1 Nicholas Street, Suite 726, Ottawa ON K1N 7B7 Telephone: 613-233 7440 ● Fax: 613-233 8361 E-mail: [email protected] ● www.icad-cisd.com July 2011 In both high‐income and low‐ or middle‐income countries, indigenous peoples face some of the heaviest burdens of ill health. In particular, indigenous populations face a higher vulnerability to HIV due to a range of factors including stigmatizati...

INTRODUCTION Both health equity research and Indigenous health research are driven by the goal of promoting equitable health outcomes among marginalized and underserved populations. However, the two fields often operate independently, without collaboration. As a result, Indigenous populations are underrepresented in health equity research relative to the disproportionate burden of health inequi...

OBJECTIVES To review the current status of health care access and utilization among Indigenous people in the North America, Australia and New Zealand. STUDY DESIGN Literature review. METHODS A systematic search and critical review of relevant studies using online searches of electronic databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, MEDLINE) that examined issues relating to health care utilization and access...

BACKGROUND: Genetic research has potential benefits for improving health, such as identifying molecular characteristics of a disease, understanding disease prevalence and treatment, and developing treatments tailored to patients based on individual genetic characteristics of their disease. Indigenous people are often targeted for genetic research because genes are easier to study in communities...

background: major histocompatibility complex (mhc) in chicken has profound influence on resistance/susceptibility to disease, and production and reproduction traits. microsatellite marker lei0258 is a genetic indicator for mhc haplotypes. recognizing diversity of mhc haplotypes in selectively bred populations will be helpful for selecting population resistant to disease and development of effec...

OBJECTIVE To review health research conducted among indigenous populations in Latin America during the period 1995-2004. Material and methods. The search strategy was purposely broad to ensure the identification of all relevant studies indexed in the PubMed and Lilacs databases. RESULTS Six-hundred ninety citations were included. One hundred fifty-nine (23.0%) papers dealt with indigenous pop...

Objective. To identify modifiable cardio-metabolic and lifestyle risk factors among indigenous populations from Australia (Aboriginal Australians/Torres Strait Islanders), New Zealand (Māori), and the United States (American Indians and Alaska Natives) that contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Methods. National health surveys were identified where available. Electronic databases identifi...

The removal of Escherichia coli from estuarine water was investigated. The survival of E. coli was dependent on the presence of protozoan predators and not on the presence of lytic bacteria. When indigenous protozoa were removed from estuarine water by filtration, the destruction of coliform populations was negligible. In studies designed to prevent the growth of indigenous bacterial population...