Well-being

Discusses disparate outcomes in health, socioeconomic, and family welfare between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, the importance of early childhood in determining life trajectory, current programs, need for performance data, and future directions.

Description of Health Canada's new measures to deal with the disorder.

Studied the onset age and rate of consumption of drugs, alcohol and tobacco and showed that over 70% used at least one substance by age 12.

Rehabilitation Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2015.

Discusses the elements, challenges, and opportunities for improving early learning and child care programs for Aboriginal children, and presents best practices within the communities to overcome barriers.

Report findings indicate that positive outcomes are occurring and an increase in funding is recommended for future projects as a model for other provinces.

Looks at 14 educational projects showcasing Indigenous initiatives likely to contribute to positive change for Indigenous groups, individuals and communities across Australia.

Includes information on online training courses, experiential learning, websites, videos and podcasts, and a set of fact sheets on pertinent topics along with related online supplemental readings.

Column explores the impacts of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) from the social perspective of the aboriginal community.

Introductory editorial article on themed issue focusing on Australia and New Zealand.

Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on diabetes, the San people in South Africa, the Lao PDR, suicide among the Inuit youth and Aboriginal affairs in Australia. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.

Links to a short film which examines the history and significance of a case in which the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Canada guilty of racial discrimination against First Nations Children. It Takes All of Us ... Duration 26:16.

Links to a short video which provides information on a legal rule (named for Jordan River Anderson) which attempts to ensure that services are available to First Nations children when they are needed. Duration: 1:57 ASL Video

Introduction to the articles in themed issue.

Editorial gives a summary of the articles contained in this issue and advocates for greater social supports.

Overview of themes from "Caring Across the Boundaries" (CAB) conference in May 2009, honouring the memory of a toddler named Jordan River Anderson, and the price he paid as a First Nations child born with complex medical needs.

Articles in this themed issue revisit the origins of the Touchstones of Hope and look at what has been accomplished in the past ten years.

Overview of articles in journal issue.

Special issue looks at present-day behavioral health and substance abuse treatment practices.

Teacher's resource deals with the situation of First Nations children and the inequities they face.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Charles Sturt University, [2010].

Study found a lack of integrated service delivery regarding youth mental health in the Province of Ontario.

First Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2007.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2002.

Found that children experienced a greater decline in coverage for diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis than reported nationally.

Study shows intervention had a positive effect on parenting and infant outcomes which can predict lower lifetime behavioral and drug use risk.

Article interrogates the use of the terms “orphan” and “adoption” in contrast to traditional Fijian practices of kinship and caring for children; discusses the implications of colonial enforcement of these terms and systems on children and their status within their own communities.

Study found that the program resulted in positive outcomes in the areas of self-worth and personal changes.

Examines awareness levels and found that Native American children possessed startlingly poor levels of HIV/AIDS related knowledge.

Study of thirty-eight school children found that program, which improved level of physical activity and diet, produced reduced risk for type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and hyperinsulinemia.

Children with a history of middle ear inflammation displayed lower scores and in a follow up assessment two years later they maintained these lower scores.

Educational Administration and Leadership Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of British Columbia, 1990.

Examines the self-harming behaviours among children and youth, both minority and non-minority, in the care of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto.

Measures racial/ethnic identity of 178 North American Indian/First Nations students who live and go to schools on a reserve.

Comments on a youth wellness intervention model that demonstrates positive outcomes for the participants.

Relates Elder Maria Linklater’s teaching on parenting based on traditional knowledge gained through her life’s experiences.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

Presents a summary of knowledge gained through ethnographic research.

Presents evidence that differences in health are directly and indirectly associated with social, economic, cultural and political inequities.

Theory states structural risks affecting Aboriginal children's safety and well-being are diminished when relational world view principles are in balance with the community.

Community Health Sciences (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2000.

Interviews with individuals regarding the provision of child and family services to the Stó:lõ Nation centred in south-western British Columbia.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2008.

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

Topics included: American Indian Culture in Transition, Sources of Mental Stress in Indian Acculturation, Avoidance of Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health of Indian Boarding School Children, Psychological Conflicts of Adolescents, Helping the Adolescent in School, etc.

Public Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Author advocates a culturally sensitive approach, which is specific to an individual adolescent's needs when dealing with STIs or STDs.

Looks at some of the key elements of the Family Wellbeing Program including: the notion that no matter how desperate a situation might seem there are always options available for change, embrace rather than resist change and the concept that from little things big things grow.

Study conducted as a result of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling that First Nations children were being discriminated against in the existing child welfare system. Purpose was to: develop reliable data collection, analysis and reporting methodology; provide technical expertise to analyze current agency needs and advice on how to monitor and respond to needs from fiscal and governance perspectives; analyze complete needs assessments; and complete a cost analysis.

Examines how gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender teens are targeted and stigmatized, and how this influences their coping and risk behaviours.