Health Care Practices

Humanities: Medical Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Prescott College, 2011.

Covers general issues, policy, prevention and chapters focused on persons of African, Asian, Latino and Native American decent.

Discusses results of three-year study involving people from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the Atlantic region. Information gathered through 35 semi-structured interviews, 11 focus groups, and interviews with eight medical and support professionals.

Interviews graduates of substance abuse treatment program which uses Native American medicine combined with Western models. Presents twelve emerging themes.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--Montana State University, 2012.

Looks at a different model of care to address dental disease prevention and restorative care in rural communities through the use of dental health aide therapists.

States that at present, Canadian health care for Indigenous people is not culturally safe due to attacks on Indigenous cultural identities.

Data collected in two communities through interviews and detailed observations.

Study found ratings of health status varied between patient and health care providers and confirmed the importance of greater cultural awareness on the part of practitioners.

Authors examine the comparatively low suicide rate among the Unangax, an Indigenous group in Alaska, and the protective factors that are at play in their communities in order to make recommendations for suicide prevention strategies; advocate for culturally relevant and identity affirming mental health services.

Study shows culture-based interventions are positive and help improve client wellness in all areas.

Focuses on the cultural perspective of clinical mental health of the Puyallup community and its applications to other Native American communities.

Looks at a program that would support health care workers providing primary service in remote and rural Aboriginal communities.

Interviews patients, family, primary care providers and language interpreters to look at cultural interpretations of mortality, disease prognosis, and perspectives for end of life decisions.

Family Nurse Practitioner (M.N.)--Montana State University, 2008.

Advocates for a cultural safety approach as opposed to cultural sensitivity model for treating Aboriginal patients. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 15.

Critical exploration of cultural safety in regards to health care and Indigenous health.

Produced as part of the evaluation of the British Columbia Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nation Health Governance. Study consists of a combination of literature review and interviews with those playing key roles within the First Nations Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, BC Regional Health Authorities, BC Coroners Service and BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, which were conducted between July 2018 and January 2019.

Looks at the role cultural safety has in nursing education requirements.

Looks at research conducted to better understand at risk First Nations communities and to study the effectiveness of programs designed to address the issues.

Looks at how a nurse used her conventional medical knowledge and understanding of Native-American traditions in a spiritual and healing role.

Overview of curriculum and initiatives developed by governments, universities, Aboriginal agencies and organizations.

Includes sections for facilitators and learners as well as list of readings and resources. Uses simulated office oral as teaching tool.

Evaluates a Montreal based program focused on developing empathy and competency around the provision of culturally safe healthcare services. Identifies challenges related to the political will of healthcare practitioners to participate in decolonizing services.

Discusses practices that use traditional culture-based American Indian healing methods to integrate within system of care model.

Discusses the importance of understanding cultural, emotional, historical, and spiritual aspects of Aboriginal people in order to provide quality and competent health care.

Article contributes to a comprehensive, literature review of Māori economies and of Māori well-being and extends understanding of “economies of well-being" to include relational dimensions derived from Māori worldviews and knowledge systems.

Discusses programs that have been shown or have the potential to reduce misuse and promote well-being. Seventy-one were reviewed using both Western evaluation methods as well as those developed and refined using practice-based evidence.

Compares dominant prevention-intervention models and American Indian perceptions of suicide.

Explains the meaning of linguistic capital for Inuit nurses and nursing students and how it contributes to cultural safety.

Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2011.

Human Kinetics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2018.

Thesis (Ph.D.)-- University of Western Australia, 2016.

Reports a good health care strategy should include: health professions communicating in the local language, combining local knowledge with modern medicine, community control and development, and use Aboriginal concepts of health in care and policy.

Study reports on the cultural variables associated with potentially risky sexual behavior and HIV/AIDS in Aboriginal communities.

Examines comprehensive program developed to manage services for elderly Warlpriri people using operating principles of community control and cultural comfort.

Presents a summary of the Aboriginal content from the Canadian Public Health Association's Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health.

Paper presented at the Symposium on the Politics of Race, Culture, and Health, Ithaca College, Nov. 13-14, 2002.

Describes a community-based, participatory research project in which six urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health organizations in northern California partnered to adapt the Canadian-developed Cultural Connectedness Scale for use in California. Reviews the process and provides information for localized adaptations.

Phase 4 of the project involved validating the Cultural Connectedness Scale – California using a sample of 344 Indigenous adults from the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Contends that formation of health perceptions comes from range of disciplines, including social comparison theories, models of illness behaviour, survey literature, and linguistics.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2002.

Chapter 4 of Population-Specific HIV/AIDS Status Report: Aboriginal Peoples. Examines social, economic and behavioural determinants of health.

Chapter 3 of series looks at the health care system including limitations in decision making and governance. Duration: 5:52.

Reports rates, risk factors driving infections, health status of those living with HIV and their use of HIV-related services, gaps and limitations of study, and makes recommendations for preventing and managing the disease.

Compares life expectancy rates between Aboriginal males and females and non-Aboriginal males and females by State/Territory in Australia.