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The Quest to Improve Aboriginal Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff Reading
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 174, no. 9, April 25, 2006, p. 1233
Discusses the increased risk of diabetes and hypertension and these conditions put people at increased risk for ischemic heart disease.
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Rap About Clap: A Qualitative Study of American Indian Youth and STDs/STIs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roe Bubar
Donna Rouner
Irene S. Vernon
Marilee Long
Belinda C. Aungie
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, 2015, pp. 53-67
Reviews the case numbers of various STDs/STIs among American Indian/Alaska Native youth and how media messaging seems to be concentrated on HIV/AIDS.
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Rationale and Implementation of the SLICK Project: Screening for Limb, I-Eye, Cardiovascular and Kidney (SLICK) Complications in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes in Alberta's First Nations Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shainoor Virani
David Strong
Matthew Tennant
Mark Greve
Heather Young ... et al.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 97, no. 3, May/June 2006, pp. 241-248
Describes program involving two vans equipped with professional staff that travelled to 44 communities.
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Reclaiming Native Health

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marjane Ambler
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 15, no. 2, Reclaiming Native Health, Winter, 2003
Discussion of the health disparity among Aboriginal communities and American federal funding of health cases.
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Reconciling Evidence-based Practice and Cultural Competence in Mental Health Services: Introduction to a Special Issue

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 52, no. 2, 2015, pp. 139-149
Introduction to articles from conference about the merging of evidence based practice and cultural competence held at the University of Michigan with anthropologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social work researchers.
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Reduction of Amputation Rates Among Alaska Natives Diabetes Following the Development of a High-Risk Foot Program

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Dodgen Schraer
Daniel Weaver
Julien Louise Naylor
Ellen Provost
Ann Marie Mayer
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 114-119
Study shows a significant decrease in amputations after program trained local staff to perform preventative measures.
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Remote Presence Robotic Technology Reduces Need for Pediatric Interfacility Transportation from an Isolated Northern Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tanya Holt
Nazmi Sari
Gregory Hansen
Matthew Bradshaw
Michael Prodanuk ... Veronica McKinney ... Ivar Mendez ... [et al.]
Telemedicine and e-Health , vol. 24, no. 11, 2018, pp. 927-933
Looks at the impact of Remote Presence Robotic Technology in expediting treatment and reducing the need for transport for Indigenous youth in remote communities.
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Research From An Aboriginal Health Worker's Point Of View

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anthony McMasters
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, March/April 1997, pp. 2-3
Author states that Indigenous research gathering requires Indigenous input, not just someone acting as a go-between.
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Residential Volatile Substance Misuse Treatment for Indigenous Youth in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debra Dell
Carol Hopkins
Substance Use & Misuse, vol. 46, 2011, pp. 107-113
Outlines the role of Indigenous culture and its intersection with Western approaches to recovery in YSAP’s (Youth Solvent Addiction Program) operation of nine residential treatment centers for youth.
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Resiliency and Holistic Inhalant Abuse Treatment

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Debra E. Dell
Carol Hopkins
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 4-13
Describes the National Native Youth Solvent Addiction (NNYSA) program, an innovative response to abuse.
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Restraint and Seclusion in a Norwegian University Psychiatric Hospital

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rolf Wynn
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 4, Special Issue: eHealth, 2004, pp. 445-447
Overview of dissertation that looks at reasons for certain interventions to be on patients who were aggressive, violent or self-harming.
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Returning Birth to Aboriginal, Rural, and Remote Communities

Alternate Title
SOGC Policy Statement No. 251, December 2010
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, vol. 32, no. 12, December 2010, pp. 1186-1188
Policy statement discusses the current state of care and outlines the requirements for successful initiatives to return care to communities.
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A Review of "Traditional" Aboriginal Health Beliefs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Maher
The Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol. 7, no. 4, November 1999, pp. 229-236
Reviews customary Aboriginal health practices based on social and spiritual dysfunction and discusses how this information can provide a framework of understanding for Western medical systems.
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