Several academic journal articles and book chapters supported or funded by the NCCAH have been published in 2010/2011, and are helping to inform and support ongoing NCCAH activities. These include:
Beyond Borders and Boundaries: Addressing Indigenous Health Inequities in Canada through Theories of Social Determinants of Health and Intersecionality
In Health Inequities in Canada: Intersectional Frameworks and Practices. Edited by Olena Hankivsky, UBC Press 2011, 53-70. Authors Sarah de Leeuw and Margo Greenwood argue that understanding colonialism as a fundamental determinant of health, in conjunction with the other social determinants, can provide one means of explaining and understanding the state of Indigenous people's health in Canada today.
Urban Aboriginal use of fringe financial institutions: Survey evidence from Prince George, British Columbia
In Journal of Socio-Economics, 2011, 40 (6), 895-902. Published online 19 September 2011. Authors Paul Bowles, D. Ajit, Keely Dempsey, and Trevor Shaw analyse the use of fringe financial institutions (FFIs), such as payday loan and check cashing providers, by urban Aboriginal people based on a survey undertaken in Prince George, British Columbia. They found that 60% of FFIs’ clients surveyed self-identified as Aboriginal and had lower average incomes, lower levels of education, and a higher incidence of being unemployed ascompared to non-Aboriginal FFI clients. The authors argue that government policy towards regulating the FFI industry is inadequate for meeting the basic financial needs of urban Aboriginal people.
Indigenous Youth Engagement in Canada's Health Care
In Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 2011, 9 (1), 87-111. Authors Natasha Blanchet-Cohen, Zora McMillan and Margo Greenwood discuss findings from a study on Indigenous youth's perspectives on and engagement in health care. Their results highlight the value and implications of affirming Indigenous youth's role as determiners of their own health.
Warming up to the Embodied Context of First Nations Child Health: A Critical Intervention into and Analysis of Health and Climate Change Research
In International Public Health Journal 2010, 2 (4), 477-485. Margot Parkes, Sarah de Leeuw, and Margo Greenwood analyze options that can help prevent climate change from exacerbating health inequities experienced by Aboriginal children in Canada.
Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Processes for Environmental Health Issues in Canadian Aboriginal Communities
In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2010, 7, 651-674. Authors Susan M. Jack, Sandy Brooks, Chris M. Furgal and Maureen Dobbins seek to shed light on how Canadian Aboriginal communities use environmental health research evidence in developing policies and programs, highlighting the role of collaborative relationships throughout a research project, and Traditional Knowledge as a distinct type of evidence that must be valued in supporting decisions in Aboriginal communities.