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Dietary Study of the Yellowknifes Dene Band: Yellowknife Back Bay Project
chercheur principal: Christensen, Jill
Année(s) de permis: 1995 1994 1993
Résumé: The researchers will continue to collect information on the consumption patterns in traditional and store-bought foods as well as lifestyle patterns (e.g., fishing and hunting activities, health beliefs, traditional food use) of residents of N'Dilo and Dettah. This information will be combined with results from the BAck Bay Fish Study (contaminants in fish) in order that human health implications ...


Human Contaminant Trends in Arctic Canada (Cord Blood Monitoring)
chercheur principal: Seddon, Laura
Année(s) de permis: 1995 1994
Résumé: This activity will help expand the human health baseline on exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on humans in the NWT. Blood will be sampled from participating mothers and from the umbilical cord to determine the levels of specific organochlorines and heavy metals. This activity will involve the participation of communities and community health workers in all aspects including desi...


Factors predictive of long-term tenure in the recruitment of nurses for community health centre settings in the NWT
chercheur principal: Harris, Ronald W.
Année(s) de permis: 1994
Résumé: Nurses presently employed in the various health delivery settings across the NWT will be surveyed to identify the factors contributing to longer tenure. Data will be collected and analyzed in order to assess trends and models for recruitment screening and nurse hiring practices will be developed....


Factors affecting "no-shows" for the Orthopaedic Medical Clinic at a 135-bed primary acute care facility in the NWT
chercheur principal: Kowerchuk, Kathryn
Année(s) de permis: 1994
Résumé: The researcher will examine appointment records for the Orthopaedic Medical Clinic (Stanton Yellowknife Hospital) in order to determine what factors contribute to patients not showing up for their scheduled appointments at the Clinic. The information collected will assist health care facilities in determining why patients do not show up for their appointments (i.e., identify difficulties in trave...


A determination of factors influencing the health, knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours of children and youth in the Northwest Territories
chercheur principal: Hall, Barbara
Année(s) de permis: 1994 1993 1992
Résumé: The resarchers will continue their study, started in 1992, on assessing the health-related knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours of children and youth in the NWT. Data will be collected through a survey administered through NWT schools. Teachers will also be surveyed with regard to the implementation of the NWT School Health Program. Researchers from selected communities will be trained t...


Comparison of costs of health services provided in the Inuvik region: preparation for future oil and gas development
chercheur principal: Norwich, Ed
Année(s) de permis: 1994 1993
Résumé: The researchers will complete their assessment of different health care systems in order to determine the most cost-effective, flexible and appropriate system for the Inuvik region. The primary goal of this study is to compare costs associated with delivery health care through the `community-based nurse' model and the `medical' model. By collecting information from Dept. of Health sources, this ...


Pressure group politics, health care policy and the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
chercheur principal: Letwin, Mona
Année(s) de permis: 1993
Résumé: The Legislative Assembly of the NWT operates in the absence of political parties. Since NWT MLA's are not governed by strict party politics, the relationships between interest groups and the Legislative Assembly may be different from southern institutions. I will conduct informal interviews with representatives of various health care interest groups since these groups may influence policy develo...


Northwest Territories Injury Research and Prevention Project
chercheur principal: Palacios, Carolina
Année(s) de permis: 1993 1992 1991 1990
Résumé: In its final year of research, information will be collected concerning how, where and why injuries happen in the N.W.T.. This research will aid the present health system in targeting specific concerns and improving intervention programs....


The Radiologic Incidence of Spondylolisis and Spondylolisthesis in the Canadian Inuit
chercheur principal: Corkal, J.
Année(s) de permis: 1993
Résumé: Certain defects of the lumbar spine are thought to occur at a very high rate in the Canadian Inuit. This has been previously documented in the literature by anthropological studies of Inuit skeletons dating back some 400 years: these studies have found a particular type of defect to be present at an incidence of 30-40%. The incidence in a Caucasion population is 5%....


Conflicting Paradigms of Elder-care in the NWT, with Particular Reference to Special-needs Housing of the Elderly.
chercheur principal: Webster, Andrew
Année(s) de permis: 1992
Résumé: The 1992 research is the final phase of data collection for the 3-year study of elder-care in the NWT. The purpose of the research is to produce a report discussing the potential social impacts of Euro-Canadian elder-care strategies on Aboriginal social structure in the NWT....


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