Looks at health determinants such as chronic illness and risky behaviors that effect well-being and social determinants that contribute to disadvantages in areas of education, income and employment.
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 322-326
Description
Looks at a program that specifically provides healthcare services to enrollees classified as aged, blind, disabled, in-state foster children and children who live out-of-state in subsidized adoption.
Overview of program started by Vancouver Parks Board in partnership with the Vancouver Native Health Society and Board of Education to promote physical activity.
Review was triggered when a fourteen year girl from Little Grand Rapids First Nation hung herself in a garage in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was in the care of the Agency, which had placed her in the city. Both service delivery and operations were examined.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 56-65
Description
Reviews the history of residential schools, other institutions, Goffman's notion of Total Institution and the consequences these institutions have had on Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) Phase 2 (2008/10) Preliminary Results
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Description
Results of the only First Nations on-reserve and northern First Nations community longitudinal survey conducted in Canada and only national research initiative under complete First Nations control.
Revised second edition.
Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide Attempt Among Indigenous Maori Youth in New Zealand: The Role of Family Connection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terryann C. Clark
Elizabeth Robinson
Sue Crengle
Theresa Fleming
Shanthi Ameratunga
Simon J. Denny
Linda H. Bearinger
Renee E. Sieving
Elizabeth Saewyc
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 7, no. 1, Social Networks and Health, March 2011, pp. 16-31
Description
Survey explores various risk factors for attempted suicide among Māori adolescents. Also looks at the family connection, and discusses how programs and strategies can improve the mental health of all Indigenous youth.
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Journal of Adolescence, vol. 34, no. 4, August 2011, pp. 759-766
Description
Study uses structural equation modeling to look at the relationship between anxiety, symptoms of depression, and family influences. Shows culture and family socialization affect symptoms in youth.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, March/April 2001, p. 34
Description
Looks at the creation of a instructional video designed to reduce the number of Indigenous infants who are lost to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Australia.
Looks at the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families and its effects and discusses the shifts in child welfare policy, and amendment to adoption laws.
Submission contends that Canada has failed to adequately address issues facing Aboriginal children and therefore has not complied with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and other human rights instruments.
Looks at the success, implementation and relevance of an initiative developed in response to an increasing rate of suicide among First Nations and Inuit youth.
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring , 2001, pp. 109-140
Description
Research compares height measurements of various populations testing the assumption that the taller the population the better the overall health; findings suggest other variables should also be considered..
Argues that the Federal government has failed to provide adequate support to First Nations children (both on and off-reserve) in terms of programs for birth and adoptive parents, has not implemented Jordan's principle, and does not monitor international adoption placements.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 163-180
Description
Examines the need for culturally appropriate mental health services for the prevention of Aboriginal youth suicide and the importance of positive youth development to foster healthy mental, emotional, social, spiritual and physical development.
Provides statistics on number of children in care, and child abuse and neglect; discusses factors contributing to removal and highlights successful programs.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 86-95
Description
Looks at a framework incorporating Aboriginal culture and traditions, based on the "Métis List of Rights", to reclaim the rights and responsibilities for the care and well-being of Aboriginal children.