The following list is a curation of resources regarding indigenous peoples and health in Canada. The below resources reflect the geographic area in which I am currently employed and some of the issues leading to chronic disease and health inequities found in these areas.

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References

 

The following is an article from CBC summarizing the Prime Ministers visit to a reserve that are often part of the population served by the hospital in which I work.

CBC. (2018, January 19). Prime Minister Trudeau listens to concerns from Pikangikum First Nation. Retrieved July 9, 2018, from CBC.ca: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/pm-visits-pikangikum-1.4494572

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This article speaks to some of the health issues experienced by members of our hospital population and the challenges associated with these health issues.

Eggertson, L. (2014, February 18). Children as young as six sniffing gas in Pikangikum. Canadian Medical Association, pp. 171-172.

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This article speaks to the lack of potable water for residents in communities in my geographical area.

Galway, L. P. (2016). Boiling over: A Descriptive Analysis of Drinking Water Advisories in First Nations Communities in Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 1-15.

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The following article speaks to the effectiveness of treatment programs surrounding opioid use in the Sioux Lookout region of the Northwest Local Health Integration Network in Ontario.

Mamakwa, S., Kahan, M., Kanate, D., Kirlew, M., Folk, D., Cirone, S., . . . Kelly, L. (2017, February). Evaluation of 6 remote First Nations community-based buprenorphine programs in northwestern Ontario. Canadian Family Physician, 63, 137- 144.

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This article looks at one risk factor for cardiovascular disease among Aboriginal Canadian Youth.

Retnakaran, R., Hanley, A. J., Connelly, P. W., Harris, S. B., & Zinman, B. (2005, October 11). Cigarette smoking and cardiovascular risk factors among Aboriginal Canadian youths. CMAJ, 885-889.

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The following list is a collection of resources and references in regards to other vulnerable populations in Canada and Ontario with particular attention given to the issues of concern in  Ontario's Northwest Local Health Integration Network

 

References

 

Alternative level of care patients are often left in limbo unable to be discharged from the hospital due to lack of adequate places for care. This article examines the issue from the perspective of the caregiver.

Kuluski, K., Im, J., & McGeown, M. (2017). "It's a waiting game" a qualitative study of the experience of carers on patients who requrie an alternate level of care. BMC Health Services Research, 1-15.

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Adequate housing is often an issue and a barrier to health for my geographic region. This article looks at the role Public Health Inspectors play in regards to minimizing or eliminating barriers to adequate housing.

Lefebvre, S., Montgomery, P., Michel, I., Warren, C., Larose, T., & Kauppi, C. (2012). The Role of Public Health Inspectors in Maintaining Housing in Northern and Rural Communities: Recommendations to Support Public Health Practice. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 103, 84-89.

 

 

I had recently organized an oncology focus group and some of the feedback from the group led me to think there was more I could be doing for vulnerable populations in this area which is how I came across this article.

Lobb, R., Carothers, B. J., & Lofters, A. K. (2014, February). Using Organizational Network Analysis to Plan Cancer Screening Programs for Vulnerable Populations. Research and Practice, 104(2), pp. 358-364.

 

 

This article is about a program that currently runs in Northwestern Ontario but not in my community. I feel there is a place for it and I was happy to see some evidence to sustain my argument.

Martin, A., O'Meara, P., & Farmer, J. (2016, September 24). Consumer perspectives of a community paramedicine program in rural Ontario. The Australian Journal of Rural Health, pp. 278-283.

 

 

Home based care is essential for certain vulnerable populations my hospital serves and I was interested to view the importance of it from the patient perspective, especially from patients in Ontario.

Smith-Carrier, T., Sinha, S. K., Nowaczynski, M., Akhtar, S., Seddon, G., & Pham, T.-N. (2017). It 'makes you feel more like a person than a patient': patients' experiences receiving home-based primary care (HBPC) in Ontario, Canada. Health and Social Care In the COmmunity, pp. 723-733.

 

 

Migrant workers are beginning to become a new population subset for my community and I was interested in learning more about how to overcome vulnerability for this population.

Vahabi, M., & Pui-Hing Wong, J. (2017). Caught between a rock and a hard place: mental health of migrant live-in caregivers in Canada. BMC Public Health, 1-15.