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An Evaluation of the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide Conference 2006

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl L. Currie
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Nancy Gibson
Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 145-178
Description
Condensed version of the report on the Fifth Healing Our Spirits Worldwide (HOSW) conference on Aboriginal health and healing, held in Edmonton in 2006.
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Evaluation of the Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Safety Courses among a sample of Indigenous Services Canada nurses

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Rand
Amanda J. Sheppard
Sehar Jamal
Alethea Kewayosh
Angela Mashford-Pringle
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 29-41
Description
Study uses a survey and a focus group to assess the effectiveness of the Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Safety (IRCS) courses mandated for Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) nurses; and the online, modulated format for its delivery.
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Evaluation: Professional Relations in Aboriginal Diabetes Education Program at the Aboriginal Diabetes Wellness Program

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel W. McKennitt
Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 29-37
Description
Evaluation of the PRIADE (Professional Relations in Aboriginal Diabetes Education) program found it had been successful in increasing community capacity and helping non-Aboriginal health workers to understand their clients.
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An Examination of the Social Determinants of Health as Factors Related to Health, Healing and Prevention of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in a Northern Context: The Brightening Our Home Fires Project, Northwest Territories, Canada

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Badry
Aileen Wight Felske
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21140
Description

Project involved asking participants to respond to the question "What does health and healing look like for you in your community"?

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An Examination of Three Key Factors: Alcohol, Trauma and Child Welfare: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Northwest Territories of Canada: Brightening Our Home Fires

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Badry
Aileen Wight Felske
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. [130]-143
Description
Presents results from photovoice project which also studied the related issue of health and healing in a northern context.
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Expanding the Circle: Decreasing American Indian Mental Health Disparities Through Culturally Competent Teaching About American Indian Mental Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vickie M. Mays
Miguel Gallardo
Kumea Shorter-Gooden
Carol Robinson-Zañartu
Monique Smith
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 3, 2009, pp. 61-83
Description
Looks at the need for American Indians to have better mental and behavioral health services for tribal and urban members.
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Experiences From Three Community Health Promotion Projects in Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tine Curtis
Ingelise Olesen
Ann B. Kjeldsen
Peter Bjerregaard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 3, 2005, pp. 260-268
Description
Examines three Greenland community health promotion projects in the municipalities of Upernavik, Ittoqqortoorniit, and Qasigiannguit.
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"The Experiences of Young Australian Indigenous Women in Pregnancy, Childbirth and Post-Partum Period: A Framework For A Community-Based Model Of Care"

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deanne Minniecon
Elizabeth Parker
Yvonne Cadet-James
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, March/April 2003, pp. 14-16
Description
Reports on the results of a one year study conducted on Indigenous women living in the Cairns, Australia area. Results indicate that barriers still exist accessing medical services.
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Explaining High Blood Pressure: Variation in Knowledge about Illness

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda C. Garro
American Ethnologist, vol. 15, no. 1, February 1988, pp. 98-119
Description
Study conducted in Ojibway community in Manitoba used two interview formats to determine level of and variation in understanding of the disease, then analyzed responses to develop a cultural model.
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Explaining the Paradox of Health and Social Support among Aboriginal Canadians

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chantelle Richmond
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 65-71
Description
Contends policy efforts to initiate health behaviours cannot succeed without coinciding with material investments such as job creation and safe social environments. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 65.
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Exploring Culturally Respectful Care in Aboriginal Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pammla Petrucka
Sandra Bassendowski
Description
"This project established a research and knowledge translation (KT) network between two Aboriginal communities, a health region and three tertiary educational institutions in Saskatchewan".
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Exploring Resilience and Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia D. McGuire (Kishebakabaykwe)
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 117-131
Description
Looks at the understanding of knowledge, healing and resilience among Aboriginal peoples in Canada, with a focus on the Anishinaabe of the Lake Nipigon area of northern Ontario.
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Exploring the Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth in Winneway, Québec

Alternate Title
Exploring the Health and Well-Being of Children and Youth in Winneway, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Kutcher
Priscilla Pichette
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Franco A. Carvenvale
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 115-132
Description
Ethnographic study of 15 youth, aged 6 -17; uses Indigenous decolonizing framework to examine data collected through interviews with the youth to examine their views on and primary concerns related to health and well-being. Findings indicate that Winneway youth have a multidimensional understanding of health and well-being and view themselves as having agency; their concerns include “poor eating choices, difficulty expressing emotional and mental concerns, how children and youth treat others, and youth participation in unhealthy behaviours.”
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Exploring the Relationship between Sense of Coherence and Historical Trauma among American Indian Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Evans
Bret Davis
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 25, no. 3, 2018, pp. 1-25
Description
Multi-method study which explores intergenerational trauma and factors of resilience through a SOC framework. Results provide preliminary evidence that people with a higher SOC have more resistance resources and an increased ability to cope with stressors.
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