Reports and Research

• Understanding and Improving Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health in Canada
  Health Council of Canada, 2011

• Medevac and Beyond:
  A review of the impact of Medevac on Nunavut residents as understood by health care professionsal and policy/decision makers.
  Author:Cameron McKenzie, 2011
  
  

• Tobacco consumption during pregnancy and its association with psychosocial child development Published online February 18, 2011 (2nd rev. ed.) Patricia Brennan
  
  
• Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure: Effects on offspring Published online March 14, 2011 Marie D. Cornelius & Natacha de Genna
  
  
• Bulletin on Early Childhood Development - March 2010 on prevention of mental illness
  
  
• Irnisuksiiniq Inuit Midwifery Network:
  Web site Asssessment - Survey Report
  Author: Inuit Tuttarvingat, September 2010
  
  

• Editorial: What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality Among Aboriginal Populations?
  Author: Zhong-Cheng Luo
  
  

• Indigenous Birth Outcomes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States - an Overview.
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  Authors: Janet Smylie, Sue Crengle, Jane Freemantle, Maile Taualii
  
  
• Individual- and Community-Level Disparities in Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among First Nations, Inuit and Other Populations in Quebec.
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  Authors: Fabienne Simonet, Spogmai Wassimi, Maureen Heaman, Janet Smylie, Patricia Martens, Nancy G.L. Mchugh, Elena Labranche, Russell Wilkins, William D. Fraser, Zhong-Cheng Luo
  
  
• Urban Living is Not Associated with Better Birth and Infant Outcomes among Inuit and First Nations in Quebec.
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  Authors: Fabienne Simonet, Russell Wilkins, Maureen Heaman, Janet Smylie, Patricia Martens, Nancy G.L. Mchugh, Elena Labranche, Spogmai Wassimi, William D. Fraser, Zhong-Cheng Luo
  
  

• Aboriginal babies more likely to die: access to urban health care doesn't lower mortality rates

  CBC News, June 17, 2010

  
  
• Greenland's success shows Canada's child mortality disgrace
  Globe and Mail, May 16, 2010
  
  
• Prenatal exposure to alcohol and prenatal diet among Inuit women of Nunavik
  Author: Sarah Fraser. Presented at the NAHO national conference, November 2009
  
  
• Inventory of Pregnancy and Birth Cohort Studies

• Birth Outcomes in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada

          Canadian Medical Association Journal, January 2010

• "Bringing Birth Back": Midwifery Implementation in Nunavut Kerstin Gafvels, Department of Health and Social Services, Government of Nunavut.

           Delivered at the Circumpolar Rounds, Stanton Territorial

           Hospital, Yellowknife, January 28, 2010

• A Case Study of the Irnisuksiiniq - Inuit Midwifery Network
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization, 2009
  
  

• What Mothers Say: The Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey (Inuit, First Nations and Métis mothers were included in the survey)
  Author: Public Health Agency of Canada
  Web site | Report
  
  
• Baffin moms-to-be don't get enough food

           Nunatsiaq News

• Fetal Fibronecton Testing for Pre-Term Labour: Put to the test in Canada's Arctic Health Technology

          Update: Issue 11 August 2009, Page 11

• Helping aboriginal women avert diabetes

          Western News

• “Reclaiming Birth, Health, and Community: Midwifery in the Inuit Villages of Nunavik, Canada” 

Authors: Vicki Van Wagner, RM, Brenda Epoo, Julie Nastapoka, and Evelyn Harnery, BA, SM

Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, Vol. 52, No. 4, July/August 2007

 

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  Celebrating Birth: Aboriginal Midwifery In Canada
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization
  
  
• Primary birthing attendants and birth outcomes in remote Inuit communities - a natural "experiment" in Nunavik, Canada
  Journal of Epidemiol Community Health
  
  
• Podcast: Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada
  

  In this 20 minute documentary, First Nations, Inuit and Métis midwives and representatives from Aboriginal organizations discuss the challenges, benefits and significance of Aboriginal women taking control of this most sacred ceremony and bringing it back home. 
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization
  

  
  
• A report on best practices for returning birthing to rural and remote Aboriginal communities
  PDF version
  
  Author: Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Report No. 188, March 2007
  
  

• Maternity Matters: Why should we be concerned about the state of maternity care?

  Author: Women and Health Care Reform
  
  

• Childbirth among the Canadian Inuit: A review of the clinical and cultural literature

  Author: Vasiliki K. Douglas, International Journal of Circumpolar Health
  
  

• Special Report on Traditional Midwifery
  Author: Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada , Suvaguuq 1995

• Bibliography of Inuit midwifery evaluation and supporting studies
  Author: Vicki van Wagner, RM
  
  
• Midwifery and Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization
  
  
• Exploring Models for Quality Maternity Care in First Nations and Inuit Communities:
  Final Report of Inuit Womens' Needs Assessment 
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization
  
  
• Aboriginal Women and Girls’ Health Roundtable: Final Report    Inuktitut version
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization
  
  
• Comprehensive Maternal Child Health Care in First Nations and Inuit Communities: A Discussion Paper.
  Author: Dawn Smith, Office of Nursing Services, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch.
  
  
• Baker Lake Prenatal Nutrition Program