Expression of pain among Mi'kmaq children in one Atlantic Canadian community: a qualitative study.

A community partnership to explore mental health services in First Nations communities in Nova Scotia.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed at identifying the gaps, barriers and successes/solutions associated with mental health services in Mi'kmaq communities in Nova Scotia. METHODS Community-based participatory research, which is consistent with Ownership, Control, Access and Possession principles of research with Aboriginal communities, was employed for this work. Health directors of the 13 Mi'kmaq co...

Use of traditional Mi'kmaq medicine among patients at a First Nations community health centre.

INTRODUCTION The provision of complete, effective, and culturally sensitive health care to First Nations communities requires a familiarity with and respect for patients' healing beliefs and practices. PURPOSE This study addresses one aspect of cross-cultural care by attempting to understand the use of Mi'kmaq medicine among patients at a community health centre and their attitudes toward bot...

It Started Over Coffee: The Aboriginal Community Youth Resilience Network (ACYRN) in Mi'kmaq And Maliseet Communities of Atlantic Canada.

Governing Collaborative Healthcare Improvement: Lessons From an Atlantic Canadian Case

The Atlantic Healthcare Collaboration for Innovation and Improvement in Chronic Disease (AHC) Quality Improvement Collaborative (QIC) in Eastern Canada provided an approach to spur system-level reform across multiple health systems for patients and families living with chronic disease. Developed and led by senior executives with a unique governance approach and involving clinical front-line tea...

Cultural understanding in the provision of supportive and palliative care: perspectives in relation to an indigenous population

OBJECTIVES The provision of supportive and palliative care for an indigenous people in Nova Scotia, Canada, was examined to further our understanding and thereby improve cultural competency. Most of Nova Scotia's indigenous people are Mi'kmaq. The Mi'kmaq Nation lives in Atlantic Canada as well as New England in the eastern USA. METHODS Themes were identified in the literature and through dis...