Qualitative Health Research, vol. 20, no. 4, April 2010, pp. 506-523
Description
Examines why tuberculosis continues to be a serious health issue. The article also discusses the challenges to TB prevention and treatment for Aboriginal people in Montreal.
Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 25-31
Description
Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.
Reports on responses to survey which involved 688 individuals. Purpose was to identify factors associated with academic success and develop policy recommendations.
Survey consisted of ten questions and results are based on 365 respondents. Some of the areas covered were financial support, prioximity to educational opportunities, post-graduate employment, cultural responsiveness of institutions.
The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 140, no. 10, 2010, pp. 1839-1845
Description
Study investigated the prevalence of, and risk factors (gender, age, vitamin D intake, and socioeconomic status) for low vitamin D in 16 Arctic communities.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Ratings determined by income, educational attainment, housing conditions and labour force participation. Data from Statistics Canada Census of Population, 2006.
Working Paper (Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network) ; no. 78
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marc Frenette
Description
Using the Youth in Transition Survey (which excluded people who lived on-reserve or in the North) author found that 90 percent of the university attendance gap was associated socio-economic and academic characteristics.
Report, based on five years of research into missing and murdered Aboriginal females in Canada, explores circumstances, root causes and trends of violence, numbers of missing/murdered women, and questions why this is occurring.
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 1, Summer, 2010, pp. 125-149
Description
Discussion on the frustration felt, by northern Aboriginal peoples, that research conducted in the north is invariably not relevant to the people or to pubic policy.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 154-158
Description
Discusses smoking practices and health risks for First Nations pregnant and parenting women and their children, and looks at culturally-relevant strategies to support tobacco reduction.