… Contributors: This paper draws on original research conducted by Janet Smylie and Marcia
Anderson. Janet Smylie drafted the paper, with substantive input from Marcia Anderson. Both …

Canada is known internationally for excellence in both the quality and public policy relevance
of its health and social statistics. There is a double standard however with respect to the …

Objective. We wanted to evaluate the interface between knowledge translation theory and
Indigenous knowledge. Design. Literature review supplemented by expert opinion was …

Objectives Inequalities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada persist.
Despite the growth of Indigenous populations in urban settings, information on their health …

Abstract Knowledge Translation (KT), a core priority in Canadian health research, policy, and
practice for the past decade, has a long and rich tradition within Indigenous communities. …

Background Despite the growing interest in health literacy, little research has been done
around health professionals’ knowledge of health literacy or understandings of the barriers to …

To acquire an understanding of the pathways of health information dissemination and use
by Indigenous community members, the researchers applied an Indigenous participatory …

Purpose Striking disparities in Indigenous maternal-child health outcomes persist in relatively
affluent nations such as Canada, despite significant health promotion investments. The …

Background It is unclear whether weighted or unweighted regression is preferred in the
analysis of data derived from respondent driven sampling. Our objective was to evaluate the …

Objectives. We describe the prevalence of abuse before, during, and after pregnancy among
a national population-based sample of Canadian new mothers. Methods. We estimated …