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Health services use and lifestyle choices of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

Social Science & Medicine, 2013
In many countries, the health outcomes of Indigenous populations are far worse than those of non-Indigenous populations. Two possible reasons for these differences are poor lifestyle choices and a lack of access to health services when ill. This paper uses Australian data on 17,449 adults, which was collected in the National Health Survey 2004-05 and ...
Stephen, Whelan, Donald J, Wright
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Decolonizing Mental Health Services for Indigenous Clients: A Training Program for Mental Health Professionals

American Journal of Community Psychology, 2018
AbstractCulturally appropriate mental health services are essential for Indigenous people who suffer the greatest mental health disparities of any ethnic group in the U.S. However, few mental health professionals receive training to work with this population.
Melissa E, Lewis, Erica E, Hartwell, Laurelle L, Myhra   +2 more
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Re-imagining mental health services for American Indian communities: Centering Indigenous perspectives.

American Journal of Community Psychology, 2022
The Indigenous peoples of North America are heirs to the shattering legacy of European colonization. These brutal histories of land dispossession, military conquest, forced settlement, religious repression, and coercive assimilation have robbed American ...
Joseph P. Gone
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Indigenous Mothers' Experiences of Using Acute Care Health Services for Their Infants.

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2019
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To develop an understanding of how Indigenous mothers experience selecting and using health services for their infants can assist nurses in improving their access to care.
A. Wright, S. Jack, M. Ballantyne, Chelsea Gabel, Rachel Bomberry, O. Wahoush   +5 more
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Lost in Maps: Regionalization and Indigenous Health Services

HealthcarePapers, 2016
The settlement of the land now known as Canada meant the erasure - sometimes from ignorance, often purposeful - of Indigenous place-names, and understandings of territory and associated obligations. The Canadian map with its three territories and ten provinces, electoral boundaries and districts, reflects boundaries that continue to fragment Indigenous
Josée G, Lavoie, Derek, Kornelsen, Yvonne, Boyer, Lloy, Wylie   +3 more
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Building practice-informed indigenous health curricula: A systematic review of pharmacy services for indigenous peoples

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 2022
An increased need is recognized to improve Indigenous cultural safety curriculum. This review aimed to inform curriculum development by identifying and categorizing challenges and opportunities that underlie existing practices. This entails policies, pharmacy services, and health workers' perspectives associated with pharmacy services for Indigenous ...
Mojan, Fazelipour, Larry, Leung, Jason, Min, Teresa Sm'hayetsk, Ryan   +3 more
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Disparities in surgical health service delivery and outcomes for indigenous children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2023
Evidence of health disparities for Indigenous children requiring surgical care is lacking. We present a systematic review of the literature examining possible disparities in surgical care and outcomes for pediatric patients of Indigenous ethnicity.PubMed, Cochrane, MEDLINE, gray literature.Literature review, using PubMed, Cochrane, MEDLINE, and gray ...
Martha-Conley Ingram, Sasha Becker, Sydney L. Olson, Stacy Tsai, Arjun Sarkar, David H. Rothstein, Erik D. Skarsgard, Mehul V Raval   +7 more
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Adult health checks for Indigenous Australians: the first year's experience from the Inala Indigenous Health Service

Medical Journal of Australia, 2009
To evaluate the role of the adult health check for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15-54 years, in an urban Indigenous primary health care setting.Cross-sectional study of Indigenous patients recruited opportunistically from the Inala Indigenous Health Service between 1 June 2007 and 31 July 2008.Newly identified cardiovascular risk ...
Spurling, Geoffrey, Hayman, Noel E., Cooney, Anna L.   +2 more
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Indigenizing mental health services: New Zealand experience

Transcultural Psychiatry, 2011
Mental health services in New Zealand have been significantly altered by Māori cultural values. Since 1980, a monocultural approach has given way to the incorporation of Māori language, Māori health perspectives, and Māori psychological frameworks in the assessment, treatment, and care of patients.
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An Integrative Review of Barriers and Facilitators Associated With Mental Health Help Seeking Among Indigenous Populations.

Psychiatric Services, 2022
OBJECTIVE Indigenous populations, compared with majority populations, have a reduced likelihood of receiving professional help for mental health, contributing to health disparities.
Christiana J Goetz, Ph. Christopher J. Mushquash, Ph.D K. Amanda Maranzan   +2 more
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