STD, STI

Presents overview of health of First Nations in Alberta including trends in life expectancy, communicable disease control measures, and environmental health.

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.

Looks at demographic statistics in three treaty areas, social determinants of health, maternal and child health, cancer, communicable diseases and environmental health.

Focus group results reports reflect Aboriginal insights for developing a best practice model. Lists recommendations for prevention education.

Book review of: Frontier Lands and Pioneer Legends by Pamela Lukin Watson. Review located by scrolling to page 264.

Reports that after the Men's Clinic was opened in this Northern Australian community, clinic visits by men went from 35 per month to over 200.

Discusses transmission, the four stages, proper diagnosis, and links with pregnancy.

Evaluates the applicability of strategies and discusses essential components for successful programs given the mobile and marginalized Aboriginal population.

Highlights the latest information on harm reduction principles, policies and programs in British Columbia.

Reports the key recommendations that would help provide Aboriginal Transgender/Two Spirit people with the dignity of an everyday life free of anxieties regarding health and safety.

Looks at the history of death, massacre and violence towards Aboriginal people.

Overview of the social, economic and environmental factors that contribute to HIV-related health disparities for Native women and girls.

Outlines program development and best practices for collaboration between service providers, tribal leaders and individuals.

Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Alberta, 1996.

Results of surveys conducted with prenatal and sexually transmitted disease patients in 58 facilities from 1989-1991.

Provide direction for HIV/STD prevention initiatives in rural areas to reflect the culture of Native communities.

Findings suggest that enhanced screening frequency and methods would result in improved outcomes.

Using data from interviews with 15 males and 15 females, discusses sexual interactions, behaviors and implications between young people.

Article reviews the history of Indigenous health research conducted in Canadian Residential Schools; advocates decolonizing health research and implementing a collaborative approach which prioritizes the goals, knowledge and strengths of Indigenous partners. Cites a 2016 Inuit community-based HIV prevention and sexual health promotion program as an example of a successful partnership.

Discusses gaps in services for the needs of Aboriginal clients and proposed strategies and recommendations intended to limit these service gaps.

Also covers sources dealing with pregnancy, substance use, mental health, and HIV/AIDS.

Presents statistics and trends reflecting the rates of disease transmission in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Findings indicate that while progress has been made, more needs to be done to improve the health status of Native peoples.

Descriptive article on, The Early Detective Peer Education Initiative, a program involving 16 communities throughout the state of Victoria, Australia.

Investigates how confinement on reservations lead to changes in subsistence, child care and housing that contributed to infant deaths from pneumonia, gastrointestinal disorders, tuberculosis, heart disease, and syphilis.

Comments on causes of infertility, including sexually transmitted infections, among Australian aboriginals.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2015.

Comments on perceived barriers for communicating with youth and the support elders can provide to young people.

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.

Examines high mortality rates resulting from tuberculosis, pneumonia, gastrointestinal disorders, malnutrition, syphilis, and poverty on the Fort Yuma Reservation in California.

Looks at a thematic analysis study of Aboriginal adolescents views on pregnancy and how these relate to contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and the need for sexual health interventions.

Brief article reporting on the launch of a new campaign in Sydney at a community centre addressing Sexually Transmitted Illnesses (STI).

Data from the Arizona population health and vital statistics, United States Census Bureau, and the Arizona Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

Committee established 3 goals for the workshop in order to influence a positive healthcare outcome for Aboriginal people in Australia.

Thirty-four female and 23 male participants were asked about human papillomavirus perceptions, experiences and vaccination decision-making strategies. Knowledge level, access barriers, fear of side effects, and poor risk perception were modifiable while cultural influences and adverse historical events were not.

Presents culturally appropriate training curriculum developed for health workers to fight the spread of STDs in Australia.

Looks at workshops designed to increase knowledge in youth about the risks associated with sex and sexuality and how to reduce the risk in their own lives.

Study determined a high prevalence rate of sexually transmitted infections (STI) at 19%. More research is recommended in order to formulate an appropriate policy response.

Discusses the importance of providing professional training and resources for Aboriginal health workers.

Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.

Bibliography contains over 500 entries on health issues indexed by topic, author, ethnic and language group, or place name.

Discusses health workers relationships with their clients and factors effecting those relationships.

Pilot study of the A-Track system, which monitors prevalence of infections and associated risk behaviours and socio-demographics. Sample size was 1,064 and data was gathered from 2011 to 2012. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 388.

Comments on the positive feedback the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company received when performing their interactive play on sex education to three schools in Saskatoon and La Ronge.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.

Recommends treating and curing sexually transmitted disease (STD) like syphilis, gonorrhea, genital herpes and genital worts in the mother before passing it on to the child.

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2008.

Based on survey sample of 295 community members between ages 15 and 49 years.