OBJECTIVE To compare mortality patterns for urban Aboriginal adults with those of urban non-Aboriginal adults. METHODS Using the 1991-2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study, our study tracked mortality to December 31, 2001, among a 15% sample of adults, including 16 300 Aboriginal and 2 062 700 non-Aboriginal persons residing in urban areas on June 4, 1991. The Aboriginal population w...

BACKGROUND Aboriginal representation in Canadian correctional institutions has increased rapidly over the past decade. We calculated "years of life lost to incarceration" for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. METHODS Incarceration data from provincial databases were used conjointly with demographic data to estimate rates of incarceration and years of life lost to provincial incarcerati...

Preservation of an endangered language is an important and difficult task. The preservation project is proposed to include documentation, archiving and development of shared resources for the endangered language, with an underlying goal of language revitalization among the younger generation. In this paper, we propose a framework that connects three different tasks related to language documenta...

Preservation of an endangered language is an important and difficult task. The preservation project should include documentation, archiving and development of shared resources for the endangered language. In addition, the project will consider how to revitalize this endangered language among the younger generation. In this paper, we propose an integrated framework that will connect the three di...

AIM It is not known whether nutritional status differs between Australian Aboriginal and non Aboriginal haemodialysis subjects. The aim of this study was to investigate the nutritional status of Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal haemodialysis subjects at satellite dialysis centres. METHOD Seventy-six (25 Aboriginal, 51 non-Aboriginal) prevalent haemodialysis patients were enrolled in a...

Researchers working with Aboriginal Australian partners are confronted with an array of historical, social, and political complexities which make it difficult to come to theoretical and methodological decisions. In this article, we describe a culturally safe and respectful framework that maintains the intellectual and theoretical rigor expected of academic research. As an Aboriginal woman and t...

BACKGROUND Effectively addressing health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians is long overdue. Health services engaging Aboriginal communities in designing and delivering healthcare is one way to tackle the issue. This paper presents findings from evaluating a unique strategy of community engagement between local Aboriginal people and health providers across five distri...

CONTEXT Research in the sciences is now beginning to acknowledge what many Aboriginal educators and students have experienced or witnessed in educational curricula, a general dismissal of Indigenous knowledge as being considered scientifically 'worthy'. This is the result of educational institutions', and the systems within which they are placed, failure to teach from broad cultural orientation...

BACKGROUND Pediatric cancer distribution and outcomes have not been examined in Canadian Aboriginal children. The objective of this study was to describe the distribution, event-free survival, and overall survival of Aboriginal children with malignancies who reside in Ontario compared with non-Aboriginal children. METHODS This population-based study included 10,520 Ontario children (aged <18 ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether Aboriginal people in New South Wales were diagnosed with more advanced cancer than non-Aboriginal people. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional study of cancer cases, excluding lymphohaematopoietic cancers and cancers of unknown primary site, diagnosed in NSW in 2001-2007. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Spread of disease at time of cancer diagnosis. RESULTS...