Brief description of an awareness campaign to ensure that Aboriginal Australians utilize the Heath Care Complaints Commission with their complaints and concerns.

Reports on the cultural and linguistic barriers encountered by Navajo interpreters during the informed consent process and makes suggestions for adapting it to minority populations.

Overview of development, principles and goals.

Letter congratulates the The Lancet on the series dealing with the health of Indigenous people, but points out that coverage of injury is lacking considering it is the leading cause of death in Aboriginal Canadians.

Presents a collection of cases to help academics, researchers, community practitioners and policymakers in the use of knowledge translation.

Model provides positive outcomes including improved quality of care, cultural safety and integration of traditional Aboriginal healing with clinical approaches.

Discusses general history of the area, factors leading to establishment of the centre, its operations, training issues, maternal health risks, and traditional beliefs surrounding childbirth.

Introduction to how poverty underlies many of the health and wellness disparity issues.

Examines the need for cross-cultural education initiatives which stress an understanding of Indigenous views by medical staff as well as an understanding of cancer prevention and treatment by Indigenous peoples.

Contains links to education, research, and admissions.

Research shows Aboriginal Friendship Centres are effective in providing service towards the preservation of culture and identities and matters relating to wellness but less effective in employment services. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.

Article reflects on the experience of providing a graduate diploma in Indigenous health and substance use, designed and delivered specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mature-aged front-line service providers.

Describes culturally integrated programing for Native Hawaiian adolescents which encourages active engagement and meaning, potentially improving outcomes.

Briefly outlines project's aims and solicits guidance or advice from the readers.

Looks at the use of professional services and traditional Indigenous therapeutic approaches to provide a holistic way of treatment.

Includes: brief history of Inuit people, settlement, organizations and current situation; overview of mental wellness issues; discussion of research and experience of combining traditional and western health services in Inuit communities; evidence of the effectiveness of traditional practices; overview of current services; and high level recommendations.

Story of two nurses, one an Indigenous Australian registered nurse, and the other a non-Indigenous community health nurse, both from Southern Australia and their travels meeting Indigenous people in Canada.

Study focus on services and preferences, community participation, access to culturally appropriate care, government integration of Indigenous Mapuche culture, and future care.

Suggests three efforts towards improved mental health care: enhancing understanding and trust, promoting mental health in the context of holistic health, and linking mental health to its human rights determinants.

Model combines Indigenous and Western worldviews in counselling individuals.

Focuses on the "ask and offer" session which identified key areas of interest under five themes: knowledge gaps, clinical assessment and screening, caregiving, networking, research methods and knowledge translation; two cross-cutting themes were issues of communication and cultural safety.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Ottawa, 2019.

Contends cultural factors are only one aspect of encouraging Aboriginal clients to engage in mental health services.

Results of a systematic literature review on effective interventions aimed to support healthier lifestyle choices and improved health for Indigenous people.

Strategies from the study recommend a collaborative, culturally appropriate approach to reduce motor vehicle crashes.

Reviews quality of interventions taken to advance cultural proficiency through education, training, and hiring more Indigenous health care workers.

Seven themes emerged which described structural, social, and geographical barriers that affected access to health services and therefore increased risk-taking behaviours.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Western Ontario, 2012.

Study involving 22 women shows that ethnicity, finances and formal education are determinants of women's knowledge of cervical screening programs.

Recounts the author's decade long association with Indigenous heath research with the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in Melbourne, Australia.

Looks at a conference which reviewed the publication and outlines the nine papers which resulted from the review.

Introduces the top research articles in volume 2 which are intended for those seeking to improve health outcomes of Indigenous populations.

Summarizes articles which examine importance of culture and spirituality to society and how it affects on well-being.

Examines the high cancer rates in Inuit populations and highlights challenges to receiving care, from diagnosis through to survivorship or palliative care.

Opens a dialogue on the unique needs and issues relating to cancer among the Inuit.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Durham, 2002.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Calgary, 2003.

Looks at four areas: education; community investment; workforce recruitment and retention and knowledge transfer.

Summary of results from the Adult Inuit Health Survey. Provides an overview of the health status and living conditions.

Studies the linguistic and cultural differences among medical institutions that challenge interpreters who know many of their clients at a personal level.

Conference held May 2007 brought together addiction and mental health workers to share and gain knowledge in the areas of: approaches to healing, programs in place, and training and treatment options.

Website contains information and resources related to Inuit health and wellness, including links to other related sites.

Describes participatory action research and offers suggestions to Inupiat's communities current failure, and highest suicide rate in the world.

Provides an overview of the three-year Health Research Council funded research project, He Oranga Ngākau: Māori Approaches to Trauma-Informed Care, and its intended outcomes.