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Nehiyawak (Cree) women’s strategies for aging well: community-based participatory research in Maskwacîs, Alberta, Canada, by the Sohkitehew (Strong Heart) group

BMC Women's Health, 2023
Background The Sohkitehew (Strong Heart) Research Group, which included an Elders Advisory Committee of seven Nehiyawak (Cree) women, set out to bring Maskwacîs community members together to understand Nehiyawak women’s experiences of “aging well”.
Luwana Listener, Sue Ross, Richard Oster, Bonny Graham, Seth Heckman, Cora Voyageur   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
wiley   +1 more source

Access to eye health services among indigenous Australians: an area level analysis

BMC Ophthalmology, 2012
Background This project is a community-level study of equity of access to eye health services for Indigenous Australians. Methods The project used data on eye health services from multiple sources including Medicare Australia, inpatient and outpatient ...
Kelaher Margaret, Ferdinand Angeline, Taylor Hugh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Indigenous Counselling and Nicotine (ICAN) QUIT in Pregnancy Pilot Study protocol: a feasibility step-wedge cluster randomised trial to improve health providers' management of smoking during pregnancy. [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: Indigenous women have the highest smoking prevalence during pregnancy (47%) in Australia. Health professionals report lack of knowledge, skills and confidence to effectively manage smoking among pregnant women in general.
Atkins, L, Bar-Zeev, Y, Bonevski, B, Bovill, M, Gould, GS, Gruppetta, M, ICAN QUIT in Pregnancy Pilot Group,, Oldmeadow, C, Palazzi, K, Reath, J   +9 more
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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
This is the first population based study exploring health service use and ethno-cultural factors in indigenous Sami and non-Sami youth in North Norway. The first aim of the present study was to compare the frequency of health service use between Sami adolescents and their non-indigenous peers.
Turi, Anne Lene, Bals, Margrethe, Skre, Ingunn, Kvernmo, Siv   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Understanding Youth Assaults of Police Officers in Australia: A Power Threat Meaning Framework Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores youth violence towards police officers in Australia through the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) to better understand the underlying factors contributing to such violence; focusing on power dynamics, childhood adversity, and trauma.
Dimitra Lattas, Kelly Hine, Catherine Creamer, Kelley Burton, Katelyn Davenport‐Klunder   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of marriage on breastfeeding duration: examining the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 pandemic on marginalized communities

International Breastfeeding Journal
Background Marriage promotes breastfeeding duration through economic and social supports. The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected marginalized communities and impacted women’s employment and interpersonal dynamics.
Anna Charlotta Kihlstrom, Tara Stiller, Nishat Sultana, Grace Njau, Matthew Schmidt, Anastasia Stepanov, Andrew D. Williams   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pauper, indigenous and migrant women to health services [PDF]

, 2013
El propósito de este trabajo es dar cuenta de los obstáculos que tienen las mujeres subalternas, es decir, indígenas, campesinas, inmigrantes y de sectores populares rurales del Noroeste argentino (NOA) para acceder a los servicios de salud sexual y ...
Páramo Bernal, Milena, Vazquez Laba, Vanesa Paula   +1 more
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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington, Bernadette Sebar, Jessica Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A qualitative study of challenges and facilitators to implementing an Indigenous-led cultural safety education program within a large urban emergency department in Vancouver, Canada

BMC Medical Education
Background There is growing recognition of the extent and harm of anti-Indigenous racism within public institutions, including healthcare settings. Despite efforts to expand access to Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS) education programs for healthcare ...
Andreas Pilarinos, Jessica Key, Elder Dennis Joseph, Scott Maher, Lori Quinn, Brittany Bingham   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source