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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 13:58
The Kamburu Story: A Community-Led Response To Climate Change In Kenya
Short film, co-produced with the Institute for Culture and Ecology (ICE) in Kenya and the African Biodiversity Network (ABN), about Kamburu community and their courageous steps towards being more food secure, and their community-led approach to protecting the environment.
Trends In Antimicrobial Prescribing Rates For Alaska Native And American Indian Persons <18 Years Of Age Residing In The Anchorage Region
AM Bott, MG Bruce, L Bulkow, J Coleman, and TW Hennessy, 2009
Objectives. In the U.S., the total number of antimicrobials prescribed in ambulatory care declined between 1989 and ...
An Historical Profile Of American Indians And Alaska Natives In Psychology
JE Trimble and M Clearing-Sky, 2009
The history of American Indian and Alaska Native psychology is a brief one in comparison with the rich histories of other U.S. ethnic groups. In the mid-1960s, there were probably 10 or so ...
Male Preferences For Female Waist-To-Hip Ratio And Body Mass Index In The Highlands Of Papua New Guinea
Barnaby J Dixson, Katayo Sagata, Wayne L Linklater, and Alan F Dixson, 2009
One hundred men, living in three villages in a remote region of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea were ...
The Promotion Of Mental Health Through Cultural Values, Institutions, And Practices: A Reflection On Some Aspects Of Botswana Culture
MB Sabone, 2009
Botswana has seen rapid socioeconomic development since the 1970s that has contributed to the erosion of the values, institutions, and practices that are believed to be supportive of ...
Oral Health And The Postcontact Adaptive Transition: A Contextual Reconstruction Of Diet In Mórrope, Peru
Haagen D. Klaus, Manuel E. Tam, 2009
This work explores the effects of European contact on Andean foodways in the Lambayeque Valley Complex, north coast Peru. We test the hypothesis that Spanish colonization negatively impacted indigenous ...
Setting And Meeting Priorities In Indigenous Health Research In Australia And Its Application In The Cooperative Research Centre For Aboriginal Health
Monk JM, Rowley KG, Anderson IP, 2009
Priority setting is about making decisions. Key issues faced during priority setting processes include identifying who makes these decisions, who sets the ...
Indigenous Drugs In Ischemic Heart Disease In Patients With Diabetes
Shridhar Dwivedi, Amitesh Aggarwal, 2009
Background: India is currently facing the silent epidemic of ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension, and stroke. Both diabetes and ischemic heart disease appear in Indian people a decade earlier compared to ...
Native Hawaiians And Psychology: The Cultural And Historical Context Of Indigenous Ways Of Knowing
McCubbin, Laurie D.; Marsella, Anthony, 2009
This article reviews psychological research on Native Hawaiians conducted in the 19th through the 21st centuries. The rationale is to provide a historical orientation to this indigenous group, to increase ...
Tobacco Use And Measuring Nicotine Dependence Among Urban Indigenous Pregnant Women
Kathryn S Panaretto, Melvina R Mitchell, Lynette Anderson, Conor Gilligan, Petra Buettner, Sarah L Larkins and Sandra Eades, 2009
Objectives:
To examine patterns of nicotine dependence, the value of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and its correlation ...
