Health Care Practices

Overview of eight commitments to develop and engage stakeholders and Nunavummiut communities.

Presents information on how to provide culturally and linguistically correct services in Ontario. Divided into professional associations, federal and provincial websites, websites for national Aboriginal organizations and historical content of Indigenous languages, health and education of Aboriginal population and cultural sensitivity.

Lists literature pertinent to the issue of "physical damage to the body", whether caused by intentional or unintentional actions.

Discusses prevention and management of hepatitis C.

Discusses results from interview with focus group of services providers in northern Saskatchewan. Identifies lack of safe shelters, transportation, and available services as barriers affecting women survivors.

Discusses areas needing attention in order to provide services tailored to the care of Indigenous seniors in the urban context. Looks at relevant social determinants of health outcomes such as racism and discrimination, poverty, housing food security, transportation, urban and off-reserve migration, and the residential school experience.

Looks at the future of Aboriginal midwifery practices in Canada.

Interviewed 75 Cree and Stoney women and found a feeling of loss and geographic separation from elders, family and community as pregnancy care moved out of the community.

International Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2010.

Study tests the effectiveness of a community-based lay health advisor intervention for primary prevention of lead poisoning among Native American children who lived in a former mining area.

Introduction to issue on historical trauma and implications for mental health and practice. Compares the Holocaust to Indigenous Trauma.

Using a targeted literature search, critiques mainstream approaches to suicidology and suicide prevention because they ignore key social and structural dimensions of Aboriginal suicide.

Based on literature review and key informant interviews, authors' developed three pillars for working in rural and isolated communities: use of indigenous frameworks, capacity building and cultural safety. Includes examples to highlight efficacy of these practices.

Comments on the potential that exists to reduce the Indigenous smoking rate, which is two to three times the rate of non-Indigenous Australians.

Looks idea of what contemporary societies would be like if they functioned according to traditional economic values.

Discusses research related to a harm reduction program for Māori women.

Focuses on the areas of system, community, organization, and practice. Each section includes key points and recommendations. Material presented as exhibit 42 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.

Looks at specific kinds of cancer affecting Aboriginal people in Australia and issues surrounding the use of cancer services.

Found that 60% of unexpected deaths were accidental (motor vehicle crashes, overdose, downing and fire), 33% were due to suicide, and 5% were the result of homicide. Identified three key areas to prevent deaths and support wellness and well-being: connectedness to peers, family, community and culture; access to services; and culturally safe and trauma-informed care.

Business Administration Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2011.

Review of literature dealing with the goals of optimizing cost, accessibility, and quality at national and state level.

Literature review between 1965 and 2011 on alcohol and drug treatments resulting in 24 unique studies on treatment outcomes.

Reviews existing services available for Aboriginal students who are pregnant or parenting, family gathering locations and service programs, and early pregnancy prevention and intervention supports. Offers recommendations for the program.

Addresses background information, treatment intensity levels, supply of detoxification services, best practices, criteria for success factors, and the entirety of available programs and services.

Studies reviewed show the three groups of people have a higher rate of pain symptoms than those in the general population.

Outlines purpose of research and methodology, summarizes results of literature review on evidence, and explores key informant interview findings with particular reference to systems, program and community related challenges. Concludes with recommendations based on analysis of study data.

Book reviews of: Captive Arizona, 1851–1900 by Victoria Smith Caring and Curing: A History of the Indian Health Service by James P. Rife and Alan J. Dellapenna Conversations with Sherman Alexie edited by Nancy Peterson Documents of Native American Political Development, 1500s to 1933 edited by David E. Wilkins Encounters on the Passage: Inuit Meet the Explorers by Dorothy Harley Eber Give Me Eighty Men: Women and the Myth of the Fetterman Fight by Shannon D. Smith Indian Alliances and the Spanish in the Southwest, 750–1750 by William B.

Book reviews of: A Study of Pueblo Architecture in Tusayan and Cibola by Victor Mindeleff. The Faithful Hunter: Abnaki Stories by Joseph Bruchac. Navajo Coyote Tales by William Morgan. Secrets From the Center of the World by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom. Kickapoo Vocabulary by Paul H. Voorhis. An Ojibwe Text Anthology edited by John D. Nichols. "Statement Made by the Indians": A Bilingual Petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864 edited by John D. Nichols. Pisiskiwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik/Talking Animals told by L. Beardy.

Discusses what rheumatic fever is, the causes and prevention.

Results of the only First Nations on-reserve and northern First Nations community longitudinal survey conducted in Canada and only national research initiative under complete First Nations control. Revised second edition.

Article advocates responsible use of medicines by health workers in Australia.

Discusses some issues that are important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait health workers in the government ordered report Review of Professional Indemnity Arrangements for Health Care Professionals.

Presents findings of community-based research study to develop the prototype for the toolkit.

Study interviews 20 Indigenous and non-Indigenous medical leaders in health and health policy to determine what constitutes meaningful involvement of Indigenous peoples in health policy making. Results suggest that attention to the underlying power dynamics and decolonization of the system itself is a necessary step. Authors use the results to develop a framework for meaningful involvement.

Project aims to add knowledge regarding injury rates in order to reduce the overall rate.

Discusses security, safety and awareness ideas for health care providers and the services they offer.

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Western Ontario, 2013.

Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.

Individual Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2001.

Study identifies and compares risk factors for women at two tertiary care hospitals in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Study examined medical records of 160 people who completed suicide in Greenland between 2012 and 2015. Findings were compared with a control group of 160 people who had not suicided in order to assess if risk factors could be identified through medical contact in the six months prior to suicide completion.

Looks the need for Aboriginal health workers to educate Aboriginals on the effects of smoking and exposure to smoking. Covers the risks during pregnancy and asthma in children.

Study indicated there is a scope for community pharmacists to undertake screening and brief intervention for risky drinking and that customers find this to be acceptable.

Video discusses harm reduction programs for drug users, nature of addiction, therapies for treatment, and the Niigan Mosewak youth initiative. Launched in conjunction with the Little Spirit Moon Conference Duration: 33:08.

One of five publications that report on the work of the Funding, Accountability and Results (FAR) project.

One of five publications that report on the work of the Funding, Accountability and Results (FAR) project.

Brief overview of project and list of documents associated with it.