Health Care Practices

Key goal was to create forum for dialogue between residents, communities, organizations, health providers and health authorities.

Looks at the findings of a study aiming to identify barriers that support or impede northern residents' ability to access health care.

Study involved focus-groups at both urban and regional sites, with a total of 70 individuals. Findings are discussed under three themes: drug use and local contexts; knowledge, information and support; and improving existing health and health-related services. Concludes with five recommendations.

Identifies and summarizes 34 scholarly articles with a focus on five research areas: epidemiology; health service delivery and continuum of care; health and wellness outcomes; psychosocial issues and barriers to treatment; and knowledge translation.

Reports on audience feedback about Power Point presentation on research results.

Article describes a culturally appropriate program development model used with communities in the Southeastern United States. Author illustrate the research and design methodology by describing the development of a resilience-based family-centered substance-abuse and violence prevention program.

Examines implications of self-government in health for improving provision of services and providing a voice in political health systems. Chapter in book: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by J. H. Hylton.

Discusses healing in Aboriginal communities and argues that the traditional concept of social security does not work with Aboriginal communities and must be revised to suit their needs.

Guide to Using the Toolkit. Methods.

Overview of tour by senior health workers to improve health care delivery in home communities.

Health Care and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia, 1977.

Assessed disability type and incidence, limitations, employment and concerns and barriers. Paper presented at the Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference, Symposium on Special Education and Rehabilitation, 2009.

Discusses an assessment model that creates effective, culturally appropriate, and community specific strategies to address HIV/AIDS prevention and intervention.

Determines there is a need for more effective perinatal and infant care programs in remote First Nations communities to reduce mortality rates.

Paper uses qualitative description to examine the way that community settings act as determinants on tuberculosis (TB) detection and rates among Indigenous peoples. Researchers found delays in diagnosis and misdiagnosis to be high in urban centers, while issues of shame and stigma were prominent in rural and remote communities, low levels of TB knowledge were present in all communities.

Study of 343 Indigenous women Southern California examines the “effect of community-specific risk and protective factors on risky alcohol consumption and vulnerability to having an alcohol-exposed pregnancy in women.” Results showed that both risk and protective factors varied, and that interventions should be rooted in community strengths.

Video and handbook Beyond Violence: Finding the Dream launched at the Aboriginal Women in Unity Conference held in Dubbo, 1990. A tool for health workers to use to bring about change in communities.

Discusses root causes and barriers to treating opioid addiction in rural and remote northern communities; describes success of land and community based healing strategies and issues a call to medical regulators and government bodies to implement these programs alongside opioid agonist therapy.

Review of literature and international best practices, with focus on Canada.

Examines the collaborative relationships to improve Native American health through community-based participatory research.

Comments on topics for future priorities regarding policy development identified by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Standing Committee and the Emotional and Social Well Being working party's role in mental health well being.

Looks at a study identifing the most prevalent chronic conditions, indicating that older American Indians experience higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, back pain, and vision loss compared to national statistics of older adults.

Describes and compares health care systems in the northern regions of the Arctic countries.

Presents a comparative review of the similarities of some of the issues and challenges related to community health workers in indigenous communities across four countries.

Study shows staff attitudes toward out-patient therapy resulted in shorter hospital stays and fewer follow up appointments for Indian and Métis patients when compared with control patients (non-Indian, non-Métis) in the Psychiatric Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Comments on the high morbidity and mortality rates of indigenous peoples and how to make improvements in their health status.

Provides overview of use and associated harms and harm reduction approaches and services, identifies challenges and strengths when providing services, discusses strategies for building community support, and makes suggestions for creating IFU-specific services.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

Contains links to a series of 24 videos in which Elders, family members and health professions discuss death and end of life care from an Indigenous perspective.

According to surveys conducted in Australia, Aboriginal populations had a rate of infection 16 times that of white populations.

Describes the various conditions that affect Aborigines and non-Aborigines and recommends methods for health care workers to reduce unease and improve treatment outcomes.

Promotes the importance of self-determination as a determinant of positive health outcomes.

Looks at the International Physical Activity Questionnaire to evaluate trends in obesity among Indigenous Peoples, and discusses health behaviour surveillance tools needed to determine the effectiveness of health promotion efforts.

Case study follow-up to randomized control trial to better understand outcome and implementation results.

Discusses introducing the pediatric oral health therapist into the tribal health care system as an alternative way to address problems with dental disease and access to care.

Discusses project dealing with Aboriginal women's health and traditional birthing practices.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2015.

Looks at the the set up of an immunization information system (IIS) to record data in hopes of helping with contact management and preventing vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.

Discusses therapeutic relationship building using the Reality Therapy/Choice Theory at Ganohkwásra Family Assault Support Services.

Addresses current health care practices affected by historical events and identity, changing nature of identity, and racism in health care decisions.

Research review article aims to understand the theoretical utility of and wise practices for conducting land-based cultural-wellness retreats for Indigenous peoples with HIV, HCV, or both. Advocates for land-based programming as a means to address disparities in health outcomes and decolonize healthcare.

"This article aims to present occupational therapists with practice guidelines for conducting assessments with primary school-aged Indigenous children in Australia".

Discusses the importance of addressing ethnicity, specific measures that should be considered, general recommendations, and specific recommendations for governments and health workers.

Brian Sinclair was a 45-year-old Aboriginal man who died after sitting for 34 hours waiting for medical attention at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre's emergency department.

Authors examine the current understandings of trauma and the resulting frameworks for treatment and healing; use critical literature review to make recommendations for effective trauma treatments for residential school survivors.

Methodology designed to keep participants safe involved five components: whānau (family), wāhi haumaru (providing a safe space), whakaaro (engaging in Māori philosophies), kaitiaki (being empathetic), and hononga (building and maintaining relationships).

Study uses demographics and consultation content to compare primary care services offered between Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services and Townsville Aboriginal and Island Health Service.