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How to Find Books
Start your search for books by entering keywords and then hitting the Go button.
Where are the Books?
Print books on Aboriginal Health and Well Being are located on...
- the 10th floor in the RA400-600 and RC400 section (Location Map)
Some Books to Start Your Research
First People, Second Class Treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada by Publication Date: 2015Available from the Wellesley Institute
Without denial, delay, or disruption: Ensuring First Nations children’s access to equitable services through Jordan’s Principle. by Publication Date: 2015Indigenous authors
Core Books
Aboriginal Health in Canada by
Numerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general. Aboriginal Health in Canadais about the complex web of physiological, psychological, spiritual, historical, sociological, cultural, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to health and disease patterns among the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. The authors explore the evidence for changes in patterns of health and disease prior to and since European contact, up to the present. They discuss medical systems and the place of medicine within various Aboriginal cultures and trace the relationship between politics and the organization of health services for Aboriginal people. They also examine popular explanations for Aboriginal health patterns today, and emphasize the need to understand both the historical-cultural context of health issues, as well as the circumstances that give rise to variation in health problems and healing strategies in Aboriginal communities across the country. An overview of Aboriginal peoples in Canada provides a very general background for the non-specialist. Finally, contemporary Aboriginal healing traditions, the issue of self-determination and health care, and current trends in Aboriginal health issues are examined.
Call Number: RA449 .W35 2006ISBN: 9780802085795Publication Date: 2006
Healing Traditions by
Aboriginal peoples in Canada have diverse cultures but share commonsocial and political challenges that have contributed to theirexperiences of health and illness. This collection addresses theorigins of mental health and social problems and the emergence ofculturally responsive approaches to services and health promotion.Healing Traditions is not a handbook of practice but aresource for thinking critically about current issues in the mentalhealth of indigenous peoples. Cross-cutting themes include: the impactof colonialism, sedentarization, and forced assimilation; theimportance of land for indigenous identity and an ecocentric self; andprocesses of healing and spirituality as sources of resilience.
Call Number: RC451.5.I5 H44 2009ISBN: 9780774815246Publication Date: 2009Indigenous women's health book, within the sacred circle : reproductive rights, environmental health, traditional herbs and remedies by
Call Number: RA448.5.I5 I555 2003ISBN: 9780974129709Publication Date: 2003(Indigenous Author(s))
Where to Find Articles
- Native Health DatabaseThe Native Health Database contains bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. The database provides information for the benefit, use, and education of organizations and individuals with an interest in health-related issues, programs, and initiatives regarding North American indigenous peoples.
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The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL) database provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. Virtually all English-language publications are indexed along with the publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing. Selected journals are also indexed in the areas of consumer health, biomedicine, and health sciences librarianship. The database also provides access to healthcare books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of professional practice, educational software and audiovisual materials in nursing. - Medline (OVID) This link opens in a new window
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The Medline database contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts for articles from over 4,300 current biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. - PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
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PubMed is a free service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to millions of citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources. - Maternity & Infant Care This link opens in a new window
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Maternity and Infant Care is an important essential resource for academics and health care professionals involved in the care of women and infants. This unique database contains over 120,000 references with abstracts to journal articles from over 550 international English language journals, books, and grey literature relating to pregnancy, labor, birth, postnatal care, and neonatal care and the first year of an infant’s life. Database coverage is from the mid-1980s and approximately 1000 records are added to the database per month. The database also includes correspondence and commentary written in response to an article. Many of the records are assigned to one or more of 475 standard searches on key topics in order to provide fast retrieval, using either a code or a browsable index of topics.
Maximum 5 simultaneous users - Nursing & Allied Health Premium This link opens in a new window
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Nursing & Allied Health Premium is a user-friendly multiformat database for nursing research, clinical skills development, and curriculum support complete with a diverse mix of scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources. The Nursing & Allied Health Database is best used for those preparing for a career in healthcare, teaching patient care, or engaged in nursing research. - Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Reviews This link opens in a new window
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The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (also known as EBM Reviews) includes the full text of the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration. Complete reviews: Regularly updated Cochrane Reviews, prepared and maintained by Collaborative Review Groups. Protocols: Protocols for reviews currently being prepared (all include an expected date of completion). Protocols are the background, objectives and methods of reviews in preparation. - Emcare This link opens in a new window
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International articles of allied health, education and training, development and management, midwifery, health and healthcare economics, clinical medical and healthcare social work, psychiatry and mental health, and traumatology, emergency and critical-care medicine. Including Journal content not in Embase. - Social Services Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Social Services Abstracts provide bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development. - PsycINFO (APA PsycNET) This link opens in a new window
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This database is published by the American Psychological Associations and provides comprehensive indexing and abstracts of the international psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. Documents indexed include journals, articles, books, dissertations and more. 90% of the 3,000+ titles indexed in PsycINFO are peer-reviewed.
Coverage: 1806 - current - LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
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LGBTQ+ Source contains all of the content available in LGBT Life as well as full text for more than 140 of the most important and historically significant LGBTQ+ journals, magazines and regional newspapers, plus full text for 150 monographs/books. The database includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage as well as a specialized LGBTQ+ Thesaurus containing over 10,000 terms. - Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (CBCA) This link opens in a new window
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This database, with 600 full text titles, is the most comprehensive Canadian reference collection available today. Accessible to readers and researchers at every level, CBCA Complete features a highly-respected, diversified mix of publications, including scholarly journals, trade publications, dissertations, books, newspapers and magazines. - Scholars Portal Journals This link opens in a new window
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Scholars Portal Journals is a digital repository of over 22 million scholarly articles drawn from journals covering every academic discipline. - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Via Proquest Dissertations and Theses access is provided to the full-text of over 400,000 Masters and PhD theses from 1997 onwards. In addition, citations are provided for over 1.6 million doctoral dissertations and master’s theses from 1,000 North American and European graduate schools from 1861. For those dissertation listings after 1980 there are 350 word abstracts and for Master’s theses after 1988, there are 150 word abstracts.
How to Use Journals
You can search within these journals using your keywords to find articles on your topic.
(A new brower will open when you click on the link, remember to come back to this guide if you need more help).
Peer Reviewed Journals
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American Indian and Alaska native mental health research
The Journal of Aboriginal Health
First Peoples Child & Family Review
Canadian Journal of Native Studies
The Aboriginal Nurse (not peer reviewed)
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS research
Government and Community Reports and Statistics
Key Reports
2021 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People National Action Plan
for more reports search the Publication catalogue at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Land Back: a Yellowhead Institute Red Paper (2019).
Statistics
Statistics Canada Key Indicators includes Demographic characteristics, Education, learning and skills, Health and well-being, Indigenous children, Population profiles, Labour and employment, etc.
Statistics on Indigenous peoples at Statistics Canada.
Community and Organization Reports
Aboriginal Healing Foundation - Publications
Assembly of Seven Generations - Reports
Centre for First Nation Governance - Reports and Publications
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada - Reports and Publications
National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)
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Residential Schools: A Sad Chapter in Canadian History - From CBC.ca Curio, includes reports, witness statements and photos.
Indigenous issues at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a Canadian public policy think tank that is known to be left leaning and is especially known for publishing an alternative federal budget.
Aboriginal policy papers at the Fraser Institute, a Canadian public policy think tank and registered charity that is known to be conservative and libertarian.
Sources by TMU Faculty and Staff
Noted publications
Cashback: a Yellowhead Institute Red Paper (2021)
Journey to healing: Aboriginal people with addictions and mental health issues by Peter Menzies., & Lynn F Lavallée. (2014)
Grannies, Elders, and Friends: Aging Aboriginal Women in Toronto by Cyndy Baskin and Caitlin J. Davey (2015)
TMU Authors and their Works
Cyndy Baskin (Social Work)
Hayden King (Politics and Public Administration)
Lynn F Lavallée (Social Work )
Pamela Palmater (Politics and Public Administration)
Academic and personal support for students
Gdoo-maawnjidimi Mompii Indigenous Student Services
- Writing Support
- Study Skills and Transition Support
Creative Commons License
This guide has been created by the Toronto Metropolitan University Library and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License unless otherwise marked.
