Domestic Violence

Article describes a culturally appropriate program development model used with communities in the Southeastern United States. Author illustrate the research and design methodology by describing the development of a resilience-based family-centered substance-abuse and violence prevention program.

Presents the author's experience of childhood sexual abuse.

Covers different types of violence, best practices, and culturally relevant resources to help Aboriginal women.

Study shows that psychiatric issues in the Arctic appear to be connected to interpersonal, socioeconomic and societal changes.

Discusses the creation of a confidential listening and crisis intervention Help Line program to deal with the community's high suicide rate.

Video and handbook Beyond Violence: Finding the Dream launched at the Aboriginal Women in Unity Conference held in Dubbo, 1990. A tool for health workers to use to bring about change in communities.

Reports on creation of the South Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Health (SACRRH) to study the problem from an Aboriginal perspective.

Abstracts of works in the Research Series. Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada by John H. Hylton. Mental Health Profiles for a Sample of British Columbia's Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System by Raymond R. Corrado, Irwin M.

Explores one woman's experience of intimate partner violence and the subsequent murder of her abusive partner.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2006.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2015.

Psychology Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Western Ontario, 2013.

Argues that sexual violence much be approached from an anti-colonial perspective. Duration: 1:14:19.

An examination of the shift from Indigenous women being highly valued in traditional Indigenous communities to being devalued in modern times through colonial interventions.

Comments on Aboriginal women working together to eradicate violence, poverty and despair.

Comments on topics relating to the contemporary life of Indigenous people of America. Bachelor's Thesis towards undergraduate degree in [English Language and Literature]--University of West Bohemia, 2013.

Description and background of the social situation of the Puyallup Community and of the health and social services available.

Raw statistics showed that Aboriginal women were four times more likely to suffer from intimate partner violence (IPV) than non-Aboriginal women.

Comments on the historical trauma intervention model which uses four components designed to foster healing from grief: confronting the history, understanding the trauma and its effects, releasing the pain, and transcending the trauma. Part 1 of 3.

Document chronicles the issues and advocates strategies to address the growing social problem.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Calgary, 2001

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Calgary, 2001.

Contends that using a family systems therapy approach would benefit the territory of Nunavut.

Topics include advocacy, confidentiality, safety planning, challenging issues, and special populations.

Study employs focus group methodology to access how crime and victim services are perceived by an American Indian community.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Windsor, 2004.

Argues that the legal system operating in Queensland, Australia was not dealing appropriately with the problems in Aboriginal communities and as a result there was uncontrolled violence.

Findings show that Northerners experience higher levels of criminal victimization and spousal violence than their provincial counterparts. Article located by scrolling to page 36.

Primarily statistics from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS), combined with some from the 2009 General Social Survey (GSS).

Study examined factors which influence decisions to leave or stay in communities and assessed the availability of appropriate services. Focus is on Aboriginal women living in Northern British Columbia.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Wayne State University, 2001.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University, 2010.

Examines some of the root causes of mental illness among marginalized, disenfranchised and poor populations.

Contains general as well as Aboriginal-specific information.

Looks at alcohol abuse and violence in Aboriginal communities and how some communities are using community shelter for women, rehabilitation, fewer liquor outlets and night patrols to deal with it.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 1998.

Purpose of study was to: describe extent and nature of violence/abuse, identify socio-economic issues associated with it, describe how it is identified and dealt within each community, assess available services from client's perspective, and make recommendations for providing more appropriate responses in the future.

Using the murder of Inuit Deidre Michelin to discuss the unequal access to law enforcement in Indigenous communities.

Argues that inclusion of Indigenous peoples in policy decision-making is essential for developing policies that address health inequalities. Paper from An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky.

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Discusses cultural barriers and the need to train physicians to work collaboratively within a community that may perceive wife abuse differently.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2012.

Discusses the parallel between the damage suffered by the environment and the ongoing treatment of Native American Indians.

Interviewer discusses the book Discourses of Denial with the author.

Study examines colonization and alcohol as factors in violence.

Law Thesis (LLM)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Strives to reconcile whether feminist interventions are addressing the issues for Aboriginal women in Australian communities.

Justice Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2016.

Explores the issue of physical abuse of women in Native American societies that seek to achieve balance or harmony in all relationships.