 2006, pp. 999-1005
Description
Explains that even though there was a fourfold increase in the number of specimens tested for anti-hepatitis C virus between 1995 and 2003 there was a decrease in newly identified cases.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 5, 2006, pp. 389-402
Description
Looks at a study that screened 60% of a First Nation in Alberta for diabetes, prediabetes, cardiovascular risk, and metabolic syndrome and found high rates of obesity, pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome for participants over 18.
Data listed by region: Alberta, Atlantic, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, as well as Canada as a whole.
HIV/AIDS Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: A Continuing Concern
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Public Health Agency of Canada]
Description
Report published annually; 2006 edition.
Contains a chapter titled "HIV/AIDS Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: A Continuing Concern" (pages 49 to 62).
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HIV/AIDS Among Aboriginal Persons in Canada: A Continuing Concern
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division
Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Public Health Agency of Canada]
Description
Report published annually; 2007 edition.
Most relevant section located on p. 47-59.
Entire document on one pdf. To access information, scroll to appropriate page.
AIDS Education and Prevention, vol. 19, no. 6, 2007, p. 531–544
Description
Discusses the results from focus group discussions and surveys on the health service needs of Native Americans which conclude the necessity to design culturally appropriate preventive programs.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 5, 2006, pp. 463-465
Description
Discussion of a thesis which found that the HIV infected population in Greenland was middle aged, living in Nuuk and Sisimiut, and mainly infected by heterosexual contact.
AIDS Education and Prevention, vol. 18, no. 6, December 2006, pp. 546-559
Description
Goal of the study is to describe HIV risk behaviours, perceptions, testing, and prevention exposure among American Indians/Alaska Natives through a questionnaire adminstered to participants.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 9, September 2006, pp. 1577-1578
Description
Found that less than half of Indian Health Service (IHS) records matched Veterans Health Administration (VHS) records, and therefore limits IHS provider's treatment options.
[Concordia University Community Lecture Series on HIV/AIDS
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
LaVerne Monette
Description
Executive Director of the Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy (OAHAS) discusses the role of colonization has played in the poor health status of the Aboriginal population and the characteristics of the spread of the disease. Question and answer period follows.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 4, 2006, pp. 297-304
Description
Concludes that although 23-valent pneumococcal polysacchardie vaccine was useful in controlling an outbreak of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Nunavik, better vaccines are needed.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 98, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 438-443
Description
Presents a study of diabetes in Kahnawá:ke and compares the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes between Aboriginal and general Canadian populations.
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, vol. 26, no. 3, March 2006, pp. 167-174
Description
Compares hepatitis C Virus (HCV) incidence and recent patterns of transmission. Concludes there is a high rate of newly acquired HIV infection among Aboriginal Canadians especially Aboriginal females.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 3, 2007, pp. 103-119
Description
Examines reported cases of maltreatment in Aboriginal children and compares them with cases involving non-Aboriginal children based on a sample of cases reported to Youth Protection services in Quebec.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 26-34
Description
Study looks at the factors contributing to geographical clustering of suicides in Northern Territory, Australia. Data suggests indigenous suicides have a greater impact on survivors than non-indigenous suicides do.
Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 184, no. 10, May 15, 2006, pp. 502-505
Description
Survey used MEDLINE and PsychLit databases determine the volume and nature of publications on Indigenous health produced in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States in 1987–1988, 1997–1998 and 2001–2003.