Hardy, Billie-Jo Lesperance, Alexa Foote, Iehente Firestone, Michelle Smylie, Janet
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundResearch carried out in partnership with Indigenous youth at The Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) demonstrates that Indigenous youth can (and do) develop and implement public health interventions amongst their peers and within their communities, when supported by non-youth allies and mentors.MethodsTogether, NYSHN and Well Livin...
Allhoff, Fritz Golemon, Luke
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HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues
With by far the lowest population density in the United States, myriad challenges attach to healthcare delivery in Alaska. In the "Size, Population, and (In)Accessibility" section, we characterize this geographic context, including how it is exacerbated by lack of infrastructure. In the "Distributing Healthcare" section, we turn to healthcare econo...
Camp, Pat Girt, Mirha Wells, Alix Malas, Adeeb Peter, Maryke Crosbie, Stephanie Holyk, Travis
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JMIR research protocols
Indigenous people in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand experience an increased burden of chronic diseases compared to non-Indigenous people in these countries. Lack of necessary services and culturally relevant care for Indigenous people contributes to this burden. Many Indigenous communities have implemented systems, such as vi...
McCalman, Janya Bainbridge, Roxanne James, Yvonne Cadet Bailie, Ross Tsey, Komla Matthews, Veronica Ungar, Michael Askew, Deborah Fagan, Ruth Visser, Hannah
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundSystems integration to promote the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children works towards developing a spectrum of effective, community-based services and supports. These services and supports are organised into a coordinated network, build meaningful partnerships with families and address their cultural and linguis...
Handsley-Davis, Matilda Jamieson, Lisa Kapellas, Kostas Hedges, Joanne Weyrich, Laura S.
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BMC Oral Health
BackgroundAboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders (hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous Australians) experience disproportionately poor health and low life expectancy compared to non-Indigenous Australians. Poor oral health is a critical, but understudied, contributor to this health gap. A considerable body of evidence links ...
Lucier, Kayla J. Schuster-Wallace, Corinne J. Skead, Derek Skead, Kathleen Dickson-Anderson, Sarah E.
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundIn Ontario, Canada, Indigenous communities experience some of the province’s worst drinking water, with issues ranging from deteriorating water quality to regulatory problems and lack of support. When water is known, or suspected, to be unsafe for human consumption, communities are placed under a Drinking Water Advisory. Between 2004 and ...
Beks, Hannah Ewing, Geraldine Charles, James A. Mitchell, Fiona Paradies, Yin Clark, Robyn A. Versace, Vincent L.
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundMobile clinics have been used to deliver primary health care to populations that otherwise experience difficulty in accessing services. Indigenous populations in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States experience greater health inequities than non-Indigenous populations. There is increasing support for Indigenous-governed an...
Nelson, Michael A. Lim, Kim Boyd, Jason Cordery, Damien Went, Allan Meharg, David Jackson-Pulver, Lisa Winch, Scott Taylor, Lee K.
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BMC Medical Research Methodology
BackgroundAboriginal people are under-reported on administrative health data in Australia. Various approaches have been used or proposed to improve reporting of Aboriginal people using linked records. This cross-sectional study used self-reported Aboriginality from the NSW Patient Survey Program (PSP) as a reference standard to assess the accuracy ...
Hikaka, Joanna Hughes, Carmel Jones, Rhys Connolly, Martin J Martini, Nataly
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Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
Pharmacists have a role to play in supporting the optimal use of medicines to ensure older adults receive therapeutic benefit whilst minimising medicines-related harm. In Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), Māori (Indigenous people of NZ) experience inequities in the determinants of health, including access to medicines, resulting in increased morbidity, ea...
Riediger, Natalie D. Cyr, Monica Mignone, Javier
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Inquiry: A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing
We conducted a mixed-methods outcome evaluation to examine student experiences and learning in the University of Manitoba’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship Program in Global and Indigenous Health. Our scholarship program is a bi-directional, 3-month international experiential learning program, including both undergraduate and graduat...
