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November 2009, Volume 5
First Nations Communities in Crisis
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In November 2007, several Health Canada officials embarked on a journey, through the First Nation Communities in Crisis Initiative (FNCICI), to better understand what contributes to crisis situations in First Nation communities and how best to address these situations. That journey is expected to lead to the development of an evidence-based framework and action strategies to guide responses to future crisis situations.
With the support of the First Nation and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) of Health Canada, the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) commissioned a series of multi-disciplinary research papers that explore various dimensions of First Nation crisis. This edition of the Journal of Aboriginal Health presents the results of that work, which aims to provoke an informed debate that will support positive change.
December 2009, Volume 4, Issue 2
Aboriginal Women's Health
Building Foundations in Aboriginal Women’s Health Research
Women have always played a central role in Aboriginal health. Since the beginning of time women have brought children into the world, cared for their families and were healers. In my own culture at the time of creation the Sky Woman brought medicines and food with her from the spirit world. It was the clan mother of the Bear Clan who was taught everything the Haudenosaunee needed to know about curing and healing. That is why I am so proud of this edition of the Journal of Aboriginal Health (JAH); women’s voices need to be heard in health research. Madeleine Dion Stout in 2001 argued for an Indigenous research approach that engaged Aboriginal women to address gaps and weaknesses in Aboriginal women’s health research. This edition is a step in that journey.
Last Update: February 10 2010
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