Study hopes to add knowledge and research of FASD by mapping kinds of services and available training opportunities, and using findings to make recommendations for sustainable development of FASD services and training opportunities.
First Nations Centre at NAHO (National Aboriginal Health Organization)
Description
Statistics on demographics, socioeconomic and household characteristics, healthcare, cultural involvement, substance use, nutrition and sexual activity.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, 1992, pp. 77-86
Description
Findings indicate that Native Americans were more likely to have gallstones than non-Native Americans. This finding is significant in that large stones also carry a greater risk for gallbladder cancer.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 1, 2006, pp. 52-69
Description
Argues there is a need to improve the way data is collected to decrease health care disparities and better monitor programming. The article finds that only 42% of measures of health care quality and access tracked in the National Heathcare Disparities Report could be used to assess disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
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.
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.
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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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.
Discusses the voluntary foster-care program which places adolescents with Mormon families for a period of one year with the option to return each fall.
Towards Anthropology / Archaeology Thesis (B.Sc.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Background Paper (The Joint Center Health Policy Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy
Description
Examines status of enrolment, identifies factors which contribute to low rates, and makes recommendations for improvement at both state and federal levels.