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Guides for Researchers
Information for Health Care Providers
Services Available
Health Information for Elder
Alaska Native Orgs that Help Elders
ListServs
Alaska Native Recipes
Guides for Researchers
Negotiating Research Relationships with Inuit Communities: A Guide for Researchers
Download report (pdf)
This guide was published by the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Nunavut Research Institute and aims to improve the process of negotiating research relationships with Inuit communities in Canada. It was written as a follow-up and complement to the 1998 joint Nunavut Research Institute/Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami booklet listed below.
Negotiating Research Relationships: A Guide for Communities
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This guide was written to help Inuit community members understand their rights and responsibilities in negotiating research relationships.
Working with Aboriginal Elders
Bby Jonathan H. Ellerby
An introductory handbook for institution-based and health care professionals based on the teachings of Winnipeg-area aboriginal elders and cultural teachers. Native Studies Press 2001.
Native Studies Press
539 Fletcher Argue Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 5V5
Phone: 1-204-474-9899
Fax: 1-204-474-7657
Email: jill_oakes@umanitoba.ca
ISBN 0-9686138-2-9
Ellam-iinga (The Eye of Awareness): Recovery, Healing and Wellness from Yup’ik Cultural Values [Book in progress]
By Mary Stachelrodt
Training modules will be developed from three symbolic images (424 KB, pdf). The original process was developed in 1986. The central symbol of the model of the universe was drawn by Kanaqlak George P. Charles in 1986. Mary Stachelrodt was an alcoholism counselor who is now retired in Ketchikan with her husband, Jon. She is Yup’ik from Bethel, Alaska.
Information for Health Care Providers
Presentations now available!
Indian Health Summit (July 7-9, 2009)
Celebrating the Tabestry of Health & WEllness: Sharing Wisdom & Showcasing Innovation
Presentations from the Indian Health Summit are now available for download.
Presentations now available!
ASA‐NCOA Aging in America Conference 2009
Elder Abuse and Neglect: Advancing the Field
PowerPoint Presentations from this conference are available for download.
This special session on elder abuse and neglect was funded by the Archstone Foundation. Development and planning of the program was provided by the Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse and
Neglect.
Fall Prevention in Long-term Care: Practical Advice to Improve Care
By Mara Ferris, MS, RN, GCNS-BC, CPHQ, FASCP
Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing eJournal. 2008.
Medscape. Posted 09/10/2008.
To view the article, visit (you must register with MedScape):
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/579951_print
Guidelines for Palliative Care Services in the Indian Health System, December 2006
These guidelines are designed to support the development of palliative care services in IHS, Tribal, and Urban Indian Health programs. They do not represent official Indian Health Service policy. Download the IHS report on palliative care services (347 KB, pdf).
Services Available
Veteran Benefits
- Free Home Care for Veterans
"Homewatch CareGivers...is offering up to 20 hours of free in-home care to disabled U.S. military veterans of any conflict through its "We Care for Veterans" program."
- Alaska State Veteran's Benefits
"The state of Alaska provides several veteran benefits." This site provides a description of benefits for housing, employment, education, and other state veteran benefits.
Health Information for Elders
Flu
Home Care Guide for Pandemic Flu (pdf)
Influenza: What is it? How does the flu spread? Who is considered at risk for complications from the flu? How can I keep from getting or spreading the flu? For answers to these questions and more, download this guide.
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease: A Journey Into the Past (video file, wmv)
This video describes Alzheimer's from the point of view of Alaska Natives. This film was narrated by George Charles in the mid 80s and it is still being used.
Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Significant Concerns for IHS
April 2009
By Sandra Basu
WASHINGTON—Dementia refers to a group of illnesses that involve memory, behavior, learning and communicating problems. Although dementia is rare in people under the age of 60, the risk for dementia increases as a person ages...<more>
Exercise
Exercise program for Elders (video file, wmv)
Description coming soon.
Heart Health
Study reveals mounting evidence of fish oil's heart health benefits
From ScienceBlog
Why is aspirin good for your heart?
From HowStuffWorks
Mental Health
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
To learn more about the history of The Trust, you can also watch a video presentation by Chief Executive Officer Jeff Jessee (at the bottom of this page) and visit the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program’s Project Jukebox to view and read interviews and collected papers from The Trust's history.
Stroke
Stroke Symptoms - act F.A.S.T test
From the National Stroke Association
Learn how to identify a stroke using the act F.A.S.T test!
Suicide
A Mother's Perspective on Suicide (video file, wmv)
In this video, a mother talks about losing her son to suicide (she also lost her husband to cancer later that year). She chose to help people who have lost family/friends through suicide, and works for prevention of suicide statewide. She is now an intern with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
Survival
"IF" an "WHEN" Arctic Survival Manual (3.8 MB, pdf)
-Carl M. Hild
The "IF" Arctic Survival Manual is designed as an instructional manual. It is designed to prepare people for survival situations "IF" they get in to an emergency in the Arctic.
Alaska Native Organizations that Help Elders
- Alaska Mental Health Trust
View the AMHT Ad (271 KB, pdf)
- Older Persons Action Group
16th Annual Intergenerational Arts Contest - "Elders and Youth Education One Another"
Deadline: April 25, 2008
Download contest image (129 KB, pdf)
ListServs
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) ListServ
The Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) e-mail community was created through a partnership between Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (www.ccph.info) and the Wellesley Institute (www.wellesleyinstitute.com) to serve the growing network of people involved and interested in CBPR and other types of community-academic research partnerships.
CCPH Member Interest Groups (MIGs) ListServs
Member Interest Groups (MIGs) are designed to mobilize CCPH members for collaborative problem-solving and collective action around priority topics of shared interest.
Alaska Native Recipes
Fish
- Fresh trout flour soup (pdf)
Recipe by, Ethel Geffe of Family Crisis Center
Passed on by Vernetta Nay Moberly/Inupiat Illitqusiat
