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Health Profile Nunavut: Information to 2014

Alternate Title
Technical Report (Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Nunavut) ; March, 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health
Nunavut
Provides information on indicators of health status and determinants of health from published sources.
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Health Promotion and Lifestyle Shoalhaven, South Coast NSW

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joanne Buckskin
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 32-33
Discusses the aim of the project which was to connect Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with narrative exchanges regarding health and well-being.
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Health-Related Quality of Life in Indigenous Sami Schoolchildren in Sweden

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lotta Omma
Solveig Petersen
Acta Paediatrica, vol. 104, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 75-83
Study covering grades 6-12 found lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for Sami than Swedish children. A high degree of ethnicity-related negative treatment may partially explain the lower HRQOL.
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Health Research and Indigenous Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Cunningham
Jeff Reading
Sandra Eades
BMJ, vol. 327, no. 7412, August 23, 2003, pp. 445-447
Looks at the research initiatives which resulted from a 2002 tripartite memorandum of understanding between Canada, New Zealand and Australia dealing with Indigenous health.
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Health Research in Greenland: Start With the Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gert Mulvad
Henning Sloth Pedersen D
Jørn Olsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 153-155
Paper gives a starting point, from the ground up, on how to establish a competent and efficient public health system.
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Health Services Development in an Aboriginal Community: The Case of Peguis First Nation

Alternate Title
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Benita Cohen
Discusses the community's experience with controlling health care delivery beginning with administration of its health centre in 1980 and during the three-year period after signing a health transfer agreement with the federal government.
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Health Services Use of Manitoba First Nations Peoples: Is It Related to Underlying Need

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia J. Martens
Doreen Sanderson
Laurel Jebamani
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January-February 2005, pp. S39-S44
Compares the health status and services use of First Nations to all other Manitobans.
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Health Status of Native People Living in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tatiana Burtseva
Tatiana Uvarova
Maya Savvina
Viktor Shadrin
Sergei Avrusin
Vyacheslav Chasnyk
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21166
Findings from the study on over 1,000 people revealed that disease prevalence among Natives living in the Republic is very high compared to the overall population. Further study is needed.
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Health Status Report: 2010-2015 [Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority]

Alternate Title
Health Status Report : 2010-2015: Communicable Diseases
Health Status Report : 2010-2015: Community Well Being
Health Status Report : 2010-2015: Immunization
Health Status Report : 2010-2015: Organizational Profile and Geography
Health Status Report : 2010-2015: Population Profile
Health Status Report : 2010-2015: Vital Statistics
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority
Population Profile. Vital Statistics. Community Well Being. Communicable Diseases.
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Health Survey Will Address Needs of Métis People in Saskatchewan

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andréa Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 2, February 2009, p. 3
Looks at the importance of Métis people participating in a survey to collect data which will be used to improve health care for those in need in a timely fashion. Article located by scrolling to page 3.
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Health Thesis Wins Praise

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, May/June 2004, p. 9
Brief article celebrates the graduation of one of Western Australia's first Aboriginal PhD students, Shane Houston.
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Health, Time and Doing Time: Potential Impacts of the Safe Streets and Communities Act (Former Bill C-10) on the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal People in BC

Alternate Title
Office of the Provincial Health Officer Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P.R.W. Kendall

Looks at the interrelationships between social determinants of health, risk and protection factors and the multi-generational impact of residential school experiences and argues that the Bill will worsen the over-representation of Aboriginal peoples in the correctional facilities. Concludes with nine recommendations which focus on relationships, crime prevention and diversion, and monitoring and evaluation.

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Health Worker Education in S.A.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Buckskin
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, March 1987, pp. 20-28
Program developed for health and alcohol workers in southern Australia to help form separate specialized work units. Core units include personal development, administration, community development and Aboriginal politics.
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Healthcare Needs of North Dakota American Indian Veterans

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Twyla Baker-Demaray
Leander McDonald
Richard Ludtke
Research involved administering the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) to 254 veterans from three tribes. Data was collected with respect to demographics, health status, behavioral risk factors, preventive care, access and use of services, and funding from Veteran's Administration and Indian Health Care Service.
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Healthy Aboriginal Child Development and Health Promotion/Chronic Disease Prevention: Prospects for Integration and Intersectoral Coordination

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Moselle
Jessica Ball
Focuses on how Healthy Child Development programs can be integrated with health promotion in entire communities. Companion document: Contributions of Culture and Language in Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities to Children’s Health Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Research.
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Hemispheric Dominance of Native American Indian Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Stellern
Jim Collins
Bob Gutierrez
Elaine Patterson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 2, January 1986, pp. [8-17]
Study finds that Aboriginal students are left hemisphere dominant, not right that had been assumed.
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The US Government’s Use of the Choctaw Nation as an Environmental Toxics Dumping Ground

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Lambert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 97-112
The author, a member of the Choctaw Nation, investigates the need for more in-depth scientific study of the McAlester Army Ammunitions Plant's contamination on the soil, water and air of the neighbouring Choctaw homeland.
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High-Dose Narrative

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Sinclair
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 164, no. 7, April 3, 2001, pp. 1026-1027
Reviews "Hygieia: Literature and Medicine" a special issue of Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature (vol. 33, no. 4), which views the "study of medicine as reflected in literature."
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High Prevalence of Lactase Non-Persistence Among Indigenous Nomadic Nenets, North-West Russia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yulia Khabarova
Valentina Grigoryeva
Sari Tuomisto
Pekka J. Karhunen
Kari Mattila
Mauri Isokoski
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 17898
Findings indicate individuals with four Nenet grandparents had a 90% probability of having adult-type hypolactsia while those with only one Nenet grandparent had only a 28% chance.
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[High School Program Aims Aboriginal Kids at Health Care Field]

Alternate Title
Trailbreakers ; Episode 300076098
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Don Kelly
Rina Bright
Discusses a unique course of study offered at the Children of the Earth School in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Medical Careers Exploration Program gives students "hands-on" experience in various aspects of medical field. Duration: 27:29.
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Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on

Aboriginal Peoples: People to People, Nation to Nation

Alternate Title
Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples : People to People, Nation to Nation: Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Introduction to some of the main themes and conclusions in the final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
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Historical Consciousness Among Two American Indian Tribes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori L. Jervis
Janette Beals
Calvin D. Croy
Suzell A. Klein
Spero M. Manson
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 526-549
Examines how important historical events are seen to impact contemporary lives of Aboriginal people from the Northern Plains and the Southwest cultures.
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Historical Records and Relics From the North Greenland Coast

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter R. Dawes
Arctic, vol. 20, no. 3, September 1967, pp. 203-212
Looks at the United States North Polar Expedition in 1871-72, British Arctic Expedition 1875-76, United States Lady Franklin Bay Expedition 1881-84, Danish 2nd Thule Expedition 1917-18, and Danish Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition 1920-23 to Robeson Channel.
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