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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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Incidence and outcomes of critical illness in Indigenous peoples: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care, 2023
Background Indigenous Peoples experience health inequities and racism across the continuum of health services. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence and outcomes of critical illness among Indigenous Peoples.
Samantha L. Bowker, Kienan Williams, Auriele Volk, Leonard Auger, Alika Lafontaine, Paige Dumont, Aireen Wingert, Amanda Davis, Liza Bialy, Erica Wright, Richard T. Oster, Sean M. Bagshaw   +11 more
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Summary findings from Tracks surveys implemented by First Nations in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, 2018–2020

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2022
Background: The Public Health Agency of Canada’s integrated bio-behavioural surveillance system—Tracks surveys—assesses the burden of HIV, hepatitis C and associated risks in key populations in Canada.
Kathleen Lydon-Hassen, Leigh Jonah, Lisa Mayotte, Ashley Hrabowy, Bonny Graham, Beverley Missens, Amanda Nelson, Mustafa Andkhoie, Deana Nahachewsky, Dharma Teja Yalamanchili, Sabyasachi Gupta, Nnamdi Ndubuka, Ibrahim Khan, Wadieh Yacoub, Maggie Bryson, Dana Paquette   +15 more
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Indigenous maternal health and health services within Canada: a scoping review

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
AbstractBackgroundGlobally, there are disparities in access to maternal health care services and equity in maternal health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. While the literature is growing, it has not been systematically synthesized.
Meagan Bacciaglia, Hannah Tait Neufeld, Elena Neiterman, Akanksha Krishnan, Sophie Johnston, Kyla Wright   +5 more
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Indigenous youth and service provider perceptions of the availability and appropriateness of services to promote Indigenous youth mental health

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2022
Introduction Sixteen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully termed Indigenous) Australian mental health, social and emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention government policy documents (2013 to 2018) have cited an urgent need for new responses to the high and increasing rates of Indigenous children’s mental health problems and ...
McCalman, Janya, McDonald, Tina, Jose, Semara, Fagan, Ruth, Walker, Kelly, Collins, Rodney   +5 more
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Longitudinality and community orientation in the context of indigenous health [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: to analyze, from healthcare professionals’ perspectives, the longitudinality and community orientation in Primary Health Care, offered both in the Special Indigenous Health District and in the primary network that assists non-indigenous ...
Esron Soares Carvalho Rocha, Rizioléia Marina Pinheiro Pina, Rosana Cristina Pereira Parente, Maria Luiza Pereira Garnelo, Rúbia Aparecida Lacerda   +4 more
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Indigenous status a key issue for health services [PDF]

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 2000
Collectors of health data across all agencies are the targets of a national awareness campaign aimed at improving the quality, completeness and coverage of indigenous health information.
Jenny, Davis, Janis, Shaw
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Preventing colorectal cancer in Sri Lanka: step forward

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2020
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Yasara Samarakoon
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Debate about compulsory cremation of victims of COVID-19

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2020
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. College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka
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Excess Deaths during COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta, Canada

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose: To determine if there was excess mortality in Alberta, Canada during the pandemic. We sought to confirm if excess mortality affected all age groups equally and determine what proportion of excess deaths is directly related to COVID-19.
S. Beesoon, M.A. Joffe, J. Bakal, K. Williams, M. Brindle   +4 more
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