Demographics

Discusses the lack of accurate and consistent data and collection issues associated with enumerating Indigenous peoples.

A collection of materials on the attitudes and practices associated with the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes. Includes representative testimonies from those who were separated from their families and communities.

Originally published 1981.

Background paper prepared for the Education for all global monitoring report 2012, Youth and skills: putting education to work. Examines the issues and opportunities associated with low-literacy levels among Indigenous peoples.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs. Fact sheet #5 details the participants' composition.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth and then compared with previous sample of both Aboriginal (241) and non-Aboriginal (1874) high school students. Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs. Fact sheet #5 details the participants' composition.

Research conducted on 201 urban Aboriginal youth compared Aboriginal high school students (241) and First Nations youth (164). Goal to better understand behaviours, knowledge, attitudes, utilization of existing services and service needs.

Uses a comparative approach between Indigenous and non-Hispanic whites to identify differences in the pandemic's effect on on psychological health. The statistics reveal the impact on depression, stress, resilience and coping processes on the Indigenous population.

Contains links to: principal investigations, exams for Phase I-V, publications, SHS Operations Manual, slides and presentations, newsletters, and much more.

Examines the use of the online remote model while conducting trail studies in Indigenous communities.

Discusses the potential of fluoridation to contribute to the oral health in Indigenous Australians.

Examines the validity and clinical utility of the Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL-R) with Indigenous offenders.

Looks at the basis of a mobility model for epidemic processes and applies it to the spread of the 1918-1919 influenza epidemic among the Cree and Métis people within certain Hudson's Bay Company posts.

Integrated Studies Project towards (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2007.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Montana State University, 2006.

Book review of: Success and Failure by W. T. Stanbury and Jay H. Segal. Scroll down to page 37 to read review.

Looks at data collected on suicidal indicators including demographics, socio-economic status, cultural status, behaviours, life stress, and health care use.

Discusses the increase in youth suicides since the 1950s when modernization began.

Looks at research on suicide and attempted suicide among Canadian Aboriginal peoples, and reviews culturally appropriate interventions.

Findings reveal a higher than average rate affecting adolescents and young adults, with rates among young males increasing.

Looks at the Human Relations Areas Files (HRAF) as a source of data which can be used to show how case studies can test theories of suicide and estimate suicide rates.

Describes common patterns and differences among the populations.

Looks to situate the problems of Aboriginal peoples within the larger context of suicide in Canadian society. "A Report Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples".

Editorial introducing the special section on suicide and resilience in circumpolar regions which focuses on the extent and magnitude of the problem of suicidal behaviours. Special section: Suicide and Resilience in Circumpolar Populations

Looks at the results of a study which indicate that some of the relationships between suicide risk and explanatory variables are more complex then they appear. "Position paper for the 5th NRF open Assembly, September 24th-27th 2008", Anchorage, Alaska.

Retrospective analysis finds rates are rising with young Indigenous and elderly non-Indigenous men showing the greatest increase.

Looks at a case illustration of a 16 year-old youth who died by suicide.

Statistics reveal suicide rates were higher among the indigenous population than the non-indigenous population.

Provides statistical information regarding hospitalization numbers.

Discusses the crisis facing Aboriginal parents in Canada and the need to create more culturally appropriate and relevant programs, resources and services.

Contends that incidence of abortions and tubal sterilizations is still lower among Navajo women than among the total United States population, but it has risen, especially among 20-34 year olds.

Study by the University of British Columbia, commonly known as the The Hawthorn Report , conducted October 1967.

Discusses using a System Dynamics model approach to forecast the future growth of diabetes and prediabetes prevalence in order to evaluate intervention policies.

A submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Reports Canadian government policy is in breach of basic fundamental rights and is keeping Aboriginal people living in poverty.

Discusses the health disparities in Canada and approaches to improving the health outcomes for Aboriginal people.

Identifies published, peer-reviewed health education or outreach initiatives.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2010.

Identifies features for positive youth development (PYD) that can be used by marae, community groups, youth workers and researchers in New Zealand.

Findings from project involving Maori language.

Presents data from Inuit youth and women on adolescent pregnancy using focus groups and interviews.

Statistics show that the Aboriginal population is significantly younger and growing more rapidly than the general population of the United States. Statistics also show that it is a population significantly poorer and more at risk in terms of accidents, suicides, homicides, and deaths linked to alcoholism.

Survey shows that three out of four Aboriginal Australians do not perceive depression as a state that could be treated.

Statistics reveal that First Nations students' academic achievements are dismal in British Columbia.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.15.