Indigenous Health Challenges

Dr. Esther Tailfeathers works as a physician with Alberta Health Services in both Fort Chipewyan, in northern Alberta and Blood (Kainai) Indian Reserve in southern Alberta. Dr Tailfeathers speaks about the state of the health of Indigenous people in Alberta. She also addressed the determinants of he...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tailfeathers, Esther
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Fentanyl abuse
Opoid crisis - Indigenous people - Alberta
Esther
Fort Chipewyan
Indian
Chipewyan
Online Access:https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/61c5239c-fd18-4d2b-adfd-7ac8e40db3bd
https://doi.org/10.7939/R3M32NQ5X
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Summary:Dr. Esther Tailfeathers works as a physician with Alberta Health Services in both Fort Chipewyan, in northern Alberta and Blood (Kainai) Indian Reserve in southern Alberta. Dr Tailfeathers speaks about the state of the health of Indigenous people in Alberta. She also addressed the determinants of health (rates of education, poverty, adverse childhood experiences, inter- generational trauma), as well as resiliency and cultural identity as protective factors

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