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Decolonising Conservation Policy: How Colonial Land and Conservation Ideologies Persist and Perpetuate Indigenous Injustices at the Expense of the Environment

Land, 2020
The livelihoods of indigenous peoples, custodians of the world’s forests since time immemorial, were eroded as colonial powers claimed de jure control over their ancestral lands. The continuation of European land regimes in Africa and Asia meant that the
Lara Domínguez, Colin Luoma
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Preservation of Indigenous Culture among Indigenous Migrants through Social Media: the Igorot Peoples [PDF]

Botangen, K.A., Vodanovich, S. and Yu, J., 2017, January. Preservation of Indigenous Culture among Indigenous Migrants through Social Media: The Igorot Peoples. In Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2018
The value and relevance of indigenous knowledge towards sustainability of human societies drives for its preservation. This work explored the use of Facebook groups to promote indigenous knowledge among Igorot peoples in the diaspora. The virtual communities help intensify the connection of Igorot migrants to their traditional culture despite the ...
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Assessing the quality of health research from an Indigenous perspective: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quality appraisal tool

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020
Background The lack of attention to Indigenous epistemologies and, more broadly, Indigenous values in primary research, is mirrored in the standardised critical appraisal tools used to guide evidence-based practice and systematic reviews and meta ...
S. Harfield, O. Pearson, K. Morey, Elaine Kite, K. Canuto, Karen Glover, J. Gomersall, D. Carter, C. Davy, E. Aromataris, A. Braunack-Mayer   +10 more
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Water insecurity, self‐reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health in the Peruvian Amazon

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 34, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Objectives This study examines the associations between water insecurity, self‐reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health among 225 Awajún adults (107 women; 118 men) living in the Peruvian Amazon, a “water‐abundant” region.
Paula Skye Tallman, Shalean M. Collins, M. Pia Chaparro, Gabriela Salmon‐Mulanovich   +3 more
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Attitudes and beliefs about family and domestic violence in faith‐based communities: An exploratory qualitative study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 880-897, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Family and domestic violence (FDV) is a major social, economic and health issue that is associated with a range of physical, mental and behavioural health outcomes. Religion and faith are powerful and influential in shaping the lives of many individuals and societies, in addition to the social practices, norms and structures that are ...
Mandy Truong, Mienah Sharif, Anna Olsen, Dave Pasalich, Bianca Calabria, Naomi Priest   +5 more
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Hotspots for rockfishes, structural corals, and large-bodied sponges along the central coast of Pacific Canada

Scientific Reports, 2021
Biological hotspots are places with outstanding biodiversity features, and their delineation is essential to the design of marine protected areas (MPAs). For the Central Coast of Canada’s Northern Shelf Bioregion, where an MPA network is being developed,
Alejandro Frid, Madeleine McGreer, Kyle L. Wilson, Cherisse Du Preez, Tristan Blaine, Tammy Norgard   +5 more
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Summary of sexual health links with chronic disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males [PDF]

, 2021
This Summary is based on the Review of sexual health issues linked with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males (the ‘Review’) [1] published by the Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin in 2021 ...
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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All opinions are not equal: Toward a consensual approach to the development of drug policy

Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 812-828, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Drug policy has been subjected to much scrutiny from different stakeholder groups who present sometimes very different opinions on solutions to address a problem. Reconciling such differences, that are underpinned by both anecdotal and empirical evidence, is a priority yet to be fully achieved.
Gabriel T. W. Wong, Matthew Manning
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Insights for Indigenous employment into a case study of unconscious bias in the Australian Public Service

Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 898-919, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Drawing on a case study of unconscious bias levels in the Australian Public Service (APS), findings suggest gender equality remains a concern for career prospects for women, particularly for Indigenous women when two‐thirds of Indigenous employees in the APS are women.
Craig Leon
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Designing accountability measures for health professionals: results from a community-based micro-credential: case study on Indigenous cultural safety

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background: There is a widespread commitment to implementing anti-Indigenous racism with health organizations in Canada by introducing cultural safety staff training. In partnership with a public health unit in Ontario, Canada, we developed an evaluation
Angela Mashford-Pringle, Sharon Tan, Sterling Stutz, Gabriel Tjong   +3 more
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