BACKGROUND Structural violence shapes the health of Indigenous peoples globally, and is deeply embedded in history, individual and institutional racism, and inequitable social policies and practices. Many Indigenous communities have flourished, however, the impact of colonialism continues to have profound health effects for Indigenous peoples in Canada and internationally. Despite increasing ev...

Indigenous peoples understand clearly the relationship between development for someone else, and their own underdevelopment. They also understand clearly the impacts of certain approaches to development on the environment and on the health of their peoples. For example, practices such as monoculture cash crop production, use of genetically modified seeds and mineral extraction lead to environme...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to be pathologised in medical curriculum, leaving graduates feeling unequipped to effectively work cross-culturally. These factors create barriers to culturally safe health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In this pilot pre-post study, the learning experiences of seven medical students and four medical registrars unde...

Methods. This study will describe the design steps of Web-based MLIS. Type of research is qualitative action research. The object of this research is the MLIS to support tasks in the Health Services Sector of Semarang City Health Office. Subjects in this study were divided into 2 internal users and external users of MLIS. Internal users consist of the Head of Semarang City Health Office, Head o...

BACKGROUND Indigenous peoples in Canada have higher prevalence of modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The relative importance of these risk factors on AD risk management is poorly understood. METHODS Relative risks from literature and prevalence of risk factors from Statistics Canada or the First Nations Regional Health Survey were used to determine projected population attr...

BACKGROUND The people living in Arctic and Subarctic environments have adapted to cold temperatures, short growing seasons, and low precipitation, but their traditional ways are now changing due to increased contact with Western society. The rapid alteration of circumpolar cultures has led to generational changes in diet from traditional foods to the processed groceries common in modern stores....

OBJECTIVES To examine if Aboriginal health research conducted within the field of social sciences reflects the population and geographic diversity of the Aboriginal population. STUDY DESIGN Review. METHODS We searched the Web of Science Social Science Citation Index, the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and Scholars Portal for the time period 1995-2005 using search terms to reflect differ...

BACKGROUND Systematic evidence on the patterns of health deprivation among indigenous peoples remains scant in developing countries. We investigate the inequalities in mortality and substance use between indigenous and non-indigenous, and within indigenous, groups in India, with an aim to establishing the relative contribution of socioeconomic status in generating health inequalities. METHODS...