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Promoting Inuit Health through a Participatory Whiteboard Video

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Manpreet Saini
Steven Roche
Andrew Papadopoulos
Nicole Markwick
Inez Shiwak ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 111, no. 1, February 2020, pp. 50-59
Article describes the collaborative community-centered approach used to create a culturally relevant health information video targeting the Inuit community of Kikiaq (Rigolet) with information about acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI).
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Promoting Self-Esteem, Defining Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Norbert Witt
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 260-273
Analysis of two proposed programs finds success hinges on Indigenous development based on the culture of the people the program is designed to serve.
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Providers' Perceptions of Barriers to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Remote Aboriginal Settings

Alternate Title
Barriers to Aboriginal Diabetes Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Onil K. Bhattacharyya
Elizabeth A. Estey
Irit R. Rasooly
Stewart Harris
Merrick Zwarenstein
Jan Barnsley
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 5, 2011, pp. 552-563
Study conducted in the Sioux Lookout Zone highlights key problems associated with the delivery of appropriate care and offers suggestions for improving clinical outcomes.
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Providing Psychiatric-Mental Health Care for Native Americans: Lessons Learned by a Non-Native American PMHNP

Alternate Title
Providing Psychiatric-Mental Health Care for Native Americans: Lessons Learned by a Non-Native American PMHNP (Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy G. Barnard
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing And Mental Health Services, vol. 45, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 30-35
Author describes lessons learned while practicing on the reservation and suggests ways other non-Native American practitioners can best serve the population.
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Psychological Distress Among the Cree of James Bay

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Lucy J. Boothroyd
Adrian Tanner
Naomi Adelson
Elizabeth Robinson
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 35-56
Identified potential risk factors associated with psychological distress from a random general population health survey in 1991. The article states that gender and generational differences should be considered when planning strategies.
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Public Education Strategies for Delivering Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carlyn E. Orians
Julie Erb
Kathryn L. Kenyon
Paula M. Lantz
Edward B. Liebow
et al
Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, vol. 10, no. 1, January-February 2004, pp. 46-53
Presents examples of how five American programs have used public education and outreach to encourage women to participate in cancer screening.
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The Public Health Association 29th Annual Conference

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Donnaleen Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 6-11
Conference held in Melbourne, Australia under the theme "Rights to Health", examined health issues from a strong human rights perspective.
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Public Policy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Taking a Life-Course Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Cooke
Jennifer McWhirter
Canadian Public Policy, vol. 37, no. Supplement, Life Course as a Policy Lens, February 2011, pp. S15-S31
Paper argues that the life-course approach may help to explain the persistent socio-economic inequality faced by Aboriginals and how these conditions are affected by social policy.
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Putting Care Into Caring

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solua Middleton
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, May/June 2004, p. 20
Describes the Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service in Canberra, Australia hosting its Family Day.
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Putting Indigenous Harm Reduction to Work: Developing and Evaluating “Not Just Naloxone”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Levine
Andrea Medley
Alexa Norton
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 244-266

Evaluates the use of more traditional holistic culturally sensitive approaches to address harm reduction for Indigenous people and communities.  

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Quality Management and Indigenous Aged Care

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Karen Thurecht
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, May/June 2002, pp. 16-17
Reports on the changes in Aged Care Legislation in Australia that led to the introduction of Quality Management System in federally funded senior residence facilities.
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Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
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A Quantitative Evaluation of Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Training in an Urban Health Service

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Natasha Mooney
Adrian Bauman
Barbara Westwood
Brendan Kelaher
Bill Tibben
Bin Jalaludin
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 4, July/August 2005, pp. [23]-[30]
Survey results indicate that the half-day cultural awareness training (CAT) workshops did not make a measureable improvement in changing beliefs and attitudes.
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Quick Meals For Kooris

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Judith Leahy
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2003, p. 25
Briefly describes a hands on cooking program designed to assist urban Australian Aboriginals cook healthy meals for their families.
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'Quick Meals For Kooris': An Evaluation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Geoffrey Gui
Queeny Lau
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, July/August 2007, pp. 20-22
Discusses some of the structural and organizational barriers to a greater acceptance of the program which is designed to assist Indigenous people cook healthy meals.
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Racism in Contemporary Australian Nursing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Scott W. T. Trueman
Jane Mills
Kim Usher
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 5, August 2011, pp. 19-22
Comments and discusses "A Little Story About Racism in Nursing" which appeared in the January 2011 issue of this same journal.
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Rate of Methadone Use Among Aboriginal Opioid Injection Drug Users

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evan Wood
Julio S. Montaner
Kathy Li
Lucy Barney
Mark W. Tyndall
Thomas Kerr
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 177, no. 1, July 3, 2007, pp. 37-40
Findings indicated that Methadone use was lower among Aboriginal than among non-Aboriginal injection drug users. Culturally appropriate intervention is recommended.
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Razing of Old Mission House a Symbol of Healing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 132, no. 1, January 2006, p. 1
Demolition of building on the North Caribou Reserve viewed as symbolic by those abused by Anglican priest Ralph Rowe.
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Realizing Potential: Improving Interdisciplinary Professional/Paraprofessional Health Care Teams in Canada’s Northern Aboriginal Communities Through Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Minore
Margaret Boone
Journal of Interprofessional Care, vol. 16, no. 2, 2002, pp. 139-147
Looks at interdisciplinary health care teams, paraprofessionals recruited locally to fill service gaps in Aboriginal communities, and health science education programs to address cultural differences.
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Reclaiming Birth, Health, and Community: Midwifery in the Inuit Villages of Nunavik, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vicki Van Wagner
Brenda Epoo
Julie Nastapoka
Evelyn Harney
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, vol. 52, no. 4, July-August 2007, pp. 384-391
Describes how the community-based midwifery service is providing the option, for women, to give birth within their remote community rather than have to be evacuated out.
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Reclaiming Our Roots: Accomplishments and Challenges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet King
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 297-301
Looks at the Mental Health Services Act and challenges involved in getting funding for cultural intervention programming.
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