Statistics Canada International Symposium Series. Proceedings
Symposium 2004: Innovative Methods for Surveying Difficult-to-reach Populations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacelyn Macedo
Lorene Reano
Janis Weber
Alyssa Easton
Description
Case study describes development and pilot of the first American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Tobacco Survey.
Paper from Symposium 2004: Innovative Methods for Surveying Difficult-to-reach Populations.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #10 looks at knowledge of HIV/AIDS using the AIDS Knowledge Scale.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #5 looks at definition of invisible from perspective of service providers and from youth perspective.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Table of contents for Phase I, Fact Sheets 1-11, Phase II, Fact Sheets 1-5 and Executive summaries.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal was to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet # 11 includes comments from five female elders and two male elders, all married with children.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #4 provides participants' use of health care services.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #5 details the participants' composition.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact Sheet #7 comments on environmental, professional and access barriers.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #8 reveals that focus group participants felt that issues of convenience, safety, trust and "feeling comfortable" were most important.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #9 describes a vision which includes accessible services, comprehensive education and holistic care.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #2 compares sexual health knowledge between participant groups as well as between males and females.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #3 compares behaviours between the participant groups and compares males and females.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #4 provides participants' use of health care services.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #5 details the participants' composition.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth compared Aboriginal high school students (241) and First Nations youth (164). Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth compared Aboriginal high school students (241) and First Nations youth (164). Goal was to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #3 compares behaviours between the participant groups.
Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth compared Aboriginal high school students (241) and First Nations youth (164). Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.
Fact sheet #4 provides participants' use of health care services.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Land Rights: A Key Issue, 2004, pp. 26-29
Description
Looks at recently created co-managed regulatory boards in three northern Canadian territories: Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.
To access this article, scroll down to page 26.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, vol. 3, no. 3, 2004, pp. 129-137
Description
Describes the approach the program takes to ensure that students graduate with the necessary skills, attitudes, knowledge and values to be effective professionals.
Links to text and audio recordings of five legends: Coyote and Grizzly Bear Make the Seasons and Night and Day, Wolf and Wolverine, Story of Hunger (Famine), Wala and the Moon and Coyote and the Salmon.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 1, Sovereignty in Indian Country, Fall, 2004
Description
Discussion of the Summer 2004 Chips Quinn Scholars program and the students who were chosen to work in internships program at daily newspapers across the United States.
Examines activities, inner workings and results of the Bridges and Foundations Project on Urban Aboriginal Housing and the Community University Research Alliances (CURA).