Contemporary

Reports on Oral Health Program with health worker trainees designed to lessen workload for the 5 practicing dentists.

Examines lay and professional perspectives on causality involved with non-insulin dependent diabetes on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

Workshop discussion focused on broad health system issues and recommended further collaboration.

Discusses collaboration between researchers and indigenous knowledge holders on a study which explored Indigenous values underlying health stewardship.

Summarizes the six year Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) and states the next steps to overcoming the problem.

Describes evolution of improvements in healthcare in Alaska due to communication technology from early 1970 to early 2000.

Argues that gender specific strategies must be used, looks at the frequency of local health care visits and finds three major problems in the health care system including lack of confidentiality.

Examines the validity of Omram's theory of three "ages" of health status within a population.

Identifies steps needed to prevent the spread of HIV in Native American communities. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 8.

Briefly acknowledges four graduates of the eighteen month Addictions course believed to be the first of its kind in Australia.

Darren Sugar is a teenager who is interested in art and becoming an artist.

Discusses the need for program planning and identification of new priorities to aid in arthritis care in Aboriginal populations, due to high prevalence.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1984.

Strategy, developed to through consultation and research, was designed to provide leadership and direction to key stakeholders.

Describes how the arrival of aspirin played a role in the collapse of Aboriginal knowledge of herbal medicines. Statistical results showed 45% of women in a small community consuming aspirin daily with anecdotal evidence indicating an even higher rate.

Briefly advises against aspirin use to treat fevers due to Reye's Syndrome.

Reveals an action plan in response to the serious threat that HIV/AIDS poses for First Nations people and their communities. Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.

Discusses one community's experience with formalizing the delivery of traditional healing methods.

Argues that past experiences should be taken into account by personnel deciding on appropriate care for individuals entering institutions.

Public Health, Health Services and Policy Research Thesis (MPH)--Lakehead University, 2009.

Looks at adaption of a diabetes detection tool in northern areas by studying the Inuit population.

Reports on a Australian program that was created to support the management of Indigenous people with diabetes.

Study to determine rates of office and emergency visits for chronic respiratory conditions.

Study found that while asthma was rarely reported before 1975, the hospitalization rate for Indigenous peoples of the USA in 2000 to 2002 was only slightly lower than the general population.

Describes one of twenty five Asthma Innovative Management (AIM) projects and only one of four projects undertaken in Australian Indigenous communities.

Advises looking at the patient in their entirety, beyond their immediate health concerns, to better influence a positive outcome.

Provincial report compiled over two years found significant improvements, but Aboriginal leaders still not impressed.

Native American nurses facilitate and promote balance and harmony through connectedness.

Reports on three day Pacific Rim Indigenous Adolescent Health Conference held in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia.

Reviews responses to survey in which sample consisted of service providers, representatives of community partner organizations, and two focus groups; identifies best practices and makes recommendations. WISE Project deals with women living in the downtown East/South areas of Vancouver, with focus on Aboriginals.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc) -- Lakehead University, 2021.

Community Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.

Looks at an agreement that transfers the authority from governmental to First Nations with the goal being to close gaps in the health care of Aboriginal peoples.

Program is designed to help health care providers become comfortable in treating this group. Aimed at physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, Indigenous healers, etc.

Looks at practical applications and resilience strategies for clinicians working with Indigenous youth and families.

Author comments on the preconceived notions that non-Indigenous Australians have regarding gender roles in the Indigenous community in Australia.

Epidemiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Ottawa, 2003. Evaluates effectiveness of BCG vaccination in communities at high risk for tuberculosis with particular attention to immunodeficiency syndromes.

Third edition.

Population Health Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2010.

Results of survey of 68 mental health professionals.

Physician who spent three years working in a reservation hospital relates her experiences with the health problems faced by the residents set within the context of the general Native American population.

Discusses the history of racialized injustice faced by Indigenous, African, Caribbean and Black communities in the Americas, with a focus on Canada. This background provides context for findings of an arts-based intervention that explored notions of identity, resistance and solidarity-building between young people from these groups.

In a brief article, author contends that Western conceptions of "healing" have created a social welfare industry which serves as another method of assimilation.

Describes the results of a 6 week trial which attempts to integrate current and traditional cultures in a positive manner.

Discussion of Aboriginal belief systems including ethics as an aspect of beliefs and practices.

Celebrates opening of health care facility for Aboriginal people on the North Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Looks at the disparities in health which are compounded by discriminatory attitudes and behaviours of clinicians.