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National Trachoma and Eye Health Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rosie Denholm
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, March 1977, pp. 10-11
Describes a brochure created to aid in the combat trachoma or sandy blight, a debilitating eye condition which affects people in dry, sunny areas of Australia.
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The Native Hawaiian Health Professions Scholarship Program's Impact on the Community of Ko'olau Loa: A Program Report

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kehau Santiago
Michele Shimizu
Stephany Nihipali Vaioleti
Pacific Health Dialog, vol. 8, no. 2, Health of the Hawaiians, 2001, pp. 450-452
Scholarship program purposes are to increase the number of Native Hawaiians in health professions and to get them back to serving in communities in need.
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"New Directions" Tiwi Islands Renal Health Program

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, May/June 1999, p. 24
Brief description of a program supported by the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Foundation which strives to improve the health status of the islanders with kidney disease.
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North Carolina Minority Health Facts: American Indians

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
State Center for Health Statistics And Office Minority Health and Health Disparities
Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.
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Northern Saskatchewan Health Indicators Report 2011

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Irvine
Brian Quinn
Donna Stockdale
Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.
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Not Enough Vitamin D: Health Consequences for Canadians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerry Schwalfenberg
Canadian Family Physician, vol. 53, no. 5, May 2007, pp. 841-854
Vitamin D deficiencies found in Inuit and Manitoban Cree pose a major public health problem in Canada, particularly during winter months; recommends screening and supplementation with VTD and (OH)D.
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NSW Health Warns on Ross River Virus Epidemic

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, January/February 1997, p. 16
Brief public service article warns of the dangers of the mosquito borne virus in New South Wales, Australia.
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Nurse-led Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: A Pilot Study to Evaluate a New Approach to Vision Care for Canadian Aboriginal Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Spurr
Carol Bullin
Jill Bally
Krista Trinder
Shahab Khan
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 77, 2018, p. article no. 1422670
Study found that screening can improve the standard of care by extending access to health services, reducing travel expenses and preventing loss of vision. Sample size was 33.
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Obesity and American Indians/Alaska Natives

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peggy Halpern
Study provides information to understand the high rates of obesity, looks at the effectiveness of preventative interventions, and comments on directions for future research.
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Obesity and Pulmonary Function in Navajo and Hopi Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joey C. Eisenmann
David A. Arnall
Verdell Kanuho
Christina Interpretter
J. Richard Coast
Ethnicity & Disease, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 14-18
Study conducted to investigate the existence of a correlation between higher body mass and decreased lung function.
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Obesity in Canada: Where and How Many?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. Vanasse
M. Demers
A. Hemiari
J. Courteau
International Journal of Obesity, vol. 30, 2006, p. 677–683
Cross-sectional population-based analysis of Canadian Community Health Survey in 2003 found obesity rates ranged from 6.2% in Vancouver to 47.5% in Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James.
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Organic Beauty and the Entrepreneur

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deirdra Ness
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 12, December 2007, p. 25
Looks at a Métis woman who developed a successful business after suffering from a debilitating illness. Article located by scrolling to page 25.
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Organochlorine Levels in Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma in Arctic Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jody Butler Walker
Laura Seddon
Ed McMullen
Jan Houseman
Karen Tofflemire
André Corriveau
Jean-Phillipe Weber
Carole Mills
Samuel Smith
Jay Van Oostdam
The Science of the Total Environment, vol. 302, no. 1-3, January 20, 2003, pp. 27-52
Discussion of the base line for exposure to organochlorine and metal contaminants, and the higher rates of exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) for Inuit, Dene and Métis.
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Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type VII Maps to the Short Arm of Chromosome 3

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Labuda
J. Morrisette
L. M. Ward
F. Rauch
L. Lalic
P. J. Roughley
F. H. Glorieux
Bone, vol. 31, no. 1, July 2002, pp. 19-25
Report on research to identify the gene responsible for a novel form of this debilitating condition in a small First Nations community in Quebec.
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Overcoming Clinical Inertia in the Management of Hypertension

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Salisbury
Tom Fahey
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 174, no. 9, April 25, 2006, pp. 869-873
Discusses a study where First Nations people with hypertension and type 2 diabetes received intensive and systematic nonpharmacologic management.
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Parliament Adopts Jordan's Principle

Alternate Title
For the Record: Parliament Adopts Jordan's Principle
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 178, no. 3, January 29, 2008, p. 277
Principle named for First Nations child who died in hospital while governments argued over financial responsibility for his care.
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Patterns of Physical Activity Among American Indian Children: An Assessment of Barriers and Support

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice L. Thompson
Sally M. Davis
Joel Gittelsohn
Scott Going
Alberta Becenti ... [et al.]
Journal of Community Health, vol. 26, no. 6, December 2001, pp. 423-445
Comments on a study to develop and test a school-based obesity prevention program in Native American schoolchildren in grades three through five.
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The Peculiarities of Food Allergies in Accordance with the Level of Injury of Respiratory Tract in Children of Eastern Siberia

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irina V. Borisova
Svetlana V. Smirnova
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21202
Study of 70 children aged 2-16 with food allergies revealed that onset of upper respiratory tract injury was more pronounced in younger children.
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Periodontal Health Status of the Sandy Bay First Nation in Manitoba, Canada

Alternate Title
Periodontal Health of the Sandy Bay First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doug Brothwell
Edmond Ghiabi
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 68, no. 1, February 2009, pp. 23-33
Argues that the prevalence of periodontitis in the Sandy Bay population require community-based dental services.
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Perspectives on American Indian Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvette Roubideaux
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 92, no. 9, September 2002, pp. 1401-1406
Suggests that new approaches to health challenges will improve the health of Indian communities in the near future.
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Phenytoin-Diazepam Interaction

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Murphy
Kerry Wilbur
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, vol. 37, no. 5, May 2003, pp. 659-663
Study reports on a case involving a 44 year old First Nations man who was admitted to hospital with headache, nystagmus, diplopia and ataxia.
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A Photovoice Study in the Peruvian Amazon

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paola A. Torres Slimming
E. Roberto Orellana
Jeiser Suarez Maynas
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 123-133
Study in three villages showed villagers are exposed to structural factors such as social, political, environmental and economic that effect health risk.
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Placing Aboriginal Kidney Disease in Context

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen P. McDonald
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 186, no. 2, February 4, 2014, pp. 93-94
Findings were found to be quite similar in Canada and Australia with renal disease increasing progressively with increasing age.
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Plasma Organochlorine Concentrations and Bone Ultrasound Measurements: a Cross-Sectional Study in Peri-and Postmenopausal Inuit Women from Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Côté
Pierre Ayotte
Sylvie Dodin
Claudine Blanchet
Gert Mulvad
Henning S. Petersen
Suzanne Gingras
Éric Dewailly
Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, vol. 5, no. 33, 2006
Examines decreased bone quality and osteoporosis due to their traditional seafood based diet.
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Point-of-Care in Aboriginal Hands

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Jones
Beryl Mazzachi
Mark Shephard
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, November-December 2002, pp. 11-14
Discusses the program in Adelaide, Australia which focuses on chronic diseases such as diabetes, kidney disease and heart disease.
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The Polar Bear in the Room: Diseases of Poverty in the Arctic

Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Nelson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, Supplement 1, 2013, p. article no. 21161
Examines the challenges of delivering health care in isolated Arctic communities.
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Serum of the Siberian Yupik People from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David O. Carpenter
Anthony P. DeCaprio
David O'Hehir
Farooq Akhtar
Glenn Johnson
Ronald J. Scrudato
Lucy Apatiki
Jane Kava
et al
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 4, 2005, pp. 322-335
A study to determine serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Siberian Yupik adults.
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Population History and Its Impact on Medical Genetics in Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A-M Laberge
J. Michaud
A. Richter
E. Lemyre
M. Lambert
B. Brais
GA Mitchell
Clinical Genetics, vol. 68, no. 4, October 2005, pp. 287-301
Describes the elements of population history relating to specific diseases and conditions that are unique to French Canadians and Quebec First Nations children.
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