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A community‐driven approach to address substance use and create a Great Plains American Indian addiction and recovery research agenda

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger, Anna Kihlström, Brinda Sivaramakrishnan, Allison Kelliher, Frankie Kropp, Carmen Rosa, T. John Winhusen, Donald Warne, the CTN0129 participating Tribal communities   +8 more
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Exploring Systems That Support Good Clinical Care in Indigenous Primary Health-care Services: A Retrospective Analysis of Longitudinal Systems Assessment Tool Data from High-Improving Services

Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
Background Continuous Quality Improvement is a process for raising the quality of primary health care (PHC) across Indigenous PHC services. In addition to clinical auditing using plan, do, study, and act cycles, engaging staff in a process of reflecting ...
Cindy E. Woods, K. Carlisle, S. Larkins, S. Thompson, K. Tsey, V. Matthews, R. Bailie   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

A new climate for Indigenous health [PDF]

, 2008
The Apology to the Stolen Generation set the tone for a new and vigorous approach to achieving health equity for Indigenous people. The symbolic impact of the Apology was reinforced and given practical direction by the Australia 2020 Summit and the ...
Alfred, A, Kalucy, Elizabeth Carment, McIntyre, Ellen   +2 more
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"Five hundred years of medicine gone to waste"? Negotiating the implementation of an intercultural health policy in the Ecuadorian Andes. [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: In Ecuador, indigenous women have poorer maternal health outcomes and access to maternity services. This is partly due to cultural barriers.
Llamas, Ana, Mayhew, Susannah
core   +1 more source

Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard, Jill D. Sharkey, Erin Cross, Karyn Milligan, Michelle Kerwood, Ruby Celio, Andrea Fernandez‐Contreras, Esteban Medina‐Galvan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ancestry or identity? The importance of Indigenous engagement in articulating First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environmental Cohort (CanCHEC)

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Statistics Canada uses two self-report measures – Ancestry and Identity – in the Canadian Census to identify First Nations, Inuit and Métis (FNIM) peoples.
Lisa K. Ellison, Carmina Ng, Alethea Kewayosh, Natalie Troke, Brenda Elias, Michael Tjepkema, Angeline Letendre, Loraine D. Marrett, Amanda J. Sheppard   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Indigenous mothers experience selecting and using early childhood development services to care for their infants

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2019
Purpose: Promoting a child’s healthy growth and development in the first six years of life is critical to their later health and well-being. Indigenous infants experience poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous infants, yet little is understood about ...
Amy L. Wright, Susan M. Jack, Marilyn Ballantyne, Chelsea Gabel, Rachel Bomberry, Olive Wahoush   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous land management as primary health care: qualitative analysis from the Interplay research project in remote Australia

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background For Indigenous Australians, health transcends the absence of disease, and includes the health and wellbeing of their community and Country: their whole physical, cultural and spiritual environment.
Rosalie Schultz, Tammy Abbott, Jessica Yamaguchi, Sheree Cairney   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Key features of palliative care service delivery to Indigenous peoples in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States: A comprehensive review [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Indigenous peoples in developed countries have reduced life expectancies, particularly from chronic diseases. The lack of access to and take up of palliative care services of Indigenous peoples is an ongoing concern.
A Liberati, B Finke, C McMichael, CA DeCourtney, CA Decourtney, D Meier, E Nicholson, Emma V. Taylor, G Bellamy, H Castleden, H Prince, I Byock, IM Ramsden, J Daly, J Kitzes, J Oetzel, JA Kitzes, JG Oetzel, John A. Woods, K Eager, KE Hotson, KL Braun, L Kelly, L Marr, M Cottle, M Dembinsky, M Dixon-Woods, M Hampton, M Hampton, M Isaacson, N St Pierre-Hansen, NJ Brooke, O Fried, P McGrath, P McGrath, P McGrath, P McGrath, PD McGrath, PD McGrath, PM Davidson, R Fernandes, R Frey, R Frey, R Lawrenson, R McConigley, S Aoun, S Colquhoun, S Mann, S Schrader, S Shahid, S Shahid, Samar M. Aoun, Sandra C. Thompson, Shaouli Shahid, Shelley Cheetham, T Greenhalgh, T Slater, TA Carey, V Fruch, Y Bray, YY Colclough   +60 more
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