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Health and Safety Issues for Aboriginal Transgender/Two Spirit People in Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Taylor
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 2, Winter, 2009, pp. 63-84
Description
Reports the key recommendations that would help provide Aboriginal Transgender/Two Spirit people with the dignity of an everyday life free of anxieties regarding health and safety.
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The Health and Well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Parental Report From the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007

Alternate Title
The National Survey of Children's Health 2007: American Indians/Alaska Natives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Description
Looks at data for parental perceptions of health from unique communities and environments in seven states and presents indicators in the family environment that may support or threaten families and children.
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The Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Workers: Results from a National Australian Survey

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann M. Roche
Vinita Duraisingam
Allan Trifonoff
Amanda Tovell
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 44, January 2013, pp. 17-26
Description
Findings highlight the importance of implementing workforce development strategies that focus on achieving culturally appropriate, equitable and supportive organizational conditions for Indigenous drug workers.
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The Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Acta Paediatrica, vol. 104, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 2-4
Description
Editorial discusses health related quality of life (HRQoL) of Sami schoolchildren ages 12 to 18 in Sweden.
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The Health and Well-Being of the Aboriginal Population in British Columbia: Interim Update [2007]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Description
Statistics for: low birthweight, pre-term births, infant mortality, births to teenage mothers, and disease and injury premature mortality. Related material: The Health and Well-being of the Aboriginal Population: Interim Update [2012]. First Nations Health and Well-being: Interim Update [2015].
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Health Care Utilisation Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Programme to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis

Alternate Title
Health Care Utilization Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Program to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lily Ray
Bobbi Outten
Katherine Gottlieb
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1705048, December 20, 2019
Description
Study examines participation in Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) and whether it changes how Indigenous Alaskans use healthcare services. FWWI participants showed a 36% reduction in total system visits, a 70% reduction in substance use visits, and a 40% reduction in emergency department visits.
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Health in a Hostel

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ottar Draugsvold
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, December 1979, pp. 51-52
Description
Describes how recreational programs provide support to vulnerable individuals.
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Health & Indigenous Elders

Alternate Title
Linkages (Centre for Studies in Aging & Health)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Studies in Aging & Health
Description

Brief list of resources.

"Last reviewed December 2019."

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Health Innovation & Equity: Recommendations From Native American Youth

Alternate Title
Focus Group Report: A One-Year Project between the Center for Native American Youth and the Aetna Foundation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth
Description
Results from feedback about changing health outcomes and priorities and ideas about using innovation and technology to promote fixes for health disparities.
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Health Literacy and Australian Indigenous Peoples: An Analysis of the Role of Language and Worldview

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alyssa Vass
Alice Mitchell
Yurranydjil Dhurrkay
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 22, no. 1, 2011, pp. 33-37
Description
Explores various components of health literary including: fundamental, scientific, community and cultural literacy. Argues that when working with a population whose first language is not English and who do not share a biomedical view of health, different methodologies are necessary.
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The Health of Aboriginal and Torres Islander Youth

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Karen West
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, March/April 1993, pp. 20-21
Description
Looks at issues facing youth such as overcrowding in homes, education, unemployment, and alcohol. Provides interim and long term solutions.
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Health of American Indian and Alaska Native Elders in California

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Delight E. Satter
Steven P. Wallace
Andrea N. Garcia
Lauren M. Smith
Description
Examines health risks, health status and health services use utilizing comprehensive population-level health data. Primary source is the 2007 California Health Interview Survey.
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The Health of the Nova Scotia Mi'Kmaq Population: A Summary Report

Alternate Title
The Health of the On Reserve Mikmaq Population in Nova Scotia: Data from 2002-03
[Regional Longitudinal Health Survey Report: Nova Scotia, 2002-2003: Summary Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlotte Loppie
Fred Wien
Description
Data from First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (FNRLHS).
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The Health-related Quality of Life of Indigenous Populations: A Global Systematic Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Blake Angell
Janai Muhunthan
Anne-Marie Eades
Joan Cunningham
Gail Garvey ... [et al.]
Quality of Life Research, vol. 25, no. 9, September 10, 2016, pp. 2161-2178
Description
Review of studies using health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments which look at physical and mental health, social functioning, and emotional well-being.
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Healthy Brain Initiative: Road Map for Indian Country

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alzheimer's Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Description
Developed to assist tribal governments in understanding how Alzheimer's and dementia occurrence and the need for caregiving is affecting their communities and provide information on different public health strategies and opportunities for community action.
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"A Hell of a Warrior": Remembering Sergeant Thomas George Prince

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Journal of Historical Biography, vol. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. [27]-78
Description
Biography one of the most decorated soldiers in Canadian history focuses on his time in the military, his activities between the Second World War and the Korean war, and contends that his inability to adjust once he had left the military was due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Help When You're Feeling Down

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[Shoalhaven (Australia) Aboriginal Safe Community Partnership]
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 5, September/October 2004, pp. 28-29
Description
Brief, instructional article aimed at those having symptoms of depression.
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The Helping Horse: How Equine Assisted Learning Contributes to the Wellbeing of First Nations Youth in Treatment for Volatile Substance Misuse

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Adams
Cheryl Arratoon
Janice Boucher
Gail Cartier
Darlene Chalmers
Colleen Anne Dell ... Dominique Dryka
Randy Duncan ... Serene Spence
Mallory Wuttunee
Human Animal Interaction Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 1, June 2015, pp. 52-75
Description
Case study involving the Saskatchewan-based Cartier Equine Learning Center and the White Buffalo Youth Inhalant Treatment Centre program located on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.
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Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Despair: Identifying the Precursors to Indian Youth Suicide

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Troy Johnson
Holly Tomren
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 287-301
Description
Argues that a comprehensive study of Aboriginal youth suicide in the urban environment is needed in order to get an accurate picture of overall Aboriginal youth health in the United States and to design appropriate interventions
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Heroes Transcend Trauma

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David E. Rosenthal
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 1, The Winding Road to Student Success, Fall, 2006, p. 6
Description
Comments on the article "Historical Trauma and Post-Colonial Stress in American Indian Populations" by Brave Heart and Tina Deschenie in Tribal College Journal Vol. 17, Issue 3, 2006, p. 24-27.
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The Highway of Tears

Alternate Title
VPRO Documentary
[Where Women Go Missing in Canada]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Emy Koopman
VPRO
Description
Documentary about the dozens of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls who have disappeared on the stretch of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Focuses on the family of Ramona Lisa Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after twenty-five years. Duration: 50:10.
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The Highway Runs East: Poverty, Policing, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Nova Scotia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
J. Robert Larmer
Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 27, 2018, pp. 89-136
Description
Article examines the stories of four deceased Aboriginal women: Victoria Rose Paul, Loretta Saunders, Nora Bernard, and Tanya Jean Brooks. Argues policing, mental health and addiction, and socioeconomic fragility contribute to the vulnerability of Indigenous women and discusses these issues in the context of the Marshal Inquiry, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, and the national calls for reconciliation.
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The Historical Context: Ethnohistory of the Puyallup Mental Health Care System: [Chapter] 1

Alternate Title
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, [Monograph No.2, pp. 19-32]
The People Who Give More: Health and Mental Health Among the Contemporary Puyallup Indian Tribal Community
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 2, 1989
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George M. Guilmet
David L. Whited
Description
Discusses the health care system of the Puyallup's including recommendations for the future.
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Historical, Cultural and Social Determinants of Health for Native Women: HIV/AIDS and Native American Women

Alternate Title
Presentation at the 4th Annual HIV/AIDS Conference for Health Professionals: Women of Color Living Positive, Tukwila, Washington, April 20, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karina L. Walters
Description
Overview of the social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to HIV-related health disparities for Native women and girls.
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