Health Care Practices

Discusses how changes in the treatment of diabetes in the Gila River Native American community over the past 30 years coincides with improvements in glycemia, blood pressure, and cholesterol.

Looks at the state of eye care, access, barriers, and social determinants in a community in Northern British Columbia.

Explores living with HIV infection in rural Alberta; understanding the idea of health, accessing care, challenges and benefits of rural life, and the relationship between personal beliefs and values to HIV.

Reports on statements made by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) representatives which stress the need for using OCAP (ownership, control, access and possession) principles in the field of health research.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2013.

Commentary on how often an individual is the best person to improving one's health.

Authors discuss the need for researchers to acknowledge and examine their own positionality in relation to health and wellness narratives; suggest that being mindful about the privilege implicit to the position of “researcher” is essential in working respectfully and reciprocally within the community.

Responses indicate a greater injury rate from rough rodeo events with older competitors being more likely to have had time lost due to injury.

Exploration of the Indigenous role in the Arts and how this can contribute to a sense of well being.

Book review of Separate Beds by Maureen Katherine Lux.

Book review of: Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s-1980s by Maureen K. Lux.

Book review of Separate Beds by Maureen Lux.

Discusses several different models for mental health care noting that none can stand alone.

Discusses the need for geriatric services for the estimated 11,000 American Indian elders living in Los Angeles.

Research shows Aboriginal families are poorly served at end of life by the health care systems and looks at ways in which they could be better served.

Literature review of experiences of Indigenous youth with sexual health in Australia.

[Public Health] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queensland University of Technology, 2007.

Looks at services of the Brisbane Sexual Health Clinic and how it is making itself more inviting to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community,

Reports Western mainstream health services are not meeting the need of Aboriginal people. First published in Venerology: The Interdisciplinary, International Journal of Sexual Health, Volume 8, Number 1, February 1995, pp. 13-14.

Related material: Part 2: Sexuality and Relationships.

Findings indicate the two communities had networks that were similar in both size and structure. Locating information in a publicly funded system made for easier patient follow-up.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.

Looks at results from participatory interviews of Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge about their health decision making experiences. Results were arranged in a Medicine Wheel framework for presentation and grouped in four themes.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2008.

Authors completed a literature review—including the field notes of health researchers—to determine which model of engagement, Sharing Circles or Focus Groups, was more appropriate in Indigenous communities. Research suggests that given the focus on ceremony, relationship building and respect Sharing Circles are more appropriate for Indigenous communities.

September 2002 to August 2005.

Stage 1 of 2 reports. January to August 2001.

Comments on the application of Indigenous Knowledge Translation (KT) approaches to health information work and practice, and identifies specific strategies for implementing TK activities in Indigenous contexts.

Explores the history and rationale for the ACCHS model of service delivery.

Report presents a framework comprising five key drivers of change for career opportunities in the health sector.

Examines health status of the Inuit population within the changing contexts of population and socio-economic factors.

Looks at programs and projects using eHealth to bridge distance applications in public health and health-care.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 2001.

Looks at the creation of a instructional video designed to reduce the number of Indigenous infants who are lost to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Australia.

Investigation into the death of a sixteen year old youth who became ill while incarcerated at a Youth Residence and was denied entitlement to healthcare services and reasonable accommodation based on a hearing impairment.

Briefly reports on the culturally sensitive campaign aimed at promoting condom use among transgendered individuals in Australia.

Examines the existence of racism within the public health sector and the imbalances between funders and providers of public health services.

Overview of Conference held in Iqaluit, Nunavut February 2009, which brought together stakeholders committed to economic development for brainstorming and planning.

Overview of Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC) set up in 2003 in recognition of the fact that Aboriginal smoking rates are more than twice the overall Australian rate.

Looks at the Fresh Start facilitator training program offered by Quit Victoria.

Smoking statistics for Indigenous and Torres Strait Australians.

Describes survey results that will help identify Nunavimmiut health problems and detect potential ones.

Scoping review of literature on Aboriginal health, rights, and health policy highlights issues including the impact of ongoing colonialism, the role of government in rights realization, tokenism, and policies of assimilation. Notes an ongoing failure to move from rights recognition to implementation.

Looks at key determinants of Inuit health disparities and provides solutions to address those disparities.