Important References

 

The Cedar Project team has already published several manuscripts regarding study results. As papers are published, we will add them to this part of our website.

Social Science and Medicine, June 2008 (download PDF)

The Cedar Project: Historical trauma, sexual abuse and HIV risk among young Aboriginal people who use injection and non-injection drugs in two Canadian cities

Women and Health (download PDF)

Gender Differences in HIV and Hepatitis C Related Vulnerabilities Among Aboriginal Young People Who Use Street Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

The Lancet, September 27, 2008 (download PDF)

The Cedar Project: Acknowledging the Pain of Our Children

IJCH April 12, 2007 (download PDF)

The Cedar Project: Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

IJDP September 28, 2007 (download PDF)

The Cedar Project: A comparison of HIV-related vulnerabilities amongst young Aboriginal women surviving drug use and sex work in two Canadian cities

 

 

We have also included references related to Indigenous health and resources addressing historical trauma, colonization and health inequity:

Aboriginal Healing Foundation: www.ahf.ca

Adelson, Naomi. The Embodiment of Inequality. Health Disparities in Aboriginal Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health; Mar/Apr 2005; 96

Bertolli J, McNaghten AD, Campsmith M, Lee LM, Leman R, Bryan RT, Buehler JW. Surveillance systems monitoring HIV/AIDS and HIV risk behaviors among American Indians and Alaska Natives. AIDS Educ Prev. 2004 Jun;16(3):218-37.

Browne AJ, Smye VL, Varcoe C. The relevance of postcolonial theoretical perspectives to research in Aboriginal health. Can J Nurs Res. 2005 Dec;37(4):16-37. Review.

Browne AJ, Varcoe C. Critical cultural perspectives and health care involving Aboriginal peoples. Contemp Nurse. 2006 Sep;22(2):155-67.

Bucharski D, Reutter LI, Ogilvie LD. "You need to know where we're coming from": Canadian Aboriginal women's perspectives on culturally appropriate HIV counseling and testing. Health Care Women Int. 2006 Sep;27(8):723-47.

Callaghan RC, Cull R, Vettese LC, Taylor L. A gendered analysis of Canadian Aboriginal individuals admitted to inpatient substance abuse detoxification: a three-year medical chart review. Am J Addict. 2006 Sep-Oct; 15(5):380-6.

Calzavara LM, Bullock SL, Myers T, Marshall VW, Cockerill R. Sexual partnering and risk of HIV/STD among Aboriginals. Can J Public Health. 1999 May-Jun;90(3):186-91. 

Calzavara LM, Burchell AN, Myers T, Bullock SL, Escobar M, Cockerill R. Condom use among Aboriginal people in Ontario, Canada. Int J STD AIDS. 1998 May;9(5):272-9.

Clarke JN, Friedman DB, Hoffman-Goetz L. Canadian Aboriginal people's experiences with HIV/AIDS as portrayed in selected English language Aboriginal media (1996-2000). Soc Sci Med. 2005 May;60(10):2169-80. Epub 2004 Dec 7.

Craib KJ, Spittal PM, Wood E, Laliberte N, Hogg RS, Li K, Heath K, Tyndall MW, O'Shaughnessy MV, Schechter MT. Risk factors for elevated HIV incidence among Aboriginal injection drug users in Vancouver. CMAJ. 2003 Jan 7;168(1):19-24. (download PDF)

DuBois MJ, Brassard P, Smeja C. Survey of Montreal's Aboriginal population's knowledge, attitudes and behaviour regarding HIV/AIDS. Can J Public Health. 1996 Jan-Feb;87(1):37-9.

Duran B, Walters KL. HIV/AIDS prevention in "Indian country": current practice, indigenist etiology models, and postcolonial approaches to change. AIDS Educ Prev. 2004 Jun;16(3):187-201.

Evans-Campbell T, Lindhorst T, Huang B, Walters KL. Interpersonal violence in the lives of urban American Indian and Alaska Native women: implications for health, mental health, and help-seeking. Am J Public Health. 2006 Aug;96(8):1416-22. Epub 2006 Jun 29.

Farley, M., Lynne, J., Cotton, AJ. Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women. Transcultural Psychiactry.. 2005. 42(2): 242-271.

Fournier, S. and E. Crey. 1997. Stolen from our Embrace: The Abduction of First Nations Children and the Restoration of Aboriginal Communities. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, Ltd.

Hankins C, Hum L, Tran T, Laberge C, Lapointe N, O'Shaughnessy M, Lepine D, Malloch L, Rud E, Robinson E. Low HIV prevalence among childbearing women of aboriginal origin. AIDS. 1997 Jun;11(7):945-7.

Heath KV, Cornelisse PG, Strathdee SA, Palepu A, Miller ML, Schechter MT, O'Shaughnessy MV, Hogg RS. HIV-associated risk factors among young Canadian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men who have sex with men. Int J STD AIDS. 1999 Sep;10(9):582-7.

Hoffman-Goetz L, Friedman DB, Clarke JN. HIV/AIDS risk factors as portrayed in mass media targeting First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples of Canada. J Health Commun. 2005 Mar;10(2):145-62.

Hogg RS, Strathdee S, Kerr T, Wood E, Remis R. HIV Prevalence among Aboriginal British Columbians. Harm Reduct J. 2005 Dec 24;2:26.

Lachmann M. Human immunodeficiency virus. Emerging epidemic in aboriginal people. Can Fam Physician. 2002 Oct;48:1592-3, 1600-1.

  Lambert DT. AIDS and the aboriginal community. Can J Public Health. 1993 Jan-Feb;84 Suppl 1:S46-7.

Lima VD, Kretz P, Palepu A, Bonner S, Kerr T, Moore D, Daniel M, Montaner JS, Hogg RS. Aboriginal status is a prognostic factor for mortality among antiretroviral naive HIV-positive individuals first initiating HAART. AIDS Res Ther. 2006 May 24; 3:14. 

Majumdar BB, Chambers TL, Roberts J. Community-based, culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS education for Aboriginal adolescents: implications for nursing practice. J Transcult Nurs. 2004 Jan;15(1):69-73

Mcevoy, M., Daniluk, J. Wounds to the Soul: The Experience of Aboriginal Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Canadian Psychology, 36(3): 221-235.

Mill JE, DesJardins DA. The Feather of Hope Aboriginal AIDS Prevention Society: a community approach to HIV/AIDS prevention. Can J Public Health. 1996 Jul-Aug;87(4):268-71. 

Mill JE. Describing an explanatory model of HIV illness among aboriginal women. Holist Nurs Pract. 2000 Oct;15(1):42-56. 

Mill JE. HIV risk behaviors become survival techniques for aboriginal women. West J Nurs Res. 1997 Aug;19(4):466-89.

Miller CL, Johnston C, Spittal PM, Li K, Laliberte N, Montaner JS, Schechter MT. Opportunities for prevention: hepatitis C prevalence and incidence in a cohort of young injection drug users. Hepatology. 2002 Sep;36(3):737-42. 

Miller CL, Spittal PM, LaLiberte N, Li K, Tyndall MW, O'Shaughnessy MV, Schechter MT. Females experiencing sexual and drug vulnerabilities are at elevated risk for HIV infection among youth who use injection drugs. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2002 Jul 1;30(3):335-41. 

Miller CL, Spittal PM, Wood E, Chan K, Schechter MT, Montaner JS, Hogg RS. Inadequacies in antiretroviral therapy use among Aboriginal and other Canadian populations. AIDS Care. 2006 Nov; 18(8):968-76.

Miller CL, Strathdee SA, Spittal PM, Kerr T, Li K, Schechter MT, Wood E. Elevated rates of HIV infection among young Aboriginal injection drug users in a Canadian setting. Harm Reduct J. 2006 Mar 8; 3:9.

Myers T, Bullock SL, Calzavara LM, Cockerill R, Marshall VW. Differences in sexual risk-taking behavior with state of inebriation in an aboriginal population in Ontario, Canada. J Stud Alcohol. 1997 May;58(3):312-22.

O'Connell JM, Kerr T, Li K, Tyndall MW, Hogg RS, Montaner JS, Wood E. Requiring help injecting independently predicts incident HIV infection among injection drug users. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Sep 1;40(1):83-8.

Silversides A. Complex and unique HIV/AIDS epidemic among Aboriginal Canadians. CMAJ. 2006 Nov 21; 175(11):1359.

Simoni JM, Sehgal S, Walters KL. Triangle of risk: urban American Indian women's sexual trauma, injection drug use, and HIV sexual risk behaviors. AIDS Behav. 2004 Mar;8(1):33-45.

Simoni JM, Walters KL, Balsam KF, Meyers SB. Victimization, substance use, and HIV risk behaviors among gay/bisexual/two-spirit and heterosexual American Indian Men in New York City. Am J Public Health. 2006 Dec;96(12):2240-5. Epub 2006 May 2.

Smith, D., Varcoe, C., Edwards, N. Turning Around the Intergenerational Impact of Residential Schools on Aboriginal People: Implications for Health Policy and Practice. CJNR. 2005; 37(4): 38-60.

Spittal PM, Craib KJ, Wood E, Laliberte N, Li K, Tyndall MW, O'Shaughnessy MV, Schechter MT. Risk factors for elevated HIV incidence rates among female injection drug users in Vancouver. CMAJ. 2002 Apr 2;166(7):894-9. (download PDF)

Spittal PM, Schechter MT. Injection drug use and despair through the lens of gender. CMAJ. 2001 Mar 20;164(6):802-3. (download PDF)

Thomas K. HIV study among pregnant Aboriginal women raises concerns. Can HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2002 Dec;7(2-3):33-4. English, French.

Thomas K. Study shows Aboriginals who inject drugs are at higher risk for HIV. Can HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2003 Apr;8(1):26. 

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Walters KL, Simoni JM, Evans-Campbell T. Substance use among American Indians and Alaska natives: incorporating culture in an "indigenist" stress-coping paradigm. Public Health Rep. 2002;117 Suppl 1:S104-17.

Walters KL, Simoni JM. Reconceptualizing native women's health: an "indigenist" stress-coping model. Am J Public Health. 2002 Apr;92(4):520-4.

Wardman D, Quantz D, Clement K. HIV/AIDS: testing and risk behaviors among British Columbia's rural Aboriginal population. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2006 Sep; 65(4):313-21.

Weber AE, Craib KJ, Chan K, Martindale S, Miller ML, Schechter MT, Hogg RS. Sex trade involvement and rates of human immunodeficiency virus positivity among young gay and bisexual men. Int J Epidemiol. 2001 Dec;30(6):1449-54; discussion 1455-6.

Weiser J. Adapting traditional healing practices. AIDS Action. 1999 Oct-Dec;(46):7.

Wood E, Kerr T, Palepu A, Zhang R, Strathdee SA, Tyndall MW, Montaner JS, Hogg RS. Slower uptake of HIV antiretroviral therapy among Aboriginal injection drug users. J Infect. 2006 Apr; 52(4):233-6. Epub 2005 Sep 19.

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