First Nations Women in Northern Ontario: Health, Social, and Community Priorities
This article reports on data from women dwelling in First Nations communities regarding (1) baseline statistics about women’s circumstances, needs, interests, and opportunities for community engagement, and (2) information about women’s present status, experience, interest, and other questions of so...
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ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/7341 2023-05-15T16:14:44+02:00 First Nations Women in Northern Ontario: Health, Social, and Community Priorities Maranzan, K. Amanda Sabourin, Alice Simard, Christine 2011-05-16 application/pdf https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7341 eng eng Western University https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7341/5985 https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/iipj/article/view/7341 Copyright (c) 2011 K. Amanda Maranzan, Alice Sabourin, Christine Simard https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Health and Well-Being International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Health and Well-Being 1916-5781 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2011 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:15:37Z This article reports on data from women dwelling in First Nations communities regarding (1) baseline statistics about women’s circumstances, needs, interests, and opportunities for community engagement, and (2) information about women’s present status, experience, interest, and other questions of social, economic, and health status. Two hundred twenty-six women from 35 First Nations communities completed the survey. This paper focuses on the main findings from the survey, which fall into 4 thematic areas. Theme 1 consists of demographic information as provided by participants. Theme 2 consists of social information such as housing and education. Theme 3 includes information about participants’ top community health concerns. Theme 4 examines participants’ community involvement. Use of the survey in directing women's social policy is discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Western Libraries OJS International Indigenous Policy Journal 2 1 |
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This article reports on data from women dwelling in First Nations communities regarding (1) baseline statistics about women’s circumstances, needs, interests, and opportunities for community engagement, and (2) information about women’s present status, experience, interest, and other questions of social, economic, and health status. Two hundred twenty-six women from 35 First Nations communities completed the survey. This paper focuses on the main findings from the survey, which fall into 4 thematic areas. Theme 1 consists of demographic information as provided by participants. Theme 2 consists of social information such as housing and education. Theme 3 includes information about participants’ top community health concerns. Theme 4 examines participants’ community involvement. Use of the survey in directing women's social policy is discussed. |
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Maranzan, K. Amanda Sabourin, Alice Simard, Christine First Nations Women in Northern Ontario: Health, Social, and Community Priorities |
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First Nations Women in Northern Ontario: Health, Social, and Community Priorities |
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First Nations Women in Northern Ontario: Health, Social, and Community Priorities |
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First Nations Women in Northern Ontario: Health, Social, and Community Priorities |
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First Nations Women in Northern Ontario: Health, Social, and Community Priorities |
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First Nations Women in Northern Ontario: Health, Social, and Community Priorities |
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first nations women in northern ontario: health, social, and community priorities |
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Western University |
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The International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Health and Well-Being International Indigenous Policy Journal; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2011): Health and Well-Being 1916-5781 |
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