Health Care Practices

Brief reports from several health workers from across Western Australia regarding local health practices and programs.

Brief letters from various health care workers reporting on the roles they play in health care delivery in remote Australian communities.

Health workers talk about experiences in the community.

Health worker shares experiences on Bathurst Island, Darwin and Newcastle.

Describes health care practices in several islands of the Torres Strait Islands off northern Australia.

Presents a series of short narratives by primary health workers in remote Australian communities.

Various Australian Aboriginal health workers from across the country report on health care practices in their local communities.

Presents two accounts of trip made to China to study rural health practices and one to Philippines for the World Congress on Mental Health.

Describes a training program consisting of eight sessions over a two and a half year period with a significant Aboriginal representation in the administrative side of the program.

Various health care workers describe their jobs, responsibilities and health care practices within the Aboriginal Medical Service in Australia.

Two personal narratives from employees of Groote Eylandt Mining Company's Industrial Health Department regarding the upheaval of mining development and the importance of hygiene in disease prevention.

Brief article describes a health worker's visit to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to observe a nursing outreach programme there.

Inservice training course focuses on breast self-examination, menopause, diet, rest, and exercise.

Explains the history of the differences in legal entitlements to health services for First Nations and Métis women. From the report Entitlements and Health Services for First Nations and Métis Women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Purpose was to review existing research and formulate recommendations for actions.

Chronicles the dismal health statistics of the Indigenous population, stating that Canada and the United States are ahead of Australia when it comes to the substantive work of reconciliation.

Reports on health and social plan delivery in the remote Aboriginal community in south eastern Queensland, Australia.

Study looks at circumstances of acute myocardial infarction in First Nations areas and differences in diagnostic and revascularization methods used.

Includes sample text of an introduction to the questions, visual rating scale, interviewer questions and participant questions. Inuit specific supplement to the generic Community Readiness Model.

Reports on changes to a child abuse centre in Greenland which has abandoned the one-door model in favor of becoming a knowledge centre with a travelling team of specialists.

Discusses use of the Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH) tool for collecting data and working with Māori whānau (families) to prevent chronic conditions. Authors found this method useful as it fits with Māori strengths-based values, is responsive to the worldview of participants, and is participatory.

Looks at present health care practices and offers an alternative approach that is culturally adapted to Aboriginal needs.

Looks at a pilot program which is custom tailored to patients' needs giving them access to clinical trails and education programs about early screening.

Search for both academic and grey literature yielded 79 pertinent sources. Results arranged under eight common themes: focusing on family and community, incorporating traditional knowledge and practices, emphasizing active skills building, integration of prevention and care systems, cultural competency, flexible provider-client/patient relationships and treatment approaches, implementing changes to affect surrounding conditions, and adequate funding to improve health care and economic opportunities.

Discusses disproportionate burden of poor health and social suffering on Indigenous peoples and the rational for why the involvement of Indigenous peoples in health policy is essential for addressing health disparities.

Study conducted over five years consulted with over 150 Mi'kmaq through interviews, focus groups, and community forums in order to develop strategies to address violence.

Makes six recommendations: improve and expand healthcare delivery in Inuit Nunangat, increase numbers of Inuit healthcare providers, support traditional midwifery approaches, foster wrap-around care services for specialized care, ensure cultural competency training, and preserve traditional language rights.

Discusses principles to help address mental wellness in youth, socio-economic factors that increase the risk of suicide, and protective factors and strategies, services and programs offered to Indigenous youth.

Study concluded that community-based participatory research is an ideal way to better understand health disparities.

Literature review.

Reports on the structures and processes used by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) to achieve its mission.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2013.

Study revealed minor differences in the days in hospital rate (DiH) between Sami and non-Sami groups.

Discusses a research project where strategies from literacy education were used to improve sexual health behaviours.

Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with four female participants who identified three main areas for improvement: physical environment, interactions with practitioners, and unique factors faced by elders.

Community Readiness Model includes appropriate strategies, readiness scores for evaluation and involves community stakeholders in process.

Suicide Prevention American Indian and Alaska Native Task Force of researchers met to identify important factors affecting suicide and outline a research direction in prevention.

Reviews contemporary evidence for using the Historical Loss Scale and provides examples of stressors.

Looks at parent reported negative childhood experiences from ages 0-17 years and the associated emotion, behavior and developmental outcomes.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2012.

Discusses a collaborative study to investigate the health and social service needs of the elderly, chronically ill and disabled.

"The aim of the study was to explore perspectives of older Indigenous Australians about their health and wellbeing".

Interview includes stories about the power of the medicine man and the abilities to foretell the future. It also includes information regarding traditional attitudes toward education, marriage and lifestyle.

Study compares self-reported medical history to that in the medical record—in this case the Alaska Education and Research Towards Health (EARTH) cohort and the Alaska Native Tumor Registry (ANTR). Data showed good agreement between self-reported and registry-recorded cancer history.

Looks at how to assess the problem of AIDS infections when it is not know how many Aboriginal people have the infection.

Looks at some of the key policy decisions identified in the reports The National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party Report and The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and HIV/AIDS.