Infectious Diseases

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.

Discusses challenges experienced by First Nations women who either have health issues or care for someone who does, and makes recommendations to improve their situation.

Examines the national incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus and found that many women had no genital herpes simplex virus history before delivery.

Discusses the severity of respiratory infections in preschool Inuit children from neonatal vitamin A deficiency.

Describes the challenges of educating the residents of Elcho Island in northern Australia on the advantages of proper septic tank use.

Contains links to a series of articles and video news reports which discuss the deplorable health and sanitary conditions that exist in northern Manitoba communities due to lack of potable water.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Oregon State University, 1975.

Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.

Focuses on the peoples of the northern area of the Northwest Coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Chapter from Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.

Describes events before, during and after an outbreak of the disease and records how an innovative prevention program contributed to a successful resolution.

Study documented the prevalence of the virus in Baker Lake, Nunavut, an isolated Inuit community.

Comments on the impact of climate change on the health of Arctic inhabitants and looks at ways of assessing the interface between human-animal-environment.

Stresses the advantages of immunization for streptococcus pneumonia bacteria through a free Australian government program offsetting the fact that some communities have among the highest rates of infection in the world.

Statistics from various sources gathered to assist tribes in developing public health programs and priorities.

Findings stress disproportionately poorer health in the north, and the need for more locally focused research to better reflect realities of northern communities.

Describes how the clinic has tailored services to meet the needs of its clientele, who have very low status and are experiencing an epidemic of communicable diseases.

Looks at previous experiences of contagious disease, impact of social determinants of health, gendered experiences of mental health, effect of physical distancing and quarantine, and existing MHSU (Mental Health and Substance Use Services) and how they might inform COVID-19 health services. Related material: Executive Lay Summary Report: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health and Substance Use.

Evaluates the health campaign that focused on at-risk Metis in Manitoba.

Discussion on the preparedness plan for a pandemic of influenza and other major communicable disease emergencies in Saskatchewan. Updated version.

Briefly explains symptoms and why early intervention can prevent the onset of the disease.

Survey shows a high proportion of the participants reported domestic, physical or sexual assault by a family member.

Mr. Paul Gladue, aged 75, describes the area of land covered by a trapper; the traditional lifestyle in northern Alberta; and work in Fort McMurray supplying wood to river steamboats.

Comments on disparities in health status between American Indians and other groups in the U.S. for the last 500 years.

Pierre Vandale was born in Carlton, Saskatchewan. He was treated in a sanatorium for tuberculosis but on recovery worked at farming and woodcutting. He talks about his children's education and his lack of schooling and he shares what his grandfather told him about the Riel Rebellion of 1885, the Metis and World War I and II.

Looks at how geographic differences affect death rates for pneumonia and influenza victims.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2001

Concluded that socio-economic factors and injuries played an important role in premature mortality rates.

A study to determine the prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (OBCD) among the 35-year-old Indigenous people in Canada.

Looks at two protozoan parasites in diarrhoeic patients to better understand the burden of illness and the potential mechanisms of transmission.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 1991.

Article states that in Queensland, Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a hospital admission rate for pneumonia 6 times greater than non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the region.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Universtiy of Washington, 2016.

Uses photographs and brief descriptions to show and explain different types of skin conditions.

Chapter or portion from unknown book.

Discusses common considerations about household and school employees' connectivity and equipment, as well as the requirements in four different scenarios: teachers and students return to school but some individuals must remain at home due to health fragility reasons; students and teachers partially back to school; teachers in school, students at home; and neither teachers nor students are at school.

Discusses project, lessons learned, integration of participants' evaluations, and reflections as researchers.

Provides a picture of health care administration governance including Bands, Tribal Councils, health transfer programs and health plans.

Offers insight into a period of American history which shaped future relations. Diploma Thesis towards undergraduate degree--Masaryk University Brno, 2010.

College of Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

Data sources: Department of Health, Government of Nunavut, Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada, and International Circumpolar Surveillance.

Author of Separate Beds speaks about the history of segregation, discrimination, and substandard facilities, care and funding in the Indian Hospital Service. Duration: 15:56.

Looks at the negative health effects on residential school survivors and successive generations.

Project involves a team in each of the three project sites and university-based researchers working with young people

Brief article describes conditions and prescribes treatment for respiratory infections in children.

Explores the link between environmental indoor air quality and infection.

One hundred and forty-two participants from seven Arctic nations described the current status of water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH), including access to services, notification requirements for water-related infectious diseases, and examples of environmental-change events which impacted provision of services.

Focuses on mortality and morbidity.

Book review of: Boarding School Seasons by Brenda J. Child.

Book reviews of: The Trickster of Liberty: Tribal Heirs to a Wild Baronage by Gerald Vizenor. Nairne's Muskhogean Journals: The 1708 Expedition to the Mississippi River edited by Alexander Moore. The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt, Captive of Maquinna annotated and illustrated by Hilary Stewart. A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson edited by W. David Baird. Native American Baskertry: An Annotated Bibliography complied by Frank W.