Cultural Sensitivity

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs. Fact sheet #9 describes a vision which includes accessible services, comprehensive education and holistic care.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs. Fact sheet #2 compares sexual health knowledge between participant groups as well as between males and females.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs. Fact sheet #4 provides participants' use of health care services.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth compared Aboriginal high school students (241) and First Nations youth (164). Goal was to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs. Fact sheet #3 compares behaviours between the participant groups.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth compared Aboriginal high school students (241) and First Nations youth (164). Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs. Fact sheet #4 provides participants' use of health care services.

Looks at developing a plan that would help Maritime Aboriginal communites improve sexual health.

Describes key issues and outlines nine strategic areas for programs and services.

Concludes that further research needs to be completed to study the relationship between stress and health and outlines issues for further study.

Results of a health and wellness survey reported participants who identified with a more traditional Yup'ik way of life reported greater happiness and less frequent use of drugs and alcohol than those participants who reported living a more Kass'aq way of life.

For the benefit of healthcare professionals and healthcare providers who are working with Aboriginal individuals, families and communities dealing with stroke care, recovery and prevention.

Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oulu, 2017.

Reports on the factors that created an unmanageable situation: harsh living conditions, transitional Inuit lifestyles, and government policy.

Article describes the origins and mandate of Ongomiizwin; highlights the five themes of the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ (RFHS) Reconciliation Action Plan for health science education: (1) Honoring traditional knowledge systems and practices, (2) Safe learning environments and professionalism, (3) Student support, mentorship and retention (4) Education across the spectrum and 5) Closing the gap in admissions.

Authors discuss their strategies for helping individuals who are preparing to speak publically about their experiences in the schools.

Describes a student recruitment project that aims to build a local nursing capacity while also providing culturally appropriate care.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2001.

Reviews the 2011 study Healthy Aging through Fall Prevention among Older Aboriginal People: From Many Voices to a Shared Vision using a lens of cultural competency. Author highlights problematic elements of the study and suggests frameworks that can be used to improve the quality of research.

Article stresses the importance of health workers to establish patient relationship in order to achieve a better health outcome.

Qualitative study with mixed methods design; uses in-depth surveys of forty self-identified American Indians living with chronic pain. Paper explores the experience of the participants and the factors of resiliency from which they draw strength.

Higher rates of ideas of suicide among Métis women compared with Métis men points to the logic in gender responsive programming.

Discusses risk factors and school-based programs that emphasize adaptation to local norms and customs.

Examines the need for culturally appropriate mental health services for the prevention of Aboriginal youth suicide and the importance of positive youth development to foster healthy mental, emotional, social, spiritual and physical development.

Looks at risk factors such as socio-demographic conditions, emotional/behavioural problems, and parent-child relationship.

Examines the root causes of suicide and the impacts on Australian Aboriginal communities.

Reviews levels and types of prevention, major risks and protective factors, and effective elements of suicide prevention programs.

Contends that increased success of HIV prevention programs will be achieved by targeting the programs to specific audiences.

Presents the results of a data collection by health organizations on Te Waipounamu (New Zealand’s South Island). Whānau (families) that were interviewed noted the need for a culturally appropriate approach that included Whānau was needed for not only preventing suicide, but for mental healthcare generally.

Provides statistical information.

Article on HIV/AIDS appears as part of a series providing statistical information about specific areas of Indigenous health.

Reviews current literature and reinterprets it to provide more accurate comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous uses of Kava, a psychoactive substance.

Reviews current literature and analysis of statistical information to provide more accurate comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

Looks at nine key themes arrived at through literature review, case studies and interviews.

Looks at the relevance of existing asthmas education materials and identifies how these materials could be adapted to better suit the needs of the communities.

Reports results of literature review, discussions with stakeholders, and issues identified by advisory group.

Examines the successes of a culturally appropriate early childcare and development program and challenges in implementing home visits in three communities in Québec; stresses the importance of hiring local Indigenous female family support workers (FSW) to provide culturally safe programming and outreach services.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.

Reports on educational program that includes the broader Aboriginal community and is responsive to local needs.

Includes information on background, design methods and perspectives of elders, literature review and recommendations.

Resource developed for service providers to First Nations families to better understand traditional teachings, barriers to practice and challenges facing First Nations people.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2010.

Provides qualitative evidence of the benefits of integrating traditional Indigenous healing practices -- in particular the sweat lodge ceremony -- into the Western treatment model, Seeking Safety.

Short video about University of Saskatchewan researcher's work on understanding the relationship between culture and the health of Aboriginal peoples.

Brief article describes an Indigenous Mental Health Symposium held in Toowoomba (South East Queensland), Australia. Findings stress the need to work collectively.

Summary of the presentations included in the Symposium on Parental Education at the 17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health (ICCH17).

Brief discussion of Indigenous determinants of health, the Honouring Our Strengths framework model, and concepts of culturally safe, competent and relevant care.