Influenza

Comments on the unique needs, during a public health emergency, of isolated First Nation communities.

Discusses the Pan-Canadian Public Health Network and the need for more representation by First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri - Columbia, 2006.

Compares mortality patterns between Alaskan Native and Non-Native population between 1989 to 1998 and trends for period between 1979-1998. Uses data from the Indian Health Service and 1990 Census.

Book reviews of 13 books: The Collected Works of Edward Sapir, Volume V edited by William Bright. Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders by Julie Cruikshank (in collaboration with Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith & Annie Ned). Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence by Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspe. Blackfoot Grammar by Donald G. Frantz. Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes by Donald G. Frantz and Norma-Jean Russell. Californian Indian Nights complied by Edward W.

Concludes that vaccination rates in targeted groups of an American Indian population were achieved, and suggests that they are comparable to or higher than rates in other U.S populations.

Explores reasons why the epidemic figures prominently in First Nations' histories; includes oral remembrances of the devastation the disease brought to First Nations communities.

Portion of a monthly report sent by the U.S. Army Air Force detachment describing the events surrounding a flu epidemic.

Discusses the psychological and social impact of climate change on communities in the Arctic.

Discusses programs which have been implemented at tribal colleges and universities in the United States to help improve health and social ills.

Investigates the closing of the Cushman Indian Trade School in1920 due to the First World War, an influenza quarantine, and reduction of federal funding.

Book review of: Dinéjí Na'nitin by Robert S. McPherson.

Discusses the devastating effects colonial disease had on Native harmony with nature and the revival of tribal memory of medicine to survive.

Looks at water and sewage treatment systems in 660 First Nations communities.

Report looks at events surrounding the death of a two-and-a-half month old infant and the services provided to the infant and family. Concludes with recommendations for the Tribal Council Health and Family Services and provincial social agencies to change policies and processes when at-risk children have been identified.

Social and Ecological Sustainability Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2014.

Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 1993.

Looks at the charge by public health officials and Aboriginal health experts that environmental conditions, insufficient federal funding, strategies and polices have increased the spread of the swine flu among remote First Nations communities.

First Nations communities, public health officials and aboriginal health experts accuse the federal government of being unprepared for the H1N1 influenza in Nunavut and other remote First Nations communities causing the rapid spread of the pandemic.

Comments on the health status of First Nations in Alberta including causes of death across all age groups, injuries, impact of diabetes, communicable disease control and environmental health.

Discusses the long history First Nations people have had with epidemics often due to crowded living conditions and poverty.

Contends that the possible H1N1 pandemic will hit First Nations people hard due to poor housing, cramped living conditions, and lack of running water.

Social Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--Emporia State University, 2012.

Book review of: Goodye Bussamarai by Patrick Collins. Review located by scrolling to page 279.

[Biological Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 1997.

Discusses the difficulties regarding jurisdictional responsibility for the health care epidemics facing Aboriginal Peoples.

Chapter in book: Population and Public Health Ethics: Cases From Research, Policy, and Practice by Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Population and Public Health. Scroll down to page 153 to read article.

Contends that conditions were unsanitary and health professionals discourage local consultations with shamans for traditional treatments, both examples of broader reservation health trends of the times.

Discusses ensuring your children's immunizations are up to date, exercising with your children and watch for warning signs of the Swine Flu or H1N1. Article found by scrolling to page 8.

Concludes that because of the elevated risk of serious illness among Aboriginal communities, future pandemic plans should include priorizing these communities.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1989.

Advises health workers on how to reduce the third biggest cause of preventable deaths in the Indigenous community.

Comments on the H1N1pandemic including noting that, although the second wave was more severe, fewer Aboriginal people were admitted to hospital or died though they were at an increased health risk.

Discusses workshop on Indigenous Population Health Protection held May 7-8, 2012 at York University.

Research shows improvements of infectious disease death rates are possible and suggests further studies to identify high-risk groups are needed to develop intervention strategies.

Brief article urges Indigenous Australians aged over 50 to get a influenza vaccination.

Briefly reminds Aboriginal health workers in Australia to get immunized against the flu and pneumococcal disease.

Discussion focuses on outcomes, how best to achieve these in a time of economic recession and Aboriginal population growth.

Authors use several typing methods to describe the genetic characteristics and the carriage dynamics of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) isolates collected prior to and during the vaccination period of Aboriginal infants from the Northern Territory of Australia. Study found high carriage rates of nonencapsulated H. influenzae (NCHi) with concurrent colonization with Hib being common, while also observing NCHi isolates that were genetically similar to Hib.

Conclusions were that there were no signs of increases in Hi type a (Hia) in Australian Indigenous children.

Discussion on the preparedness plan for a pandemic of influenza and other major communicable disease emergencies in Saskatchewan. Updated version.

Looks at how geographic differences affect death rates for pneumonia and influenza victims.

Study conducted to determine the epidemiology of and risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARI) in a sample of Inuit children.

Examines impact of epidemic and suggests high death rate was not the result of biological invasion but of poor living conditions, poor nutrition and lack of access to medical care.

Reminds Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers about their leading role in reducing respiratory disease.

Looks at successful treatment against a strain of influenza affecting vulnerable Indigenous communities in rural and remote areas of New South Wales.