Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 186, no. 10, May 21, 2007, pp. 539-540
Description
Brief description of initiatives such as Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative, Aboriginal Health Task Group, and the Role Model Program of the National Aboriginal Health Organization, which are intended to increase the number of Aboriginal physicians in Canada.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2007, pp. 465-490
Description
Article discusses the Carnegie English literacy program, the figures involved, its assimilative goals, and the way that the project interacted with the socio-political climate of the time.
Looks at a transfer of jurisdiction and authorities to territorial or Indigenous self governments, from the federal government, and the importance of both power and revenue sharing among governments for promoting sustainable economic development.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 12-15
Description
Reports on the threat of diabetes to First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in all age groups. Recommends action be taken by NGOs, government, Indigenous organizations and families.
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Canadian Journal of Diabetes, vol. 31, no. 3, September 2007, pp. 223-232
Description
Comments on the prevalence of diabetes and adverse outcome of amputation among First Nations populations and discusses the ecologic associations with geography, income, and access to healthcare.
Summarizes, that along with other Canadian provinces, Alberta observes rates of diabetes mellitus incidence among First Nations people to be twice as high as non-First Nations people and treatment and prevention efforts should be directed at younger age groups and women.
Chapter nine of: Alberta Diabetes Atlas 2007.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 7, April 4, 2000, p. 969
Description
Argues that prevalence of diabetes is due to diet rather than socioeconomic or genetic factors. Response to letter by John Anderson published in vol. 162, no.1.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 115, no. 10, October 2007, pp. 1442-1447
Description
Investigates association between diabetes and serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in the adult Mohawk population.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, March 1986, pp. 39-40
Description
Article provides lyrics to, "The Diabetic Song" which is a theme song for a local video distributed to the Yarrabah community in Queensland, Australia.
Canadian Geographer, vol. 44, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 114-134
Description
Paper argues that in five decades hunting and gathering has diminished but economic development policies and funding have failed to develop a viable wage economy.
First phase of an archival project providing biographies of people whose death occurred between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 & 2, 2007, pp. 18-46
Description
Discussion on the domestic relationships of Aboriginal women and non-Aboriginal men who worked in the sealing industry. The article also discusses how the women were able to maintain traditional activities and practices, and how the teaching of native languages ensured the cultural and physical survival of the Aboriginal community.
Study used a sample of 434,972 adults fifty or older and evaluated data from the 2003-2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, then compared results to those for the general population.
Teaching Education, vol. 18, no. 4, December 2007, pp. 329-342
Description
Looks at a method for initiating a critical pedagogy of remembrance and that allows teachers to attend to and learn from the biography of their relationship with Aboriginal people.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 24-43
Description
Focuses on disseminating research findings to communities in a manner that is culturally appropriate and useful, and also looks at maintaining a good relationship between the Alaska communities and the Center for Alaska Native Heath Research.