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Review on the State of Telemedicine and eHealth in Iceland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thorgeir Palsson
Margret Valdimarsdottir
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, no. 4, Special Issue: eHealth, 2004, pp. 349-355
Looks at projects running since 1996 including teleradiology, teleobstertrics, telepsychiatry, maritime telemedicine, telemedicine in surgery, telepathology and telemedicine in surgery.
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Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Stea
Clifford E. Trafzer
William Cowan
Kevin Russell
John O'Meara
Timothy Montler
Carolyn L. Attneave
Laurence M. Hauptman
Daniel C. Swan
Niels Winther Braroe
Alan J. Osborn
Robert L. Munkres
Mary Young
Donald E. Green
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 93-157
Book reviews of: A Study of Pueblo Architecture in Tusayan and Cibola by Victor Mindeleff. The Faithful Hunter: Abnaki Stories by Joseph Bruchac. Navajo Coyote Tales by William Morgan. Secrets From the Center of the World by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom. Kickapoo Vocabulary by Paul H. Voorhis. An Ojibwe Text Anthology edited by John D. Nichols. "Statement Made by the Indians": A Bilingual Petition of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, 1864 edited by John D. Nichols. Pisiskiwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik/Talking Animals told by L. Beardy.
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Rheumatic Fever

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lloyd Fourmile
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 1986, pp. 25-26
Describes the two stages taken in an effort to control the spread of rheumatic fever in Queensland, Australia.
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Risk Reduction for Type 2 Diabetes in Aboriginal Children in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Committee
Canadian Paediatric Society
Paediatrics & Child Health , vol. 10, no. 1, January 2005, pp. 49-52
Position Paper includes brief summary of the problem, list of current initiatives, and recommendations.
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The Role and Identity of an Aboriginal Cultural Helper in an Edmonton Hospital

Alternate Title
Spiritual Care Giver’s Guide to Identity, Practice and Relationships
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Neil Elford
Robert Cardinal
Discusses the process of developing a relationship between health care workers and Traditional Elders in order to develop a position which would best serve the spiritual needs of Aboriginal patients. Chapter Five of The Spiritual Care Giver’s Guide to Identity, Practice & Relationships: Transforming the Honeymoon in Spiritual Care and Therapy edited by Thomas St. James O'Connor, Colleen Lashmar, and Elizabeth Meakes.
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The Role of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ in Understanding Harm Reduction Policies and Programs for Aboriginal Peoples

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Tara Lyons
Kathleen Cayer
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 109-137
Looks at how the concepts of ‘Kijigabandan’ and ‘Manadjitowin’ can assist Aboriginal social work to address two key barriers that often impede Aboriginal-specific harm reduction discussions, widespread support for abstinence and prohibition, and the belief that harm reduction and Aboriginal culture are incompatible.
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The Role of the Elder within a Mainstream Addiction and Mental Health Hospital: Developing an Integrated Paradigm

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Menzies
Ana Bodnar
Vern Harper
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 7, Promising Practices in Mental Health: Emerging Paradigms for Aboriginal Social Work Practices, November 2010, pp. 87-107
Discusses the role of an Elder in counseling sessions with Aboriginal clinicians trained in Western healing intervention, providing insight into their problems both from an Aboriginal perspective as well as from a western clinical perspective.
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Role of the Nurse in Returning Birth to the North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Wright
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-7
Looks at the colonization of Indigenous childbirth and the possible strategies to address the impact of that particular historical trauma.
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The Role of Traditional Healers in Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Africa: Untapped Opportunities

Alternate Title
Developing Pathways and Partnerships
From the Ground Up: Building Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care Programs in Resource-Limited Settings ; vol. 3
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rachel King
Dorothy Balaba
Bwira Kaboru
Donna Kabatesi
Anastasia Pharris
Jaco Homsy
Discusses some of the strategies which have been successful in combining traditional and biomedical medicine while practicing primary care. Excerpt from: From the Ground Up: Building Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care Programs in Resource-Limited Settings, vol. 3 edited by R.G. Marlink and S.T. Teitelmon.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Anne Rochon, and Vicki Van Wagner, Interim Regulatory Council on Midwifery

Documents & Presentations
File contains a presentation by Anne Rochon Ford, Vicki Ann Wagner, Interim Regulatory Council on Midwifery. The two presenters discuss their organization (funded by the province of Ontario), their work with Aboriginal peoples, jurisdictional issues, the loss of the traditional Aboriginal midwife in Aboriginal society, the desire to incorporate new practices with old, and related issues. They also discuss community birthing centres so that midwifes could be both trained and utilized in a culturally appropriate setting.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Rose Dufour, Department of Community Health, Laval University Hospital

Documents & Presentations
File contains a presentation by Rose Dufour, Department of Community Health, Laval University Hospital. Dufour delivers a presentation entitled "Intercultural Encounters: Health professionals and the Inuit clientèle." Dufour discusses different cultural perspectives on health and suggests some approaches to reconcile them in a community approach to health. Following her presentation the assembled Commissioners engage Dufour in a discussion on some of the issues raised.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by the Native Aid and Friendship Centre

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louis Bordeleau
File contains a presentation by Louis Bordeleau of the Native Aid and Friendship Centre of Senneterre. Bordeleau discusses the operations of his friendship centre which deals with support to drug addicts, help for the disadvantaged, liaison services in education and health care, organization of recreational activities, inter-ethnic awareness-raising, participation in socio-economic development, and the people they service who come from the Cree (50 percent), Algonquin (28 percent), and Atikamekw (22 percent) cultural backgrounds.
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RPA to Fight Cardiovascular Disease in Aboriginal People

Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 29, no. 5, September/October 2005, pp. 20-21
Brief article reports on a new project which will identify at-risk Aboriginal patients when they report to the hospital for any reason.
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Rural360: Incubating Socially Accountable Research in the Canadian North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shabnam Asghari
Thomas Heeley
Anna Walsh
James Rourke
Cheri Bethune
Wendy Graham
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Article describes Rural360 as a research incubator which provides funding and support for Northern Newfoundland and Coastal Labrador (NNCL) physicians to design and conduct research which improves accessible and culturally relevant healthcare in NNCL.
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A Scoping Study of Cultural Interventions to Treat Addictions in Indigenous Populations: Methods, Strategies and Insights from a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo Rowan
Nancy Poole
Beverley Shea
David Mykota
Marwa Farag ... Laura Hall ... Barbara Fornssler
Colleen Anne Dell
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, vol. 10, 2015, p. article no. 26

Research looked at interventions and their effectiveness. Includes literature review, and consultations with 12 National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and Youth Solvent Addiction Program treatment centres through a series of focus groups Part of the three-year study Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addiction Treatment.

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Screening Programs For Breast Cancer Can Make All The Difference

Alternate Title
Sandee Sez
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Ahenakew
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 7, July 2008, p. 8
Looks at the necessity of screening programs to combat cancer and promotes a documentary film entitled One of the One Percent - The Sandy Ahenakew Story. Article located by scrolling to page 8.
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Seeking Mino-pimatasiwin (the Good Life): An Aboriginal Approach to Social Work Practice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Anthony Hart
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 91-112
Discusses the need for a greater understanding and respect of Aboriginal practices that can inform, enrich, and enhance social work practice with concepts including wholeness, balance, relationships, harmony, growth and healing.
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Seeking Paths to Culturally Competent Health Care: Lessons from Two Saskatchewan Aboriginal Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pammla Petrucka
Sandra Bassendowski
Carrie Bourassa
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 39, no. 2, 2007, pp. 166-182
Discusses research done by the Southern Saskatchewan/Urban Aboriginal Health Coalition to create culturally respectful health care in two Saskatchewan Aboriginal communities.
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Serious Adverse Events Associated With Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelly L. Deeks
Michael Clark
David W. Scheifele
Barbara J. Law
Meenakshi Dawar et al
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 24, no. 6, June 2005, pp. 538-541
Findings indicate First Nation and Inuit children accounted for 90% of the adverse-effect cases due to a targeted TB vaccination policy.
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Serious Complications for Patients, Care Providers and Policy Makers: Tackling the Structural Violence of First Nations People Living with Diabetes in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marion A. Maar
Darrel Manitowabi
Danusia Gzik
Lorrilee McGregor
Cheri Corbiere
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-16
A study partnership on Manitoulin Island between Indigenous communities, researchers and health boards identifies the barriers stopping effective self-managed health care for diabetes.
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"A serious rift": The Indigenous Health Research Community's Refusal of the 2014 CIHR Funding Reforms and Underlying Methodological Conservatism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Rose
Heather Castleden
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, 2022

Reviews reforms made by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to their Open Suite of Programs and Peer Review (OSP) processes and its impact on Indigenous health research.

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Setting Health Care Priorities of Badu Island

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Virginia Wiseman
Patricia Nona
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, m 1998, pp. 21-22
Describes the evolution of health care delivery from district managed to greater community involvement.
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Setting the Future For Indigenous Health Studies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sally Moore
Jacinta Hurst
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 25, no. 6, November-December 2001, pp. 21-23
Examines the barriers to enrolment for Indigenous students in the Indigenous Health Program (IHP) at the University of Queensland (Australia) in 2000.
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Setting Up The Aboriginal Chronic And Complex Care Clinic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pam Koeneman
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 3, May/June 2002, pp. 28-30
Program aims are to engage the Aboriginal community to improve self management skills and reduce hospital interventions.
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Shingwauk: A Reunion With a Difference

Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 128, no. 8, October 2002, p. 6
Former students of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School reveal after-effects of abuse and cultural assimilation still exist.
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Silencing of Voice: An Act of Structural Violence: Urban Aboriginal Women Speak Out About Their Experiences With Health Care

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Donna L. M. Kurtz
Jessie C. Nyberg
Susan Van Den Tillaart
Buffy Mills
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Womens Health, January 2008, pp. 53-63
Research study reveals that assumptions and inequities contribute to Aboriginal women's marginalization by the health care system.
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Simmering Outrage During an "Epidemic" of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline L. Tait
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 69-76
Article asserts that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome strategies have gone beyond preventing pregnant women from drinking, to pregnancy prevention itself, with options ranging all the way to permanent sterilization.
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SIPI Students Have Learned Vision Care for 30 years

Alternate Title
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Students Have Learned Vision Care for Thirty Years
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 2, K-12 Education, Winter, 2009
Comments on the success of the Vision Care Technology program at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Skin Disorders, Including Pyoderma, Scabies, and Tinea Infections

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ross M. Andrews
James McCarthy
Jonathan R. Carapetis
Bart J. Currie
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1421-1440
Looks at common childhood skin disorders.
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The Socio-economic Impact of Telehealth: A Systematic Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. A. Jennett
L. Affleck Hall
D. Hailey
A. Ohinmaa
C. Anderson
R. Thomas
B. Young
D. Lorenzetti
R. E. Scott
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, vol. 9, no. 6, January 2003, pp. 311-320
Study of the literature reveals that socio-economic indicators have not been used consistently. Some of the benefits cited, however, include increased access, cost-effectiveness and better health outcomes.
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