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First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)

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First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
Information on organization which conducts surveys with.on-reserve and northern First Nations communities. Surveys include the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey, First Nations Community Survey, and the First Nations Regional Health Survey.
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First Nations, Inuit, Métis Health Core Competencies: A Curriculum Framework for Continuing Medical Education

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Author/Creator
IPAC-RCPSC Advisory Committee on Improving the Health of First Nations
Inuit and Métis Populations Through Enhancements to PGME & CME Programming

Lists seven key competencies along with enabling competencies (objectives) in seven aspects of practice: physician as medical expert, communicator, collaborator, manager, health advocate, scholar, and professional.

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First Nations, Inuit, Métis Health Core Competencies: A Curriculum Framework for Undergraduate Medical Education

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IPAC [Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada]-AFMC [Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada] Aboriginal Health Curriculum Subcommittee
Intention of competencies is to provide medical educators with broad thematic domains around Aboriginal health knowledge, skills and delivery of health care.
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First Nations, Inuit, Métis Health Core Competencies: Critical Reflection Tool: Part of the IPAC-AFMC Curriculum Implementation Toolkit for Undergraduate Medical Education

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Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
Workbook covers topics such as community engagement, collaborative vision, Indigenous health strategy, pedagogy/curriculum, and core competencies.
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First Nations, Inuit, Métis Health Core Competencies: Curriculum Implementation Toolkit for Undergraduate Medical Education

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Author/Creator
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada (IPAC)
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC)

Designed to assist faculties of medicine in furthering the competencies as stated in the curriculum framework. Discusses rationale and process of community engagement, collaborative vision, pedagogy, implementation, and evaluation.

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First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework: Implementation Guide

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Author/Creator
Carol Hopkins
Jasmine Fournier
Topics include: changing the approach to mental health and wellness; steps to implementation of the Framework; understanding culturally defined standards of care; key concepts; the Framework in practice; collaborations; and implementation opportunities.
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First Nations People and AIDS: A Study of Social Work Knowledge in Northern Quebec

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Author/Creator
Francois Boudreau
Adje van de Sande
Marc Roulier


Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 165-182
Examines a study conducted on the level of knowledge by health and social service professionals, working with First Nations people on issues of HIV and AIDS, which suggests the need for AIDS prevention programs.
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A First Nations Voice in the Present Creates Healing in the Future

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie MacKinnon
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January/February 2005, pp. S13-S16
Discusses attempts to improve overall health status by promoting more holistic care.
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First Nations Wholistic Policy and Planning Model: Discussion Paper for the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health

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AFN Discussion Paper for WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeffrey L. Reading
Andrew Kmetic
Valerie Gideon
Discussion on the historic, cultural, social, economic and political forces affecting health and creating disparities that First Nations peoples experience.
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First Nations Women Make Wellness First Priority

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Author/Creator
Tanis Doe
Herizons, vol. 7, no. 1, April 30, 1993, pp. 10-[?]
Highlights the First Nations Women and Wellness Conference in Vancouver, B.C. that began to identify wellness in a radical, new way.
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First Nations Youth HIV/AIDS Education Manual

Alternate Title
Beating the Challenge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations Health Secretariat
Discusses holistic and culturally sensitive teaching principles as applied to the curriculum. Provides research guide for students and twelve foundation lesson plans.
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First Nations Youth Reframing the Focus: Cultural Knowledge as a Site for Health Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ted Rieken
Michele T. Tanaka
Tish Scott
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 29-42
Discusses the Traditional Pathways to Health (TPTH) project in which students choose a health topic of interest and produce a video to present to their community; emphasis is placed on a holistic approach to wellness.
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First Panel: Reclaiming American Indian Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Tom Holm
John Red Horse
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 20, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 169-177
Viewpoints from a panel discussion on issues in American Indian Studies and the importance of decolonization of Native Americans.
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Food In Nutrition Work

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Author/Creator
Frances Wallace
Lena Adams
Alma Moon
Grace Ware
Jenny Horwood ...[et al.]
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, March 1983, pp. 4-47
Describes work of Dietary-Nutrition Unit (D.N.U.) located in Queensland, Australia and how they strive to be culturally aware of their client's needs.
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For the Love of Our Children: An Indigenous Connectedness Framework

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Saniguq Ullrich
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 121-130
Author outlines a framework for well-being rooted in the concept of connectedness; the idea that wellness for Indigenous people comes from them being connected to their families, their communities, and the natural world.
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Foreword: From Talking Circle to Telehealth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G.M. Egeland
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. x-xiii
Discusses issues raised at the International Congresses on Circumpolar Health (ICCH).
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Frantz Fanon and the Decolonization of Psychiatry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tony B. Benning
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-10
Professional commentary in which the author describes how psychiatrists working with Indigenous people in Canada can draw on Fanon’s work on the intersections of colonialism, racism, and psychiatry in order to provide higher quality mental health care services.
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From Ambivalence to Revitalization: Negotiating Cardiovascular Health Behaviors Related to Environmental and Historical Trauma in a Northwest American Indian Community

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From Ambivalence to Revitalization: Negotiating Cardiovascular Health Behaviours Related to Environmental and Historical Trauma in a Northwest American Indian Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ramona Beltrán
Katie Schultz
Angela R. Fernandez
Karina L. Walters
Bonnie Duran … [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 25, no. 2, 2018, pp. 103-128
Uses narrative analysis to explore attitudes toward protective cardiovascular health behaviours. Findings highlight contributing factors such as historical trauma, discrimination and forced urbanization. The authors suggest that health promotion and interventions should contextualize historic traumas and integrate Indigenous knowledge and cultural practices.
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From Benzos to Berries: Treatment Offered at an Aboriginal Youth Solvent Abuse Treatment Centre Relays the Importance of Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Maureen Seguin
Carol Hopkins
Raymond Tempier
Lewis Mehl-Madrona ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 56, no. 2, February 2011, pp. 75-83
Looks at how psychiatry can best capitalize on its growing debate regarding the role of culture in care offered to First Nations and Inuit youth who abuse substances.
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From Health Worker to Health Worker...Across Australia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephanie Yikaniwuy
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, May/June 1997, p. 3
Brief description of the health centre located on Elcho Island, located off the coast of Northern Territory.
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From Small Beginnings

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Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1997, pp. 22-24
Describes the creation and evolution of the Wellington Aboriginal Health Service, located about 350 km from Sydney, Australia.
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From the Inside Out: Spirituality as the Heart of Aboriginal Helping in [Spite of ?] Western Systems

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Author/Creator
Nancy Stevens
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 181-197
Looks at the challenges of incorporating Aboriginal spirituality into the helping process, and examines how to explore and integrate spirituality with individuals, families and communities.
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From Woundedness to Resilience

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Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 3, no. 1, The Health of Urban Aboriginal People: From Woundedness to Resilience, September 2006, pp. 2-3
Editorial states that in a healing journey individuals must not see themselves as wounded, or they will not adapt in the face of adversity.
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FSIN Advocacy to Address Healthcare Complaints

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Author/Creator
Christine Fiddler
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 22

Discusses how a healthcare advocacy office for First Nations people will look at their concerns and complaints with the healthcare system.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

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