Our Aboriginal relations When family doctors and Aboriginal patients meet

"Rebuilding our community": hearing silenced voices on Aboriginal youth suicide.

This paper brings forth the voices of adult Aboriginal First Nations community members who gathered in focus groups to discuss the problem of youth suicide on their reserves. Our approach emphasizes multilevel (e.g., individual, family, and broader ecological systems) factors viewed by participants as relevant to youth suicide. Wheaton's conceptualization of stressors and Evans-Campbell's multi...

A review of Aboriginal infant mortality rates in Canada: striking and persistent Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal inequities.

OBJECTIVE The Joint Working Group on First Nations, Indian, Inuit, and Métis Infant Mortality of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System is a collaboration of national Aboriginal organizations and federal and provincial/territorial stakeholders. Our objective was to better understand what is currently known about Aboriginal infant mortality rates (IMR) in Canada. METHODS As part of a large...

Differences Between Values of Australian Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Students

Accountability and Aboriginal Culture

Barriers to Peritoneal Dialysis in Aboriginal Patients

Background Aboriginal people in Canada have an unduly high burden of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and many live in rural settings. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a home-based dialysis modality that may provide a valuable alternative to in-center hemodialysis which is relatively underutilized by the Aboriginal population. Objective We aim to assess the barriers to PD utilization in Aboriginal ...