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Health Canada doesn’t know if its dental programs benefit Indigenous Canadians: report
Health Canada does not know whether its dental programming for Indigenous Canadians is actually improving their oral health. That’s one of the findings of the auditor general of Canada’s fall 2017 report, released on Tuesday. Michael Ferguson said First Nations and Inuit populations have nearly twice as much dental disease as other Canadians. Ferguson’s audit […]
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Rankin Inlet’s rickety water infrastructure raises worries
The shoddy shape of Rankin Inlet’s water treatment and distribution system poses “many health and safety risks that must be addressed in the near future,” warns a Government of Nunavut report. That’s from a request for proposals issued Nov. 10 by the territorial government, which is seeking ideas for how best to replace the aging […]
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The Children’s Oral Health Initiative: An intervention to address the challenges of dental caries in early childhood in Canada’s First Nation and Inuit communities.
Abstract OBJECTIVE: The objective of the Children’s Oral Health Initiative (COHI) is to increase access to preventive oral health services provided to First Nations and Inuit (FN/I) children living on federal reserves and in remote communities. PARTICIPANTS: COHI targets preschool children; 5-7-year-olds; pregnant women; and parents/caregivers in FN/I communities. SETTING: The program was piloted in […]
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Church responds to diet experiments in residential schools
Earlier this week, news reports described experiments in nutrition run through two residential schools in Kenora. They included children at C.J. and St. Mary’s during the 1940’s and 1950’s. On Friday, Steve Allen from the Presbyterian Church in Canada responded to the research by Dr. Ian Mosby. “Reading his paper is chilling, and it’s really […]
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AFN wants Harper to apologize for native nutrition experiments
Canada’s largest aboriginal group was to debate an emergency resolution Thursday based on a report that the federal government once conducted nutritional experiments on hungry native children and adults. The resolution at the Assembly of First Nations annual meeting in Whitehorse, Yukon, calls on the Harper government to apologize for the experiments conducted between 1942 […]
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The lost children: Dental issues plague northern families
After 29 years of peering in little mouths, Penny Griffith doesn’t wince anymore. The dental therapist with the Lac La Ronge Indian Band has become accustomed to seeing preschoolers’ teeth in a state most of us would find shocking — all four baby molars pocked with deep pits, and front teeth black and stumpy, literally […]
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First Nation drinking water quality discussed
A main topic discussed at the 32nd Assembly of First Nations was the state of health and social development among First Nations communities. It was the subject at one of four strategy sessions that took place during the Annual General Assembly, which has been going on the past three days in Moncton. Key issues included […]
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Position Statement: Early childhood caries in Indigenous communities
A joint statement with the American Academy of Pediatrics Principal author(s) JD Irvine, S Holve, D Krol, R Schroth; Canadian Paediatric Society, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health Committee Paediatr Child Health 2011;16(6):351-7 Abstract The oral health of Indigenous children of Canada (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) and the United States (American Indian and Alaska […]
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Aboriginal babies’ tooth decay called ‘serious’
More than 90 per cent of young children living in some Canadian aboriginal communities have cavities in their baby teeth, say dentists who are calling for preventive solutions. Monday’s issue of the journal Pediatrics includes a joint position paper by the Canadian Pediatric Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics urging “immediate attention” to the […]
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