Cultural Sensitivity

Comments on study that identifies the eye health care needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Looks at local control and self-determination in health care for the Siksika who built a16 bed hospital in 1924.

Discusses the inequalities in access to quality health care in American Indian communities and looks at practices for redressing those disparities.

Social Work and Human Service Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queensland University of Technology, 2010.

Examines two facilities in rural and remote areas of Australia which both attempt to treat the individual as well as the communities at large.

Discusses the need for culturally sensitive and safe physical activity resources for First Nations women.

Webcast of the welcoming remarks of the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium. Duration: 4:49.

Overview of the International Journal of Indigenous Health and First Nations Health Authority's co-produced special thematic issue featuring research articles about First Nations and Indigenous community health and wellness.

Editorial introduction to issue 13:1 "A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities"

"This extensive edition of fifteen exceptional papers, presents research and promising practices in the areas of community-based traditional healing and knowledge sharing, the role of Elders in wellness and learning, Indigenous youth leadership, and youth mental health interventions."

Reports that acquiring wellness information by community health workers has the potential to empower community wellness.

Uses model based on the medicine wheel to promote health and healing in a manner consistent with Indigenous worldview. Includes set of exercises for developing a self-care plan called "My Wellness Wheel".

Studies the outcomes of patients treated by both western and Indigenous forms of medicine.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2013.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2015.

Argues that Western individualized medical and social models are incongruent with the Mäori worldview, and that a wholistic, culturally appropriate approach is needed.

Research looked at the development of a local conceptual framework exploring the views of men and their families in relation to their healthcare and healthy families.

Study shows Sami patients' language choice in different situations is influenced by complex social and cultural factors.

Integrated Studies Project towards (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2010.

Comments on the high prevalence of diabetes in Indigenous Australians and the correlation between poor management of the disease and health literacy.

Investigates four approaches to research: descriptive literature, world view perspectives, cultural brokering and transcultural world view. The article further discusses implications these have in terms of nursing education, research and practice.

Describes how researchers can and should work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to jointly find solutions to community problems.

Series of brief fact sheets tailored to patients, families and caregivers. Signs andSymptomss of Dementia: An Indigenous Guide. Preventing Dementia in Indigenous Peoples by Aging Well: Advice for Older Indigenous Peoples. What to Expect after a

Comments on the issue of Indigenous people experiencing harm while trying to access services in health care, justice, child and family services and education.

Introduction to special issue.

Contends that there is no clear evidence that self-determination policies are the answer to improving Indigenous health outcomes. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.

Looks at and builds on an alternate approach focused on how aboriginal people conceptualize wellness and support.

Argues that nurses need to understand the specific history, culture and the concept of respect, in Aboriginal terms, within a particular community and then apply this knowledge to their relationships in that community.

Committee heard that a desirable goal of the Commonwealth Department of Health (Australia) is more Aboriginal health care workers.

Discusses the three main roles that Aboriginal health workers in Western Australia should play

Explores the diverse group of traditional healing elders and what they believe are the important attributes and principles for mental health providers.

Comments on traditional ways being a solution for destructive lifestyles. Article located by scrolling to page 6.

Explores the extent of the geographical bond with an emphasis on world view, myths and ceremonies.

Study findings point to the need for culturally appropriate and gender-sensitive communication and health service efforts to achieve higher cancer screening rates.

Discussion of the dilemmas when conducting research that is culturally appropriate.

Brief story recalls the trauma suffered by an Aboriginal Australian women who had a child removed from her care.

Account of a multi-day trip to a remote area of southern Australia to observe health care practices.

Review of: White Man's Water by Erica Prussing.

Interview with an author about her book White Man Water and research on the Northern Cheyenne First Nation. Duration: 29:32.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1971.

Reviews literature to examine best practices and prevention strategies for Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) for Indigenous people in central Australia.

Two senior Aboriginal health workers explore and explain how Australian Aboriginal desert principles operate.

Discusses how the Communicable Diseases Unit of Queensland (Australia) Health has started programs to ensure that more patients self identify as Indigenous when using public health services.

Paper from Looking to the Future: Papers from the Seventh Inuit Studies Conference, 19-23 August, 1990 edited by Marie-Josée Dufour and François Thérien.

Project aimed to develop a framework to explain how environmental, cultural, and social factors contribute to gambling behaviours.