Health Care Practices

Suggests that Aboriginal, low income and older women experience disparities when it comes to cancer care in Ontario.

Third edition.

Discusses withdrawal symptoms including anxiety, insomnia, difficulty concentrating and remembering, tremor and general shakiness, nausea, and loss of appetite.

Collection of papers regarding substance abuse prevention, treatment, mental health treatment and co-occurring disorders treatment.

Report identifies elements of best practice in the treatment and rehabilitation of youth with substance abuse problems.

Author, who is the Senior Medical Officer, Port Adelaide (Australia) Community Health Service feels that Aboriginal health workers should become more assertive to influence positive health outcomes.

Conducts an overview of a research project regarding medication issues for Aboriginal health consumers in South Australia.

Discusses the medicalization of women’s in health in Mexico; articulates considerations of separation from traditional healthcare providers and practices, invasive Western practices surround pregnancy and birth, and discrimination against Indigenous and/or Afro-descendant women. Analyzes the way that poor women use the phrase “being cut” to describe “multiple experiences of frustration, mistreatment, and violence during childbirth.”

Revised edition 1991.

Study cohort consisted of 160 survey respondents and 288 focus group participants. Topics included barriers to accessing and successfully completing treatment, suggestions for overcoming them, and promising practices.

Looks at medical practice under Pierre Bourdieu's model of sociological reflexivity.

Brief article reports results of survey using both open-ended and closed questions. Identifies barriers against, or facilitators for, desire to practice in an Aboriginal context.

Supports the need for Australian Aboriginal health worker to continually promoted themselves as distinct.

Article examines a research partnership between health leaders in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory and a team of scientists at Laurentian University and highlights the lessons learned through community-engaged approach to research.

Overview of two year program which provides training to develop counseling, communication, and mental health skills. Also provides an overview of nature of alcoholism.

Bibliography is divided into five categories: Social and cross cultural aspects of health and disease, Health, health education, and health care delivery, Genetics and metabolism, Infectious diseases, and Noninfectious/Chronic health problems.

Includes books, journals, research reports and policy documents dealing specifically with the Maori.

Includes journal articles, conference papers, government reports and selected books. 3rd edition.

Explores the opportunities and challenges facing Native American health care delivery and examines nursing policy issues pertinent to the current state of the Indian Health Service (IHS).

Data collected through questionnaire and sharing circles from 52 participants who had completed a six-week workshop series.

Overview of cross-cultural education package for health professionals.

Brief description of one day workshop, An Introduction to Medical Genetics attended by Aboriginal health officers.

Describes a program undertaken in Port Augusta, South Australia that offers an integrated, culturally appropriate range of nutrition advice that includes community input.

Review of: Where the Pavement Ends: Canada's Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation by Marie Wadden.

Story of Milingimbi Health Centre and the staff who are both Balanda (non-Aboriginal people) and Yolngu (Aboriginal people).

Concludes that despite high awareness of botulism many still use plastic containers for fermented food and some misconceptions about botulism remain

Reports on information gathered through a series of public hearings involving approximately 100 witnesses, including government officials, Aboriginal organizations, communities, service providers, and professional organizations, and a meeting with 50 Indigenous youth. Concludes with 28 recommendations

Discusses the use of art therapy to demonstrate the influence of intergenerational trauma.

Discusses cancer prevention focusing on the National Breast Cancer Screening Program which offers free mammograms every two years.

Looks at the use of on-line courses and webinars to exchange knowledge and information on approaches to health care.

Looks at kind of experiences women had giving birth in a non-Aboriginal health care setting in Nova Scotia.

Discusses health disparities between Indigenous and other Australians in both care and innovative technology and how these disparities are being addressed.

Comments on the real need for research into Australian Aboriginal health versus perceptions of, 'needless research'.

Discusses current situation of Elders, their relationship with their families and communities and the supports needed to ensure their quality of life.

Brief historical background of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation; looks at the social and economic change in remote hunting and trapping communities in Northwestern Ontario; and examines how the First Nations have increased the ability to address health and social service problems locally by assuming control of their health services.

Includes overview and recommendations for "Patients First": integration of service and equity, timely access to care and seamless access to other services, consistent and accessible home and community care, and stronger links between public and other health services.

Identifies some of the ways governments and organizations have responded to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action regarding improving health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Discusses three inter-related potential areas of action: re-alignment of authorities, accountabilities, and resources; elimination of racism and increased cultural safety; and equitable access to health care.

Outlines the progresses made to advance all aspects of the new First Nations health governance structure and the actions needed to improve health services in BC.

Brings attention to cultural, social and structural barriers that continue to restrict Native American's access to health care and the failure of Congress to provide necessary resources.

Describes the aims of the School of Health Studies, which offered the first full time course in Western Australia.

Discusses the residential school system and social problems created by it for First Nations people.

Looks at joint project to develop a national agenda for research on cultural safety and cultural competence and framework for improving health care services for Aboriginal people. Related Material: Building Bridges 2: A Pathway to Cultural Safety, Relational Practice and Social Inclusion: Schedules "A" to "E" to Main Report. Building Bridges 1.