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Strengths-Based Programming For First Nations Youth In Schools: Building Engagement Through Healthy Relationships And Leadership Skills, Claire V. Crooks, Debbie Chiodo, Darren Thomas, Ray Hughes Jan 2010

Strengths-Based Programming For First Nations Youth In Schools: Building Engagement Through Healthy Relationships And Leadership Skills, Claire V. Crooks, Debbie Chiodo, Darren Thomas, Ray Hughes

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

FirstNationsyouthinCanadademonstratedisproportionatelyhighratesofnegative behaviors such as violence, substance abuse, and leaving school early. An understanding of historical context and current environment helps explain these patterns. Providing culturally relevant opportunities for youth to build healthy relationships and leadership skills has the potential to increase youth engagement. Over the past four years our multidisciplinary team of researchers, educators, program developers, and community leaders have worked together to develop a number of school-based initiatives that focus on increasing youth engagement through building on strengths and the promotion of healthy relationships. Specific strategies include peer mentoring, a credit-based academic course, and transition conferences for grade 8 …


Community Influences On The Mental Health Of First Nations Children In Canada: Health Information And Research Division, Statistics Canada, Dafna Kohen, Lisa Oliver Jan 2010

Community Influences On The Mental Health Of First Nations Children In Canada: Health Information And Research Division, Statistics Canada, Dafna Kohen, Lisa Oliver

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Community Conditions As Factors Of Health, Economic Outlook, And Mobility: Survey Data And Aboriginal People In Manitoba, Christopher Adams Jan 2010

Community Conditions As Factors Of Health, Economic Outlook, And Mobility: Survey Data And Aboriginal People In Manitoba, Christopher Adams

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies For Aboriginal Women, Agnes T. Black Jan 2010

Cervical Cancer Screening Strategies For Aboriginal Women, Agnes T. Black

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Contrasting Policies And Administration Of Sexually Transmitted Infection Programs In Saskatchewan First Nations And Alaska Native Communities, Rick Kotowich, Mike Fisher Jan 2010

Contrasting Policies And Administration Of Sexually Transmitted Infection Programs In Saskatchewan First Nations And Alaska Native Communities, Rick Kotowich, Mike Fisher

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Adapting And Developing Educational Best Practices And Curricula For Aboriginal Tobacco Cessation Interventions, Hillary Connolly, Jeff D'Hondt, Marilyn Herie, Peter Selby Jan 2010

Adapting And Developing Educational Best Practices And Curricula For Aboriginal Tobacco Cessation Interventions, Hillary Connolly, Jeff D'Hondt, Marilyn Herie, Peter Selby

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Towards The Adoption Of A National Aboriginal Health Policy, Josee G. Lavoie, Laverne Gervais Jan 2010

Towards The Adoption Of A National Aboriginal Health Policy, Josee G. Lavoie, Laverne Gervais

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Issues In The Recruitment And Retention Of Aboriginal Health Research Participants In Canada, Victoria Nadalin, Marion Maar, Fred Ashbury, John Mclaughlin Jan 2010

Issues In The Recruitment And Retention Of Aboriginal Health Research Participants In Canada, Victoria Nadalin, Marion Maar, Fred Ashbury, John Mclaughlin

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Scientific Certainty In A Time Of Uncertainty: Predicting Vulnerability Of Canada’S First Nations To The H1n1/09 Pandemic, Nicholas Spence Jan 2010

Scientific Certainty In A Time Of Uncertainty: Predicting Vulnerability Of Canada’S First Nations To The H1n1/09 Pandemic, Nicholas Spence

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


Disproportionate And Unjustifiable: Teen First Nations Mothers And Unstated Paternity Policy, Michelle Mann Jan 2010

Disproportionate And Unjustifiable: Teen First Nations Mothers And Unstated Paternity Policy, Michelle Mann

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.


The Social Determinants Of Health: Defining A Research Agenda For Canada’S Urban Aboriginal Population, Chantelle Richmond, Katie Big-Canoe Jan 2010

The Social Determinants Of Health: Defining A Research Agenda For Canada’S Urban Aboriginal Population, Chantelle Richmond, Katie Big-Canoe

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.