Describes efforts of Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet during past ten years collecting and developing information regarding Indigenous health.

Focuses on how Healthy Child Development programs can be integrated with health promotion in entire communities. Companion document: Contributions of Culture and Language in Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities to Children’s Health Outcomes: A Review of Theory and Research.

Developed to assist tribal governments in understanding how Alzheimer's and dementia occurrence and the need for caregiving is affecting their communities and provide information on different public health strategies and opportunities for community action.

Summary of results and findings. Sample consisted of 712 adults, 566 youth and 666 children.

Overview of the national Indian Health Board initiative to develop, implement and evaluate the health system.

Looks at promising practices for achieving better maternal, reproductive, newborn and child health. From two sources: Recent Promising Practices to Improve the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal Women and Children Call to Action. In Healthy Moms Babies and Children: Improving the Health of Aboriginal Populations in Canada.

Assesses community-based program, which provides prenatal and postnatal support to high-risk women, by examining similar programs and relevant literature.

Plan for addressing disparities in oral health within Inuit communities with a focus on prevention, improvements to access, and parent engagement.

The study, conducted in Queensland, Australia showed health workers judged conventional resources as insufficient and more culturally appropriate material for the specific patient group was needed.

Introduces a one year pilot project in which each tribal college will develop a strategy to deal with the AIDS epidemic.

Looks at the discovery of a specific genetic mutation and the diagnostic aid this provides in patient heart health care.

Results of an examination of a community-based project found that it significantly reduced the burden of infection in the community. Continued commitment to the project is recommended.

Case study regarding blastomycosis, a condition specific to geographic regions of northwestern Ontario and the Mississippi valley.

Overview of the disease and the Hepatitis A vaccine.

Goals of study were to differentiate diagnoses of infection, determine the comprehensiveness of patient assessment and treatment, and identify patient care in need of improvement.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 1995.

Looks at treating Hib meningitis and epiglottitis for children between 18 months and 5 years.

Talks about the connection between alcohol use, overweight, high blood pressure and heart disease.

Examines the cumulative impacts of historical trauma and discusses research and clinical innovations aimed at the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health disparities of the Native American people.

Historical overview of treaty obligations and the link to health care.

Based on the findings of the study, eight recommendations have been identified.

2nd edition.

Outlines program development and best practices for collaboration between service providers, tribal leaders and individuals.

Findings indicate that Aboriginal media identifies high risk groups, but Aboriginal peoples require a better understanding of who is at high risk, transmission, preventative measures and effective interventions.

Reveals factors related to substance abuse and risk behaviour.

Participants were asked about: priorities related to HIV in the communities they worked with, service gaps, effective strategies and programs, and community strengths and challenges which create support or impede HIV response.

Literature review includes both academic articles and grey literature published since 1990.

Discusses ways to engage women and communities in order to prevent new exposures and the progression of AIDS in people living with HIV.

A compilation of materials in the areas of social sciences, epidemiology, and clinical and basic sciences for people living with HIV and those at risk.

Provide direction for HIV/STD prevention initiatives in rural areas to reflect the culture of Native communities.

2nd edition.

Presents a study examining the HIV testing behaviours and care decisions of young Aboriginal people.

Comments on the need to coordinate mental health care treatment and preventative interventions.

Explores the well-being and health of First Nation's communities and suggests an holistic healing approach to counter pressures brought on by colonization.

Looks at the success of this program which meets the spiritual, medical and psychosocial needs of Native Americans based on community involvement and cultural relevance.

Looks at the effectiveness of treatment, prevention and recovery programs at the Family & Child Guidance Clinic of the Native American Health Center located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Discusses barriers to holistic healing of epidemic: sexual abuse, homophobia, shame, lack of housing, lack of education, alcohol and drug use.

Discusses project undertaken to develop and measure effectiveness of culture-as intervention, specifically in the area of First Nation's alcohol and drug treatment programs and overall wellness. The study Honoring Our Strengths: Culture as Intervention in Addiction Treatment ran from 2012 to 2015 and data was collected in year three from 177 volunteer clients at 12 treatment centres. Scroll down to read article.

Discusses six key principles for healthcare providers: cultural safety and humility; self-determination; trust through relationship; respect; anti-Indigenous racism; and strength and resilience-based practice.

Explores the confusion over jurisdiction by government departments for funding foster homes in Manitoba by using Jordon's case as an example.

Findings from interviews with primary caregivers, local and regional service providers and First Nations leaders centred on funding disparities and uncertainties about sustained funding, difficulties in administration due to distribution of responsibilities between provincial and federal governments, and the travel required to access specialized services.

Looks at protective factors and building community capacity to address Aboriginal youth issues such as suicide prevention, mental wellness, educational achievement, and healthy lifestyle.

Shares key concepts from the study Definition of Culture, Definition of Wellness, Indigenous Wellness Framework, and Common Cultural Interventions.

Contends that better prevention includes further research on pneumonia etiology and making vaccination a priority in this region.

Concludes that hospitalization rates for dog bites were higher in Alaska, compared to rest of the United States.

Examines the experiences of drug user patients in hospital settings and the social, structural, and environmental factors that contribute to self discharge.

Discussion centers on Inquiry's focus areas: patterns of supply and demand, social and economic determinants of use, trends and prevalence of harms, implications of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and best practice treatments, strategies and identification

Discusses a policy initiative to reduce inconsistencies in existing policies for service providers in regard to Aboriginal peoples living with HIV/AIDS especially those moving from correctional settings to halfway houses.