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Diabetes Bingo game
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Provides instructions, master sheet, caller's guides, tickets and 60 Bingo cards for an educational game aimed at diabetes education, prevention and management in Aboriginal communities. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA)
- From: Aboriginal section
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Living with diabetes: diabetes and heart disease
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Lists diabetes complications and states that Aboriginal people have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes than other Canadians. Explains the importance of monitoring blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, providing recommended target levels and frequency of testing. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA)
- From: Aboriginal section
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You are at risk: Aboriginal people are at high risk of type 2 diabetes
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Explains why Aboriginal people have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes than other Canadians. Lists risk factors and warning signs. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA)
- From: Aboriginal section
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Resilience: overcoming challenges and moving on positively
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Discusses the personal characteristics, and biological and environmental influences that may enable a person to successfully cope with the many stresses and difficulties encountered in life. Suggests how resilience can be developed and how people can help themselves and others. Link requires PDF reader.
- Source: National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
- From: Ajunnginiq Centre
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Type 2 diabetes—why too many kids are at risk
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Explains the difference between the two 'types' of diabetes. Discusses some reasons for the increase in type 2 among Canadian children. Lists high risk factors and suggests ways to combat them. Recommends prevention measures, for both individuals and communities, to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes among children. Created for the CHN by the Diabetes Affiliate.
- Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN)
- From: Partner feature of the month: archives
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Vulnerable populations
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Explains how children, pregnant women, Aboriginal people, and seniors are more vulnerable to environmental risks as a result of physical differences, behaviours, location and/or control over their environment.
- Source: Health Canada
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Government of Nunavut
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Provides information about the province of Nunavut. Web site includes a list of government policies and services, employment and tourism information, forms and licenses, and is available in four languages.
- Source: Government of Nunavut
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Keeping safe - injury prevention
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Explains the difference between intentional and unintentional injuries. Describes how Health Canada promotes safety in First Nations and Inuit Communities. Provides access to a variety of information on preventing six different types of unintentional injuries.
- Source: Health Canada
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Workplace equity for Aboriginal Peoples and visible minorities groups: working together
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Presents background information on the issue of workplace discrimination against Aboriginal Peoples and visible minority groups. Introduces the federal Employment Equity Act of 1995. Reports on progress in workplace equity and describes prospects for the workforce of the future.
- Source: Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Aboriginal Women's Health and Healing Research Group
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Serves as a national network of First Nations, MĂ©tis, and Inuit women researchers interested in community-based research focused on the health of Aboriginal women, their families, and communities.
- Source: Aboriginal Women's Health and Healing Research Group (AWHHRG)
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