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- Tait, Caroline L.
Fetal alcohol syndrome among Aboriginal peopel in Canada : review and analysis of the intergenerational linkts to residential schools
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog6949
- Author
- Tait, Caroline L.
- Publication Date
- 2003
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- RG 629 F45 T3 2003
- Author
- Tait, Caroline L.
- Place
- Ottawa ON
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Healing Foundation
- Publication Date
- 2003
- Physical_Description
- xxiii, 337 p. ; 28 x 21.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Prepared for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation by Caroline L. Tait".
- Includes bibliographical references, p. 279-337.
- "Widespread substance abuse, particularly alcohol abuse, among those who attended residential schools has been identified as both an outcome of the residential school experience and a contributing factor to other negative health and social problems among this group and among subsequent generations of Aboriginal people (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1996b). Although no research studies exist that specifically examine the ways in which residential school experiences contributed to current rates of FAS/ARBES [fetal alcohol syndrome/alcohol-related birth effects] among Aboriginal people, this report concludes that the residential school system contributed to high rates of alcohol abuse among those who previously attended the schools and among significant numbers of parents and community members who had their children removed from their care because of the school system. This report also concludes that the residential school system further contributed to alcohol abuse among subsequent generations of Aboriginal people, including women of child-bearing ages." -- Executive Summary.
- Contents: Acknowledgements / Caroline L. Tait -- Definitions -- Executive Summary -- Defining the Scope of the Project -- What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ? -- Alcohol Use Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada -- Child Abuse -- Residential Schools -- Contemporary Health and Social Issues Linked to the Residential School System -- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Alcohol-Related Birth Effects: Epidemiology Review -- Risk and Protective Factors for Women -- 'Best Practices': Prevention -- Persons with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Other Alcohol-Related Birth Effects -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: 'Best Practices' -- Appendix B: Diagnostic Criteria for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Alcohol-Related Birth Effects (ARBE) Adopted by the American Institute of Medicine -- Appendix C: Screening Tools for Alcohol Use -- References.
- Series
- Aboriginal Healing Foundation research series
- Added Entry
- Aboriginal Healing Foundation (Canada)
- Subjects
- Fetal alcohol syndrome - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Mental health
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Alcohol use
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Health and hygiene
- Child abuse - Canada
- Indigenous children - Canada
- Indigenous women - Canada
- ISBN
- 0-9732763-8-X
- Call Number
- RG 629 F45 T3 2003
- Location
- General Synod Archives
Suicide among Aboriginal people in Canada
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog6950
- Author
- KIrmater, Laurence J., 1952-
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- E 98 S9 S84 2007
- Author
- KIrmater, Laurence J., 1952-
- Place
- Ottawa ON
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Healing Foundation
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Physical_Description
- xvii, 168 p. ; 28 x 21.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Prepared for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Gregory M. Brass, Tara Holton, Ken Paul, Cori Simpson [and] Caroline Tait".
- Includes bibliographical references, p. 131-168.
- "In recent years, Aboriginal people in Canada have suffered from much higher rates of suicide than the general population. While the overall Canadian rate has declined, in some Aboriginal communities and populations, rates have continued to rise for the last two decades (Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1995). Although there are enormous variations across communities, bands, and nations, the overall suicide rate among First Nation communities is about twice that of the total Canadian population; the rate among Inuit is still higher -- 6 to 11 times higher than the general population (Government of Canada). For Aboriginal people, suicide is an affliction of the young. .... This report was commissioned by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. It reviews research on suicide and suicide attempts among Aboriginal people in Canada (First Nation, Inuit and Metis) to address four broad questions: 1) What is known about the prevalence and distribution of suicide in Aboriginal populations and communities in Canada ? 2) What are the factors that increase or diminish the risk of suicide in individuals and communities ? 3) What evidence is there for a relationship between suicide and the intergenerational effects of residential schools, especially physical and sexual abuse ? 4) What are the current best practices regarding prevention of suicide and intervention for suicidal individuals and affected communities ?" -- Intro.
- Contents: Preface dated Montreal, May 2006 / Laurence J. Kirmayer -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- The Epidemiology of Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Canada -- Origins of Suicide: Individual Vulnerability and Resilience -- Origins of Suicide: Social Suffering and Survival -- What Works in Suicide Prevention ? -- Conclusion: Understanding and Preventing Suicide -- Appendix A: Recommended Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Training -- Appendix B: Additional Resources: Manuals and Tool Kits -- Appendix C: Additional Resources: Organizations -- References.
- Series
- Aboriginal Healing Foundation research series
- Added Entry
- Aboriginal Healing Foundation (Canada)
- Brass, Gregory M.
- Holton, Tara
- Paul, Ken
- Simpson, Cori
- Tait, Caroline L.
- Subjects
- Suicide - Risk factors - Canada
- Suicide - Canada - Prevention
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Suicidal behavior
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Social conditions
- Indigenous youth - Suicidal behavior - Canada - Prevention
- ISBN
- 0-9733976-2-4
- Call Number
- E 98 S9 S84 2007
- Location
- General Synod Archives