Reports and Research

• The National Aboriginal Health Organization call for papers on Inuit health and wellness is closed. Publication is expected in the fall 2012 issue of the Journal of Aboriginal Health.

• The Rankin Inlet Birthing Centre: community midwifery in the Inuit context
  Author: Vasiliki Douglas, International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2011; 70(2):178–185

• Healthy Weight, Healthy Babies: Many mothers-to-be are aware that being overweight or obese is bad for their health, but they may not know that it can also threaten the health of their unborn child. Research led by Dr. Sarah D. McDonald from McMaster University has shown that overweight and obese women who become pregnant have an increased risk for premature delivery. See p. 9 in the BULLETIN ON EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT – VOLUME 10, NO 1 – DECEMBER 2011 issue.
  Author: Allison Palkhivala, Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, 2011

• Early Inuit Child Health in Canada: Report 1: Sleep Practices among Inuit Infants and the Prevention of SIDS
  Author: University of B.C. and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2011

• Early Inuit Child Health in Canada: Report 2: Breastfeeding among Inuit in Canada
  Author: University of B.C. and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2011

• Understanding and Improving Aboriginal Maternal and Child Health in Canada
  Author: 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.
  Author: (2nd rev. ed.) Patricia Brennan, Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, February 18, 2011

• Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure: Effects on offspring  Author: Marie D. Cornelius & Natacha de Gennam, Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, March 14, 2011

• Inunnguiniq: Caring for children the Inuit way
  Author: Shirley Tagalik, National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, 2010

• Inutsipagutit: That which enables you to have a good life – Supporting Inuit early life health
  Author: Shirley Tagalik, National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, 2010

• Bulletin on Early Childhood Development – on prevention of mental illness
  Author: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, March 2010

• 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, The Open Women’s Health Journal 2010, 4, 5-6

• Indigenous Birth Outcomes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States – an Overview
  Author: Janet Smylie et al., The Open Women’s Health Journal 2010, 4, 7-17

• Individual- and Community-Level Disparities in Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among First Nations, Inuit and Other Populations in Quebec.
  Author: Fabienne Simonet et al., The Open Women’s Health Journal 2010, 4, 18-24

• Urban Living is Not Associated with Better Birth and Infant Outcomes among Inuit and First Nations in Quebec.
  Author: Fabienne Simonet et al., The Open Women’s Health Journal 2010, 4, 25-31

• 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

• Birth Outcomes in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada
  Author: Zhong-Cheng Luo et al., Canadian Medical Association Journal, January 2010

• “Bringing Birth Back”: Midwifery Implementation in Nunavut
  Author: Kerstin Gafvels, Consultant, Department of Health and Social Services, Government of Nunavut. Delivered at the Circumpolar Rounds, Stanton Territorial Hospital, Yellowknife, January 28, 2010

• Prenatal exposure to alcohol and prenatal diet among Inuit women of Nunavik
  Author: Sarah Fraser. Presented at the NAHO national conference, November 2009

• 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, 2009
  Web site | Report

• Baffin moms-to-be don’t get enough food
  Nunatsiaq News, July 19 2009

• Fetal Fibronecton Testing for Pre-Term Labour: Put to the test in Canada’s Arctic Health Technology
  Author: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Health Technology Update: Issue 11 August 2009, Page 9

• Primary birthing attendants and birth outcomes in remote Inuit communities – a natural “experiment” in Nunavik, Canada
  Author: Fabienne Simonet et al., Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, March 13, 2009

• Helping aboriginal women avert diabetes
  Western News, June 4, 2009
  

• “Reclaiming Birth, Health, and Community: Midwifery in the Inuit Villages of Nunavik, Canada”
  Authors: Vicki Van Wagner et al., 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, 2008

• 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, 2008(?)

• A report on best practices for returning birthing to rural and remote Aboriginal communities
  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, 2007

• Report of Canadian Association of Midwives 2006 Annual Conference – Inuktitut
  Author: Inuit Tuttarvingat – NAHO, 2006

• Childbirth among the Canadian Inuit: A review of the clinical and cultural literature
  Author: Vasiliki K. Douglas, International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2006;65(2):117-132

• Exploring Models for Quality Maternity Care in First Nations and Inuit Communities: Final Report of Inuit Womens’ Needs Assessment
  Inuktitut Version
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization, 2006

• Bibliography of Inuit midwifery evaluation and supporting studies
  Author: Vicki van Wagner, RM, 2005

• Aboriginal Women and Girls’ Health Roundtable: Final Report
  Inuktitut version ; French
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization, 2005

• Baker Lake Prenatal Nutrition Program
  Author: Public Health Agency of Canada, 2005

• Midwifery and Aboriginal Midwifery in Canada
  Author: National Aboriginal Health Organization, 2004
  

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

• Report of Northern Childbirth Workshop
  Author: Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1990
  Inuktitut