The Journal of Aboriginal Health

Aboriginal Women's Health

January 2008 Volume 4, Issue 1

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Editorial - Guest Editor Caroline Tait

Research Papers :

Cree Women Speak:Intergenerational Perspectives on Weight Gain during Pregnancy and Weight Loss after Pregnancy

pp.6-14

• Helen Vallianatos, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta
• Erin A. Brennand, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Calgary.
• Kim Raine, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science and Centre for Health Promotion Studies, University of Alberta.
• Queenie Stephen, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay
• Beatrice Petawabano, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay.
• David Dannenbaum, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay.
• Noreen D. Willows, Alberta Institute for Human Nutrition, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta.
  

Embodiment and the Meaning of the “Healthy Body”:An Exploration of First Nations Women’s Perspectives of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image

pp. 15-24

• Jennifer Poudrier, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan.
• Janice Kennedy, Director, Mīwayawin Health Services Inc., North Battleford,
  Saskatchewan.
  

Tradition and Culture: An Important Determinant of Inuit Women’s Health

pp. 25-33

• Gwen K. Healey, MSc, Arctic Health Research Network.
• Lynn M. Meadows, PhD, Departments of Community Health Sciences and FamilyMedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary.
  

Meeting the Health Care Needs of Elderly Métis Women in Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan

pp.34-41

• Brigette Krieg, MSW, PhD(c), Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence, University of Regina.
• Diane Martz, PhD, Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence and Saskatchewan Population Health & Evaluation Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan.
  

The Intersecting Risks of Violence and HIV for Rural Aboriginal Women in a Neo-Colonial Canadian Context

pp. 42-52

• Colleen Varcoe, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia.
• Sheila Dick, BEd, Counsellor/Family Support Worker, Canim Lake Band, Tsq’escenemc Nation.
  

Silencing of Voice: An Act of Structural Violence. Urban Aboriginal Women Speak Out About Their Experiences with Health Care

pp.53-63

• Donna L. M. Kurtz, RN, BSN, MN, Métis Nation, Doctoral Student, Deakin University & Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan.
• Jessie C. Nyberg, RN, BSc, MHA(c), Secwepmc (Shuswap) Nation—Canoe Creek Band, Aboriginal Infant & Early Childhood Development Program, Vernon First Nation Friendship Centre.
• Susan Van Den Tillaart, RN, MNS, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia Okanagan.
• Buffy Mills, BA, Sylix Nation—Okanagan Indian Band, MA Candidate, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Program, University of British Columbia Okanagan, The Okanagan Urban Aboriginal Health Research Collective (OUAHRC)
  

Balancing the Medicine Wheel through Physical Activity

pp. 64-71

• Lynn Lavallée, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Ryerson University.
  

Hand Drumming: Health-Promoting Experiences of Aboriginal Women from a Northern Ontario Urban Community

pp. 72-83

Principal author:

• Ghislaine Goudreau, BPHE, MSc, c/o Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta

Co-authors:

• Cora Weber-Pillwax, BEd, MEd, PhD, Department of Educational Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta.
• Sheila Cote-Meek, BScN, MBA, PhD Candidate, Academic Native Director, Laurentian University.
• Helen Madill, PhD, RPsych, Professor & Graduate Programs Coordinator, Centre for Health Promotion Studies, School of Public Health, University of Alberta.
• Stan Wilson, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta.
  

In Memoriam Dr. Gail Guthrie Valaskakis (1939-2007)