Indigenous Health Researchers Database

Selected Publications

Anand, S.S., Abony, S., Arbour, L., Balusubramanian, K., Brook, J., Castleden, H., Chrisjohn, V. et al. (2019). Explaining the variability in cardiovascular risk factors among First Nations communities in Canada: A population-based study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 3(12), e511-e520.

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Aziz, H., Marchand, M., Pop, C., King, A., Anand, S.S., Arbour, L., Atzema, C., et al. (2022). A call to action: Optimizing Indigenous cardiovascular health in Canada. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2022.06.011

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De Souza, R.J., Bilodeau, N.M., Gordon, K., Davis, D., Stearns, J.C., Cranmer-Byng, M., Gasparaelli, K., Davis Hill, L., & Anand, S.S. (2021). Entsisewata’karí:teke (You will be healthy again): Clinical outcomes of returning to a traditional Haudenosaunee diet. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 16(2), 1-38.

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Kandasamy, S., & Anand, S.S. (2018). Cardiovascular disease among women from vulnerable populations: A review. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 344), 450-57.

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Wahi, G., de Souza, R.J., Hartmann, K., Giglia, L., Jack, S.M., & Anand, S.S. (2021). Effectiveness of programs aimed at obesity prevention among Indigenous children: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine Reports, 22, 101347

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Wahi, G., Wilson, J., Burning, M., George, S., Hill, P., Homer, J., Jacobs, L., Lickers, A., Smoke, S. … & Anand, S.S. (2022). Impact of maternal health behaviours and social conditions on infant diet at age 1-year: Results from a prospective Indigenous birth cohort in Ontario, Canada. Nutrients, 14(9), 1736

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Yeung, S., Rosenberg, M., Banach, D., Mayotte, L., Anand, S.S., Lac La Ronge Indian Band, Fort McKay First Nation, & Castleden, H. (2021). Bonding social capital and health within four First Nations communities in Canada: A cross-sectional study. SSM – Population Health, 16, 100962.

Selected Publications

Batal, M., & Decelles, S. (2019). A scoping review of obesity among Indigenous peoples in Canada. Journal of Obesity, Article ID 9741090.

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Batal, M., Chan, H.M., Fediuk, K., Ing, A., Berti, P., Sadik, T., & Johnson-Down, L. (2021). Associations of health status and diabetes among First Nations Peoples living on-reserve in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112, 154–167 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00488-6

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Batal, M., Chan, H.M., Fediuk, K., Ing, A., Berti, P., Sadik, T., & Johnson-Down, L. (2021). Nutrient adequacy and nutrient sources of adults among ninety-two First Nations communities across Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112, 29–40 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00490-y

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Batal, M., Kenny, T.A., Johnson-Down, L., Chan, L., Sadik, T., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., & Willows, N. (2022). Development of an optimal grocery list based on actual intake from a cross-sectional study of First Nations adults in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2020-0950

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Batal, M., Johnson-Down, L., Moubarac, J.-C., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., Sadik, T. et al. (2018). Quantifying associations of the dietary share of ultra-processed foods with overall diet quality in First Nations peoples in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. Public Health Nutrition, 21(Sp. Iss. 1), 103-113.

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Blanchet, R., Batal, M., Johnson-Down, L., Johnson, S., Okanagan Nation Reintroduction Initiatives, & Willows, N. (2021). An Indigenous food sovereignty initiative is positively associated with well-being and cultural connectedness in a survey of Syilx Okanagan adults in British Columbia, Canada. BMC Public Health, 21, 1405. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11229-2

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Blanchet, R., Willows, N., Johnson, S., Okanagan Nation Salmon Reintroduction Initiatives, & Batal, M. (2022). Enhancing cultural food security among the Syilx Okanagan adults with the reintroduction of Okanagan sockeye salmon. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 47(2),124-133. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0321.

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Blanchet, R., Willows, N., Johnson, S., Okanagan Nation Salmon Reintroduction Initiatives, & Batal, M. (2020). Traditional food, health, and diet quality in Syilx Okanagan adults in British Columbia, Canada. Nutrients, 12(4), 927.

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Chan, H.M., Fediuk, K., Batal, M., Sadik, T., Tikhonov, C., Ing, A., & Barwin, L. (2021). The First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (2008-2018) – rationale, design, methods and lessons learned. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112, 8-9.

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Chan, H.M., Singh, K., Batal, M., Marushka, L., Tikhonov, C., Sadik, T., Schwartz, H., Ing, A., & Fediuk, K. (2021). Levels of Metals and Persistent Organic Pollutants in Traditional Foods consumed by First Nations Living on Reserve in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112, 81–96 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00495-7

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Domingo, A., Springer, J., Wittman, H., Gruhn, M., Chan, H.M., Tikhonov, C., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., Sadik, T., & Batal, M. (2020). Predictors of household food insecurity and relationship with obesity in First Nations communities in British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta and Ontario. Public Health Nutrition.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019004889

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Johnson-Down, L., Willows, N., Kenny, T.A., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., Sadik, T., Chan, H.M., & Batal, M. (2019). Optimization modeling to improve the diets of First Nations individuals. Journal of Nutritional Science, 8, e31.

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Kenny, T., Little, M., Lemieux, T., Griffin, J.P., Wesche, S., Ota, Y., Batal, M., Chan, H.M., & Lemire, M (2020). The retail food sector and Indigenous Peoples in high-income countries: A systematic scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(23), 8818.

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Lavigne-Robichaud, M., Moubarac, J.-C., Lantagne-Lopez, S., Johnson-Down, L., Batal, M. et al. (2018). Diet quality indices in relation to metabolic syndrome in an Indigenous Cree (Eeyouch) population in northern Québec, Canada. Public Health Nutrition, 21(Sp. Iss. 1), 172-180.

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Marushka, L., Batal, M., Tikhonov, C., Sadik, T., Schwartz, H., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., & Chan, H.M. (2021). Importance of fish for food and nutrition security among First Nations in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112, 64–80 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00481-z

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Marushka, L., Hu, X., Tikhonov, C., Batal, M., Sadik, T., Schwartz, H., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., & Chan, H.M. (2021). Dietary exposure to persistent organic pollutants is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes among First Nations in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112, 168–182 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00484-w

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Marushka, L., Kenny, T.A., Batal, M., Cheung, W.W.L., Fediuk, K., Golden, C.D., Salomon, A.K. et al. (2019). Potential impacts of climate-related decline of seafood harvest on nutritional status of coastal First Nations in British Columbia, Canada. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0211473.

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Schwartz, H., Marushka, L., Batal, M., Chan, H.M., Sadik, T., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., & Tikhonov, C. (2021). Pharmaceuticals in source waters of First Nation reserves of Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112, 133–153 (2021). https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00499-3

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Willows, N., Johnson-Down, L., Kenny, T.A., Chan, H.M., & Batal, M. (2018). Modeling optimal diets for quality and cost: Examples from Inuit and First Nations communities in Canada. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 44(7), 696-703.

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Domingo, A., Springer, J., Wittman, H., Guhn, M., Chan, H.M., Tikhonov, C., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., Sadik, T., & Batal, M. (2020). Predictors of household food insecurity and relationship with obesity in First Nations communities in British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta and Ontario. Public Health Nutrition, 24(5), 1021-1033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019004889

Selected Publications

Bourque Bearskin, R.L., Kennedy, A., & Joseph, C. (2020). Nīpawīstimatowin - "Bearing witness for one another". Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 2, 1.

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Bourque Bearskin, R.L., Kennedy, A., & Kelly, L.C. (2020). Indigenist nursing: Caring keeps us close to the source. In M. Hills, J. Watson, & C. Cara (eds.), Creating a caring science curriculum: An emancipatory pedagogy for nursing. Springer.

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Brockie, T., Clark, T.C., Best, O., Power, T., Bourque Bearskin, L., Kurtz, D.L., Lowe, J., & Wilson, D. (2021). Indigenous social exclusion to inclusion: Case studies on Indigenous nursing leadership in four high-income countries. Journal of Clinical Nursing, DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15801.

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Camargo Plazas, P., Cameron, B.L., Milford, K., Hunt, L.R., Bourque Bearskin, R., & Santos Salas, A. (2018). Engaging Indigenous youth through popular theatre: Knowlege mobilization of Indigenous peoples' perspectives on access to healthcare services. Action Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/147675031878946

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Dion Stout, M., Wieman, N., Bourque-Bearskin, R.L., Palmer, B.C., Brown, L., Brown, M., & Namaste, M. (2021), Gum yan asing Kaangas giidaay han hll guudang gas ga. I will never again feel that I am less than: Indigenous health care providers' perspectives on ending racism in health care [Commentary]. International Journal of Health 16(1), 13-20.

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Funnel, S., Tanuseputro, P., Letendre, A., Bourque Bearskin, R.L., & Walker, J. (2019). "Nothing about us without us." How community-based participatory research methods were adapted in an Indigenous end-of-life study using previously collected data. Canadian Journal on Aging, 39(2), 145-155.

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Funnell, S., Walker, J., Letendre, A., Bourque Bearskin, R.L., Manuel, D., Scott, M., Spruin, S., & Tanuseputro, P. (2021). Places of death and places of care for Indigenous peoples in Ontario: A retrospective cohort study. The Canadian Journal of Public Health, 112(4), 685-696.

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Jakubec, S., & Bourque Bearskin, L. (2020). Awareness, allyship, and action for decolonizing and anti-oppressive nursing. In J. Ross-Kerr & M. Wood (Eds.), Canadian nursing: Issues and perspectives, 6th Edition. Elsevier Mosby.

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Kennedy, A., Bourque Bearskin, R.L., &; Freija, K. (2021). Commitment to positive change: Structural anti-racism audit of nursing education programs. Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 3(1), 4-6.

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Kennedy, A., Bourque Bearskin, R.L., Bourque, D.H., Bourque, D.E., & Cardinal, S. (2021). Reconciling taking the "Indian" out of the nurse. Quality Advancement in Nursing, 7(1), 6.

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McAtackney, D., Gaspard, G., Sullivan, D., Bourque Bearskin, R.L., & Sebastian, M. (2021). Improving dementia care for Gitxsan First Nations People. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 16(1), 118-145.

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Power, T., Wilson, D., Best, O., Brockie, T., Bourque Bearskin, L., Millender, E., & Lowe, J. (2020). COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples: An imperative for action. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(15-16), 27372741.

Selected Publications

Calam, B., Bass, M., and Deagle, G. (1992). Pap smear screening rates: Coverage on the southern Queen Charlotte Islands. Canadian Family Physician, 38: 1103- 1109.

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Crowshoe, L., Han, H., Calam, B., Henderson, R., Jacklin, K., Walker, L., & Green, M. (2018). Impacts of educating for equity workshop on addressing social barriers of type 2 diabetes with Indigenous patients. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 38(1), 49-59.

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Crowshoe, L., Henderson, R., Jacklin, K., Calam, B., Walker, L., & Green, M.E. (2019). Educating for equity care framework: Addressing social barriers of Indigenous patients with type 2 diabetes. Canadian Family Physician, 65(1), 25-53

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Crowshoe, L., Henderson, R.I., Green, M.E., Jacklin, K.M., Walker, L.M., & Calam, B. (2018). Exploring Canadian physicians' experiences with type 2 diabetes care for adult Indigenous patients. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 42(3), 281-88.

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Jacklin, K.M., Henderson, R.I., Green, M.E., Walker, L.M., Calam, B., & Crowshoe, L.J. (2017). Health care experiences of Indigenous people living with type 2 diabetes in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189(3), E106-E112.

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Jacklin, K.M., Ly, A., Calam, B., Walker, L., & Crowshoe, L.  (2016). An innovative sequential focus group method for investigating diabetes care experiences with Indigenous peoples in Canada. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/1609406916674965

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Jones, R., Crowshoe, L., Reid, P., Calam, B., Curtis, E., Green, M., Huria, T. et al. (2019). Educating for Indigenous health equity: An international consensus statement. Academic Medicine, 94(4), 512-519.

Selected Publications

Carrière, J., Mann-Johnson, J., & Richardson, C. (2021). In the spirit of Wahkootowin: Kinship affiliation as an antidote to divisive identity politics for Métis children in care. In K. Kufeldt, B. et al. (eds.), Protecting children: Theoretical and practical aspects (pp. 169-185). Canadian Scholars Press.

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Carriere, J.M. & Richardson, C. (2017). The invisible children of child welfare: Legislation, policy and governance models for Metis child welfare. In J. Carriere & C. Richardson (eds.), Calling our families home: Metis peoples' experience with child welfare (pp. 49-71). J. Charlton Publishing. 

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Carriere, J.M. (2015). Lessons learned from the YTSA open custom adoption program. The First Peoples Child & Family Review, 10(1), 39-51.

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Kent, A., Loppie, C., Carriere, J., MacDonald, M., & Pauly, B. (2017). Xpey' relational environments: An analytic framework for conceptionalizing Indigenous health equity. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 37(12), 395-425.

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Kovach, M., Carriere, J., Montgomery, H., Barrett, M.J., et al. (2015). Indigenous presence: Experiencing and envisioning Indigenous knowledges within selected postsecondary sites of education and social work. Regina, SK: University of Saskatchewan.

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Richardson, C., Carriere, J., & Boldo, V. (2017). Invitations to dignity and well-being: Cultural safety through Indigenous pedagogy, witnessing and giving back! AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, doi.org/10.1177/1177180117714413