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Understanding Cross-Jurisdictional Partnerships and Decision-Making in Northern Saskatchewan: Final Evaluation Report: Northern Health Strategy March 2010

Alternate Title
Northern Health Strategy Final Evaluation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chad Nilson
Bonnie Jeffery
Colleen Hamilton
Reports that partnerships are formed due to the shared need among healthcare providers to reduce barriers to equitable access of quality health care for all northerners.
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Understanding Healthy Pregnancies: The Perspective of Inuit Midwives in Northwestern Quebec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Laakkuluk Williamson Batbory
Hannah Shenker
Hope Weiler
Margaret Berry ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, vol. 19, no. 4, 2014, pp. 128-133
Concerns by the midwives in the region include unhealthy behaviours in young women, the decline of traditional beliefs particularly during pregnancy, and nutritional deficiencies.
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The Unforgotten: A Five-Part Film Exploring the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples Living in Canada

Alternate Title
The Unforgotten Toolkit: An Educational Guide to Learn About, Reflect on and Dismantle Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Build.Films
Networked Health
Ewan Affleck

Five vignettes explore effects of colonialism and systemic discrimination from birth through to elderhood. Accompanied by Educational Guide. Duration: 35:51.

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Update On The Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Sayers
Dorothy Mackerras
Gurmeet Singh
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, March/April 2004, pp. 6-8
Describes a long term study from 1987 that looked at the impacts of maternal health and birth size on childhood growth, nutrition, morbidity and chronic disease risk factors.
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Use and Misuse of Tobacco Among Aboriginal Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sam Wong
Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 11, no. 10, December 2006, pp. 681-685
Discusses the high prevalence of use and misuse and the health consequences for users and those exposed to second-hand smoke.
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Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire in American Indian and Caucasian Pregnant Women: A Validation Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather J. Baer
Robin E. Blum
Helaine R. H. Rockett
Jill Leppert
Jane D. Gardner ... [et al.]
BMC Public Health, vol. 5, December 15, 2005, p. article no. 135
Examines the validity of the Harvard Service Food Frequency Questionnaires when used with low-income American Indian and Caucasian pregnant women.
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The Use of Oral Literature to Provide Community Health Education on the Southern Northwest Coast

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nile Robert Thompson
C. Dale Sloat
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 1-28
Examines a subset of oral literature that teachs listeners about human health concerns, including how to prevent certain illnesses, avoid bodily harm, deal with mental health issues, instruct in sexual matters, discuss spirit-power contact and deal with old age.
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Validation of Two Postpartum Depression Screening Scales With a Sample of First Nations and Métis Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela J. Clarke
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 40, no. 1, In-home and Community Care for Seniors / Le soin des ainés à la maison et dans la communauté, 2008, pp. 112-125
Based on interviews with 103 women, study supports need for primary health professionals to offer postnatal screening for women who may be at risk for postpartum depression .
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Venereal Disease

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charlie Gunaburra
Alexander Thompson
Tessie McDonald
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, March 1979, pp. 15-21
Health workers report on their experiences regarding the expanding number of people contracting venereal diseases.
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Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study: Patterns, Trends and Disparities in Mortality Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Infants and Children, 1999-2008: Summary Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jane Freemantle
Rebecca Ritte
Kristen Smith
Dulce Iskandar
Tess Cutler ... [et al.]
Research has initiated high-quality information describing the health of Victorian Aboriginal infants and children and more accurate information on births and deaths of Aboriginal infants and children.
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Violence Against Native Women in Substance Abuse Treatment

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Saylors
Nalini Daliparthy
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 13, no. 1, 2006, pp. 32-51
Looks at the relationship between abuse, mental health, substance abuse, and high risk sexual behavior in the American Aboriginal women populations.
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Vitamin A Concentration in Umbilical Cord Blood of Infants From Three Separate Regions of the Province of Québec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frédéric Dallaire
Eric Dewailly
Ramesh Shademani
Claire Laliberté
Suzanne Bruneau
et al.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 94, no. 5, September-October 2003, pp. 386-390
Comparative study findings indicate that regular Vitamin A supplements during pregnancy can play a role in improving infant health development.
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Voices From the Community: Developing Effective Community Programs to Support Pregnant and Early Parenting Women Who Use Alcohol and Other Substances

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tasnim Nathoo
Nancy Polle
Margaret Bryans
Lynda Dechief
Samantha Hardeman ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 1, Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), 2013, pp. [93]-107
Describes the development of single-access programs in four Canadian communities and evaluates the various success levels.
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Voices From the Land: Reflections on Teenaged Pregnancy in Aboriginal Communities Today - The Voices of Traditional Healers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Delores Cardinal
Clifford Cardinal
Earle Waugh
Darryn Baddour
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Indigenous Early Parenthood, 2013, pp. 1-15
Article reports on the reflections of traditional healers at, The Gathering of Traditional Medical Practitioners, held at University of Alberta in October 2010.
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Walking With Our Ancestors

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simon Brascoupé
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 8, no. 1, Holistic Approaches to Preventing HPV Infections and Related Diseases, April 12, 2012, p. [?]
Introductory article to themed issue on HPV infections and related diseases.
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Waminda, Mums and Bubs Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lauren Crook
Hayley Longbottom
Kim White
Marlene Thompson
Faye Worner
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2012, pp. 17-19
Comments on a health care improvement program that offers services for Aboriginal women and their children.
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Waminda's Wellbeing Program

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Willow Firth
Lauren Crook
Angie Lonesborough
Marlene Thompson
Faye Warner
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2012, pp. 20-23
Comments on a combined exercise and healthy eating program aimed at reducing the prevalence of chronic disease.
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Wasauksing Women Sharing Strength

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rebeka Tabobondung
InTensions, no. 6, Fall/Winter, 2012, pp. [1]-23
Three generations of mothers share their experience and understanding of birth knowledge.
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We Will Be Known Forever by the Tracks We Leave: Rising Up to Meet The Reproductive Health Needs of American Indian/Alaska Native Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lori de Ravello
Scott Tulloch
Melanie Taylor
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 19, no. 1, Special Issue: Reproductive Health Programs for Youth, 2012, pp. i-x
Discussion of innovative ways to address adolescent reproductive health care needs.
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[Webisode 8: Tony Nobis]

Alternate Title
Thinking Positive
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Valerie Pringle
Tony Nobis
Coordinator of Volunteer Services and Development at 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations organization, located in Toronto, discusses the high rates of AIDS in Aboriginal communities and challenges associated with HIV. Duration: 5:55.
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Welch's Fools Crow

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Murphree
Explicator, vol. 52, no. 3, Spring, 1994, pp. 186-187
Looks at the dangers of straying from tribal customs as told in a Pikuni legend and the parallels drawn to character's in Fools Crow.
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Welfare Reform and Reducing Teen Pregnancy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isabel V. Sawhill
Public Interest, no. 138, Winter, 2000, pp. 40-51
Argues more emphasis should be placed on deferring childbearing to decrease child poverty and welfare dependency.
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