The nature and prevalence of health, learning and social problems among aboriginal youthThis is a featured page

Postings listed here should present aspects of the health and well-being of aboriginal students. This page provides a selection of available research and background information on the scope of aboriginal/indigenous school health and well-being.
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The National Collaborating Centre on Aboriginal Health is commissioning, with the support of Health Canada and in collaboration with NEAHRs, a background report on health inequalities and social determinants of Aboriginal Peoples’ health, helping to increase awareness of the issue and the degree to which inequalities act as barriers to addressing health disparities. This report will inform the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada’s first report to Parliament.

Talking Back to Grownups: Healthy Children, Healthy Communities.
A report on the Social Determinants of Health and Middle Childhood in Canada 2007. From the United Nations Association in Canada
Aboriginal young people are twice as likely to live in poverty compared to other young people and more likely to experience stressors that lead to poor health outcomes. The Aboriginal young people who participated in the HC² survey were far more likely to indicate lower health status, worry more about their life and family’s health and engage in risky behaviour. While these issues are well documented in other research studies, these self-perceptions further intensify the need for greater attention to health in these communities starting at a young age. (From page 8 of the report)

State of Aboriginal Learning. From the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)
A background paper for the National Dialogue on Learning, Marie Battiste, November 2005. This paper was produced to support the development of the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre within CCL and provides useful context and perspectives on learning, presented in three parts, forFirst Nations, Inuit, and Metis. The foundational priciples included in the report describea holistic and inclusiveapproach to learning, and also establish the right of Aboriginal people to develop and control all aspects of their education.

International Research

Examples from Australia
1. Indigenous Culture & Curriculum
Meeting Kids at the School Gate: The Literacy and Numeracy Practices of a Remote Indigenous Community
Jennifer Rennie, Monash University December 2006
This is an interesting, small-scale qualitative exploration of culture knowldege and curriculum, oral tradition versus written in an isolated indigenous community school.

2. Iniquities in Indigenous Education
The government of Australia's remote Northern Territory conducted a comprehensive review of secondary education in 2004. The executive summaryof the study by Gregor Ramsay provides findings. Also on the government website www.betterschools.net.gov.au are links to new programs and research in Australian indigenous education, including exploring new ways to support remote indigenous schools, and developing models of collaboration between indigenous schools and communities.

3. From the Australian Association for Active Educational Researchers,aNovember 2003 study by Rhonda G. Craven and Adrian Parente of the University of Western Australia entitled Unlocking Indigenous Educational Disadvantage,explores identity and self concept as a determinant of aboriginal education outcomes.





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