First Nations Health

(Updated: 11-Dec-10, Checked 17-March-08)

Health Organizations See: First Nations Organizations-Health

Resources Portals
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research University of Manitoba
Aboriginal Health Research Group University of Victoria
Visions Centre of Innovation Directory of online Aboriginal Health Resources
Tribal Connections in the Pacific Northwest American Indian / Alaska Native Health and Information Resource Portal
Turtle Island Native News Network Click on Healing and Wellness

Bibliographies
A Selected, Annotated List of Materials that Support the Development of Policies Designed to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (Journal of Medical Library Assocociation 92(2) April 2004)
American Indian and Alaska Native Health Bibliography (National Library of Medicine)
Native Health Research Database (IHS and University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library) Current bibliographic information 1970 - present and Native Health History Database: 1652-1970

Videos
Health of Native People of North America: Part 1 Annotated list of A/V materials on Native health in the U.S. and Canada.
Health of Native People of North America: An Annotated Mediagraphy MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship
Health of Native People of North America: Part 2

Research Ethics Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples TCPS (Tri Council Policy Statement - includes CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC)
Aboriginal Health Research Ethics University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries
Acadre Ethics Project: Indigenous Research Ethics Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre (IPHRC)
Aboriginal Ethics Policy Development (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) May 2007 CIHR approved CIHR Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal People. BC Acadre Research Ethics University of British Columbia
Ethics of Aboriginal Research Marlene Brant Castellano: The Journal of Aboriginal Health [pdf]
First Nations Centre on the NAHO Website has tool kits [pdf] on topics such as Privacy, Suveillance, Ethics and Research.

Traditional Medicine

Visions Centre for Innovation (Health Canada) Indian & Inuit Health Programs
Native American Ethnobotany Database (University of Michigan) Includes foods, drugs, dyes, and fibers of Native North American Peoples
Native American Herbal & Plant Knowledge, Identifications

Spirituality

Native Ministries (Vancouver School of Theology)
Sorrento Centre Pre-Summer Courses 2007 June 10-15: Creating Spiritual Strength in your Community with Martin Brokenleg
Healthy Living Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide First Nations, Inuit and Metis (Health Canada)
Centre for Indigenous People's Nutrition and Environment (CINE) Focuses on the integrity of traditional food systems and the environment
Indigenous Diets and Chronic Disease Prevention (Indigenous Diets Project)
The Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project (Vancouver Coastal Health & Vancouver Native Health Society)
Chronic Diseases HIV/AIDS
Advancing HIV/AIDS Prevention in Native Communities (Colorad State University)
AEGIS AIDS Education Global Information System
All Nations Hope AIDS Network
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
Chee Mamuk (BC Centre for Disease Control) STD/AIDS Aboriginal Education Program
Connect: Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Gateway Search the library collections of the five largest HIV/AIDS libraries in Canada
Healing our Spirit BC Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society
National Native American AIDS Prevention Centre
Okanagan Aboriginal AIDS Society
Pacific AIDS Resource Centre Library One of the largest HIV/AIDS libraries and resource centres in North America, with materials for Aboriginal Peoples
Red Road BC based HIV/AIDS Network

See also: Subject Resources for HIV/AIDS (UBC Library)

Substance Abuse & Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Centre for Addiction & Mental Health search First Nations
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)(Canadian Center on Substance Abuse)
Children with Special Health Care Needs (Minnesota Department of Health)
National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (Health Canada)
Native Peoples: Substance Abuse and Other Health-Related Issues Selective Bibliography (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) [pdf]
Office of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Alaska Health and Social Services) Includes overview of FAS and an extensive list of resources.
Round Lake Treatment Centre Alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility located on the Okanagan Indian Reserve

Publications

The Journal of Aboriginal Health National Aboriginal Health Organization
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research Vol 1-12 (1987-2005)and the Monograph Series.
American Indian & Alaska Native Resource Manual (NAMI: The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness)
BC First Nations Health Handbook (BC Health Guide) [pdf]
Building on Values:the Future of Health Care in Canada See Chapter 10: A New Approach to Aboriginal Health [pdf]

Women's Health

Statistics
See: Statistics: Health

Youth and Family
See: Child Welfare

Last modified: Dec 11, 10

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