Women

Study findings indicate that dietary exposure to PCBs in Inuit women does not influence activity in the placenta, but factors related to smoking do.

Kinesiology Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 2005.

Indigenous Governance Theses (MA) --University of Winnipeg, 2020

Study evaluated the efficacy of universal screening, treatment and contact tracing as a means of getting an accurate count of prevalence and limit transmission.

Looks at effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol, smoking during pregnancy and drug use.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba 2006.

Article advocates adopting ethical space to increase dialogue with First Nations stakeholders in order to achieve a more positive outcome.

Study "observes a heterogeneity in the prevalence of pre-diabetes and diabetes mellitus in different geographical regions both within and between different ethnic groups".

Study that compared Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women concluded that Aboriginals are more insulin resistant than non-Aboriginals, and that this holds true even if diabetics are excluded from the sample.

Looks at the reproductive cycles of traditional and acculturated Navajo women to compare the way that menopause is experienced based on cultural beliefs.

Literature search conducted to gain insight to material and infant health program reviews, evaluations and indicators

Community Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Community Health Services Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Manitoba, 2012.

Describes the Native Women Enjoying the Benefit (WEB) program that trains nurses to perform breast and cervical cancer screening.

Looks at the Messages for Health community-based research project which focuses on cervical cancer on the Apsáalooke Reservation. The objectives of the study include: decreasing screening barriers, increasing cervical cancer knowledge and increasing the proportion of young women who receive Pap tests.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1995.

Public Health Thesis (Dr.P.H.)--The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2002.

Results indicated that serum procathepsin B displayed increased potential as a emerging biomarker of ovarian cancer.

Project involved asking participants to respond with an answer to, "what does health and healing look like for you in your community"?

Presents results from photovoice project which also studied the related issue of health and healing in a northern context.

Recommendations that there be a shift in the ways in which maternity care is addressed and talked about.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2017.

Looks at the relationship between income and marital status on pregnant mothers suffering from depression. Indigenous women are more likely to experience lower education, income and social support, increasing their vulnerability for depression during and after pregnancy.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1991.

Search produced 28 relevant articles which represented data from 12 countries and Indigenous groups from at least eight distinctive geographical locations. Analysis revealed considerable differences in menopause perception and attitude, onset and symptom experiences.

Comments on the suicidal feelings, depression and anxiety experienced by the herders.

Study findings reveal that a disproportionate number of individuals were subject to childhood sexual abuse.

Reports on the results of a one year study conducted on Indigenous women living in the Cairns, Australia area. Results indicate that barriers still exist accessing medical services.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1993.

Community Health Sciences (M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 2006.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.

Findings revealed many different beliefs among First Nations parents about immunizations; further research recommended.

Editorial states that cervical screening is an effective method of preventing cancer.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2018.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2013

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University, 2013.

Study conducted to assist The First Nations and Ajunnginiq Centres to develop and implement appropriate maternity care.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2013.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.

Discusses the role of a external researcher wanting to use participatory research in an Indigenous community.

Report confirms allegations of coerced tubal ligations with consent being sought from Indigenous women during labour.

Applied Psychology (M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 2002.

Study uses a nationally representative survey to examine factors that potentially affect breastfeeding practices among Indigenous women in Canada. Findings indicate that factors which are corelated to breastfeeding include: household income, mother’s level of education, mother’s attendance of residential school, child’s birth weight.

Results indicate that Aboriginal women tend to have different predictors of high-risk HPV that may affect progression to cervical cancer.