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Student Performance Data and Research Tools to Ensure Aboriginal Student Success

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Heather Morin

Overview of accountability measures that have aided in student success.

Chapter ten from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which is also vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

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Student-to-Student Abuse in Indian Residential Schools

Alternate Title
The Long-term Effects of Indian Residential Schools: Exploring the Contribution of Student-to-Student Abuse
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Amy Bombay
Annual meeting of Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research (NAMHR) held in Montreal, Quebec, June 13, 2014. Discusses results from qualitative study about peer abuse verses staff abuse. Scroll down to access video. Duration: 20:04.
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A Study Comparing Aboriginal Two Spirit Men Who Utilize AIDS Service Organizations Compared to Those Who Do Not: A Research Study Conducted by Two-Spirited People of the 1st Nations: September 2004--August 2005

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Art Zoccole
Ted Myers
In addition to usage statistics gathered from individuals in four geographic areas, study incorporated factors such as age, sexuality, education, and other demographic characteristics.
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A Study of Education in Context

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Richard Atleo
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991, pp. 104-123
Summarizes a study of aboriginal educational achievements and factors affecting those achievements.
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A Study of Factors Affecting Suicide in Aboriginal and 'Other' Populations in the Top End of the Northern Territory Through an Audit of Coronial Records

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Parker
David I. Ben-Tovim
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 36, no. 3, June 2002, pp. 404-410
Study discusses differences in suicide methods and high levels of untreated mental illness and substance abuse among many of the individuals who had taken their own lives.
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Study on the Fort Apache: Perceptions of an Educational Environment

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerry E. Hutchison
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 19, no. 1, October 1979, pp. [12-18]
Study explores the difference in feelings among a large number of parents, children and teachers regarding the school environment in the White Mountain Apache community.
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Study: Violent Victimization of Aboriginal Women

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
One of the unique aspects of the General Social Survey is that it captures information on whether crimes are reported to police. In this survey three-quarters (76%) of violent incidents involving Aboriginal women, incidents that were committed by someone other than a spouse or common-law partner, were not reported to the police.
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Subject Resources For Aboriginal Health & Healing

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Health & Healing
UBC Library Subject Resources For Aboriginal Health & Healing
Web Sites » Organizations
Website contains links to article indexes, associations/societies, web and internet sites, statistics, electronic journals and more.
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Substance Use Patterns of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Women Offenders

Alternate Title
Research in Brief (Correctional Service Canada) ; RIB-19-08
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Correctional Service Canada
Research in Brief (Correctional Service Canada)
Uses statistics from the Women’s Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (W-CASA) with a sample of 908 federally sentenced women for the period between November 2016 and January 2019.
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Substance Use, Treatment Admissions, and Recovery Trends in Diverse Washington State Tribal Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra M. Radin
Caleb J. Banta-Green
Lisa R. Thomas
Stephen H. Kutz
Dennis M. Donovan
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, vol. 38, no. 5, September 2012, pp. 511-517
Reports prescription drugs, alcohol, and marijuana are main concerns in communities and access to resources, services and interventions are tied to the wellness/health of the community.
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Substantiating Neglect of First Nations and Non-Aboriginal Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vandna Sinha
Stephen Ellenbogen
Nico Trocme
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 35, no. 12, December 2013, pp. 2080-2090
Uses data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect in 2008 to examine links between confirmation differences in worker assessments, and child, household and caregiver attributes.
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Success in the City: Examining Aboriginal Youth Moving From Rural to Urban Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vancouver Native Health Society
Study undertaken to assess the reasons for the poor transition and make suggestions to mitigate the situation. The study consisted of information gathered through a literature review, use of focus groups, community forums and questionnaires given to relevant members of the community and service providers.
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Successes and Challenges in Higher Education Transitions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tiffany S. Lee
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007, pp. 30-35
Findings of a three-year study of science students who had transfered to larger institutions to complete their degrees found three predictors of success: academic readiness, financial security and support systems.
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Successful Aging through the Eyes of Alaska Natives: Exploring Generational Differences Among Alaska Natives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jordan P. Lewis
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, vol. 25, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 385-396
Examines the concept of successful aging from an Alaska Native perspective that is designated when an individual has demonstrated wisdom because of the experiences he or she has gained throughout life.
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Successful Development in Aboriginal Communities: Does It Depend Upon a Particular Process?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Chataway
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Summer, 2002, pp. 76-88
Article spotlights the process of structural change, suggesting that social capital is key to long term economic success. [One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
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Suicidal Ideation among Métis Adult Men and Women - Associated Risk and Protective Factors: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mohan B. Kumar
Melissa Walls
Teresa Janz
Peter Hutchinson
Tara Turner
Catherine Graham
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18829
Higher rates of ideas of suicide among Métis women compared with Métis men points to the logic in gender responsive programming.
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Suicide Among Indigenous Sami in Arctic Norway, 1970-1998

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. Silviken
T. Haldorsen
S. Kvernmo
European Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 21, no. 9, September 2006, pp. 707-713
Investigates the suicide mortality between subgroups according to age, gender, cultural context, and traditional Sami core management.
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"Suicide (Echo) Clusters": Are They Socially Determined, the Result of a Pre-Existing Vulnerability in Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory and How Can We Contain Cluster Suicides?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leonore Hanssens
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, January/February 2011, pp. 14-19
Identifies Indigenous people as being a high risk group for suicide due to socio-economic factors and geographic remoteness.
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Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempt Among American Indian and Alaska Native Boarding School Adolescents

Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No. 4, pp. 167-188]
Calling From the Rim: Suicidal Behavior Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 4
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman G. Dinges
Quang Duong-Tran
Looks at the uses of baseline data obtained from school-based screening surveys.
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Suicide in Alaska From 1978 to 1985: Updated Data From State Files

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norma Forbes
Vincent Van Der Hyde
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 1, no. 3, March 1988, pp. 36-55
Looks at finding causes of increased suicide rates in youth and the importance of keeping quality, useful data.
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Suicide in Inuit Nunaat: An Analysis of Suicide Rates and the Effect of Community-Level Factors

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Penney
Sacha Senécal
Eric Guimond
Ellen Bobet
Sharanjit Uppal
Looks at the results of a study which indicate that some of the relationships between suicide risk and explanatory variables are more complex then they appear. "Position paper for the 5th NRF open Assembly, September 24th-27th 2008", Anchorage, Alaska.
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Suicide in the Northwest Territories: A Descriptive Review

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandy Isaacs
Susan Keogh
Cathy Menard
Jamie Hockin
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 19, no. 4, 1998, pp. 152-156
Analyzes data from three five-year time periods between 1982 and 1996, and coroner's records 1994 and 1996. Scroll to p. 152.
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Suicides in the Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Populations in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwestern Russia, and Associated Socio-Demographic Characteristics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yury A. Sumarokov
Tormod Brenn
Alexander V. Kudryavtsev
Odd Nilssen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 24308
Statistics reveal suicide rates were higher among the indigenous population than the non-indigenous population.
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Summary Findings from Tracks Survey Implemented by First Nations in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, 2018-2020

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Lydon-Hassen
Leigh Jonah
Lisa Mayotte
Ashley Hrabowy
Bonny Graham ... [et al.]
Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 48, no. 4, April 6, 2022, pp. 146-156

Survey assess the burden of HIV, hepatitis C and associated risks. Information is collected on social determinants of health, use of prevention services, substance use, sexual behaviours and care for the two diseases.

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Summary of Indigenous Health: Cardiovascular Disease

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellie Kirov
Neil Thomson
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, July/August 2005, pp. 4-5
Article in a series provides an update of statistical information which has been re-analyzed to deliver better comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
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