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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Indigenous health"”.
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Statistical Methods for Studies Using Respondent Driven Sampling with Applications to Urban Indigenous Health
Introduction: The health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada is, on average, poorer than the general population and in particular, the Indigenous community suffers from higher rates of cardiovascular disease. Respondent driven sampling (RDS) allows the health of urban Indigenous people to be studied …
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Distrito sanitário especial indígena e potiguara: uma ferramenta de gestão na assistência à saúde do povo indígena
Among the essential public services, health stands out without a doubt, and this requires a well structured management to be performed satisfactorily. Indigenous people need assistance for differentiated health, which after many struggles, was conquered, but needs to be improved. The management of …
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Weaving life: Vivencias Paving the Way for The Sistema Indígena de Salud Propia e Intercultural (SISPI) [Self-determined and Intercultural Indigenous Health System] in Colombia's Departamento of Vaupés
Colonization adversely affected the health of the Indigenous Peoples in Colombia. The European colonizers stripped these communities of their lands and sought to eliminate them both physically and in identity. Such oppressive colonial frameworks continue to exist, jeopardizing the Indigenous …
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Unsettling epigenetics: contested understandings of trauma and evidence in settler colonial Australia
… has become a highly contested space within Indigenous health research in settler colonial Australia. Intergenerational trauma is a popular model for understanding how colonial and racist policies have had, and continue to have, long-lasting and multi-generational impacts on the health and …
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The indigenous knowledge and attitudes of older persons living in Khayelitsha and Phillipi regarding the management of minor health ailments
… lnzame Zabantu and Mzamomhle community health centres in Khayelitsha and Phillipi are overcrowded and overburden with clients. Some of the clients attending these community health centres (CHC's) present with minor health ailments. As a result of overburdening, health care professionals …
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Is hunting still healthy? strengths and limitations of dominant discourses used to examine contemporary indigenous land-health Interrelationships
Around the world, Indigenous people continue to experience some of the greatest health disadvantages. As the United Nations Second Decade of the World's Indigenous People's (2005-2014) draws to a close, questions are still being asked about how best to remedy this situation. One approach is …
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Is hunting still healthy? strengths and limitations of dominant discourses used to examine contemporary indigenous land-health Interrelationships
Around the world, Indigenous people continue to experience some of the greatest health disadvantages. As the United Nations Second Decade of the World's Indigenous People's (2005-2014) draws to a close, questions are still being asked about how best to remedy this situation. One approach is …
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Subsistema de Atenção à Saúde Indígena: direito, acesso, diversidade e atenção diferenciada: um estudo de caso sobre a gestão da política de atenção à saúde indígena no território do DSEI potiguara
Among the essential public services, health stands without a doubt, and this requires a well structured management to be performed satisfactorily. The indigenous population who suffered so much after taxes, is trying to rescue the origin of their rich cultural identity, needs a differentiated …
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Do no harm: decolonising Aboriginal health research
This thesis addresses the question: Why has health research not improved Aboriginal health? Exploring this question from an Indigenous perspective required the development of a methodological approach that I personally undertook as a journey, as both a participant and researcher. This methodology …
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Interfacing Traditional and Western Health Care Systems in the Fight Against Coronavirus
… the interfacing traditional and western health care systems in the fight against Coronavirus COVID-19. Experts contend that government agencies and health officials should collaborate with traditional healers rather than oppose them to successfully tackle COVID-19. Various stakeholders …
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Mouri Tu, Mouri Moko, Mouri Ora! Moko as a wellbeing strategy
This research has been undertaken within the Health Research Council funded International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership (ICIHRP) program, “The role of resiliency in responding to blood borne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Indigenous communities”. Some Indigenous …
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Rooted in place: The intersection of healing and learning within Indigenous mental health
… place in influencing healing and learning within Indigenous contexts, contributing to the expanding literature on place as a determinant of health. Through an in-depth examination of three distinct sites — Prairie Sky School, the nato' we ho win program, and Queen City Wellness Pharmacy — this …
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“We Are Bridging That Gap”: Insights from Indigenous Hospital Liaisons for Improving Health Care for Indigenous Patients in Alberta
This thesis explores the insights of five Indigenous Hospital Liaisons working in Alberta Health Services hospitals to improve health care for Indigenous patients. Indigenous people in Canada often encounter difficulties and obstacles when accessing health care. Previous studies have described the …
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Evaluation of acceptance and efficiency of exercise for Indigenous Australians to benefit physiological, anthropometric and metabolic syndrome outcomes
… a much-understudied area of how the Australian Indigenous community perceives physical activity and the beneficial effects for improving health outcomes. The PhD will be made up of three studies: 1) To design an exercise prescription that is culturally appropriate and specifically addresses the …
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Managing health services support to military operations
… a PhD by portfolio on the subject of managing health services support to military operations. It is based upon my prior published work supported by an ‘action research’ analysis of the application of this prior knowledge to my experiences from spending a year in the South of Afghanistan from …
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Crossing Myriad Borders: A Dimensional Analysis of the Migration and Health Experiences of Indigenous Oaxacan Women
… growing feminization of the migration of ethnic indigenous women, such as Mixtecs, Zapotecs and Triquis from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, are altering the dynamics and configuration of traditional Mexican migration, making it especially significant for the health professions. Informed by …
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EXAMINING STRUCTURAL RACISM AS A CAUSE OF HEALTH INEQUITIES AMONG PACIFIC ISLAND PEOPLES IN THE UNITED STATES AND AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND: AN EXPLORATORY COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY
… most indicators of socioeconomic status and health when compared to the majority population. Similarly, the Indigenous Māori and Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand parallel the same experiences. Reducing disparities and improving health equity among racial/ethnic minority populations …
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Marae food gardens: health and wellbeing through urban marae in Tāmaki Makaurau
… and as a result of the legacy of colonisation, indigenous peoples have experienced and continue to experience substantial disparities that have impacted their health and wellbeing. Addressing these complex issues presents health systems with a difficult task given varying lived realities of …
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Tshidilo: a step towards understanding spine care in Botswana
… in the capital, Gaborone, and the network of health care professionals in the city who manage patients with spinal related disorders. Spinal related disorders (SRDs) are the leading cause of disability worldwide and disproportionately affect people of lower socioeconomic status. It is known …
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A framework to improve climate-resilient health among Indigenous communities
Climate change has severely impacted Indigenous communities' health. Many global strategies aimed at addressing climate-related health risks assume all populations face the same challenges and can adapt equally, overlooking the specific needs of groups such as Indigenous communities. Adopting …
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