This commentary by Bautista and Wilson summarizes the impact of COVID-19 on social determinants of health for Indigenous communities, including a discussion of the role of community health leaders to mitigate inequities.
The authors of this paper argue that a sole focus on inequities in population health outcomes between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous peoples will not address underlying drivers of power and inequity including settler colonialism and racism.
Indigenous Land and Sea Management Programs were measured by 190 Indigenous people in Australia against 26 wellbeing factors. Factors within the domain of “Community and society” were determined to be the most important for contributing to general and holistic wellbeing.
This summary document by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (NCCPH) describes the Long-Term Evacuees Project. It includes lessons learned from community-based research, as well as implications for public health responses to long-term evacuations due to natural disasters.
This case study by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (NCCPH) explores the evacuation of Siksika Nation following the Bow River flood in 2013. It includes insight into the health and social impacts of the evacuation and the role of public health to support long-term emergency planning and recovery.