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National Native American AIDS Prevention Center Needs Assessment: Focus Groups Series on Young Native Adults and Sexual Health

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Delight E. Satter
Andrea Zubiate
Melissa Gatchell
Findings show that sexual education is felt to be inadequate and does not cover attitudes, beliefs, values or reproductive health. Concludes with a summary of recommendations that will be used in the development of curriculum planning.
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Native American Women: Our Voice, the Air

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Hogan
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 6, no. 3, Autumn, 1981, pp. 1-4
Discusses the ways in which Native American women influence their communities and the larger Euro-American society.
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Native Voices: Adapting a Video-Based Sexual Health Intervention for American Indian Teens and Young Adults Using the ADAPT-ITT Model

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie Craig Rushing
Wendee Gardner
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 1, 2016, pp. 24-46
Study with focus group and interviews resulted in a culturally tailored intervention kit containing a video plus other related items.
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Native Women's Association of Canada

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Provides information about the organization as well as links to publications and programs dealing with Aboriginal women's issues.
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Native Women, Violence, Substance Abuse and HIV Risk

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Saylors
Nalini Daliparthy
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 37, no. 3, Faces of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Native American Communities, September 2005, pp. 273-280
Outlines the overlap between sexual, physical and substance abuse and increased HIV risk behaviours amid urban Native women in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Native Youth Sexual Health Network - North America

Alternate Title
International Expert Group Meeting: Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights: Articles 21, 22(1), 23 and 24 ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Youth Sexual Health Network
Briefly discusses interrelated issues such as sex education, HIV/AIDS, sexual identity, and violence against sex trade workers.
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Ndaawin Project

Alternate Title
Building the Evidence. Evaluation Summaries ; 2007-ES-13
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Crime Prevention Centre
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Neighbourhood Contexts and Low Birthweight: Social Disconnection Heightens Single Parents Risks in Saskatoon

Alternate Title
Neighborhood Contexts and Low Birth Weight: Social Disconnection Heightens Single Parents Risks in Saskatoon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nazeem Muhajarine
Lan T. H. Vu
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 100, no. 2, 2009, pp. 134-134
Discusses the neighborhood factors that influence low birth weights.
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Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in Canada: Results of a 3-Year National Prospective Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rhonda Y. Kropp
Thomas Wong
Louise Cormier
Allison Ringrose
Sandra Burton
et al.
Pediatrics: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, vol. 117, no. 6, June 2006, pp. 1955-1962
Examines the national incidence of neonatal herpes simplex virus and found that many women had no genital herpes simplex virus history before delivery.
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New Estimates of Aboriginal Fertility, 1966-1971 to 1996-2001

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bali Ram
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 31, no. 2, 2004, pp. 179-196
Looks at trends in the fertility rates for North American Indians, Registered Indians, Métis and Inuit peoples and the merging of age patterns between different groups over the past 30 years.
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Ngua Gundi (Mother and Child) Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rhonda Dorman
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 5, September/October 1997, pp. 2-6
Study looked at 100 Australian Aboriginal women who were giving birth at Rockhampton Base Hospital in Queensland.
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NIHB Ontario Region: Prescription Drug Trends: A Ten-year Analysis

Alternate Title
Non-Insured Health Benefits Ontario Region: Prescription Drug Trends
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Health Canada
Statistics for opiate use and the medications used in treatment of diabetes, heart conditions, mental health conditions, inhalers for respiratory conditions, smoking cessation products, and reproductive and sexual health. Covers the years 2000 to 2009.
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Nitsiyihkâson: The Brain Science Behind Cree Teachings of Early Childhood Attachment

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah Pazderka
Brenda Desjarlais
Leona Makokis
Carly MacArthur
Sharon Steinhauer ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Special Issue: Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 53-65
Looks at project developed to help parents understand the importance of behaviours that promote attachment with their infants and children, and the traditional teachings that support these practices.
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The Nomadic Pastoralists of Burkina Faso

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Issa Diallo
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 48-53
Focuses on the Duroobe in Burkina Faso, the vulnerability of nomadic pastoralists and negative stereotypes and makes recommendations for improvement. To access this article, scroll down to page 48.
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The Northwest Coast

Alternate Title
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter H. Stephenson
Steven Acheson
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.
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Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Hypatia, vol. 18, no. 2, Indigenous Women in the Americas, Spring, 2003, pp. 70-85
Looks at the connection between sexual violence and colonialism and the effects on contemporary U.S. policies regarding Native Americans.
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NT Icon Takes Out AMA's Top Award

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, July/August 1998, p. 16
Brief feature on Lorna Fejo, the co-ordinator of the Northern Territory's "Strong Women, Strong Babies, Strong Culture" program.
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Nunavut Live Births 2001 to 2018 (8 tables)

Alternate Title
Nunavut Live Births and Fetal Deaths (Stillbirths) by Type (Single or Multiple), 2001 to 2018
Nunavut Live Births and Fetal Deaths by Weeks of Gestation, 2001 to 2018
Nunavut Live Births by Age of Mother, 2001 to 2018
Nunavut Live Births by Marital Status of Mother, 2001 to 2018
Nunavut Live Births by Month, 2001 to 2018
Nunavut Live Births by Place of Occurrence, 2001 to 2018
Nunavut Live Births by Sex, 2001 to 2018
Nunavut Live Births by Sex, Mean and Median Birth Weights in Grams, 2001 to 2018
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Data from Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database, and CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) tables. Data for 2018 is preliminary.
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Nursing Care and Beliefs of Expectant Navajo Women (Part 1)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
B. Carol Milligan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 83-101
Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates. Part 1 of 2.
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Nursing Care and Beliefs of Expectant Navajo Women. (Part 2)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
B. Carol Milligan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3, Summer, 1984, pp. 199-210
Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates for Navajo women and infants. Part 2 of 2.
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Nutrition in Pregnancy

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alberta Purantatameri
Therese Bourke
Wilhelmina Purantatameri
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, September 1980, pp. 45-47
Stresses the importance of proper nutrition for women during pregnancy.
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Obscured Obstetrics: Indigenous Midwives in Western Canada

Alternate Title
Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kristin Burnett
Gives accounts of Indigenous midwives aiding the births of European-Canadian women who were distanced from familial support. Chapter 6 from Recollecting: Lives of Aboriginal Women of the Canadian Northwest and Borderlands edited by Sarah Carter and Patricia McCormack.
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Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Parenting: An Indigenous-Based Collaborative Framework for Northwestern Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naana Afua Jumah
Lisa Bishop
Mike Franklyn
Janet Gordon
Len Kelly ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 108, no. 5-6, 2017, pp. e616-e620
Describes two workshops that looked at issues from the perspectives of research, health care, social service provision and supportive care.
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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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