Substance Use, Abuse & Treatment

Examines drug use patterns of adolescents in a small urban community and the influence of family and peers on substance use behaviour.

Author stresses that for alcohol rehabilitation to be effective in any society, the family or close kin must be involved.

Statistics from the General Social Survey, Incidence-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and its Trend Database, and the Homicide Survey.

Looks at strengths and successes of the program as well as current challenges.

Discussion of various arguments centering on changing the Indian Act so that access to alcohol was permitted.

Discussion centers on Inquiry's focus areas: patterns of supply and demand, social and economic determinants of use, trends and prevalence of harms, implications of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and best practice treatments, strategies and identification.

Describes the cycle of alcoholism and how it can impact many other people in one's family circle.

Commission developed in response to the brutal murders of three Navajo men and the complaints about the social and economic relationships between the city of Farmington, New Mexico and the Navajo reservation.

Interdisciplinary Program Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2000.

Recommends early prevention measures and intergenerational approaches to reduce substance abuse and improve parenting.

Studies the use of opioid substitution therapy as treatment for prescription dependence. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 52.

Includes description and analysis of current services, discussion of best practices, results of structured interviews with key stakeholders in First Nations communities, and an examination of the practicality of outpatient detoxification services.

Article examines smoking cessation programs directed at Indigenous peoples; highlights the need to differentiate between traditional use and non-traditional commercial tobacco use. Authors asses the efficacy of interventions based on the United States Public Health Service’s 5A model, and cultural approaches used in three American Indian health clinics in Minnesota.

Discusses the health-related allocations of the 2018 Canadian Federal Budget, including: Tuberculosis prevention and treatment, culturally informed addiction treatment, clean drinking water on reserves, a Métis national health strategy, medical services in remote communities.

Contends that 50% of the HIV-positive youth were Aboriginal and comments on the urgent need to develop gender and culturally appropriate youth specific programs.

Financial and social costs of FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) are increasing and reaching epidemic proportions in some Aboriginal communities.

Presents a review of current diagnostic systems and makes recommendations on their application in diagnosis of FASD-related disabilities.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005.

Focuses on future research priorities: prenatal prevention and culturally appropriate education; frequency tracking of new cases in all populations; evaluation of programs offered to FASD children; social and economical costs in later life.

Contends that accurate numbers for incidence of the conditions are not available. Surveyed population-based studies.

Argues that there is an apparent high prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska, cautions that use of a single data-source can lead to underestimates.

Looks at risk factors, prevention and treatment ideas, and attitudes and solutions.

Book review of: Fighting Firewater Fictions by Richard W. Thatcher.

Reports on commitments made by the federal and provincial government to address suicide and substance abuse in the communities of Sheshatshiu Innu and Mushuau Innu, Labrador.

Identifies factors leading to addictions recovery, barriers to healing and areas needing more attention.

"The goal of this study was to collect and organize existing information and to develop a set of recommendations to assist in the development of coordinated Federal policy."

Health Care and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2012.

Consists of an interview with Fine Day where he describes the transferal of bundles. He also describes power acquired from spirits and through fasting.

Delves into Indigenous alcohol consumption by examining scholarly work and telling the story of a disillusioned Indigenous person named Plain Peterson.

Study to assess the intensity of reactions to alcohol found no increased sensitivity in the sample population.

Very brief description of major issues and existing strategies, including substance abuse, stress through overcrowding, poor housing, and the effect of levels of mental health and social health. Concludes with recommendations.

17 images (5 scanned here) of a First Nations Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre in Saskatoon taken on February 13, 1976. They show meeting rooms and sleeping quarters

Data sources: 2007-2011 First Nation and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from 2008-2010 First Nation Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and Statistics Canada are also included.

Information from First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (regional and national) program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database for years 2008 to 2012. Data from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and Statistics Canada are also included.

Data sources: First Nations and Inuit Health program reports, Non-Insured Health Benefits Pharmacy Claims, Regional Health Survey, Aboriginal Peoples' Survey, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), and Statistics Canada. Covers period from 2009 to 2013.

Data sources: First Nations and Inuit Health program reports, Non-Insured Health Benefits Pharmacy Claims, First Nations Regional Health Survey, First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), and Statistics Canada. Covers period from 2010 to 2014.

Survey results are categorized by: children's health, elder health, chronic diseases, activity limitations, dental health, and search for wellness.

Results for adults, youth and children.

Presents a commentary on the implementation of a tobacco tax within an First Nation community.

Describes the experience of three Ontario First Nation communities that do not ban alcohol, but have developed policies to control liquor on-reserve.

Information from the BC Ministry of Health Health System Matrix database. Includes hospital, physician, chronic conditions, home and residential care service data.

Comments on the health status of First Nations in Alberta including causes of death across all age groups, injuries, impact of diabetes, communicable disease control and environmental health.

Looks at developing mental health services by and for First Nations which include traditional, cultural and mainstream approaches.