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Quanuippitali?: The International Polar Year Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey: 2007-2008
Alternate Title
Canadian International Polar Year (IP) Inuit Health Survey
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
G. M. Egeland
Description
Summary of survey on health standing and living conditions of preschool Inuit children living in sixteen communities in Nunavut.
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey - 2008: Chapter 4: Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 21 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.
Quebec First Nations Regional Health Survey - 2008: Highlights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Description
Data collected between September 2008 and February 2010 in 32 communities. Most responses divided by age group; some by geographic zone.
"Update: February 7, 2013."
The Quest to Improve Aboriginal Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff Reading
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 174, no. 9, April 25, 2006, p. 1233
Description
Discusses the increased risk of diabetes and hypertension and these conditions put people at increased risk for ischemic heart disease.
Racism in Winnipeg
Alternate Title
About Canada: Poverty
In Their Own Voices: Building Urban Aboriginal Communities
Moving Forward, Giving Back: Transformative Aboriginal Adult Education
Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police
Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin: An Aboriginal Approach to Helping
Walking This Path Together: Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice
“Indians Wear Red”: Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Hart
Darlene Klyne
Joan Hay
Parvin Shorashi
Jim Silver ... [et al.]
Description
Excerpts from books previously published by the same publisher.
Rapid Review: What Factors May Help Protect Indigenous Peoples and Communities in Canada and Internationally from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impacts?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
Description
Produced to support public health decision makers' responses to the pandemic by identifying, appraising, and summarizing emerging evidence. Lists single studies, expert opinions and grey literature.
Current as of October, 2020.
Rapid Situation Analysis of the Education Sector's Response to HIV & AIDS in the Context of School Health and Nutrition in Guyana
Alternate Title
Rapid Situation Analysis of the Education Sector's Response to HIV and AIDS in the Context of School Health and Nutrition in Guyana
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Beasley
Claire Risley
Moohini Venkatesh
Dereck Springer
Sharlene Johnson
Description
Outlines key findings and recommendations from analysis conducted with stakeholders concerning school health nutrition (SHN) and HIV activities.
Rates of Delay and Probability Discounting of Northern Plains American Indians Discounting Indian and Majority Culture-Specific Outcomes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey N. Weatherly
J. Douglas McDonald
Adam Derenne
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 20, no. 3, 2013, pp. 23-41
Description
Study shows that American Indians were more risk averse with monetary outcomes than education outcomes.
Rates of Stillbirth by Gestational Age and Cause in Inuit and First Nations Populations in Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie Auger
Alison L. Park
Hamado Zoungrana
Nancy Gros-Louis McHugh
Zhong-Cheng Luo
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 185, no. 6, April 2, 2013, pp. e256-e262
Description
Results of a study shows that stillbirth rates in Aboriginal populations are higher than in the general population and offers evidence that health problems linked to obesity and smoking may be behind the gap.
Rationale, Design and Methodology for the Navajo Health and Nutrition Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda L. White
Howard I. Goldberg
Tim J. Gilbert
Carol Ballew
James M. Mendlein ... [et. al]
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 127, no. 10S, October 1997, pp. 2078S-2084S
Description
Discussion of survey conducted in 1991 and 1992 which gathered population-based health status information in order to understand prevalence of chronic disease.
Reasons for Medical Consultation among Members of the Indian Scientific Expeditions to Antarctica
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Abhijeet Bhatia
Pradip Malhotra
Ashok Kumar Agarwal
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 20175
Description
Brief article summarizes the health statistics of a group of 327 people in a scientific expedition in Antarctica.
Recent Dissertations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathon Erlen
Jay Toth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 738-743
Description
A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations, 2000-2005 alphabetical by author.
Recent Dissertations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathon Erlen
Jay Toth
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 27, no. 3/4, Special Issue: Urban American Indian Women's Activism, Summer - Autumn, 2003, pp. 862-867
Description
A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations 1997, & 2002-2003, alphabetical by author.
Reclaiming Native Health
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marjane Ambler
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 15, no. 2, Reclaiming Native Health, Winter, 2003
Description
Discussion of the health disparity among Aboriginal communities and American federal funding of health cases.
Recognising the Strength of Culture: Aboriginal Cultural Response for the Child and Family Health Service: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of South Australia
Description
"Paper aims to ensure that the Child and Family Health Service's future service delivery framework, as proposed in the 'Case for Change' discussion paper, optimises the outcomes for Aboriginal children and families along with the wider population."
Recommendations of Dietitians of Canada for Nutrition North Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dietitians of Canada
Description
Makes general and specific recommendations about the Federal program, as well as broader issues related to health, nutritional status and household food insecurity of people living in isolated northern communities.
Reconceiving Notions of Aboriginal Identity
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research Series (Institute on Governance)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carrie Bourassa
Ian Peach
Description
Discusses how colonization and construction of identities have affected the health and well-being of Aboriginal people.
Reconciliation in Aboriginal Child Welfare and Child Health
Alternate Title
Child & Youth Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Fact sheet looks at influences on health outcomes for Aboriginal children and youth and improved child welfare.
Reconciliation, Social Equity and Indigenous Health
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra J Eades
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 3-4
Description
Reports on a whole range of health and societal yardsticks that influence health inequities for Indigenous Australians.
Reconciliation: The Children's Version
Alternate Title
Think Indigenous Education Conference ; 2016
Think Indigenous [2016]: Saskatoon, SK, Treaty 6 Territory
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Speaker talks about need for continued advocacy for First Nations children's right to the same level of services as other Canadian children and the human rights complaint against the Federal government.
Duration: 55:04.