DEMENTIA AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING, OFF-RESERVE INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN ONTARIOIndigenous populations may be at increased risk, compared with majority populations, for the development of dementia due to lower education levels and socio-economic status, higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular...
Bamidele Adekunle, researcher at the University of Guelph in Ontario, has been working on access to cultural food for urban Indigenous people. He identifies several factors that have led to the disappearance of Indigenous f...
Canadian Studies in Population (2024) 51:3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s42650-024-00081-5 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Life Expectancy at Birth and Infant Mortality Rates of Indigenous Populations in Canada from 2004 to 2016 Patrice Dion1 · Marilyn‑Anne Tremblay1 · Roxanne ...
The Law Foundation of Ontario has announced a new partnership with the Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund (IPRF) to respond to urgent community needs while fostering long-term resilience among Indigenous populations. Established in 2020, the IPRF is an Indigenous-led initiati...
Robert SchwartzOntario Tobacco Research UnitBMC Public HealthMinichiello A, Lefkowitz AR, Firestone M, Smylie JK, Schwartz R. Effective strategies to reduce commercial tobacco use in Indigenous communities globally: a systematic review. BMC Pub Health. 2016;16(1):21....
Despite indigenous populations in each country bearing a significantly heavier burden of ESKD than whites, indigenous people on dialysis are undergoing renal transplantation at less than half the rate of white patients in their respective countries. Notwithstanding substantial differences in the health care...
However, little is known about the burden of suicide among Indigenous populations in low- and middle-income nations, and no synthesis of the global data is currently available. Our objective was to examine the global incidence of suicide among Indigenous peoples and assess disparities through ...
organize the findings of papers pertaining to the experience of pain in Indigenous populations in Canada. We selected a scoping review framework to map what has been studied, highlight what needs to be explored, and identify trends and themes in the research. The study protocol was not ...
While each of these groups experience similar health issues with Indigenous populations, each healthcare system in each country differs in terms of privatized vs. public funding for healthcare. While this may be important context, it is important for us to note it was not something that we ...
However, little is known about the burden of suicide among Indigenous populations in low- and middle-income nations, and no synthesis of the global data is currently available. Our objective was to examine the global incidence of suicide among Indigenous peoples and assess disparities through ...