Health Care Practices

Symposium sponsored by the Native Mental Health Association of Canada and the Mood Disorders Society of Canada October 3 and 4, 2007 in Ottawa. Related Material: Building Bridges 2. Building Bridges 2: A Pathway to Cultural Safety, Relational Practice and Social Inclusion: Schedules "A" to "E" to Main Report.

Toolkit to be used as resource for organizations working with communities within the Northern Plains tribal culture.

Presents a study that looks at the community health nursing workforce in Canada.

Results of interviews conducted to examine aspects of health including childhood development, personal health practices, and coping.

Describes a collaborative approach to reducing health disparities affecting Montana and Wyoming tribal nations while promoting health-protective practices and interventions.

Describes the research process and results of a participatory project on how Indigenous girls and the female family members that care for them. Results show that flexible design that allows for intergenerational involvement can prove beneficial for both participants and for researchers.

Article reframes the discussion surrounding mental health recognizing that Indigenous peoples have a holistic view of health that encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and environmental spectrum of wellbeing. Notes implications for government policy and for frontline practice.

Interdisciplinary Health Thesis (M.Sc.)--Laurentian University, 2014.

Looks at the effectiveness of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Service to Science initiative which provided training and customized evaluation technical assistance to locally-developed substance abuse prevention programs.

Report summarizes discussions that took place at the Remote Presence Forum March 3-5, 2014.

Reports on efforts among the indigenous populations of the Arctic to monitor and control viral hepatitis.

Looks at risk levels, types of burns and burn experiences of Treaty Indians and Métis in an Alberta hospital.

Promotes idea that aboriginal health workers can use their knowledge and cultural and social background to help city nurses understand the needs of their patients.

Article describes traditional treatment methods for various ailments.

Program helps communities with prevention of alcohol and petrol sniffing abuse.

Provides information about cadmium, its uses, and how if affects people.

Review of health promotion by the National Health and Medical Research Council's Health Advancement Standing Committee in partnership with The Health Australia Project Team.

Review looks at evolution of the type 2 diabetes mellitus epidemic, associated risk factors, and impact of comorbidities and complications.

Viewpoint on impahi-kitimakisowin, a Cree word for extreme poverties, and the failure of the health system over generations.

Reviews of: Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 1: The History, Origins to 1939 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 1, Part 2: The History, 1939 to 2000 Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 2: The Inuit and Northern Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 3: The Métis Experience Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 4: Missing Children in Unmarked Burials Canada's Residential Schools. Volume 5: The Legacy Canada's Residential Schools.

For use in conjunction with Walk With Me - Pathways to Health Harm Reduction Service Delivery Model. Provides information on harm reduction strategies and how they might be applied in community settings.

Evidence that the Aboriginal population is at a disproportionate risk for injury, but that there is little factual data. This particular study develops an injury surveillance framework that is culturally relevant.

The methodology employed in the study was found to be reliable and findings confirmed the need to investigate Medical Service Patterns (MSP) further.

Brief article discusses the impact of residential schools in the context of building rapport with Aboriginal clients. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 19.

Study findings indicate that Canadian Aboriginal subjects differ from both Asian and Caucasian genotype patterns for these mutant alleles, which may have consequences for clinical drug use among Canadian Aboriginals.

States that cancer rates reported in the Lakota Country are 40% higher than the general population of the United States, and discusses how to overcome the high rate.

Reports Nunavut has higher rates of lung, colorectal and oral cancers from the rest of Canada and lower rates of reproductive cancers.

Study uses Indian Health Service inpatient data to estimate cancer incidence among American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Draws on data from 1991 long-form census, compare cancer incidence and survival rates with those of non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Uses data from 2004-2005 Canadian Community Health Surveys and 2001 Aboriginal People's Survey for identifying demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors.

Comments on how demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors impact the health service given to Inuit compared to other Northern Canadians.

Includes definitions, descriptions, and key and enabling competencies for each of seven roles: expert, communicator, collaborator, leader, health advocate, scholar and professional. Supplement to CanMEDS-FM 2017 competency framework.

Looks at pilot program for handling First Nations clients living on reserve, themes arising from interviews about program, and gaps in services and challenges.

Nursing and Health Informatics Thesis (MSN)--University of Victoria, 2017.

Focuses on the quilting process as a means to capture the social world and experiences of the participants.

Goals from the workshop were to develop an agenda for restoring cardiovascular and respiratory health in Aboriginal communities.

Looks at the goals of a screening program which is the first step in a three year program to help Aboriginal communities reduce heart disease.

Looks at program developed by the Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service.

A review of the University of Saskatchewan's CARE model ability to serve the health needs of their surrounding communities.

Chapter nine in COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery: A Report for the Nation.

Looks at opportunities in the areas of physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation counseling, health information management, and nursing.

Examines diversity in intergenerational families and social support patterns that affect the care of older generations.

Topics include long-term care both generally and in "Indian country", eligibility for services, caregiver issues, needs, identity, and support unique to Native Americans, and program funding

Looks at association established to provide information and referral service to those providing care in the community.

Results of a survey show primary care providers are ready to care for survivors locally but with access from specialists if required.