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Examining the Association Between Traditional and Mainstream Medicine and the Prevalence of Arthritis in the Urban Indigenous Population Living in Toronto [PDF]

, 2020
Background: In the Indigenous community, the prevalence of arthritis is 1.3 to 1.6 times higher than their non-Indigenous counterparts. Moreover, minimal population health information on urban Indigenous peoples is available.
Chen, Julio Cristian
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Library support for indigenous university students: Moving from the periphery to the mainstream [PDF]

, 2015
Objective – This research project explored the models of Indigenous support programs in Australian academic libraries, and how they align with the needs of the students they support.
Abbott, Wendy Anne, Hare, Joanna
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Low rates of predominant breastfeeding in hospital after gestational diabetes, particularly among Indigenous women in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2017
Objectives: To investigate rates of ‘any’ and ‘predominant’ breastfeeding in hospital among Indigenous and non‐Indigenous women with and without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).
Catherine R. Chamberlain, Alyce N. Wilson, Lisa H. Amir, Kerin O'Dea, Sandra Campbell, Dympna Leonard, Rebecca Ritte, Mary Mulcahy, Sandra Eades, Rory Wolfe   +9 more
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Inequity in dialysis related practices and outcomes in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a Kaupapa Māori analysis

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background In Aotearoa/New Zealand, Māori, as the indigenous people, experience chronic kidney disease at three times the rate of non-Māori, non-Pacific New Zealanders.
Tania Huria, Suetonia Palmer, Lutz Beckert, Jonathan Williman, Suzanne Pitama   +4 more
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COVID-19 fatality in Mexico's indigenous populations

Public Health, 2021
The aim of the study was to explore the factors that could explain the differences in fatality rates among indigenous groups with COVID-19 diagnosis compared with the rest of the population in Mexico.We analyzed the public data of COVID-19 surveillance, of the Mexican Ministry of Health, to estimate COVID-19 fatality rates by ethnicity.We explored ...
Argoty-Pantoja, A.D., Robles-Rivera, K., Rivera-Paredez, B., Salmerón, J.   +3 more
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“Health divide” between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Kerala, India: Population based study [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2012
The objective of this study is to investigate the magnitude and nature of health inequalities between indigenous (Scheduled Tribes) and non-indigenous populations, as well as between different indigenous groups, in a rural district of Kerala State, India.A health survey was carried out in a rural community (N = 1660 men and women, 18-96 years).
Haddad Slim, Mohindra Katia, Siekmans Kendra, Màk Geneviève, Narayana Delampady   +4 more
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Psychosocial Impact of Dental Aesthetics Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: Mixed‑Methods Study Using Psychosocial Impact of a Dental Aesthetics Questionnaire

International Dental Journal
Objectives: Dental aesthetics play a vital role in social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB). This study examines the impact of dental aesthetics on SEWB among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Sonia Nath, Johanna Groundwater, Ria Aiyar, Joanne Hedges, Gina Guzzo, Kostas Kapellas, Alexander Pham, Lisa Jamieson   +7 more
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Community-based monitoring of Indigenous food security in a changing climate: global trends and future directions

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Climate change is expected to exacerbate existing food security challenges, especially in Indigenous communities worldwide. Community-based monitoring (CBM) is considered a promising strategy to improve monitoring of, and local adaptation to climatic and
Steven Lam, Warren Dodd, Kelly Skinner, Andrew Papadopoulos, Chloe Zivot, James Ford, Patricia J Garcia, IHACC Research Team, Sherilee L Harper   +8 more
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Ageing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: numerical, structural, timing and spatial aspects

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objectives: To assess levels of numerical, structural, timing and spatial aspects of ageing of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Methods: Population projections for 15 Australian regions were created by a multi‐state cohort‐component ...
Jeromey B. Temple, Tom Wilson, Andrew Taylor, Margaret Kelaher, Sandra Eades   +4 more
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Odisha tribal family health survey: methods, tools, and protocols for a comprehensive health assessment survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Tribal or indigenous communities have unique health behaviors, challenges, and inequities that nationally representative surveys cannot document. Odisha has one of India’s largest and most diverse tribal populations, constituting more than a fifth of the
Jaya Singh Kshatri, Asit Mansingh, A. K. Kavitha, Haimanti Bhattacharya, Dinesh Bhuyan, Debdutta Bhattacharya, Tanveer Rehman, Aparajita Swain, Debashis Mishra, Indramani Tripathy, Manas R. Mohapatra, Moushumi Nayak, Uttam Kumar Sahoo, Sanghamitra Pati   +13 more
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