Assessed disability type and incidence, limitations, employment and concerns and barriers.
Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference, Symposium on Special Education and Rehabilitation, 2009.
Community Readiness Model for HIV/AIDS Prevention (Revised Edition)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Plested
Pamela Jumper-Thurman
Ruth W. Edwards
Description
Discusses an assessment model that creates effective, culturally appropriate, and community specific strategies to address HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention.
Descriptive analysis provides several important findings centered on risky life style factors, work in sex trade, addictions, homelessness, and elapsed time before disappearance was reported.
Journal of Forest Economics, vol. 13, no. 1, May 15, 2007, pp. 49-71
Description
Findings did not reflect a statistical difference between Native Americans and Montana's general population initially, but in-depth interviews later revealed variations.
Behavioral Health Risks for American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Serafini
Dennis M. Donovan
Dennis C. Wendt
Brandon Matsumiya
Carolyn A. McCarty
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-17
Description
Study found that Indigenous youth suffered from more depressive symptoms, discrimination, and generalized anxiety, and were more likely to have initiated substance abuse than the rest of the cohort.
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-8
Description
An analysis of four primary sources published by William Johnson, Superintendent of Northern Indian Affairs, British General Charles Lee, University of Pennsylvania Provost William Smith, and plantation owner and British soldier Peter Williamson.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Studies barriers to implementing the Zimbabwean language education policy in primary school grades and the perception of socio-economic benefits that come with the English language.
Examines the labour market challenges confronting Aboriginal people and attempts to identify strategies that will improve Aboriginal labour market outcomes.
Passion for Action in Child and Family Services: Voices From the Prairies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jim Silver
Description
Looks at ways to move towards the goal of eliminating spatially concentrated racialized poverty in Prairie cities.
Chapter 11 from Passion for Action in Child and Family Services: Voices From the Prairies edited by S. McKay, D. Fuchs, I. Brown.
Journal of Alternative Spiritualities and New Age Studies, vol. 3, 2007, pp. 97-117
Description
"This paper explores the role of North American Indian Agency in western alternative spiritual practice with a focus on the UK pow-wow scene and an emphasis upon complicating spiritual appropriation discourse."
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Proposed construction of a 100 kilometer all-weather road from Highway 905 in northern Saskatchewan to the settlement of Wollaston Lake and the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation community.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 4-9
Description
Describes the various conditions that affect Aborigines and non-Aborigines and recommends methods for health care workers to reduce unease and improve treatment outcomes.