Nurse practitioners in First Nations communities: improving access to contraception, decreasing teenage pregnancy
This paper addresses the question: For isolated First Nations youth, would employing Nurse Practitioners on reserve to provide Primary Health Care reduce teen pregnancy rates compared to the present system of accessing Primary Health Care in neighboring larger centres? Teenage pregnancy rates among...
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ftunbcolumbiadc:oai:unbc.arcabc.ca:unbc_16501 2024-05-19T07:40:17+00:00 Nurse practitioners in First Nations communities: improving access to contraception, decreasing teenage pregnancy Berlin, Elizabeth (Author) Zimmer, Lela (Thesis advisor) Barrett, Penny (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2009 electronic Number of pages in document: 40 https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc:16501/datastream/PDF/download https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16501 https://doi.org/10.24124/2009/bpgub1417 English eng University of Northern British Columbia Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Teenage pregnancy -- Prevention Indian teenagers -- Medical care Nurse practitioners Rural health services RG556.5 .B47 2009 Text research (documents) 2009 ftunbcolumbiadc https://doi.org/10.24124/2009/bpgub1417 2024-04-19T00:29:37Z This paper addresses the question: For isolated First Nations youth, would employing Nurse Practitioners on reserve to provide Primary Health Care reduce teen pregnancy rates compared to the present system of accessing Primary Health Care in neighboring larger centres? Teenage pregnancy rates among First Nations are substantially higher than for Canadians at large. Additionally, culture and context are factors which play a significant role in this situation and must be acknowledged and incorporated into prevention efforts. The Conceptual Framework of Sexual Health for American Indian Youth will be used as a reference for examining the literature and to guide the development of a tool for delivering Primary Health Care related to sexual health. Nurse Practitioners working in First Nations communities are poised to build long lasting bonds with communities while increasing access to contraception. In this paper it is argued that provision of contraception in a culturally safe framework will contribute to decreasing teen pregnancy rates while improving the overall health of First Nations communities. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1637126 Text First Nations UNBC's Digital Institutional Repository (University of Northern British Columbia) |
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This paper addresses the question: For isolated First Nations youth, would employing Nurse Practitioners on reserve to provide Primary Health Care reduce teen pregnancy rates compared to the present system of accessing Primary Health Care in neighboring larger centres? Teenage pregnancy rates among First Nations are substantially higher than for Canadians at large. Additionally, culture and context are factors which play a significant role in this situation and must be acknowledged and incorporated into prevention efforts. The Conceptual Framework of Sexual Health for American Indian Youth will be used as a reference for examining the literature and to guide the development of a tool for delivering Primary Health Care related to sexual health. Nurse Practitioners working in First Nations communities are poised to build long lasting bonds with communities while increasing access to contraception. In this paper it is argued that provision of contraception in a culturally safe framework will contribute to decreasing teen pregnancy rates while improving the overall health of First Nations communities. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1637126 |
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Nurse practitioners in First Nations communities: improving access to contraception, decreasing teenage pregnancy |
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Nurse practitioners in First Nations communities: improving access to contraception, decreasing teenage pregnancy |
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Nurse practitioners in First Nations communities: improving access to contraception, decreasing teenage pregnancy |
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nurse practitioners in first nations communities: improving access to contraception, decreasing teenage pregnancy |
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University of Northern British Columbia |
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