Women

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Windsor, 2005.

Looks at prenatal depression and other mental health issues that may cause serious maternal, fetal and child health consequences.

Comments on the 2011 World Breast Cancer conference and the various attitudes held towards women and breast cancer around the world. Article located by scrolling to page 10.

Explores the unique challenges of teen reproductive health by studying international health programs and determining what may be applicable to the Canadian situation.

Nursing Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Ottawa, 2019.

Study found that dietary counseling and encouraging activity had little effect on reducing weight gain.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D)--University of New Brunswick, 2006.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--California State University, Long Beach, 2002.

Study involving 22 women shows that ethnicity, finances and formal education are determinants of women's knowledge of cervical screening programs.

Introduces the top research articles in volume 2 which are intended for those seeking to improve health outcomes of Indigenous populations.

Contends that a long-term vision and standardization of the methodologies, determinants and indicators of food security are required to improve access and availability to food that is of acceptable quality.

Interview with an Inuk midwife who describes her learning experiences to gain proficiency in midwifery.

Presents Canada's only female Inuit physician, Dr. Danika Edmunds.

Questionnaires completed by 175 women aged 18-63 suggested that health service planners should be aware of the potential barriers to Pap smear attendance, especially by older women.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2016.

Discusses health care needs for Inuit women and how the federal government should consult directly with the women regarding health policy discussions and planning.

Reviews literature from early 1990s to 2007, examines women's health challenges in Northern communities, and looks at the need for more research to support the health of Inuit women and their communities.

Identifies five themes needed for prevention and sexual health intervention programming by utilizing Two-Eyed Seeing and storytelling sessions to get information.

Looks at the current state of Inuit early life, contexts for early life health, and how to improve early life health outcomes.

Study examines descriptive statistics and incidence trends (1969 – 2014), including survival rates, of female breast cancers among Alaska Native (AN) women.

Organization supporting Inuit midwives, maternity workers and the return of birthing to Inuit communities. Includes links to resources, training, and stories.

Findings indicate that giving birth to sons substantially reduced maternal longevity of Sami mothers in northern Finland.

Website provides overview, background, video, photo gallery, researcher information and context of the photovoice project. Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region". Full report.

Phase two looks at local cultural knowledge and visual ways of thinking about a healthy body weight and image from First Nations women. Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region".

Explores question of whether or not lost indigenous knowledge of women's power can be reclaimed for women's health and well-being.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--Laurentian University, 2000.

Discusses two documents First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative and Framework for the First Nations and Inuit Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Initiative and a Resource Manual for Community-based Prevention.

Aim of the study was to collect information about pregnant women and their newborn children to study effects of selected exposures to contaminants.

Practical information for expectant mothers.

Two women tell their stories of growing up on Whitefish Lake Reserve. Transcriber : Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Mary Lou Fox.

Research based on talking circles and interviews with Aboriginal women, community advocates, and lawyers.

Explores factors associated with low breastfeeding rates in a rural territory.

Research conducted over 3 months, involving 21 participants, to examine what are the health-related needs of pre- and postnatal women in Rapid Lake, Quebec and how could these needs be met taking into account available resources.

Examines data about birth rate, fertility, infant and maternal mortality using official Russian statistics for the period 2003-2014 and compared them to the general population.

Author shares the Indigenous research methodology that she has created and named “sweetgrass story weaving,” and some of the stories that have been recorded through this process. Includes information on moontime stories, berry fasts, and other women’s rites of passage.

Conversation with a professor from First Nations University, Regina Campus, regarding her research work on HIV/AIDS and coordinating the National First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program. Duration: 30:17.

Report based on interviews conducted with 46 Aboriginal women from Winnipeg and Saskatoon.

Priorities to improve maternal child health in Nunavut prompted a pilot prenatal education class offered to pregnant Nunavummiut women who had been evacuated to Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Folklore and Folklife Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1988.

Public Health Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of South Florida, 2013

Reports on a program which encompassed older, influential women in a remote, outback community in Northern Territory, Australia empowering them to take responsibility for their own well being.

Human Nutritional Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2015.

Shows Greenlandic Inuit had higher levels of liver lead content than the Caucasian Danes and Inuit men had higher lead content than Inuit women.