Substance Use, Abuse & Treatment

Considers economic benefits accrued from tobacco sales offset by the higher than average rates of tobacco use by American Indian residents.

Study involved front-line service providers and clients of centre located in the Halifax Regional Municipality in a series of focus groups, sharing circles and pathway building exercises. Themes discusses were: Indigenous traditional knowledge and wellness, cultural healing and service provision; encounters with criminal justice and mental health systems; and promising practices to support reintegration of families.

Looks at the health strengths and needs of urban American Indians based on a survey involving six hundred and fifty adults and youth.

Study compared intake among the Inuit living in Denmark and Greenland.

Discusses the high prevalence of use and misuse and the health consequences for users and those exposed to second-hand smoke.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--California State University, Long Beach, 1997.

Study examined pre-adolescent use of harmful but legally obtainable substances in four communities in northwest and southeast Alaska.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 1997.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--The University of Manitoba, 1999.

Comments on the higher risk American Indian and Alaska Native youth have for underage drinking and its associated morbidity and mortality.

Discusses Treaty 7: events leading up to it; promises made and broken.

Looks at three communities which worked virtually to discuss and act on culturally safe and gender specific services for Northern women experiencing homelessness, and mental health and substance use concerns.

Study aimed to increase number of individuals able to understand their HIV status through preventative educational presentation and one-on-one counseling.

Findings indicate that native Hawaiian drug prevention strategies should originate in culturally significant community locations and incorporate multi generational teaching and learning.

Reports results of project involving storytelling circles and focus group discussions with 38 mothers, 11 counsellors, and 12 child-welfare workers. Analysis is based on teachings of love, wisdom, respect, courage, honesty, humility, and truth. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.

Looks at the development and potential of DARTNA, Drum-Assisted Recovery for Native Americans.

Personal account of struggles with alcohol abuse and recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous in Queensland, Australia.

Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol abuse. Duration: 7:49. Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.

Woman discusses the role culture has played in her recovery from alcohol abuse. Duration: 9:37. Part of project headed by Dr. Colleen Dell, University of Saskatchewan Research Chair in Substance Abuse.

Survey results correlate well with import statistics for tobacco but alcohol consumption appears to be under-reported.

Study evaluated the validity of a questionnaire relating to alcoholism.

Overview of results of study conducted by the B.C. Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS between 1996 and 2001.

Consists of an interview where Verna Patronella Johnston speaks of uses for traditional foods and medicines. She also gives an account of Grandma Jones, a storyteller.

Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local Indian and Metis people including Brady and Norris.

Verna Richards ran the La Ronge Cafe in the 1950s and 1960s. She knew many of the local people including Brady and Norris.

Discusses successful programs and practices used to enhance victims services in the United States.

Argues that two-spirited men are a vulnerable population whose victimization must be understood within an appropriate historical and political context.

Research project concludes that healthcare tobacco cessation messaging should include e-cigarettes.

Comments on a concept entitled "wise practices" introduced through the Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network (CAAN) based on the Seven Sacred Values (courage, honesty, humility, respect, truth, wisdom, love)

Looks at the relationship between abuse, mental health, substance abuse, and high risk sexual behavior in the American Aboriginal women populations.

Describes the development of single-access programs in four Canadian communities and evaluates the various success levels.

Highlights the presentations of Indigenous youth sharing their stories and knowledge on life challenges.

Research indicates that the reasons for students to leave school include academic challenges, family responsibilities, drugs and alcohol and crime.

Presents the third installment in a webinar series on social paediatrics which focuses on vulnerable populations, including inner city and aboriginal children and youth Duration: 1:26:36.

Discusses new liquor laws and additional shelters available for substance abuse.

Counseling and Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Prescott College, 1998.

Discusses the challenges of staffing the Aboriginal alcohol rehabilitation program with experienced individuals.

Overview of topics discussed at the Nutrition Networks 1995 Conference held in Broome.

Documents a year spent with inmates undergoing treatment at an Indigenous philosophy based healing center. Duration: 1:21:09.

Statistics from various sources gathered to assist tribes in developing public health programs and priorities.

Looks at using song and local identity to change negative and damaging behaviours.

Outlines the results of a study done comparing urban and on-reserve health.