Homicide and Indigenous peoples in North America: A structural analysis

Parenting in 2 Worlds: Testing improved parent–adolescent communication about sexuality in Urban American Indian families

“…The history of colonization and the continued prevalence of structural racism and inequality contribute greatly to the many negative statistics that characterize the health of Indigenous peoples world‐wide (Monchalin et al., 2019). AI/Alaska Native youth, relative to non‐Hispanic White youth, experience higher rates of STIs, being forced to have unwanted sex, becoming pregnant or impregnating someone, and having their first sexual intercourse before age thirteen (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2018; Urban Indian Health Institute, 2009; Vernon, 2001).…”

Diet quality and food security amongst Indigenous children in Canada: facing the legacy of decades of dispossession and governmental neglect

“…Consequently, Indigenous children and adults face a higher prevalence of obesity and nutrition and lifestyle-related chronic disease and live more frequently in food-insecure households (4)(5)(6)(7) . In addition, rates of injury and violent deaths, suicide, and infectious diseases continue to be higher for this population (8)(9)(10)(11) . Meanwhile, communities are striving to build on their strengths, reverse the unfavourable trends and build resilience through health and wellness programming that aim to revitalise the traditional food systems, as well as through the transmission of culturally foundational knowledge about the land, and the skills needed for the continued access to traditional food through hunting, fishing, gathering, and cultivating (12)(13)(14)(15) .…”

“…Food insecurity is a major determinant of diet quality (as seen in the article results) and is also associated with both mental and physical ill health and a reduced ability to manage disease (26)(27)(28) . As Canada grapples with its colonialist past's impact on health (9,29) and Indigenous people are forced to deal with historic traumas recently evidenced by the gruesome discoveries of unmarked children's burial sites close to some of the infamous residential schools (30) , the Indigenous population continues to also pay the price of continuing discrimination with suboptimal health, social, and economic outcomes (31) .…”

Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: A case for abuse screening in at‐risk paediatric populations

“…American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people experience the highest rates of homicide and violence in the USA and Canada. 1 This propensity for violence and sexual crimes has manifested as the crisis referred to as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, with more than 5000 young women having suffered homicide, kidnapping or trafficking in the USA. 2 AI children are not exempt from these statistics.…”