Housing and Health among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve: Results from the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey
First Nations children in Canada often experience poorer housing conditions than other Canadian children. This study used the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey to examine the relationship between housing and physical and mental health for First Nations preschool-aged children living off-reserve. Thi...
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ftunivalbertaojs:oai:ejournals.library.ualberta.ca:article/24313 2023-05-15T16:14:25+02:00 Housing and Health among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve: Results from the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey Guevremont, Anne Bougie, Evelyne Kohen, Dafna Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) 2016-01-31 application/pdf http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/aps/article/view/24313 https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v5i2.24313 eng eng Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/aps/article/view/24313/pdf Copyright (c) 2016 aboriginal policy studies aboriginal policy studies; Vol 5, No 2 (2016): ABORIGINAL POLICY STUDIES 1923-3299 Native Studies housing conditions; physical health; mental health; SDQ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftunivalbertaojs https://doi.org/10.5663/aps.v5i2.24313 2016-05-08T20:38:53Z First Nations children in Canada often experience poorer housing conditions than other Canadian children. This study used the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey to examine the relationship between housing and physical and mental health for First Nations preschool-aged children living off-reserve. This study provides evidence that the physical, spatial, and psychological aspects of housing in which young off-reserve First Nations children live are associated with their physical and mental health, even after controlling for family socioeconomic factors, area of residence, and child’s age and sex (analyzed with regression models). In particular, homeownership, parental satisfaction with housing, and number of moves per year were all associated with multiple physical and mental health outcomes. Future research is needed to further investigate the mechanisms at play. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Alberta: Journal Hosting Canada aboriginal policy studies 5 2 |
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First Nations children in Canada often experience poorer housing conditions than other Canadian children. This study used the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey to examine the relationship between housing and physical and mental health for First Nations preschool-aged children living off-reserve. This study provides evidence that the physical, spatial, and psychological aspects of housing in which young off-reserve First Nations children live are associated with their physical and mental health, even after controlling for family socioeconomic factors, area of residence, and child’s age and sex (analyzed with regression models). In particular, homeownership, parental satisfaction with housing, and number of moves per year were all associated with multiple physical and mental health outcomes. Future research is needed to further investigate the mechanisms at play. |
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Housing and Health among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve: Results from the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey |
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Housing and Health among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve: Results from the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey |
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Housing and Health among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve: Results from the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey |
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Housing and Health among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve: Results from the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey |
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Housing and Health among Young First Nations Children Living Off Reserve: Results from the 2006 Aboriginal Children’s Survey |
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housing and health among young first nations children living off reserve: results from the 2006 aboriginal children’s survey |
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Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta |
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