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A BRCA1 Mutation in Native North American Families

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Liede
Elaine Jack
Robert A. Hegele
Steven A. Narod
Human Mutation, vol. 19, no. 4, April 2002, pp. 460-[463]
Study, which reports on two families with the same BRCA1 mutation, finds the first evidence of a BRCA1 mutation that is specific to North American aboriginal people.
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Breast Cancer and Mammograms

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia Fagan
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, 1994, pp. 16-17
Discusses cancer prevention focusing on the National Breast Cancer Screening Program which offers free mammograms every two years.
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Breast Cancer in the Arctic - Changes Over the Past Decades

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stine Overvad Fredlund
Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 19155
Reviews current literature and reports on the trends in incidence and cause including health and lifestyle conditions and increases in environmental contaminants.
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Breast Cancer Mortality among American Indian and Alaska Native Women, 1990-2009

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arica White
Lisa C. Richardson
Chunyu Li
Donatus U. Ekwueme
Judith S. Kaur
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S432-S438
Looks at death rates from breast cancer and death rates after having breast cancer by comparing data from AI/AN and white women.
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Breast Cancer Screening For Remote Area Indigenous Women In Far North Queensland - Is It Relevant?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
P. Fagan
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, January/February 1998, pp. 2-4
Paper reflects on some of the issues raised in the study of expanding the service to remote areas of Queensland, Australia. Key recommendations were to implement a mobile, culturally relevant program in order to improve participation rates.
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Breast-Feeding and Anemia: Let's Be Careful

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John C. Godel
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 162, no. 3, February 8, 2000, pp. 343-344
Discusses anemia and iron deficiency in nine month old James Bay Cree infants.
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Breast Feeding Babies in the Northern Territory

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Shelley
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, December 1978, pp. 27-28
Stresses the benefits of mothers breast feeding their infant children.
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Breast Feeding in New South Wales

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nola Roberts
Marion Simon
Terry Coyne
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, June 1978, pp. 13-17
Transcript of conversation between community health workers and a nutritionist.
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Breast Feeding Practices as Cultural Interventions for Early Childhood Caries in Cree Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaime Cidro
Lynelle Zahayko
Herenia P. Lawrence
Samantha Folster
Margaret McGregor
Kristen McKay
BMC Oral Health, vol. 15, 2015, p. article no. 49
Interview and focus group participants in study were primarily grandmothers and mostly great grandmothers who were asked questions about traditional and contemporary practices, and reasons for the increase in dental problems.
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Breastfeeding Among Urban Aboriginal Women in Western Australia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Eades
Bibbulung Gnarneep Team
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 9-12
Reports on the Bibbulung Gnarneep cohort study which indicated that mothers realized the importance of breastfeeding but required support to maintain it for the optimal time period.
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Bridging the Gaps: Reducing Barriers for Mi'kmaq Women and Families During Childbirth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Whitty-Rogers
Joan Evans and Josephine Etowa
Journal of Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 11, no. 1, Maternal Health and Well-Being, Spring/Summer, 2009, pp. 122-135
Looks at kind of experiences women had giving birth in a non-Aboriginal health care setting in Nova Scotia.
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Bringing Birth Home

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Beth Gallagher
Emanuel Lowi
Canadian Geographic, vol. 117, no. 1, January/February 1997, pp. 50-[?]
Describes an innovative midwifery program in northern Quebec which allows women to give birth in their own community.
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Building the System: Churches, Missionary Organizations, the Federal State, and Health Care in Southern Alberta Treaty 7 Communities, 1890-1930

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Burnett
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 18-41
Looks at the evolution of institutional structures of western health care in First Nations communities in southern Alberta and the women who were central in the creation and operation of these facilities.
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Canadian Aboriginal Fertility

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juhee Suwal
Frank Trovato
Canadian Studies in Population, vol. 25, no. 1, 1998, pp. 69-86
Analyzes the cumulative fertility of Canadian Aboriginal women as compared to non-aboriginal Canadian women.
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Canadian First Nations Women's Beliefs about Pregnancy and Prenatal Care

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth H. Sokoloski
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 27, no. 1, April 1995, pp. 89-100
Findings indicate that First Nations women don't regularly attend prenatal care, with the reasons most often cited including transportation problems and communication difficulties.
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Canadian Urban Aboriginals: A Focus on Aboriginal Women in Toronto

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allison M. Williams
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 75-101
Verifies the social and economic impoverishment of urban Aboriginal women, especially female lone parents, and the increasing poverty of women in metropolitan Toronto.
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Cancer in the Métis Nation of Ontario: Lay Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Julie Klein-Geltink
Refik Saskin
Mike Manno
David R. Urbach
David A. Henry
Statistics on frequency of cancers newly diagnosed during 2005-2007 and incidence of each of seven types: prostrate, breast, lung, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, uterine, ovarian and cervical. Data sources: Métis Nation of Ontario Citizenship Registry and the Ontario Cancer Registry.
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Capacity-Building and Participatory Research Development of a Community-Based Nutrition and Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) for Pregnant and Postpartum Aboriginal Women: Information Gathered from Talking Circles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle F. Mottola
Maggie M. Sopper
Lindsay Doxtator
Katie Big-Canoe
Harry Prapavessis
Stewart Harris
Anthony Hanley
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-15
Examines the role culture plays in a successful community based program aimed at promoting healthier pregnant women and offspring.
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Carol Couchie

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 8, November 2005, p. 16

Interview with the chair of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada's Aboriginal Health Issues Committee who helped create the Association of Aboriginal Midwifes and Aboriginal Midwifery Education Program.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.

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Case-Control Study of Breast Cancer and Exposure to Synthetic Environmental Chemicals among Alaska Native Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrianne K. Holmes
Kathryn R. Koller
Stephanie M. Kieszak
Andreas Sjodin
Antonia M. Calafat ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 2014, p. article no. 25760
Study contends exposure to the parent compound of the phthalate metabolite MEHP may be associated with breast cancer but further study is warranted using a larger sample size.
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“Catching a Child”: Giving Birth Under Nomadic Conditions. The Methods of Pre- and Postnatal Care of the Nenets and Mothers and Babies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoia Vylka Ravna
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Article summarizes anthropological research into the Indigenous knowledge system (IKS) surrounding pregnancy and birth of the Tundra Nenets people. Author articulates the importance of these IKS and advocates for their continued use alongside mainstream healthcare models.
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The Cedar Project: A Comparison of HIV-related Vulnerabilities Amongst Young Aboriginal Women Surviving Drug Use and Sex Work in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Azar Mehrabadi
Kevin J. P. Craib
Katharina Patterson
Warner Adam
Akm Moniruzzaman
Barbara Ward-Burkitt
Martin T. Schechter
Patricia M. Spittal
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 19, no. 2, Special Issue: Women and Harm Reduction, April 2008, pp. 159-168
Study uses socio-demographics, drug use patterns, injections practices, sexual experiences, and HIV and HCV prevalence to compare women using drugs and in the sex trade with women who are not.
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