The Enhancing HPV Vaccination In First Nations Populations in Alberta (EHVINA) project focuses on First Nations, a diverse subset of recognized Indigenous people in Canada, and seeks to increase HPV vaccination among girls and boys living in First Nation communities.
All sites are in First Nation communities or 'reserves' as defined by the Indian Act.
Canada has the world's second-largest supply of fresh water, but 169 First Nation communities have limited or no access to it.
15 20 Our study population differs from that which might be expected in First Nation communities, which renders generalisation difficult.
A study of injury rates in Ontario First Nation Communities demonstrated an incidence of intentional injury 2.7× higher among the First Nations population than the general Ontario population.
Today, the Kaoham Shuttle – a partnership between Canadian National and the Seton Lake First Nation community – remains a vital service in an area where backcountry roads are sometimes impassable, while also luring travelling train spotters who can't quite believe their luck.
On a single day in April 2016, 11 young members of the Attawapiskat First Nation community in remote northern Ontario attempted suicide, dramatically embodying the dire hopelessness experienced by some of Canada's indigenous people, who faced limited opportunities for education and employment.
The nearby Sandy Bar Band first nation community at Riverton was reached by Lynch and Young, and had been abandoned.
We assessed the live birth sex ratios for the Aamjiwnaang First Nation community in Ontario, Canada, in response to concerns voiced by members of the community regarding the perception of fewer male children in recent years.
For example, in the Mackenzie et al. study (112) of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation community, residents were exposed to more than a dozen pollutants from the nearby petrochemical industry, many in excess of Canadian national guidelines.
A recent study of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation community in Canada reported that sex ratios have dropped from an expected 0.55 0.54 range to 0.45 for the late 1990s, to 0.35 for the 1999 2003 period (Mackenzie et al. 2005).
