6 record(s) found in the location "South Slave Region" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Birth Weights of Native Canadians-Rates and Consequences
Principal Investigator: Willows, Noreen
Licensed Year(s): 2001
Summary: The Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) of Health Canada, in collaboration with Katherine Gray-Donald (School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University) is sponsoring a research investigation to understand the prevalence of high and low infant birth weight and associated health complications in aboriginal communities across Canada. The goal of this research is to facilitate progra...


Food Choice Decisions by Western Arctic Aboriginal Women and Children
Principal Investigator: Kuhnlein, Harriet V
Licensed Year(s): 2001 2000
Summary: During the second interview phase scheduled for this year, dietary data will be collected again for children aged 10-12. During this time, a random sample of young women and children in school will be interviewed for their food choice decision factors based on information gathered during phase one (Nov-Dec, 2000). A second interview phase will take place in the same communities during Sept-Oct., 2...


Nutrient Benefits of Arctic Traditional/Country Food
Principal Investigator: Kuhnlein, Harriet V
Licensed Year(s): 2000
Summary: The Centre for Indigenous People's Nutrition (CINE) has developed the methodologies for analyses of nutrients in traditional food resources of Indigenous Peoples. It is recognized that risk and benefit assessments need to include information on food items as consumed. Databases used to process Arctic dietary data include both traditional food (TF) and market food (MF); while most MF items have n...


Baseline Data Study for the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
Principal Investigator: De Roose, Elsie C.
Licensed Year(s): 1998
Summary: Information will be gathered by conducting postnatal interviews with women in communities without a Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or or similar prenatal nutrition program. Interviews will be done by a trained interviewer, hired from the community under contract with Health Canada. The interviewer hired will have a health background where possible. The interviews will be done face to fa...


Licence #2353
Principal Investigator: Lathrop, Mark
Licensed Year(s): 1978
Summary: To study the nutritional status of native people whose eating habits have changed from that of food obtained from "the land" to food obtained commercially. This will be accomplished by administering an oral gluscose test to be studied for indications of diabetes....


Licence #2246
Principal Investigator: Lathrop, Mark
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To study the general health levels (nutritional status) of native people whose eating habits have changed from that of food obtained from "the land" to food obtained commercially (southern foods) by obtaining blood samples (orgal glucose tolerance test) to be studied for indications of diabetes....


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