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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024)

Published May 24, 2024

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The International Journal of Indigenous Health (IJIH) was established to advance knowledge and understanding to improve Indigenous health. IJIH is peer-reviewed, online, and open-access.

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Editorial

Michelle Dickson

Editorial: Volume 19, Issue 1

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Articles

Melissa Lewis, Elizabeth Modde, Martina Kamaka, Terry Maresca, Melissa Horner, Stan Hudson, Laurelle Myhra

Development of the Indigenous Health Toolkit

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Becky Cook, Ron Cook, Gordon Walker, Madeline Walker, Floyd Sutherland, Faylene Sutherland, Dave Swanson, Celine Thomas

kiwētotētan: ininiw kiskinomākēwin a framework for decolonial education

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Emma Walke, Kathleen Conte, Susan Parker Pavlovic, David Edwards, Veronica Matthews

Health from the Grassroots, Listening to Mob: University-based Aboriginal researchers collaborate with Aboriginal communities to identify health priorities

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Tara Dimopoulos-Bick, David Follent , Cory Paulson, Sharon Taylor, Melissa Cawley, Regina Osten, Belinda Co, Lyndal Trevena

Navigating two worlds: developing a learning map to visualise the knowledge and skills required for culturally informed shared decision making with Aboriginal people in New South Wales Australia

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Sarah Tomkins, Jennifer Liu, Lori ACR Campbell

Meaningful Positioning: Insights on the Importance of Culturally Safe, Anti-racist Settler-Indigenous Relationships in Supporting Indigenous Maternal Health in Canada

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Jasper Garay

Aboriginal young people’s experiences of Cultural Safety in mental health services in two regions of New South Wales, Australia

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Lyana Patrick, Tsatia Adzich, Krystal Dumais

Skookum Health: Visioning a Healthy Future for Urban Indigenous Peoples

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Hsien Seow, Joanna Vautour, Valerie Bishop, Chantel Antone, Tessa Belleau, Brett Corbiere, Verna Fruch, Laura McCormick, Lori Monture, Margaret Civak, Shilpa Jyothi Kumar, Kayla McMillan, Daryl Bainbridge, Robin Cano

Supporting the Journey Home: The Process of Co-designing an Education Program to Strengthen Palliative Care Capacity in First Nations Communities

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Natasha Larter, Michelle Jersky, Lola Ryan, Georgia Harding, Melinda Moore, Lauren Hamill, Shea Caplice, Professor Sue Woolfenden, Professor Karen Zwi

Strength-Based approaches to providing an Aboriginal Community Child Health Service

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Chelsea Gabel, Robert Henry, Alexandra Nychuk, Sage Hartmann, Amanda LaVallee

“We Know Who We Are”: Reflections on Métis Youth Identity, Health and Well-Being

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Holly Graham

CPR RACISM: A Guide for Health Care Providers to Safely Address Racism in a Health Care Setting

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Courtney Defriend

You Belong to Everyone: Perspectives on Urban Wellness by Vancouver Island Elders at the Tillicum Lelum Friendship Centre

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Alasdair Vance, Janet McGaw, Di O'Rorke, Selena White, Sandra Eades

Culture, Health and Wellbeing: Yarning with the Victorian Indigenous community : Indigenous yarning about culture and health

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Deborah McGregor, Hillary McGregor, Mahisha Sritharan; Lauren King; Nyland Hall

Indigenous Well-Being: An Anishinaabek Youth Leadership Approach

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Melissa Walls, Nikki Crowe, Ed.D, Joseph P. Gone, Marcia Kitto, Colleen Bernu, Nicole M. Weiss

Indigenous Perspectives on Strengths, Resilience, and Well-being

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Michael Doyle, Lisa Jackson-Pulver, Samuel Harley, Ian Ring, Emma McBryde

Could Adequate and More Appropriate Housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in New South Wales, Australia, Reduce the Risk of Poorer Health Outcomes?

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Vol 16 No 1 (2021)

Published February 12, 2021

Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples

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Introduction

Richard Jock, Colleen Erickson

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Sonia Isaac-Mann, Evan Adams, Ted Mala

Commentary

Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout, Cornelia (Nel) Wieman, Lisa Bourque Bearskin, Becky C. Palmer, Lauren Brown, Monica Brown, Namaste Marsden

Gum yan asing Kaangas giidaay han hll guudang gas ga. I Will Never Again Feel That I Am Less Than: Indigenous Health Care Providers’ Perspectives on Ending Racism in Health Care

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Jessica Willow Grace Barudin

From Breath to Beadwork: Lessons Learned From a Trauma- Informed Yoga Series With Indigenous Adolescent Girls Under Youth Protection

Elizabeth Beddard-Huber, Gina Gaspard, Kathleen Yue

Adaptations to the Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Be More Culturally Safe

Patricia A. Carney, Cynthia Taylor, Allison Empey, Dove Spector, Amanda Bruegl, Erik Brodt

Findings Associated With a Novel Program Designed to Support Indigenous Faculty Members of U.S. Health Professions Schools

Victoria Carter, Theresa Healy, Semiguul (Fanny Nelson)

The Right Space: The Impact of Meaningful Dialogue in Informing Culturally Safe Care in the Emergency Department in a Rural Northern Community

Sarah de Leeuw, Roseann Larstone, Bryndel Fell, Nicole Cross, Margo Greenwood, Katriona Auerbach, Julie Sutherland

Educating Medical Students’ “Hearts and Minds”: A Humanities-Informed Cultural Immersion Program in Indigenous Experiential Community Learning

Riel Dupuis-Rossi

The The Violence of Colonization and the Importance of Decolonizing Therapeutic Relationship: The Role of Helper in Centring Indigenous Wisdom

David McAtackney, Gina Gaspard, Debbie Sullivan, Mavis Sebastian, For the Gitxsan Health Society and First Nations Health Authority

Improving Dementia Care for Gitxsan First Nations People

Leena Hasan, Janice Johnson

Paddling Together for Culturally Safe Emergency Care for Elders

Leigh Joseph

Walking on Our Lands Again: Turning to Culturally Important Plants and Indigenous Conceptualizations of Health in a Time of Cultural and Political Resurgence

Shandryn Kozin, Hailey Matheson, Tatyana Daniels, Brittany Mullin, Bret Watts, Katie Skelton, Janene Erickson, Drew St. Laurent, Kate Jongbloed , Evan Adams

Creating a Future of Our Own Design: The International Indigenous HealthFusion Team Challenge as a Promising Practice to Support Indigenous Students in Health Fields

Grace Kyoon-Achan, Kathi Avery Kinew, Wanda Phillips-Beck, Josée Lavoie, Alan Katz

Collaborative and Systems Approach to Transforming Primary Health Care in Manitoba First Nations Communities

Christopher David Macklin, Chris Marchand, Eric Mitchell, Roberta Price, Vanessa Mitchell, Leslie Bryant

Planting the Seeds: Insights for Researchers Interested in Working With Indigenous Peoples

Danielle Manton, Megan Williams

Strengthening Indigenous Australian Perspectives in Allied Health Education: A Critical Reflection

Jenny Morgan, Kim Jameson, Soodabeh Joolaee, Anita Ho

Calls to Action: Truth, Reconciliation, and Indigenous Rights for Supportive Decision-Making in Healthcare

Chaneesa Ryan, Abrar Ali, Christine Shawana

Forced or Coerced Sterilization in Canada: An Overview of Recommendations for Moving Forward

Kristin Rizkalla, Marion Maar, Maurianne Reade, Roger Pilon, Lorrilee McGregor

Intimate Partner Violence Against Indigenous Men in Heterosexual Relationships: Toward a Culturally Safe Response in Primary Health Care Settings

Anna Socha

Addressing Institutional Racism Against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia in Mainstream Health Services: Insights From Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

Cheryl Ward, Melody E. Morton Ninomiya, Michelle Firestone

Anti-Indigenous Racism Training and Culturally Safe Learning: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy

Lloy Wylie, Stephanie McConkey, Ann Marie Corrado

It’s a Journey Not a Check Box: Indigenous Cultural Safety From Training to Transformation