Mortality

Study compares risks between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal general population in British Columbia. Shows a decrease in hospitalization injury in both populations for both sexes.

The youths had relocated from remote communities to Thunder Bay in order to attend high school. 2018 Report 2019 Report

Contends that by 2030, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, should aim to eliminate gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous life expectancy.

Approaches the topic of injury as a public health problem by looking at risk factors, interventions, planing of programs and implementation and evaluation.

Strategies from the study recommend a collaborative, culturally appropriate approach to reduce motor vehicle crashes.

Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.

Studies the linguistic and cultural differences among medical institutions that challenge interpreters who know many of their clients at a personal level.

Looks at the fertility and survival tendencies in the Inuit population of Thule, North Greenland from 1850-1972.

Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, suicide rates, food insecurity, harvesting country food, education, and strength of family ties.

An Inukshuk built by R.G. Williamson at a cemetery. Mine Shaft, Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. [NU].

Describes participatory action research and offers suggestions to Inupiat's communities current failure, and highest suicide rate in the world.

Study examines descriptive statistics and incidence trends (1969 – 2014), including survival rates, of female breast cancers among Alaska Native (AN) women.

Report studied the 90 cases that were identified, one recommendation was to immunize all susceptible children at the onset of a new probable case.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Uses data on critical injuries and deaths reported to the Representative for Children and Youth when children/youth and/or their families have received (within the prior 12 months), or are receiving government services and compares results to statistics for the non-Indigenous population. Related Material: Illuminating Service Experience: A Descriptive Analysis of Injury and Death Reports for First Nations Children and Youth in B.C., 2015 to 2017.

Examines high mortality rates resulting from tuberculosis, pneumonia, gastrointestinal disorders, malnutrition, syphilis, and poverty on the Fort Yuma Reservation in California.

Examination of death certificates between 1911 and 1964 suggest that suicide is not a recent phenomenon and that suicides were recorded as accidental death in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Book review of: Invisible Invaders, Smallpox and Other Diseases in Aboriginal Australia, 1780-1880 by Judy Campbell.

This study compares trends in hospitalization injury rates from 1986 through 2010 between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations.

Findings indicate that giving birth to sons substantially reduced maternal longevity of Sami mothers in northern Finland.

Investigation found clear differences in the ethnic populations and that mortality rates increased among Aboriginal peoples in the most recent five year period of the study.

Discusses the inquest and inquiry into the deaths of Neil Stonechild, Rodney Niastus, and Lawrence Wegner within the context of urban settler-Aboriginal relations.

Discusses the problem, stigma, and risk factors of suicide, as well as ways to implement a successful prevention program.

Talks about his life in general, family relationships and celebrations.

Consists of an interview where he mentions a smallpox epidemic in 1876, his life as a seal hunter and talks about an early missionary to his people.

Examines the case of Jordan, a young Manitoba First Nation's child with a rare neuromuscular disorder, who died in a Winnipeg hospital after federal and Manitoba governments could not agree on who was financially responsible when hospital caregivers wanted to discharge him to a specialized foster home care near his home Reserve.

Investigates events prior to and following the infant's death. Among issues looked at were the actions of the nurse on duty, lack of investigation into the critical incident report, and failure to follow process for monitoring and evaluating operation of the Health Centre.

Lesson plans for use in intermediate level classrooms.

Two women tell their stories of growing up on Whitefish Lake Reserve. Transcriber : Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Mary Lou Fox.

Mr. Gladue, aged 86, describes the discovery of Trout Lake, Alberta; the abundance of buffalo in the area; his life as atrapper. He gives a detailed and graphic account of a winter journey from Wabasca to Yellowknife and back, including his attendance at a Chipewyan funeral and feast.

Examines data about birth rate, fertility, infant and maternal mortality using official Russian statistics for the period 2003-2014 and compared them to the general population.

Compares racial imbalance in kidney cancer cases using demographic, geographic and temporal factors.

Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017.

Tells the story of the impacts of the substance abuse and overdose epidemic in the Kainai (Blood) First Nation and the community's battle to overcome it. Duration: 2:04:59.

Priorities to improve maternal child health in Nunavut prompted a pilot prenatal education class offered to pregnant Nunavummiut women who had been evacuated to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Public Health Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of South Florida, 2013

Comments on the profound and extensive impacts of the flooding and dislocation.

Comments on the atrocities performed by scientists to the body of the last 'full-blooded' Tasmanian Aboriginal male.

Brief summary looked at changes in death rates for Indigenous Australians both overall and for specific diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

Links United States National Death Index records to Indian Health Services registration records to find deaths misclassified as non-American Natives.

Data from the Arizona population health and vital statistics, United States Census Bureau, and the Arizona Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

Reports on data from Provincial and Federal databases for all-cause, premature, amenable and case-specific mortality between 1992 and 2014.

The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (Australia) found incarceration rates of Aborigines was disproportionately high in 1991 and rates have continued to increase. Death rates were proportionate with non-Aborigines, those dying had low literacy skills, poor health, and were marginalized socio-economically. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old First Nations child who was beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend. Specifically investigated whether the child welfare system had been negligent. Access to Volume 2 Access to Volume 3

Reports about the years of neglect by professionals and the social care system that led to the death of a young Aboriginal woman, Paige Gauchier, from a drug overdose on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Duration: 21:13. Report by the BC Representative for Children and Youth Paige's Story: Abuse, Indifference and a Young Life Discarded.

Used a geographic-based approach, rather than standard data sources, to estimate life expectancy for the entire Inuit population.

Found that life expectancy was substantially and consistently shorter for the Indigenous groups compared with non-Indigenous population across all time periods.

Study covering almost 10,000 individuals showed an increase of 16 years in life expectancy since 2000 with women and First Nations peoples not faring as well.