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A Native American Community Initiative to Prevent Diabetes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
V. L. Hood
B. Kelly
C. Martinez
S. Shuman
R. Secker-Walker
Ethnicity and Health, vol. 2, no. 4, November 1997, pp. 277-285
Description of the formation of a coalition formed in the Mohawk community of Akwesasne and their programs to reduce dietary fat and increase physical activity in children.
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Native Diabetes Wellness Program (NDWP)

Web Sites » Governmental
Program is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Diabetes Translation. Contains links to Diabetes Projects, National Diabetes Education Program, Publications, Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools, K-12 Curriculum, references, and more.
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New Resources and Reports

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 6, November/December 1998, p. 28
Brief article describes resources addressing human rights, diabetes, and medical practitioner cultural awareness in Australia.
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NIDDM-Y in First Nation Children in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Dean
Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 37, no. 2, February 1998, pp. 89-96
Study involving youth in Manitoba and Ontario made five recommendations centred around testing, tracking complications, efficacy of pharmacologic interventions, studies of etiology and assessment of community screening.
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NIHB Ontario Region: Prescription Drug Trends: A Ten-year Analysis

Alternate Title
Non-Insured Health Benefits Ontario Region: Prescription Drug Trends
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Health Canada
Statistics for opiate use and the medications used in treatment of diabetes, heart conditions, mental health conditions, inhalers for respiratory conditions, smoking cessation products, and reproductive and sexual health. Covers the years 2000 to 2009.
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Non-HDL Cholesterol as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: The Strong Heart Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Weiquan Lu
Helaine E. Resnick
Kathleen A. Jablonski
Kristina L. Jones
Arvind K. Jain
W.M. James Howard
David C. Robbins
Barbara V. Howard
Diabetes Care, vol. 26, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 16-24
Study results indicate this cholesterol index would be useful in predicting the risk of heart disease in diabetics.
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Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus among Aboriginal North Americans

Alternate Title
Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus among Aboriginal North Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emoke J. E. Szathmáry
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 23, October 1994, pp. 457-482
Discusses known factors for diabetes and need for prevention strategies, including difficulties this presents because all the factors responsible for non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus are not yet known.
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The Non-Thrifty Genotype

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John S. Allen
Susan M. Cheer
Current Anthropology, vol. 37, no. 5, December 1996, pp. 831-842
Argues that the thrifty genotype hypothesis for diabetes presupposes the presence of a non-thrifty genotype.
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Northern Checkup

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dominique Forget
Canadian Geographic, January/February 2010, pp. 1-4
Discusses the International Polar Year Health Survey, a mass checkup to assess the health status of the Inuit people.
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Northern Saskatchewan Health Indicators Report 2011

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Irvine
Brian Quinn
Donna Stockdale
Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.
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Nurse-led Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: A Pilot Study to Evaluate a New Approach to Vision Care for Canadian Aboriginal Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Spurr
Carol Bullin
Jill Bally
Krista Trinder
Shahab Khan
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1422670
Study found that screening can improve the standard of care by extending access to health services, reducing travel expenses and preventing loss of vision. Sample size was 33.
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Obesity and American Indians/Alaska Natives

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peggy Halpern
Study provides information to understand the high rates of obesity, looks at the effectiveness of preventative interventions, and comments on directions for future research.
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Obesity and Diabetes: An Arctic Challenge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marit Eika Jørgensen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 4, September 2010, pp. 320-321
Presents an editorial that introduces a serious problem increasing among indigenous peoples in the Arctic region.
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Obesity and Obesity-Associated Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Indigenous Nenets Women from the Rural Nenets Autonomous Area and Russian Women from Arkhangelsk City

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia Petrenya
Magritt Brustad
Liliya Dobrodeeva
Fatima Bichkaeva
Gulnara Lutfalieva .... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 23859
Study finds no difference in prevalence of obesity between Indigenous Nenets and urban Russian females.
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Northern Canada's Remote First Nations Communities: The Dietary Dilemma

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
F. Haman
B. Fontaine-Bisson
M. Batal
P. Imbeault
J. M. Blais ... [et al.]
International Journal of Obesity, vol. 34, no. S2, Supplement 2, December 2010, pp. [S24]-S31
Explores the biological predispositions and potential environmental factors that contribute to the high incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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Obesity in American-Indian Children: Prevalence, Consequences, and Prevention

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Story
June Stevens
John Himes
Elaine Stone
Bonnie Holy Rock ... [et al.]
Preventive Medicine, vol. 37, Supplement 1: Pathways Prevention of Obesity in American Indian Schoolchildren, December 2003, pp. S3-S12
Looks at occurrences of obesity in children and adults and promotes the need for intervention studies that involve the American-Indian community.
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Obesity Risks: Towards an Emerging Inuit Pattern

Alternate Title
Obesity Risks Among Inuit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie-Ludivine Château-Degat
Eric Dewailly
Guylaine Charbonneau
Elhadji A. Laouan-Sidi
Angelo Tremblay
Grace M. Egeland
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 2, 2011, pp. 166-177
Study's goal was to provide overviews of anthropometric data and the relationship between the data and risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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Occurrence and Referral to Specialists for Pain-related diagnosis in First Nations and Non-First Nations Children and Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margot Latimer
Sharon Rudderham
Lynn Lethbridge
Emily MacLeod

Katherine Harman ... [et al.]
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 49, December 10, 2018, pp. E1434-E1440
This retrospective cohort study compares the proportion of First Nations and non–First Nations children and youth who accessed care and specialist treatment for painful conditions over a 17-year period, also examines the correlation between painful experience in adolescence and a mental health diagnosis.
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The Office of Minority Health

Alternate Title
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: The Office of Minority Health
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Government of the United States
Website provides links to services, campaigns/initiatives, employment, publications, and research to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations.
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Our Blood is Sweet: The Wampum Belt Journey

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Jacobs
Nancy Gibson
Pimatziwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2003, pp. 59-72
Discussion of the Teiakonekwenhsatsikhe:tare wampum belt, and how it is walked from place to place, to teach the message of living a healthier life style.
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Our Health Counts Thunder Bay Factsheets

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michael Rotondi]
[Stephanie McConkey]
[Michelle Firestone]
[Ramanpreet Brar]
[M. Hardy}
... [et.al]

Survey conducted using Respondent-Driven Sampling resulted in 601 adult and 229 child surveys being completed. In addition to health questions respondents were asked about other topics such as culture, identity, housing, discrimination, and access to justice.

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Overcoming Clinical Inertia in the Management of Hypertension

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Salisbury
Tom Fahey
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 174, no. 9, April 25, 2006, pp. 869-873
Discusses a study where First Nations people with hypertension and type 2 diabetes received intensive and systematic nonpharmacologic management.
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Overview of Ongoing Cohort and Dietary Studies in the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pál Weihe
Peter Bjerregaard
Eva Bonefeld-Jøgensen
Alexey Dudarev
Jónrit Halling ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, 2016, pp. 1-12
Overview of primary results from several research studies on population health from Russia, Norway, Greenland, Finland, Sweden and Canada.
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Overweight in Cree Schoolchildren and Adolescents Associated With Diet, Low Physical Activity, and High Television Viewing

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Luce Bernard
Claudette Lavallée
Katherine Gray-Donald
Hélène Delisle
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 95, no. 7, July 1995, pp. 800-802
Studies children and adolescents from two Cree communities using a dietitian-administered questionnaire to obtain information on foods consumed and activity.
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Part of the Family in Northern Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Pinker
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 2, January 25, 2000, p. 304
Presents Dr. David Dannenbaum and his pioneering work with diabetes among the eastern James Bay Cree.
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