Researchers suggest that disease reduced the North American indigenous population to a level that permitted European settlement.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2002.

A discussion about the construction of log and birch canoes ; the tuberculosis epidemic ; the effects of non-Indians on Indian life style : spiritual values, hunting; fishing; land use, etc.

Outlines research findings in the areas of cross cultural care, infectious disease, social determinants of health, maternal-child care, and addiction medicine.

Report findings indicate that aboriginal populations have an increased risk of death from alcoholism, homicide, suicide and pneumonia.

Cites research that was published in, Medical Journal of Australia showing improved infectious disease death rates.

Presents the actions taken by health workers to prevent the spread of measles through immunization of six to nine-month old children.

Defines the Aboriginal health workers responsibilities towards family, community, co-workers and job ethics.

Book review of: Aboriginal People and Colonizers of Western Canada to 1900 by Sarah Carter.

Describes how the effects of colonization reduced indigenous populations by as much as ninety per cent in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Various health care workers describe their jobs, responsibilities and health care practices within the Aboriginal Medical Service in Australia.

Looks at upper respiratory tract infection and treatment options in children.

Looks this common disease infecting aboriginal children living on reservations and remote locations where adequate sanitation is lacking.

Research shows link between these diseases and socioeconomic disadvantages and lack of cost-effective approaches to prevention.

Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.

Results indicate that treatment practices vary within the Canadian Arctic region, additional research is recommended.

Research of 350 children show 47%, aged 6 weeks to 12 years old, testing positive for H. pylori.

Evaluation of a culturally sensitive service indicated improved quality of life changes for participants.

Summary comparing risk behaviour for HIV and STD infections.

Website links to health data, programs, projects, resources, and publications.

Describes study done on alcohol consumption and its association with sexual risk and drug use.

Looks at how historical trauma is constructed differently by medicine men from the same reservation.

Looks at the health inequalities faced by First Nations women in cancer screening and studies the use of self-sampling HPV tests.

Website promotes national and international Aboriginal health research that is relevant to the well-being of Aboriginal communities, with a focus on prevention of HIV/AIDS, gender and domestic violence, and diabetes and related conditions.

The interview includes the story of a Cree boy who becomes a Blackfoot Chief.

Identifies steps needed to prevent the spread of HIV in Native American communities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 8.

Presents health care providers with culturally relevant training tools to improve communication with patients regarding the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and other STIs, and supports efforts to minimize STI impact, including HIV, on Native communities.

Presents health care providers with culturally relevant training tools to improve communication with patients regarding the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and other STIs, and supports efforts to minimize STI impact, including HIV, on Native communities.

Revised edition 1991.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University (Canada), 1996.

Bibliography is divided into five categories: Social and cross cultural aspects of health and disease, Health, health education, and health care delivery, Genetics and metabolism, Infectious diseases, and Noninfectious/Chronic health problems.

Study uses data from the National Infant Mortality Surveillance (NIMS) project to compare birthweights and mortality risks among Native American and White infants.

Examination of the religious and cultural responses, of two California Native American groups, to new diseases, which were of Spanish origin, and to colonization.

Liberal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Dartmouth College, 2013.

Review of Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical. Cultural. and Epidemiological Perspectives by James B. Waldram, D. Ann Herring, T. Kue Young

Case study examines the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of a 82-year-old man who developed an infection at the site of a permanent pacemaker implant.

Covers literature dealing with rates of the disease, reasons for its occurrence and screening issues.

Looks at a filter-paper blood testing method for collecting and storing blood to monitor caribou disease.

Review of all infant deaths from the Nunvavut Bureau of Statistics. Shows unexpected infant deaths have the highest cause for infant mortality.

Reports on the advantages of conducting collaborative public health research in Canada's circumpolar regions.

Some changes over the last twenty five years include less infectious diseases in children and the addition of Aboriginal organizations like the ATSIC and the Land Councils.