The purpose of this paper, part of an evolving ethnographic doctoral study, is to describe the use of photovoice in exploring the health beliefs and health promotion practices of pregnant Tlicho women in Canada’s Northwest Territories. It is but a preliminary look at the method and its use in a remote community. What research methods are culturally appropriate for working with Aboriginal people...

man has always been curious about his natural environmental, and has always been trying to know it more. to do this, he has employed many different ways and has used different information. in the meantime, he has examined nature phenomena indirectly and using remote sensing. today, expert and groups of experts are using remote sensing documents and this has caused them to believe that remote se...

The Learning Through Collaborative Visualization Project is attempting to establish open-inquiry collaborative science projects as a classroom activity structure. This efforts are described from a design experiment perspective where social and material supports are strategically arranged to encourage this classroom evolution. Supports are provided to help teachers form community, teachers manag...

BACKGROUND Food insecurity is a serious public health issue for Aboriginal people (First Nations [FN], Métis, and Inuit) living in Canada. Food security challenges faced by FN people are unique, especially for those living in remote and isolated communities. Conceptualizations of food insecurity by FN people are poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of food...

OBJECTIVE To determine the average price difference between foods and beverages in remote Indigenous community stores and capital city supermarkets and explore differences across products. METHODS A cross-sectional survey compared prices derived from point-of-sale data in 20 remote Northern Territory stores with supermarkets in capital cities of the Northern Territory and South Australia for ...

INTRODUCTION There is growing support for the prosocial value of role modelling in programs for adolescents and the potentially positive impact role models can have on health and health behaviours in remote communities. Despite known benefits for remote outreach program recipients, there is limited literature on the outcomes of participation for role models. METHODS Twenty-four role models pa...

INTRODUCTION Rural-remote communities report higher smoking rates and poorer health outcomes than that of metropolitan areas. While anti-smoking programs are an important measure for addressing smoking and improving health, little is known of the challenges faced by primary healthcare staff implementing those programs in the rural-remote setting. The aim of this study was to explore the challen...

Public hospitals play an important role in the delivery of essential healthcare in Australia as in many countries. The Australian Government has in the recent years implemented national healthcare reform to improve the performance of and access to public hospital services. This reform extends to all public hospitals including remote hospitals. However, there is limited information on how reform...

As remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) technologies become more commonplace in society, there are increasing calls for the use of such technologies to benefit local communities. However, a gap continues to exist between the priorities of GIS research specialists, commercial technology providers, and the public (including civic and county agencies and others implementing lo...