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.
Northwest Territories Research Project Report for Territorial Stakeholders: Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Report for Territorial Stakeholders
Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Heather Fikowski
Description
Study focused on identifying the needs of women, gaps and associated challenges in service provision, and strategies for developing non-violent communities. It took place over the course of five years and involved individual interviews and focus groups with RCMP, community health nurses, shelter and victim services workers, counsellors and social workers.
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.
Health Reports, vol. 28, no. 12, December 2017, pp. 3-11
Description
Used data from 2006/2007 to 2008/2009 Discharge Abstract Database linked to the 2006 Census. Found rate for Métis twice that of non-Aboriginals, with most common conditions requiring admission being diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Health Reports, vol. 28, no. 4, April 2017, pp. 9-15
Description
Even after adjusting for housing conditions, household income and residential location, odds were three times higher for on-reserve First Nations and two times higher for off-reserve First Nations than for non-Aboriginals.
Data from the 2006 Census linked to the Discharge Abstract Database were used.
Housing Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives in Urban Areas: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
Housing Needs of Native Hawaiians: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
Mortgage Lending on Tribal Land: A Report from the Assessment of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United States Government Accountability Office
Description
Reports results of surveys conducted with tribal and urban law enforcement agencies about investigations conducted 2014-2016, and victim service providers.
Testimony before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gretta L. Goodwin
Description
Statement by director of Homeland Security and Justice before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate. Discusses the extent to which: federal agencies collect and maintain data on investigations and prosecutions; tribal and major urban law enforcement agencies have encountered human trafficking and what factors affect the ability to investigate and prosecute; and available federal grants and how well positioned service providers are to know the numbers served.
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
Description
Statistics for Independent Assessment Process for abuse claims by former residential school students. Lists claims received, resolved and in progress by province and territory, stage of progress, and total compensation paid. Includes links to historical data and charts.
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.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, July 2017, p. Article 2
Description
Examines educator and parent perceptions about the policy through analysis of interviews with 100 individuals within provincial off-reserve school system. Questions reflected three themes: parent-school relationships, roles and expectations, and perceived effectiveness of educational initiatives.
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.