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Early Childhood Caries in Indigenous Communities [PDF]

Paediatrics & Child Health, 2021
The oral health of Indigenous children of Canada (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) and the United States (American Indian and Alaska native) is a major child health disparity when compared with the general population of both countries. Early childhood caries (ECC) occurs in Indigenous children at an earlier age, with a higher prevalence, and at much ...
Steve Holve, Patricia Braun, James D. Irvine, Kristen Nadeau, Robert J. Schroth, Shaquita L. Bell, Daniel J. Calac, Allison Empey, Kristen J. Nadeau, Jane A. Oski, Judith K. Thierry, Ashley Weedn, Susan Fisher-Owens, Qadira Huff, Jeffrey Karp, Anupama Tate, John Unkel, David Krol, Radha Jetty, Roxanne Goldade, Brett Schrewe, Véronique Pelletier, Ryan J.P. Giroux, Margaret Berry, Leigh Fraser-Roberts   +24 more
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Efficacy and safety of Sri Lankan traditional medicine regimen for knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for an open-label, active comparator, randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2022
Background Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is the most common form of arthritis, causing disability and impaired quality of life especially in the elderly. Sri Lankan traditional medicine (STM) is widely used to treat OA, but no clinical trial evaluated on STM
Himalee De Silva, Pathirage Kamal Perera, Saroj Jayasinghe, Shreenika De Silva Weliange   +3 more
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LESSON LEARN FROM THE INDIGINEOUS COMMUNITY TO MANAGE ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPING THE TOURISM OBJECT IN THE TAJI VILLAGES MALANG REGENCY, INDONESIA [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2022
This research was conducted in Taji Village which is a village located in the Bromo Tengger Semeru (BTS) area. The purpose of this study is to explore the strategy of the local community of Taji Village in preserving the environment to support the ...
Heni MASRUROH, SUMARMI, Fatiya ROSYIDA
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Incidence management system of the healthcare institutions for disaster management in Sri Lanka

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Incident management systems and disaster planning processes facilitate maximal use of available resources. Evaluation of the Incident Command System (ICS) is one of the top five key areas of research priority in the field of surge.
Nayani Umesha Rajapaksha, Chrishantha Abeysena, Aindralal Balasuriya, Millawage Supun Dilara Wijesinghe, Suranga Manilgama, Yibeltal Assefa Alemu   +5 more
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Returning to Our Roots: Tribal Health and Wellness through Land-Based Healing

Genealogy, 2020
(1) Background: Settler colonialism has severely disrupted Indigenous ancestral ways of healing and being, contributing to an onslaught of health disparities.
Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Shanondora Billiot, Karina Walters   +2 more
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Colorectal cancer community engagement: a qualitative exploration of American Indian voices from North Dakota

BMC Cancer, 2022
Background American Indians (AI) in North Dakota present with higher rates of advanced-stage disease for screening detectable colorectal cancers and have lower overall baseline colorectal cancer screening rates than non-AIs.
Nicole Redvers, Mia Wilkinson, Courtney Fischer   +2 more
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Poured from the Sky: The Story of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Cérékang Forest Conservation

Forest and Society, 2022
The Cérékang people are often used as an example of how Indigenous Peoples successfully carry out traditional conservation of customary forests. This article aims to investigate the conditions that sustain the forest conservation in Cérékang by using ...
Andi Muhammad Akhmar, Fathu Rahman, Supratman Supratman, Husain Hasyim, M. Nawir   +4 more
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Indigenous Communities

Téoros: Revue de recherche en tourisme, 2014
Agricultural, communal, and indigenous communities, organized as ejidos, have for centuries shown an ecocentric and devoted relationship with Nature, humanity, and the planet, and continue to apply their values in the development of rural tourism that promotes sustainability.
Amparo Miranda Zambrano, Gloria, Vidaurri Aréchiga, José Eduardo   +1 more
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The ‘invisible homeless’ – challenges faced by families bringing up their children in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Insufficient and inadequate housing remain serious and enduring problems in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia.
Anne Lowell, Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama, Lyn Fasoli, Yalŋarra Guyula, Abbey Guyula, Megan Yunupiŋu, Jenine Godwin-Thompson, Rosemary Gundjarranbuy, Emily Armstrong, Jane Garrutju, Rose McEldowney   +10 more
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The impact of multiple interventions to reduce household exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke among women: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Kalutara district, Sri Lanka

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Second-hand smoke (SHS) in households remains a serious public health problem in Sri Lanka, partly due to a lack of voluntary prohibitions of tobacco smoking inside houses. Women are especially at risk of being exposed.
A. M. A. A. P. Alagiyawanna, N. Rajapaksa –Hewageegana, N. Gunawardena   +2 more
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