Contemporary

Examines the need for dietitians as an essential component of treatment and recovery from chemical dependency.

Community Health and Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Uses 2006 census data and literature to connect data findings and create a profile.

Looks at a personal narrative about a community-based project that explores perceptions, beliefs and experiences regarding mental health and healing from an Indigenous perspective.

Stresses the advantages of immunization for streptococcus pneumonia bacteria through a free Australian government program offsetting the fact that some communities have among the highest rates of infection in the world.

Autobiographical article of Aboriginal health worker in Northern Territory, Australia and how he has made a positive impact in his community.

Created for frontline workers who fill an advocacy role as part of their duties. Covers wide range of topics including policy, legislation and communities of interest, and provides general information as well as lists of specific agencies.

Study looked at what activities made youth 'feel better' and relevance of current applications in terms of content, themes, design, collaborators and interface mechanisms. Sample consisted of 15 youths and 30 service providers.

Looks at decay of the primary teeth in infants and pre-school children.

Reports on a rehabilitation centre located in New South Wales, Australia which focuses on skill development as a key component of the process.

Study concludes that health care personnel need to be informed about traditional knowledge and practices in order improve treatment and prevention of middle ear disease.

Report released by the Saskatchewan Institute for Public Policy highlights the difficulties faced by disabled Aboriginal people.

Researchers partnered with Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI), an Ottawa cultural service agency, to study key indicators of health. Found health services poorly rated, multiple barriers to access, elevated rates of emergency room access, and high rates of poverty, unemployment, household crowding and food insecurity.

Author studies introduction of snowmobile concurrent to the medical interventions in an isolated Skolt Sami community which sometimes produced questionable results.

Studies the transfer of pregnant women outside of the community for delivery to delivery performed in the home community.

Describes how the initiative provided communities with opportunities to benefit from the Program.

Describes, discusses and evaluates the Native Women Enjoying the Benefits (WEB) program which is designed to increase participation in screening procedures.

Discusses different factors to consider when addressing health inequities.

Findings stress disproportionately poorer health in the north, and the need for more locally focused research to better reflect realities of northern communities.

Focuses on the health care of patients, provider communications and the move toward an over-all greater tribal control of health services.

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

Describes how a remote community set up a screening process.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2010.

Explored the use of visual methods as a methodology to uncover experiences, knowledge and context of mental health and substance abuse.

Discusses strategies and actions to achieve goals related to substance abuse and improving the health outcomes of First Nations people.

Concluded that telemedicine has potential to supplement and improve patient-provider relationships and improve outcomes.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Regina, 2003.

Looks at the need for peer navigators to help patients with special language needs such as First Nations patients.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1998.

Reports on the challenge the rationale for continued use of Bacille Calmette-Guérin.

Explores the relationship of dual traditional and western medicine through data obtained in a recent study in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Book review of: Persistent Spirit edited by Peter H. Stephenson.

Book review of: A Persistent Spirit edited by Peter H. Stephenson, Susan J. Elliott, Leslie T. Foster, Jill Harris. To read review, scroll down to page 78.

Den Deane, through workshops and conferences, educates others by sharing his own experience with HIV/AIDS.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

Community Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2004.

Discusses a study based on interviews with nine health-care professionals associated with Aboriginal initiatives in Saskatchewan.

Study in three villages showed villagers are exposed to structural factors such as social, political, environmental and economic that effect health risk.

Through means of a survey involving 142 Aboriginal and 84 non-Aboriginal respondents, author compared frequency and type of physician service used. Analysis showed that socio-economic rather than cultural factors influenced behaviour.

Discusses the views of doctors on the advantages and disadvantages of joint co-operation between traditional practitioners and non-traditional practitioners for a better health care system.

Reports on the numerous ways that physiotherapy can assist health workers improve the health outcomes for many Australian Aboriginal people.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2006.

Discusses how the Niagara Regional Native Center operates a therapeutic health program which utilizes both traditional and western health care practices.

Muskeg Lake Cree Nation's plans for an MRI clinic on an urban reserve in Saskatoon face opposition from radiologists and the provincial government.

Discusses the program in Adelaide, Australia which focuses on chronic diseases such as diabetes, kidney disease and heart disease.

Examines the challenges of delivering health care in isolated Arctic communities.

Comments on the investigation into the death of a homeless man as a result of being left untreated in a Winnipeg hospital emergency room.

Argues that conditions imposed on personal care homes (PCH) by the Federal government jeopardize culturally appropriate care for a vulnerable segment of the Aboriginal population.

Community Health Services Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2004.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2000.