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Building service capacity within a Regional District Mental Health Service: recommendations from an indigenous mental health symposium [PDF]

Rural and Remote Health, 2006
[Abstract]: In response to recent developments within the mental health services of south-east Queensland, the Toowoomba District Mental Health Service (TDMHS) has developed a Model of Service Delivery, which outlines the range of services provided for ...
Eley, D. S., Hunter, K.
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Health service use in indigenous Sami and non-indigenous youth in North Norway: A population based survey [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2009
Background: this is the first population based study exploring health service use and ethnocultural factors in indigenous Sami and non-Sami youth in North Norway.
Anne Lene Turi, Margrethe Bals, Ingunn B Skre, Siv Kvernmo   +3 more
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Challenges and Advances towards Reformulating Processed Foods to Contain Low Salt in Sri Lanka [PDF]

International Journal of Nutrition Sciences, 2022
Background: In Sri Lanka, consumption of foods high in salt is high. Efforts are underway to tackle this issue, including the reformulation of fast foods to contain less salt. To succeed, understanding the practices in using salt among restaurant owners,
Pandula Siribaddana, Achala Jayatilleke, Nalika Gunawardena, Angela de Silva, Champika Wickramasinghe, Lakshman Gamlath, Thilak Siriwardena, Vindya Kumarapeli, Janaki Vidanapathirana, Shanthi Gunawardena, Amaap Alagiyawanna, Ishanka Thalagala, Aravinda Wickramasinghe, Prabha Kumari, Prasad Ranatunga, Sapumal Dhanapala, Razia Pendse   +16 more
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Salt and Health: public awareness, attitudes, and practices in Sri Lanka to inform a behaviour change communication campaign to reduce dietary salt

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2022
Introduction: Sri Lankan citizens consume almost double the recommended daily amount of salt.   Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices related to health effects of dietary salt among adults and adolescents in Sri Lanka to inform ...
Achala Upendra Jayatilleke, Nalika Gunawardena, Angela de Silva, Champika Wickramasinghe, Lakshman Gamlath, Thilak Siriwardena, Janaki Vidanapathirana, Shanthi Ginawardena, Vindya Kumarapeli, AMAAP Alagiyawanna, Ishanka Thalagala, Aravinda Wickramasinghe, Prabha Kumari, Prasad Ranatunga, Sapumal Dhanapala, Razia Pendse   +15 more
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Effectiveness of an outbreak dose of mumps-containing vaccine in two First Nations communities in Northern Ontario, Canada

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022
Between 18 Dec 2017 and 27 June 2018, a mumps outbreak occurred in two Canadian Indigenous communities. An outbreak dose of mumps-containing vaccine was offered as part of control measures.
Wallis Rudnick, Sarah Wilson, Jo Ann Majerovich, Michelle Haavaldsrud, Marene Gatali, Cai-Lei Matsumoto, Shelley Deeks   +6 more
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Improving recruitment process for nurses, professions supplementary to medicine and paramedical staff

Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Midwifery, 2020
The recruitment process of nurses, professions supplementary to medicine and paramedical staffs had been a lengthy and labourers work for the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services (MoHIMS) of Sri Lanka.
Pamila Sadeeka Adikari, Dileep De Silva, Sunil De Alwis, KYPK Weerasekara, Parmelalagapillai Karthikeyan, HHDAU Hettiarachchi, Kapuge Ranjith Kumara, HW Sunil Shantha   +7 more
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Incidence and outcomes of critical illness in Indigenous Peoples: a systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2022
Background Indigenous Peoples experience health inequities across the continuum of health services. Improvements for Indigenous patients and their families during vulnerable experiences with the healthcare system may have a significant impact on the ...
Samantha L. Bowker, Kienan Williams, Aireen Wingert, Jamie M. Boyd, Melissa L. Potestio, Michelle Gates, Erica Wright, Sean M. Bagshaw   +7 more
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Indigenous Health [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2019
KEY POINTS Health inequities for Indigenous peoples arise from the multigenerational effects of colonization and need to be contextualized within the historical, political, social and economic conditions that have influenced Indigenous health.[1][1]–[3][2] Calls for action to address ...
Kienan, Williams, Melissa L, Potestio, Val, Austen-Wiebe   +2 more
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Combating physical inactivity during COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka: being active at home

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2020
No abstract ...
Ishanka Ayeshwari Talagala, Rangana Hettige, Vindya Kumarapeli, Champika Wickramasinghe   +3 more
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Experiences of Inuit in Canada who travel from remote settings for cancer care and impacts on decision making

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Inuit experience the highest cancer mortality rates from lung cancer in the world with increasing rates of other cancers in addition to other significant health burdens.
Janet Jull, Amanda J. Sheppard, Alex Hizaka, Inuit Medical Interpreter Team, Gwen Barton, Paula Doering, Danielle Dorschner, Nancy Edgecombe, Megan Ellis, Ian D. Graham, Mara Habash, Gabrielle Jodouin, Lynn Kilabuk, Theresa Koonoo, Carolyn Roberts, Mamisarvik Healing Centre Team   +15 more
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