Sexual & Reproductive Health

Family and Consumer Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1996.

Reviews the 2010 Tribal Law and Order Act regarding needs of sexual assault survivors, TLOA reforms in relation to social work, and roles of practitioners.

Study suggests that sexually active teenagers where half as likely as their non-Indigenous peers in Minnesota to use contraceptives.

Discusses the results from the Indian Adolescent Health Survey conducted in 1988-1990.

Article uses First Nations feminist theory, to examine government policy and understand why it does not result in good health for women.

Explores the support options available to young parents the positive impacts on education and employment outcomes.

Study which compared prevalence of depression in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women in two out-reach programmes found Aboriginal women experienced more self-harm thoughts; also found link between exercise and reduction of depression.

Examines the prevalence of antenatal depression amongst Indigenous women in Canada.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2007.

Discusses experiences of labour and delivery, access to care, and health outcomes with an emphasis on knowledge gaps.

Study found higher levels of anxiety in women who smoked during pregnancy, or had anemia or bottle-fed their nine-month-old infants.

Comments on the health disparities faced by Aboriginal Peoples' and the social remedies required. Appendix from A Healthy, Productive Canada: A Determinant of Health Approach by the Senate Subcommittee on Population Health chaired by Wilbert Joseph Keon and Lucie Pépin.

Results indicated that communities holding more "Western" values were less likely to object to maternal transport.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013.

Overview of the Study on Environment and Reproductive Health which looked at exposure to PTS (persistent toxic substances).

Community Health Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.

Focuses on neurodevelopmental problems caused by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the food chain in Nunavik, Quebec.

Literature review of epidemiological studies searched in Medline and published between 1946 and January 2014. Found 60 relevant primary studies.

Examines the connection with early life factors and environments with asthma amongst Indigenous children.

Presents seventy-five recommendations based on education, outreach, social determinants, harm reduction, accessible treatment services and support for research.

[Nursing] Thesis (M.N.)--Montana State University, 2011.

Twelve units to be completed over five days. Introductory material, pregnancy, labour and delivery, postpartum support, and breastfeeding are covered.

Article describes the role of the aboriginal doula, which is to provide emotional support, physical comfort and assistance in obtaining information before, during and just after childbirth.

Looks at the historical uses of forced sterilization and abortion on indigenous women including Native Americans, Tibetans and indigenous Peruvians.

Book review of: Becoming British Columbia: A Population History by John Douglas Belshaw.

Designed to accompany workshop. Discusses methodology and includes participant and facilitator materials.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002.

Explains use of wild strawberries, red raspberries and juniper berries.

Focuses on challenges involved in collecting, accessing and reporting information about the population, and the work that centers do to provide communities with surveillance and interpretation of data.

Discusses the treatment of young aboriginal girls and women removed from their families between the years 1920 and 1934.

Discusses the medicalization of women’s in health in Mexico; articulates considerations of separation from traditional healthcare providers and practices, invasive Western practices surround pregnancy and birth, and discrimination against Indigenous and/or Afro-descendant women. Analyzes the way that poor women use the phrase “being cut” to describe “multiple experiences of frustration, mistreatment, and violence during childbirth.”

Should be read in conjuction with Investigative Report of the Oyate ataya WaKanyeja OwicaKiyapi Inc. (Oyate) Safe House, Regina, Sask. Related material:Report to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts Regarding Oyate ataya WaKanyeja OwicaKiyapi Inc.

Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2005.

Brief list last updated May 2005.

Looks at bioethical aspects of prenatal DNA diagnosis of hereditary diseases.

Mass Communications Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007.

Comments on a health care program that aims to improve outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and their infants.

Book review of Birth on the Land edited by Beverley O'Brien.

Discusses the high rates of preterm birth, stillbirth and infant death in Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada compared with the rest of the country and the interventions necessary to improve maternal and infant health.

Study looks into rural Aboriginal womens' experiences of birthing and maternity care. To access article, scroll to page 101.

Political Sciences Thesis (M.A)--University of Victoria, 2021.

Reviewed 18 articles. Looked at the components of models, which were most effective and what were the barriers and facilitators of successful implementation and sustainability.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2003.

Study uses data from the National Infant Mortality Surveillance (NIMS) project to compare birthweights and mortality risks among Native American and White infants.

Applied Psychology and Human Development (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2013.