Cardiovascular Disease

Discusses cluster of chronic illness including, diabetes, renal failure, hypertension, stroke and heart disease.

Reviews articles on diabetes, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.

Discusses the cultural and historical trauma of colonization and the impacts on health outcomes.

Narrative review draws on international literature and Canadian research and practice. Concludes that community-based action combined with structural changes and supportive policies are needed to facilitate healthy living and chronic disease prevention.

Examines the long term effects of risk factors that are prevalent during gestation, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adult life on developmental health and later disease risk.

Overview of tobacco use including history, factors of use, and factors of permanent cessation or continued use.

Used two statewide surveys and two large epidemiologic studies to compare rates of prevalence with other racial/ethnic groups.

Examines consumption patterns in Aboriginal communities and the benefits and challenges of supporting traditional diets. Updated version.

Looks at the factors contributing to high prevalence of diabetes in Native Americans and comments on the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) Diabetes Prevention Program.

Brief discussion of diseases prevalent in the American Aboriginal population and on culturally appropriate communication methods when dealing with elderly patients.

Looks at quality of treatment for myocardial infarction in northern Norway between 2012-2014/15.

Examines heart disease and common risk factors that are in or near federally recognized tribal lands.

Study aims to determine if First Nations people with diabetes have experienced the same decrease in cardiac disease as other people in Ontario. Findings indicate that the incidence of cardiac events has declined among First Nations people with diabetes, but remains higher than other people with diabetes in Ontario.

Extensive resource providing links to jobs and scholarships, nationwide programs and initiatives, medical and professional programs, and resources for IHS management.

Evaluates racial coding on death certificates and the effects of coding errors on estimation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality.

Looks at diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease and holistic approaches to prevention.

Reports on the health disparities between urban First Nations individuals and the general population.

Summarizes trends in diabetes services and clinical outcomes among American Indian/Alaska Native patients at participating Urban Indian Health Institutes.

Describes the events arising at the Aboriginal Health Forum which led to the creation of a Coordinator of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heart Care Project in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

Study revealed that combined statistical evidence allowed for more precise intervention programs to be developed by geographical region.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalla Lana School of Public Heath, University of Toronto, 2009.

Findings indicated that most individuals had very high plasma concentrations, which provides heart disease protection.

Comments on a combined exercise and healthy eating program aimed at reducing the prevalence of chronic disease.

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

Statistics on health status, chronic conditions, education, crowding in homes, and language. Information from the 2002 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.

Paper explores the dynamics and manifestations of health literacy in Aotearoa with particular attention on what it means for Māori with chronic conditions.

Thematic analysis of survey responses and qualitative/focus group data collected over five years in six Indigenous communities during evaluation of the clinical trial DREAM-GLOBAL (Diagnosing Hypertension-Engaging Action and Management in Getting Lower Blood Pressure in Indigenous Peoples and Low- and Middle- Income Countries).

Book review of: A World You Do Not Know by Colin Samson.

Focused on the disproportionate number of Aboriginal youth in Saskatchewan and the health, legal and education choices facing them.