Health & Well-Being

Looks at health disparities and social determinants of health and provides recommendations for change.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1998.

Looked at the communities of Millbrook First Nation (Nova Scotia), Miawpukek Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi Conne River First Nation (Newfoundland and Labrador), and Tobique Mailiseet Nation (New Brunswick).

Discusses the health & socio-economic factors effecting the well-being of the Indigenous people of Hawaii.

Discusses recommendations on issues of human rights protections, healing, remote education, and health equality.

Looked at peer-reviewed evidence of effectiveness with respect to health promotion in the areas of smoking cessation, sexual health, and otitis media globally, well as uses of the technology specific to Australia. The seventeen intervention studies and seven systematic reviews which met inclusion criteria showed limited evidence of benefit from the interventions.

Reports on the relationship of these networks and their support in relation to improved outcomes.

Looks at the relationship between health and social support and its potential for affecting health in a negative way.

File contains a document relating to funding difficulties for a 1947 survey of the nutrition and health of indigenous people on the James Bay Reserve.

Discusses a theoretical model that looks at the correlation between human health and engagement in social groups.

Based on data obtained through interviews with Dutch companies and representatives of local communities.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2014.

Study based on information gathered from Oglala Lakota Souix participants from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota found two personal themes and three environmental emerged with regard to tissue donation.

Looks at the unregulated solid waste management practices in Saskatchewan and findings of dioxins, furans and other persistent chemical pollutants on Native lands.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (MNRM)--University of Manitoba, 2016.

Development of the Navaho Health Education Project.

Presents data comparing living conditions of the Chukotka Comments to other aboriginal people in other countries.

Describes five websites where pertinent information can be found.

[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2017.

Geography Thesis (M.E.S.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 1997.

Public Administration Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Describes the formation and membership of the committee, intended to help improve programming in Pangnirtung, NU.

Brief, introductory article chronicles the history of the Congress dating back to the first conference in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1967.

"The articles in this issue, together, tell a story of Indigenous peoples embracing their rights and engaging with non-Aboriginal peoples to uphold those rights."

Assesses the effects of outreach clinics on access, referral patterns, and care outcomes in remote communities in Australia.

Review process revealed that speech language pathology services are being utilized more effectively as the referral sources become more familiar with the program.

Examines several stages of the reconciliation process including spirituality as a component of general well being.

Provides an exposure scenario that may help improve the risk assessment of tribal communities whom practice a traditional subsistence lifestyle and diet.

Collection of urinary samples revealed that light reaching the eyes via the snow or other reflecting surfaces appeared to be the most effective.

General discussion of the establishment and operations of schools and student life, followed by in-depth look at St. Anne's and 41 pages of photographs of students.

Looks at the changes in dog and parasite demographics following veterinary public health interventions in rural communities.

Discusses the high incidence of smoking in the First Nations community and why the problem needs to be addressed.

Discusses how these four terms have focused the overall race and colonialism theme in historical research.

Book review of: State Healthcare and Yanomami Transformations by Jose Antonio Kelly.

Identifies gaps in public health knowledge and emerging priorities and initiatives needed to improve Aboriginal health.

Includes both peer-reviewed and grey literature from eight scientific databases, government agencies, organizations, universities, and research centres.

Presents information about the First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network and discusses issues such as: food security, water quality, indoor air quality, and knowledge transfer and exchange.

Four themes provided framework for analysis and context for findings: preparing for large-scale resource development, increasing community sustainability, strengthening resilience, and understanding environmental change.