Infectious Diseases

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.

Author challenges the assumption that population growth among Indigenous people during the early reservation period was an indicator of the success of the reservation health care system. Argues that maternal/infant health is a better indicator and considers the Northern Cheyenne people as an ethnohistorical example.

This interview is a summary of the original interview in Chipewyan. Because the summarized sections are so short, they will be of little use to researchers, who may wish to refer to the original.

A waist-up portrait taken beside a newspaper article titled: Church Doesn't Want Indian Day Schools. The article outlines the United Church's appeal to the Government not to discontinue Residential Schools. The two main reasons were (a) so they could keep trachoma and tuberculosis in check and (b) so they can better develop moral fibre and Christian character in preparation for full citizenship.

Consists of an interview that mentions a smallpox epidemic.

Author concludes that the relatively high immunization rate reported may be optimistic.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Truman State University, 2003.

Findings suggest that physicians in the Yukon were more likely to test for chlamydia, resulting in higher rates compared to the rest of Canada.

Analysis of sexual and social networks to help control sexually transmitted disease.

Portion of a monthly report sent by the U.S. Army Air Force detachment describing the events surrounding a flu epidemic.

Study concludes that continued risk factor surveillance will be necessary due to the heterogeneous health status of Aboriginal populations in Canada's north.

Compares chronic respiratory symptoms among selected Indigenous people with non-indigenous peers and reviews evidence for treatment.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2015.

Database covers wide range of health conditions and search results may be narrowed by geographic region, peoples, publication types, etc.

Consists of an interview where Clarence Joe speaks of the conversion of the Sechelt Indians to Roman Catholicism and he discusses at various points the industry and initiative of the Sechelt Indians.

Author of Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life discusses his research. Duration: 1:04:16.

Book review of: Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk.

Book review of Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk.

To accompany award-winning book by James Daschuk which examines ecological, economic, and political factors affecting Aboriginal health and mortality from the early 1700s to the end of the 19th century.

Comments on climate-sensitive zoonotic diseases that can be spread between humans and animals.

Provides information on morbidity rates people and animals that have been impacted by climate changes.

Asserts that the Indian Health Service (IHS) should be the health system of choice for all American citizens, and recalls the many political events that has affected the BIA's budget and mandate.

Looks at epidemiology, risks and treatment, management and prevention of CA-MRSA.

Examines implications of self-government in health for improving provision of services and providing a voice in political health systems. Chapter in book: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by J. H. Hylton.

Overview of a sexual health mentorship program that is culturally relevant and appropriate for Aboriginal youth.

According to surveys conducted in Australia, Aboriginal populations had a rate of infection 16 times that of white populations.

Investigates why ear disease can produce some degree of deafness in children living in remote Aboriginal communities.

Looks at the the set up of an immunization information system (IIS) to record data in hopes of helping with contact management and preventing vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1996.

Group of 12 Indigenous scholars from Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada convened and agreed that Indigenous health could be improved by promoting culturally safe public health practices.

Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) hospital admission rates are among the highest in the world with Nunavut and Nunavik topping the list.

Author considers different estimates for the pre-contact population in the Western Hemisphere as a means of estimating the number of lives lost to colonial factors of violence in the ongoing Indigenous Holocaust. Primarily focuses on United States.

Duration: 1:28:50.

Highlights the health, financial and socio-economic risks and vulnerabilities for communities, individuals, and businesses.

Describes the Pandemic Plan Cowessess First Nation has in place to ensure the safety of its people including a package for each household containing information and coloured communication flags in case of illness. Article located by scrolling to page 8.

Discussion of the educational system: relative merits of day schools, residential schools, integrated schools, etc.; need for inclusion of Indian culture into the curriculum at all levels ; the role of the elder as teacher.

Discussion of health concerns among First Nations people, based on statistics from theCanadian Population Health Initiative.

Argues that inclusion of Indigenous peoples in policy decision-making is essential for developing policies that address health inequalities. Paper from An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky.

Looks at the longest running Aboriginal only leprosarium in Australia, and Cilento's role in leprosy management.

Reports on the resilience of Indigenous populations reacting to culturally challenging events such as disease and declining resources in the 19th and 20th centuries.

To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits

Highlights epidemics of poliomyelitis influenza, typhoid, and mumps. To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'. This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits