Principal Investigator:Cliff, Amanda Licensed Year(s):2007
2006
Summary:
The objective of this Master’s-level study is to evaluate community health in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the context of planning initiatives. Health and well-being can be linked to both environmental and socio-economic factors as well as physiological factors. Therefore, examining variations in services and facilities between communities and any correlated differences in health outcomes ...
Principal Investigator:Pace, Elizabeth Licensed Year(s):
2003
Summary:
This research intends to explore the readiness for change in an adolescent population seeking counseling in a clinical setting. Data collection in the Northwest Territories will be limited to one psychological private practice. Data collection will comm...
Principal Investigator:Charlebois, Julie Licensed Year(s):
2003
Summary:
This research will investigate mental health therapists' perspectives on working and living in a small remote community. It will involve interviews with three therapists living in the same geographic area. The interview questions will be related to per...
Principal Investigator:Hewitt, Cecily Licensed Year(s):
1999
Summary:
The objective is to develop a description of how 4 Inuvialuit women think of and experience power, powerlessness, control and empowerment in their lives as a result of their culture. Four Inuvialuit women will be invited to participate in a series of four interviews with the researcher during which they will be asked to reflect on and describe their experiences, meanings, stories and thoughts rega...
Principal Investigator:Coyne, Kathleen Licensed Year(s):
1993
Summary:
The overall purpose of the study is to compile the data required to make informed decisions with respect to the hiring of a mental health specialist for the South Slave Region and to design a co-ordinated strategy for improved mental health services. The study is conducted on behalf of a group of social services agencies and is guided by a steering committee that includes representatives from the...
Principal Investigator:Crawford, Lorie Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The purpose of this research is to identify selective Dogrib perspectives surrounding mental health and illness. Women from Dogrib communities who are currently receiving treatment for a long term mental illness will be interviewed to learn their perceptions of need for treatment, what works, what doesn't, what their expectations are, and how their familial relationships have shifted over the cou...
Principal Investigator:Archibald, Linda Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher and her team will provide suicide prevention education to community-based caregivers and motivation to act through the development, production and distribution of a suicide prevention video. Community participation in script development will occur through workshops held in a variety of Inuit communities. An evaluation of the project will assess the impact of community participatio...
Principal Investigator:Hunnisett, Stan Licensed Year(s):
1991
1990 Summary:
The Researcher will continue to pursue an understanding of the high suidide rate in Fort McPherson. This work is conducted in co-operation with the Peel River Alcohol Society and the Fort McPherson Concerned Citizens Committee....
Principal Investigator:Sampath, Hugh Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
Dr. Sampath will study medical records at the Baffin General Hospital. The study will be concentrated on the five year period prior to the presence of private practitioners. He will compare the results to a similar study he conducted in 1968-69....
Principal Investigator:MacLean, Lynne Licensed Year(s):
1988
Summary:
Lynne MacLean will be interviewing women and mental health workers about depression and how to overcome it. All interviews will be confidential. She wants to know whether the experience and effects of depression are different between Chipewyan and white women. She also will ask mental health workers what types of difficulties they experience when dealing with depression in native versus non-nat...