Population, Public & Indigenous Health

The Arts of Indigenous Health and Well-Being demonstrates the healing possibilities of Indigenous works of art, literature, film, and music from a diversity of Indigenous peoples and arts traditions.

Emphasizes practical use in healthcare and public health, providing an understanding of essential topics such as study design, data analysis and statistical methods used in the execution of medical research.

Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health, Fourth Edition combines theory and practice in presenting traditional and new epidemiologic concepts.

This text helps the reader understand key social justice issues relevant to health disparities and/or health equity, taking the reader from the classroom to the real world to implement new solutions. Updated and enhanced coverage on men's health, demographic data, the importance of cultural proficiency, maternal mortality and Black women, and much more.

Indigenous and Tribal peoples continue to have poorer cancer outcomes than their non-Indigenous counterparts. Evidence suggests these disparities are linked to a complex combination of factors, including higher incidence of cancers associated with a high case fatality, later stage of diagnosis, reduced access to cancer treatment, and poorer overall health.

This book examines the intersections of bioethics, human rights and health equity. It is framed by the following propositions on indigenous health: it is a human rights issue; it is located within the politics of colonization; and subjugated indigenous knowledges require restoring.

This text provides a framework for professionals to approach Indigenous clients in a way that both respects the client's worldview while retaining a professional epistemology. Filled with practical information and integrates historical, social and clinical approaches with concrete examples.

Improving quality and health outcomes along with lowering costs is an ongoing focus in health care. This book conveys key concepts of population health management and examines strategies for creating a culture of health and wellness in the context of health care reform.

Emphasizes the integration of management skills necessary to deliver quality care while producing successful outcomes sensitive to the needs of diverse populations. Highlights current topics of virtual care, telehealth strategies and the new Social Vulnerability Index.

Explains what public health performance management is - and makes a strong case for why it is needed to tackle successfully the long-standing health issues plaguing communities and states.

This updated edition explores how multiple health determinants, such as colonialism, gender, culture, early childhood development, the environment, geography, HIV/AIDS, medicine, and policy, impact the health status of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Indigenous and allied experts address mental health among Indigenous peoples across the traditional territories commonly known as the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania to exchange knowledge, perspectives and methods for mental health research and service delivery.

In the light of wider agendas relating to decolonisation this collection of articles will encourage Western-oriented mental health professionals to learn about other knowledge systems and context-specific approaches that promote the mental health of individuals and communities in other parts of the world.

This text provides a framework for professionals to approach Indigenous clients in a way that both respects the client's worldview while retaining a professional epistemology. Filled with practical information and integrates historical, social and clinical approaches with concrete examples.

Examines health care policy in Canada and the issues and trends faced by today's health care professionals. It puts health promotion and prevention models into a historical perspective, with discussions including the evolution of national health insurance, determinants of health and disease, and approaches to achieving health for all.

A holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness.