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Successes and challenges of speech language therapy service provision in Western Kenya: Three case studies

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: The need for communication-related services in sub-Saharan Africa to support individuals experiencing communication disability is a longstanding and well-documented situation.
Bea Staley, Ellen Hickey, David Rochus, Duncan Musasizi, Rachael Gibson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

"Now he walks and walks, as if he didn't have a home where he could eat": food, healing, and hunger in Quechua narratives of madness [PDF]

, 2013
In the Quechua-speaking peasant communities of southern Peru, mental disorder is understood less as individualized pathology and more as a disturbance in family and social relationships. For many Andeans, food and feeding are ontologically fundamental to
A Topor, Alison Krogel, Anna Meigs, Bianca Brijnath, Carlos Larrea, Carole M Counihan, Catherine J Allen, Catherine J Allen, Christine Greenway, Constance Classen, David M. R. Orr, David MR Orr, Derek Summerfield, Derek Summerfield, Duncan Pedersen, Elizabeth Cartwright, Emily Yates-Doerr, Gaithri A Fernando, Hermilio Valdizán, Irene Silverblatt, Javier Saavedra, Judith K Bass, Katherine Sohrsdahl, Krista E Vleet van, Laurence J Kirmayer, Lesley Jo Weaver, Libbet Crandon-Malamud, Mary Weismantel, Mary Weismantel, María Tapias, Michael Goddard, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Neely Laurenzo Myers, Parin Dossa, Peter Gose, Sarah Lund Skar, Sharon Alane Abramowitz, Susan Elizabeth Ramirez, Ursula Read, WHO, Xavier Ricard Lanata   +40 more
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Rethinking health services measurement for Indigenous populations

Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 2019
Indigenous people around the world experience shorter life expectancy, poorer health outcomes, and on average have less social capital, than non-Indigenous people in their respective countries. While national goals are to lower mortality and morbidity rates of Indigenous people, much evidence exists that indicates there is almost no Indigenous ...
Mashford-Pringle, Angela, Ring, Ian T, Al-Yaman, Fadwa, Waldon, John A, Chino, Michelle   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

"We're very much part of the team here":  A culture of respect for Indigenous health workforce transforms Indigenous health care.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundImproving health outcomes for Indigenous people by strengthening the cultural safety of care is a vital challenge for the health sector, both in Australia and internationally.
Emma V Taylor, Marilyn Lyford, Lorraine Parsons, Toni Mason, Sabe Sabesan, Sandra C Thompson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of a school-based health education program for urban Indigenous young people in Australia [PDF]

, 2014
: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a school-based health promotion and education program in improving knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and behaviours of urban Indigenous young people regarding chronic disease and ...
Alison Nelson, Claire Malseed, Robert Ware   +2 more
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Maternal perceptions of childhood vaccination: explanations of reasons for and against vaccination

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Understanding reasons for and against vaccination from the parental perspective is critical for designing vaccination campaigns and informing other interventions to increase vaccination uptake in Canada.
Deborah A. McNeil, Melissa Mueller, Shannon MacDonald, Sheila McDonald, Vineet Saini, James D. Kellner, Suzanne Tough   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Providing health services to indigenous peoples

BMJ, 2003
A combination of conventional services and indigenous programmes is needed Although indigenous health is influenced by many factors outside the formal health sector, access to quality health services is none the less an important determinant of good health.1 In New Zealand, efforts to improve Maori health have resulted in substantial shifts across ...
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Cultural adaptation of birthing services in rural Ayacucho, Peru. [PDF]

, 2009
PROBLEM: Maternal mortality is particularly high among poor, indigenous women in rural Peru, and the use of facility care is low, partly due to cultural insensitivities of the health care system. APPROACH: A culturally appropriate delivery care model was
Bautista, Marco A, Bedriñana, Eduardo, Campbell, Oona MR, Gabrysch, Sabine, Lema, Claudia, Malca, Rosa, Miranda, J Jaime   +6 more
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The comparison of health status and health services utilisation between Indigenous and non‐Indigenous infants in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2010
To examine the differences in health services utilisation and the associated risk factors between Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants at a national level in Australia.We analysed data from a national representative longitudinal study, the Longitudinal Study for Australian Children (LSAC) starting in 2004. We used survey logistic regression and survey
Lixin, Ou, Jack, Chen, Ken, Hillman, John, Eastwood   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Looking beyond the individual–The importance of accessing health and cultural services for Indigenous women in Thunder Bay, Ontario

PLoS ONE, 2023
Access to cultural activities and culturally relevant healthcare has always been significant for achieving holistic Indigenous health and continues to be a key factor in shaping the health journey of Indigenous individuals and communities.
Jonathan C. Lin, Elaine Toombs, Chris Sanders, Candida Sinoway, Marni Amirault, Christopher J. Mushquash, Linda Barkman, Melissa Deschamps, Meghan Young, Holly Gauvin, Anita C. Benoit   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources