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A Seat At The Table: A Nonconformist Approach To Grassroots Participation In The Articulation Of Health Standards, Leanne Bekeris
A Seat At The Table: A Nonconformist Approach To Grassroots Participation In The Articulation Of Health Standards, Leanne Bekeris
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This paper assesses the need to articulate standard protocol in regards to decision making and monitoring of biomedical and ecosystem health in Canadian Aboriginal communities. This is critical, as standards in Aboriginal communities are applied by external regulators. Absence of collaboration between the Aboriginal community, healthcare institutions, and the federal government has perpetuated the deterioration of health among Aboriginal people through structural violence. This thesis utilizes toxicity results from the University of Western Ontario’s Ecosystem Health Team’s biomonitoring study of Walpole Island First Nation, which reveals that the absence of community input regarding health standards, combined with a fear of …
War, Forced Displacement And Growth In Laotian Adults, Patrick F. Clarkin
War, Forced Displacement And Growth In Laotian Adults, Patrick F. Clarkin
Patrick F. Clarkin
Background: Evidence from several populations suggests
that war negatively impacts civilian nutrition, physical growth and overall health. This effect is often enduring or permanent, particularly if experienced early in life.
Aim: To assess whether the number of lifetime displacement
experiences and being displaced in infancy were associated with adult height, sitting height, leg length and the sitting height ratio.
Subjects and methods: Retrospective questionnaires on
displacement and resettlement experiences and
anthropometric data were collected from a sample of Laotian adult refugees (ethnic Hmong and Lao; n ¼ 365). All were born in Laos or Thailand and had resettled in French …