Health and Support Service Utilization Patterns of American Indians and Alaska Natives Diagnosed with HIV / AIDS
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jill J. Ashman
David Pérez-Jiménez
Katherine Marconi
AIDS Education and Prevention, vol. 16, no. 3, June 2004, pp. 238-249
Description
Examines the types of health and support services provided by Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act and compares this with the characteristics and service utilization patterns other ethnic groups receive.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 32-33
Description
Discusses the aim of the project which was to connect Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with narrative exchanges regarding health and well-being.
Journal of Homosexuality, vol. 46, no. 1/2, March 2004, pp. 137-157
Description
Argues that this population group is at greater risk of poorer health than heterosexual adolescents and is in need of targeted health and social services.
Assesses community-based program, which provides prenatal and postnatal support to high-risk women, by examining similar programs and relevant literature.
Northwest Territories Research Project Report for Territorial Stakeholders: Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Report for Territorial Stakeholders
Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Heather Fikowski
Description
Study focused on identifying the needs of women, gaps and associated challenges in service provision, and strategies for developing non-violent communities. It took place over the course of five years and involved individual interviews and focus groups with RCMP, community health nurses, shelter and victim services workers, counsellors and social workers.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 135-138
Description
Counselling approaches structured to resemble both Inuit ideals of constructive assistance and Western counselling methods proved to be the most effective.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 2, Series 2 , Summer, 1991, pp. 8-21
Description
Discusses the differences between Native and mainstream texts, and how teachers and scholars should place Indian literatures at the center of the canon.
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Looks at three Native American students attenting Ivy League universities in the 1990's, and discusses the perceived place of Native Americans in higher education and U.S. society.