International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study found that international research on climate sensitive infectious disease and zoonotic infections is impeded by incompatible reporting systems and differences in regulation; advises international standardization.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, January 14, 2019
Description
Article presents findings of a research conducted in collaboration with Pinaymootang First Nation between 2015 and 2017; researchers use formal and informal interviews to detail the barriers and subsequent impacts faced by First Nation children with special needs and their caregivers in seeking healthcare services.
Describes six recommendations made by the National Aboriginal Health Organization regarding end-of-life and palliative care services for Aboriginal peoples and their families.
Pediatrics, vol. 109, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 627-641
Description
Retrospective cohort study of geographic variation rates in infant mortality, low birth weight, prenatal care, and the availability of maternal-child health care found considerable variation.
Disparities in Social Determinants of Health Outcomes and Behaviors between Older Adults in Alaska and the Contiguous US: Evidence from a National Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven A. Cohen
Ana X. Talamas
Natalie J. Sabik
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study uses data from 165 295 respondents from the 2016 Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System to assess how sociodemographic factors affect healthy ageing in Alaskan older adults. Findings suggest some significant differences between Alaska the continental U.S. exist and that programs designed to reduce disparities and promote healthy behaviours should be tailored to fit the target population.
Guerrilla art display was placed on various streets in Calgary with the hope of evoking empathy and a sense of urgency in society to intervene with this injustice. Artists filmed the public's reactions.
Duration: 4:55.
Suggests that wild fruits are an important component of Gwich’in diets and are an important component of their traditional land use.
DRAFT REPORT - Please do not Cite or Quote!
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 2, December 5, 2019, pp. 1-22
Description
Article discusses the different ways that Something Inside is Broken brings attention decolonization and how the language and music in the piece are both made to serve this purpose.
International Journal of Equity in Health, vol. 16, 2017, p. article 52
Description
Search of fourteen electronic databases for reviews about Aboriginal and Torres Islanders' health yielded 55 journal articles and 21 Australian Government commissioned evidence review reports.
Borderlands E-Journal: New Spaces in the Humanities, vol. 1, no. 2, 2002, p. [?]
Description
Examines significant court decisions from an Aboriginal perspective to illustrate the problems facing First Nations when dealing with the Canadian judicial system's inherent legal colonialism.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 43-76
Description
Uses historical resources (oral histories, interviews, and archival materials) and contemporary popular culture to describe and discuss the elaborate Diné clan systems and extended kinship relationships and networks.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 115-122
Description
Uses the ideology of manifest destiny to connect the policies and political practices of Donald Trump, Andrew Jackson, and Adolf Hitler; focuses on the removal of one people or race to make living space for another.