Health Care Practices

Concludes that further research needs to be completed to study the relationship between stress and health and outlines issues for further study.

For the benefit of healthcare professionals and healthcare providers who are working with Aboriginal individuals, families and communities dealing with stroke care, recovery and prevention.

Overview of funding of health and substance misuse services and hearing and mental health and agreements being negotiated between the Commonwealth and each State and Territory.

Contents that the only way to control the disease is for government health departments to recognize the disease as a priority and to establish appropriate systems to treat and monitor patients.

Article describes the origins and mandate of Ongomiizwin; highlights the five themes of the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences’ (RFHS) Reconciliation Action Plan for health science education: (1) Honoring traditional knowledge systems and practices, (2) Safe learning environments and professionalism, (3) Student support, mentorship and retention (4) Education across the spectrum and 5) Closing the gap in admissions.

Report summarizes the new knowledge legacy created as a result of the project.

[History] Thesis (Ph. D.)--Arizona State University, 2013.

Examines and describes the service needs and experiences of pregnant women in Manitoba who have problems with substance use.

Describes the five institutions involved, their specific areas of research, and why study done here has global significance.

Reviews the 2011 study Healthy Aging through Fall Prevention among Older Aboriginal People: From Many Voices to a Shared Vision using a lens of cultural competency. Author highlights problematic elements of the study and suggests frameworks that can be used to improve the quality of research.

Highlights recommendations made by the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada.

Overview to health crisis and Nishnawbe Aski Nation's plan to implement recommendations made by the Auditor General's report Access to Health Services for Remote First Nations Communities.

Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Western University, 2011

Looks at innovative program that incorporated monthly telephone interviews for discharged clients of substance abuse program.

Examines common factors, coping and survival strategies, roles of extended family and friendships, and organizations offering services in the San Francisco Bay area.

Talks about development of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC) strategies to provide better delivery of services, and enable stronger ties to the Aboriginal community and to government agencies.

Looks at features of programs aimed at improving the health and well-being of older adults. Topics discussed are: planning, training leaders, outreach and recruitment, implementation, building partnerships, adaptations for specific populations, and sustaining programs. Includes description of four successful initiatives.

Qualitative study with mixed methods design; uses in-depth surveys of forty self-identified American Indians living with chronic pain. Paper explores the experience of the participants and the factors of resiliency from which they draw strength.

Discusses risk factors and school-based programs that emphasize adaptation to local norms and customs.

Population based study showing trends, associated factors and rates. Shows younger females, single or divorced, with an Aboriginal background and low level of education, were at a higher risk of attempting suicide.

Reviews levels and types of prevention, major risks and protective factors, and effective elements of suicide prevention programs.

Presents the results of a data collection by health organizations on Te Waipounamu (New Zealand’s South Island). Whānau (families) that were interviewed noted the need for a culturally appropriate approach that included Whānau was needed for not only preventing suicide, but for mental healthcare generally.

Article on HIV/AIDS appears as part of a series providing statistical information about specific areas of Indigenous health.

Study involved consultations, key informant interviews and a focus group about HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV) in Indigenous communities. Most responses fell into two broad categories: stigma and discrimination in the context of health care and other settings and concerns about privacy and confidentiality, with a number of sub-themes.

Investigated how two pairs of babies born at the hospital came to be misidentified and were therefore raised by their non-biological parents. Concluded that the identification process was flawed, identification band procedure was not applied consistently and bands were not placed on the babies in the room where they were delivered.

Explanation of 19 major conclusions and recommendations.

Discusses the history of tuberculosis, current statistics, and prevention and control with Indigenous peoples.

Health workers hold meeting for spouses of alcoholics to offer help with self esteem and spiritual guidance.

Synthesis of academic and grey literature gathered from sources such as websites, online documents, government reports and presentations. Five themes were identified: cultural care, client-centered care, skills building, community-support and healing traumas for recovery, well as program or activity descriptions.

Health Services Planning Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia, 1983.

Examines how provincial and local policies concerning income support affect women’s health. Published by the Prairie Women's Centre for Excellence

Provides qualitative evidence of the benefits of integrating traditional Indigenous healing practices -- in particular the sweat lodge ceremony -- into the Western treatment model, Seeking Safety.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2002.

Short video about University of Saskatchewan researcher's work on understanding the relationship between culture and the health of Aboriginal peoples.

Summary of the presentations included in the Symposium on Parental Education at the 17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health (ICCH17).

Brief discussion of Indigenous determinants of health, the Honouring Our Strengths framework model, and concepts of culturally safe, competent and relevant care.

Investigated which factors would facilitate decentralization of services while maintaining safe birth outcomes in rural and remote areas.

Chapter 1 of series explaining issues in First Nations health and the efforts to address them. Duration: 7:39.

Describes two approaches to obesity prevention that are grounded in Mātauranga Māori (Māori worldview), both are systems-centered rather that person-centered. Uses Systems Thinking tools to “translate” Mātauranga Māori systems.

Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM) table uses information from 2000/2001 and 2003 surveys. Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table.

From Statistics Canada's Canadian Socio-economic Information and Management System (CANSIM). Data can be added / removed and manipulated to customize table.