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The Health and Well-being of Aboriginal People in British Columbia

Alternate Title
Report on the Health of British Columbians: Provincial Health Officer’s Annual Report 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer [British Columbia]
Description
Looks at health status, community environments, healthy growth and development, physical environment, health services, and disease and injury prevention. Identifies areas where significant health benefits can be made. Related material: Pathways to Health and Healing (Second Report).
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Health Issues and the Pala Indian Reservation, 1903-20

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joel R. Hyer
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 67-84
Description
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.
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Housing Conditions in 2 Canadian First Nations Communities

Alternate Title
First Nations Housing
Housing Conditions in Two Canadian First Nations Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Larcombe
Peter Nickerson
Matthew Singer
Robert Robson
Joseph Dantouze
Lloyd McKay
Pamela Orr
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 2, 2011, pp. 141-153
Description
Looks at the association between poor housing, crowded living conditions, and self-reported tuberculosis.
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The Implementation of Rifapentine and Isoniazid (3HP) in two Remote Arctic Communities with a Predominantly Inuit Population, the Taima TB 3HP Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. G. Alvarez
D. Van Dyk
R. Mallick
S. Lesperance
P. Demaio ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1758501, May 7, 2020
Description
Study of 247 participants in Nunavut examines the feasibility and safety profile of 3HP for the treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI).
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Indian Hospitals and Aboriginal Nurses: Canada and Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurie Meijer Drees
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 139-161
Description
Discusses the structure and function of two hospitals within the Indian Health and Alaska Native Health Services. The article also looks at the historic training and role of Aboriginal nurses and caregivers within those systems.
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Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12: Book 2: The Documentary Evidence

Alternate Title
150 Years' Relationship: Documentary Evidence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Documents relating to the “Indian Question”, residential schools, The Bryce Report (health conditions in the schools), the McKenna McBride Commission, further restrictions imposed by the Indian Act, post-war activism, etc. Backgrounders and primary sources for topics covered in Book One.
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Infant Mortality on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1914-1964

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clifford E. Trafzer
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 77-96
Description
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.
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Infectious Disease Mortality among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2009

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James E. Cheek
Robert C. Holman
John T. Redd
Dana Haberling
Thomas W. Hennessy
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S446-S452
Description
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.
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Inuit Artists and Tuberculosis Patients in Hamilton

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Gustavison
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 11-16
Description
Discusses the artistic production which was initiated as a form of occupational therapy and later became a source of income. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 11.
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[Inuit Go South for Tuberculosis Treatment]

Alternate Title
Assignment ; May 15, 1959
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Bill Cockman
Austin Peer
Description
Interview about tuberculosis treatment aboard a Department of Transport ship, C. D. Howe. Duraton: 4:11.
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Inuit Self-Government in the Canadian North: The Next Step in the Nunavut Project

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katja Göcke
Heidelberg Journal of International Law=Zeitschrift fuer Auslaendisches Oeffentliches Recht und Voelkerrecht , vol. 71, 2011, pp. 78-102
Description
Comments on the necessity to increase revenues to build homes, improve the education system, preserve the Inuktitut language, and to implement health and social programs.
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Inuit Statistical Profile 2018

E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
Description
Information on language, housing conditions, health indicators, suicide rates, food insecurity, harvesting country food, education, and strength of family ties.
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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami 2012-2013 [Annual Report]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports on the the Amaujaq National Centre for Inuit education, health and social development, environment and wildlife, and the Inuit Knowledge Centre.
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Jurisdictional Ambiguity or Lack of Political Will?: Intergovernmental Relations, Public Health, and Tuberculosis Control among Aboriginals in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Alternate Title
Public Health Series (Queen's University) ; 2009 (1)
Special Series: The Role of Federalism in Protecting the Public's Health
[Public Health Working Paper Series]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Orsini
Description
Looks at the challenges of TB prevention within the context of Aboriginal policy and the responsibilities of the various levels of governments.
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Key Populations Brief: Indigenous Peoples

Alternate Title
[Briefs for Vulnerable and Underserved Populations]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marina Smelyanskaya
no. 4
Description
Information about Tuberculosis. Topics include epidemiology, sociocultural and structural barriers to diagnosis and treatment, data gaps and perceptions of health, and recommendations for taking action.
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Knowledge and Perceptions of Tuberculosis Among a Sample of Urban Aboriginal People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Brassard
Kelly K. Anderson
Dick Menzies
Kevin Schwartzman
Mary Ellen Mcdonald
Journal of Community Health, vol. 33, no. 4, August 2008, pp. 192-198
Description
A study of awareness of tuberculosis (TB) causes, risk factors and symptoms; and their experiences with health services among a group of Aboriginal peoples living in Montreal.
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Latent Tuberculosis Treatment Completion Rates from Prescription Drug Administrative Data

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pierre J. Plourde
Christopher A. Basham
Shelley Derksen
Jennifer Schultz
Scott McCulloch ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 6, December 2019, pp. 705-713
Description
Study of 4985 participants examine the socio-demographic and comorbidity characteristics associated with the completion of the pharmaceutical treatments for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. Findings indicate that the factors associated with non-completion include older age and which drug/treatment period is prescribed.
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Leaving Our Stories Everywhere: Tales of Tuberculosis and Colonization

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helle Mǿller
Description
Comments on the high levels of tuberculosis in the Canadian Arctic and the need for culturally appropriate health education. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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Life Among the Qallunaat

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Adriane Epprecht
The Northern Review, no. 42, Northern Inequalities - Global Processes, Local Legacies, 20-16, pp. 185-188
Description
Book Review of: Life Among the Qallunaat by Mini Aodla Freeman.
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Linkage of Tuberculosis to Chromosome 2q35 Loci, Including NRAMP1 in a Large Aboriginal Canadian Family

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celia M.T. Greenwood
T. Mary Fujiwara
Lucy J. Boothroyd
Mark A. Miller
Danielle Frappier
E. Anne Fanning
Erwin Schurr
Kenneth Morgan
American Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 67, no. 2, August 2000, pp. 405-416
Description
Study findings indicate significant linkage was present to support a role for NRAMP1 or genes closely linked to it in susceptibility to active tuberculosis disease.
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Man's Best Friend: Implications of Tuberculosis in a 16th Century Neutral Iroquois Dog From Canada

Alternate Title
Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand
RAL-e ; no.3, 2008
Research in Anthropology & Linguistics-e ; no. 3, 2008
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jodi Lynn Barta
Description
Chapter 2 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer. Scroll down to page 22 to read chapter.
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Marked Disparity in the Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Among Aboriginal Peoples on the Canadian Prairies: The Challenges and Opportunities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Long
Vernon Hoeppner
Pamela Orr
Martha Ainslie
Malcolm King
Sylvia Abonyi
Canadian Respiratory Journal, vol. 20, no. 4, July-August 2013, pp. 223-230
Description
Compares the occurrence of tuberculosis and the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis from 2007 to 2008 in non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal people in relation to where they live.
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