Health Care Practices

Public Policy Project (M.P.P.)--Simon Fraser University, 2010.

Feminist and Gender Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Looks at the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual condition of Aboriginal women with a neurological condition and relationship to their caregivers.

Study reviewed 17 articles and six reports about effective programs and their positive impacts. Found that high levels of community involvement were linked to better outcomes across a range of indicators.

Dentistry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2013.

Study found that only 23% of a study group was found to be using aspirin as part of a diabetic preventative therapy, leading researchers to believe that better promotion of the benefits of such therapy is needed.

Results of gathering of representatives from several AIDS organizations, funders, federal and provincial governments, Tripartite First Nations Health Plan staff, and researchers which discusses and identifies strategies and challenges faced in ending the HIV epidemic.

Study shows unintentional injury hospitalization rates were higher in the less affluent and remote areas.

Speakers stated that a more coordinated approach is needed in order to assist workers to improve health outcomes.

Reports on the health disparities between urban First Nations individuals and the general population.

Brief overview of 58 reviews and primary studies published since 2009 which describe health disparities and lived experiences and various interventions, strategies, and programs that have been used to address unmet needs.

Describes the planning and implementation of a mass-screening clinic in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut following the death of a young Inuk women in 2017.

Describes program and plots future directions for further health worker training opportunities in order to provide optimal care.

Estimate of pneumococcal vaccination coverage revealed that the rate ranged from 84% to 90%.

Discusses study commissioned as part of Ontario's diabetes strategy to develop tools and interventions to support Toronto's Aboriginal community.

Two year study identified challenges and determined practical solutions for policy makers and service providers.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2012.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

Looks at present services provided by the American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeast Michigan and results from needs assessment project, Gda'shkitoomi" (We are able).

Examines perceptions regarding health care providers and systems, and access to sexual health care services.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.S.)--University of Lethbridge, 2009.

Topics examined in report are: demographics, data sources, health status, determinants of health, jurisdictional issues, trends in research, and suggested topics for future research.

Presents themes coming out of interviews with community members about their views on health care services at Indian Health: native place, place like home, and place of relational care.

Looks at the differences in rural versus urban birth and infant outcomes for Indigenous peoples in Quebec.

Looks at diabetes as a product of economic and social conditions as well as issues of self-esteem and self-worth originating from a colonial past. Provides recommendations for the future.

Describes the events arising at the Aboriginal Health Forum which led to the creation of a Coordinator of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heart Care Project in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

Studies how cultural beliefs influence health behaviors regarding diabetes in order to develop a community based intervention program.

Examines a subset of oral literature that teachs listeners about human health concerns, including how to prevent certain illnesses, avoid bodily harm, deal with mental health issues, instruct in sexual matters, discuss spirit-power contact and deal with old age.

Identifies barriers to breast health as being access to information, screening, economics, follow-up, and protecting women

Examines a cultural sensitive and responsive framework, developed as a resource for health workers to promote Aboriginal health, which considers factors and approaches, builds on Aboriginal strengths, and reflects on values, assumptions and feedback.

Study of 60 young Indigenous mothers examines the association between setting and attaining goals and indicators of health behavior change. After six month of intervention it was found that goal attainment was not significantly associated with behavior change despite participants exhibiting confidence in completing goals and increased sense of agency.

Reports on the review of an Aboriginal community medical service in Wooloongabba in Brisbane by CHASP (Community Health Accreditation Standards Program) and goals of the service.

Study aimed to increase number of individuals able to understand their HIV status through preventative educational presentation and one-on-one counseling.

Study uses thematic and NVivo 10 analysis to review the structured interviews of 30 study participants; most participants found the Medicine Wheel to be a useful framework for health-care decision making.

Reports results of project involving storytelling circles and focus group discussions with 38 mothers, 11 counsellors, and 12 child-welfare workers. Analysis is based on teachings of love, wisdom, respect, courage, honesty, humility, and truth. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.

Social and Preventive Medicine Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1973.

Shows how storytelling, that presents a change of lifestyle, works because storytelling presents ideas and values in a simple, entertaining way.

Describes the role of the Urapuntja Council in Utopia, a remote area located 240 kilometres north east of Alice Springs, Australia

Reports on the 20 graduates from the program based in Melbourne, Australia.

Discussion of the data collected from First Nations communities in Manitoba focusing on bonding aspects and the Implications on research and policy.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2003.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Alberta, 1994.

Briefly describes the three postgraduate subjects in Aboriginal health for the Master of Public Health program for 2004.

Report divided into two parts: Part one: Voices of Front-line AECD (Aboriginal Early Childhood Development) Workers in BC; Part 2: Communities Working Together for a Common Goal: Integration and Coordination of AECD Programs .

Health workers report on their experiences regarding the expanding number of people contracting venereal diseases.