Health Care Practices

Author uses five case studies based on fieldwork with traditional healers and users of healthcare services to illustrate how a researcher may be viewed in different contexts.

Describes the current role of Medicaid in financing health care services in the United States, and offers three suggestions for reforming Medicaid.

Presents successful evaluation of pilot project in ten communities that were isolated, lacked services, had poor health, and poor living conditions.

Provides a picture of health care administration governance including Bands, Tribal Councils, health transfer programs and health plans.

Compares supporting policies and existing barriers for Indigenous participation in planning and delivery of community based primary health services.

The file contains a book entitled "Regulations for Medical Services" intended for Indian Agents and issued by the Department of Indian Affairs in 1934. The book covers topics such as the responsibilities and roles of various government employees in the Department with regards to Aboriginal health; the rules regarding hospital admissions; dental services; post mortem examinations; reporting communicable diseases; the use of aeroplanes; and vaccination regulations.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Examines a study to better understand health care practitioners’ perceptions of the rehabilitation needs of Aboriginal clients recovering from brain injury.

Authors discuss and provide examples of environmental repossession - the social, economic, and cultural processes Indigenous people are engaging in to reconnect with their traditional lands and territories, to assert their rights as Indigenous people and to improve their own well-being.

Reports on the findings of the conference held in Adelaide, Australia which examined some of the work being done on the issue of Indigenous family violence.

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Study discusses reasons why youth are resisting use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in their communities.

Explores what culturally respectful care means in Aboriginal communities and how this concept can help to improve health care delivery and education.

Looked at both grey and peer-reviewed literature about research conducted in North America and Australia. Summarizes search results under four themes: respect, trust, self-determination, and commitment.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wayne State University, 2000.

Study assessed the success of seven diabetes prevention behaviours in seventy-five adult American Indian women.

Studies the experiences of over 800 Saskatchewan aboriginal individuals with conventional health care services and suggests a more culturally sympathetic approach would result in better outcomes.

Study uncovers concerns from families living in rural and remote areas that have limited health care and are dealing with severe and fatal diseases.

Study found that in addition to hemodialysis being life-altering, patients also experienced negative clinical interactions from healthcare providers due to misperceptions about beliefs and behaviours.

Aboriginal health worker describes the role they play in helping Aboriginal patients who are often unfamiliar with medical terminology and practices.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017. Discusses the Cree Nation of Chisasibi's Land Based Healing Program.

Paper presented at the The Otitis Media in Childhood Conference. Compares Aboriginal perceptions in remote communities about hearing loss to non-Aboriginal western thinking.

Looks at flexible program of care developed due to problems with access to treatment.

Looks at a new category of registered nurses (RNCP) implemented in British Columbia in 2010.

Brief discussion regarding prevalence and causes.

Statistics indicate that blindness occurs up to 10 times more often in Australian Aboriginals than the general population. Results from the 5 day course indicated that recipients found it relevant and informative.

Focuses on the impact of COVID-19. "Compiled on the basis of publications from indigenous organizations and civil society organizations, participation in pertinent webinars and expert discussions and over 150 submissions from States and indigenous and human rights organizations in response to a joint questionnaire."

Mandate was to address Aboriginal issues and a way to negotiate a long term harvesting arrangement.

Literature review findings resulted in a recommendation to make midwifery an integral part of maternity care for rural and remote Aboriginal communities.

Results of community consultation process and literature review focus on incorporation of both Aboriginal and western perspectives for health improvement as well as current strengths and weaknesses.

Outlines the recommendations made by the 50 delegates to the gathering which was held in Canberra, Australia.

Makes recommendations concerning community, health, social services, education, facilities and possible sites for relocation.

Review was triggered when a fourteen year girl from Little Grand Rapids First Nation hung herself in a garage in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was in the care of the Agency, which had placed her in the city. Both service delivery and operations were examined.

Reports on workshops held on domestic violence in Broken Hill, Wollongong, Forster, Taree, Newcastle, Dubbo, Wilcannia, Bourke and Nowra.

Article summarizes main themes of a Symposium with health care providers, researchers, elders and public health officials. Focuses on identifying emerging challenges, trends and potential solutions for the increasing number of infants and children affected by prenatal opioid use.

Case study report examines the evolution of NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) research governance from 2006 to 2018, highlighting community consent contracts and ethical review processes and protocols.

Discusses using a research paradigm based on ethnography as an appropriate approach to understanding First Nations health. Provides case studies..

Study looks at births, deaths, and attendance in hospital care.

Qualitative study used narrative inquiry to interview traditional practitioners about their understandings of the consequences of sexual trauma and abuse, and the methods of treatment they applied.

Overview of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana and the search for a Gros Ventre Elder to conduct community action research with.

Study findings indicated that many subjects of the study employed negative strategies in dealing with their health care.

Presents a study carried out by the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) in Australia.

Author of Separate Beds speaks about the history of segregation, discrimination, and substandard facilities, care and funding in the Indian Hospital Service. Duration: 15:56.

Describes the link between federal First Nations health care, in the period 1890 to 1930, and the social reform goals and values of that same time period.

Article discusses the basis for and challenges of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada’s upcoming mandate that all residency programs implement a cultural safety training component.

Study found that agencies provided a substantially broader range of services, including culturally specific programs, "mainstream" treatments, and ancillary services such as care for clients children.

Based on a 2017 Adult Caregiver Survey for 44 Hopi women unpaid caregivers of elderly family members. The findings support that higher resilience was associated with lesser stress for the caregivers.