BMC Public Health, vol. 12, 2012, p. article no. 952
Description
Study highlights potential barriers toward adoption of healthy behaviours including the environment which was viewed as unfavourable for walking, provided limited access to healthy food, and easy access to tobacco.
[Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions]
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Shorting
Russell Bone
Description
Two individuals describe their experiences with addiction at a STREAM (Saskatchewan Team for Research and Evaluation of Addictions Treatment and Mental Health Services) meeting. Followed by a question and answer period.
Duration: 59:25.
Presented as part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
Looks at population, tribal economies, tribal lands, public safety and security, energy on tribal lands, housing and infrastructure, forestry, health disparities, and education.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, November-December 2002, p. 10
Description
Reports on a project that provides a culturally safe environment where women could recover from mental illnesses and substance abuse by employing art therapeutically.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 1-29
Description
"This article explores the complex connections between alcohol and the construction of Indigenous status and space in two seemingly disparate colonial contexts, eastern North America and northern Fennoscandia".
Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Betty McKenna
Description
Discusses the role of spirituality and mother earth in the process of healing.
Duration: 12:52.
Part of a project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
[Aboriginal Culture as Intervention: Sharing How Aboriginal Culture is Part of the Healing Journey from Addictions]
[Honoring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
[Honouring Our Strengths: Aboriginal Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Campbell Papequash
Description
Author of The Yearning Journey: Escape from Alcoholism discusses the role of culture in recovery from addictions.
Duration: 18:40.
Presented as part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 12, no. 1891, February 27, 2012, pp. 1-10
Description
Discusses need for respect, non-discrimination, privacy, confidentiality, competence, and daily risk-benefit analysis for general practitioners in rural Aboriginal communities.
Journal of Primary Prevention, vol. 38, no. 1-2, April 2017, pp. 105-119
Description
Study examines the associations between culturally specific factors and current smoking off-reserve First Nations and Métis aged 15-17 years old compared to non-Indigenous Canadian youth.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 29-47
Description
Research summary of a study of an Innu school-based drug and alcohol prevention program intended to identify barriers and facilitators for substance use prevention strategies and education. Major barriers identified include: overloaded staff and difficulty scheduling training.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 9, no. 1, November 2012, pp. 52-59
Description
Studies the use of opioid substitution therapy as treatment for prescription dependence.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, vol. 30, no. 3, 2002, pp. 335-341
Description
Contends that 50% of the HIV-positive youth were Aboriginal and comments on the urgent need to develop gender and culturally appropriate youth specific programs.
Comments on the health status of First Nations in Alberta including causes of death across all age groups, injuries, impact of diabetes, communicable disease control and environmental health.
Urban Research & Practice, vol. 5, no. 2, July 2012, pp. [284]-289
Description
Key informant interviews and focus group discussions with the North End Women's Healing Group revealed connections between nutritional state, emotional well-being, food security issues and community programming.
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Excerpt from: Educational Mosaics: Sharing Our Work and Findings: Moving into the Mosaic: Research, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Exploring Applications edited by Zana M. Lutfiyya, Karen E. Smith, and Stan B. Straw.
A grandmother, mother and daughter talk about three life stages.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper, scroll to p. 65.