Cancer

Findings indicated that Sami people have a greater rate of participation in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in spite of a lower risk of breast cancer.

Looks at challenges for a health care center to get services to eligible women and address non-financial barriers such as language, transportation and gender issues.

Study of 288 patients examines outcomes for patients with a mPC diagnosis and compares those outcomes based on income and the distance the patient lives from the oncology department. Results showed no statistically significant disparities.

Report from the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia shows that Indigenous cancer rates are rising while the overall Australian rate is falling.

Research shows how collaborative community-based consultation and study research helped sustain an increase in women accessing screening a year after the study.

Results suggest that the burden of cancer among the AIAN population is considerably higher than was previously understood.

The author discusses the role that humour plays in recovering from loss and from tragedy; considers their own participation in the Dakota Commemorative March in the context of their own healing.

Looks at cancer control practices and models of care based on environmental scans from 2012.

Embase, Medline, iPortal, Proquest Theses and Dissertations databases, Google Scholar and Google were searched. Of the 571 records found, 77 were included. Concluded that research was not systematic and Métis-specific data inadequate.

Fact sheet summarizes data from the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) on Métis women and disease prevalence, treatment, screening behaviours, and preventive measures.

Nutritional Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1995.

Examines cancer mortality rates in Territory of Guam and gaps in services that Indigenous patients face.

Findings indicate that Aboriginal women are less likely to participate in Papanicolaou (Pap) test screening programs.

Cause of death studies show that First Nations people are undergoing epidemiological and demographic transitions, different from French and British population who have higher risks of cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

Looks at patterns of mortality and shows the leading cause of infant death was prematurity and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Looks at a program developed to address the prevention needs of American Indian women with breast cancer.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women share their experiences of breast cancer including diagnosis and treatment. Duration: 13:38.

Evaluates the commonalities of 47 people who were given a 10% or less chance of survival beyond five years and sought out traditional healers for help with cancer.

Looks at the need for donors to match patients with challenging immune types including First Nations, Inuit or Métis people.

Provides a brief review of cancer survival data for men and women, information on survivor groups and resources, and some examples of how cancer is perceived by some Native Americans.

Explains challenges Native American cancer patients experience throughout the continuum of cancer care.

Comments on physicians who serve a medically underserved area/population.

Looks at the problem of cancer in Native American communities and provides information on what works for prevention and control.

Summarizes workshop sessions and addresses the next challenge in mental health, nutrition, cancer and men's health at the New Directions in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Education workshop held in Brisbane, October 22-23, 1992.

Promotes the release of a video from the Cancer Council of the Northern Territory, Australia promoting healthy lifestyles in a informal manner.

Review of published literature to: summarize relationship between diet and cancer, summarize what is known about historical and current diet, and consider correlation between nutrition and risk of cancer.

Discusses the diseases that are a result of obesity in the Inuit, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Concludes that there are elevated rates of pancreaticobiliary cancers in Alaska Natives. Possible risk factors that are modifiable are tobacco use and obesity.

Website provides links to services, campaigns/initiatives, employment, publications, and research to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 1999.

Allied Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2009.

Study of the high rate of cervical cancer among Inuit women of northern Canada.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2002.

Health survey of Kahnawá:ke, Quebec conducted in 2015.

Bibliography contains over 500 entries on health issues indexed by topic, author, ethnic and language group, or place name.

Statistics from various sources gathered to assist tribes in developing public health programs and priorities.

Researchers partnered with Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI), an Ottawa cultural service agency, to study key indicators of health. Found health services poorly rated, multiple barriers to access, elevated rates of emergency room access, and high rates of poverty, unemployment, household crowding and food insecurity.

Describes, discusses and evaluates the Native Women Enjoying the Benefits (WEB) program which is designed to increase participation in screening procedures.

Reports on the awarding of the Queensland (Australia) Health Outstanding Achievement Award to Maureen Kirk, Project Officer, Women's Cancer Screening Services, Public Health Services in Brisbane, Australia.

Discusses ways to improve diagnosis and compares death rates with women in the white population by reducing racial misclassification in cancer data mortality rates.

Describes how a remote community set up a screening process.

Identifies barriers to follow up consultation when abnormal results are found.

Used data from Federal Indian Register, Manitoba Health Population Registry, CervixCheck registry, Manitoba Cancer Registry, and Medical Claims Hospital Abstracts databases. Concluded screening for women had to be increased due higher cancer incidence.

Update to 2001. Discusses determinants of health, pregnancy, infants and children, diseases and injuries, physical environment and health services. Related material: The Health and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia (First Report).

Looks at the need for peer navigators to help patients with special language needs such as First Nations patients.

Findings provide a baseline for developing disease specific prevention and intervention strategies.

Suggests that the world will never be breast cancer free but that fewer people will die from the disease. Article located by scrolling to page 27.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oregon State University, 2010.

Study uses focus groups and interviews to assess habits, barriers, and preferences for delivery, type, and desired element in existing programs.