Brief article reports on the LIME (Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education) Connection that is concerned with teaching Aboriginal health properly to medical students and recruiting and retaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into medicine.

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Explains links between diverse healing traditions and holistic nursing.

Article examines a digital storytelling study which collaborated with First Nations (FN) Women in Manitoba to discuss many of the issues surrounding heart health management including: the relationship between FN and Western Medical knowledges, diet and lifestyle, related health conditions, experiences with healthcare system, residential schools, and relationships with children and grandchildren.

Findings show that physicians need to develop better cross-cultural communication skills, particularly listening.

Looks at end-of-life care service models and policies, and advance care planning and identifies current needs, disparities, and services available to Indigenous patients.

Discusses four common themes and changes to birthing practices to support young mothers.

Study explored traditional pregnancy/childbirth beliefs and practices and the relationship between those beliefs and use of contemporary prenatal care.

Discusses three-year study involving creation of an after school health and wellness program (Growing Young Movers) using the narrative inquiry methodology.

Describes the creation of a culturally sensitive diabetes questionnaire for Indigenous Australians. Results indicated a tangible benefit resulting in improved patient outcomes.

Nursing Thesis (M.S.N.)--Dalhousie University, 2000.

Information on palliative care. Contains links to four general videos, print document Coming Full Circle: Planning for Your Care, and series of brief videos created specifically for First Nations peoples arranged under the headings traditions, rituals and spirituality, expectations of care, care for patient and family, talking about illness, emotions and support, and after death and ceremonies.

Information on palliative care. Contains links to four general videos, print document Coming Full Circle: Planning for Your Care, and series of brief videos created specifically for Inuit people arranged under the headings traditions, rituals and spirituality, expectations of care, care for patient and family, talking about illness, emotions and support, and after death and ceremonies.

Information on palliative care. Contains links to four general videos, print document Coming Full Circle: Planning for Your Care, and series of brief videos created specifically for Métis people arranged under the headings traditions, rituals and spirituality, expectations of care, care for patient and family, talking about illness, emotions and support, and after death and ceremonies.

Comments on five recommendations to use as a starting point to better involve Indigenous peoples in the health impact assessment of resource development.

Reflects on the cultural elements of diagnosing women with serious mental disorders.

[Medical Anthropology] Thesis-University of Victoria Thesis, 2001. Note: Title Page and page i are missing from document.

Psychology Thesis (MSocSc)--University of Waikato, 2009

Describes how the loss of trust can impede the ability of social workers to implement child protection initiatives.

Population and Public Health Thesis (M.Sc.)--Simon Fraser University, 2009.

Describes a campaign targeting Central Australian Aboriginal communities who have a smoking rate of 50%, double that of the non-Indigenous Australian community.

Exploratory study of 92 Torres Strait Islanders living on mainland Australia found that more investigation should be targeted to Queensland where the majority of Torres Strait Islanders live.

Discusses the case of an eleven year old First Nations child whose decision to end chemotherapy and use traditional medicines instead was criticized in Canadian mainstream media.

Speaker makes presentation of the launch of, Indigenous Health Promotion Resource, 3rd Edition in Australia.

Using the Making it Work project to create an open discussion about health and social inequalities to provide input into conducting community based research.

Looks at results from the Menzies Mortality Project on adult deaths and the classification system used to present the information to communities.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2011.

Interview with the creator of My Story, a DVD/booklet resource that tells the stories of several Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

Focuses on how constructions of Native American drinking serve to reinforce and reproduce colonial images of the Indian.

Describes the process involved with the making of the video in Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2014.

Explores risk and its consequences for medical intervention by focusing on biomedical practices surrounding diabetes care among First Nations on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

Promotes various programs and medical services such as PBS (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Short paragraph stating that the Government of Manitoba will provide some two million dollars over the next three years to fund an Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre in Winnipeg.

Psychology Thesis (MSocSc)--University of Waikato, 2011.

Surveys households about procurement, storage, emplacement and administration of medications in relationship to the homescape.

Contends that it is most likely that Māori people carry a disproportionate burden of pain due to other health disparities.

Psychology Thesis (MSocSc)--University of Waikato, 2010

Outlines the Māori health indicator set development in context of the health sector.