Browsing Department of Biology by Subject "Aboriginal women"

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Colonial legacy and the experience of First Nations women in cervical cancer screening: a Canadian multi-community study

Zehbe, Ingeborg; Wakewich, Pamela; Wood, Brianne; Davey, Crystal; Laframbroise, Ashlie (Taylor & Francis, 2015)

Regular Papanicolaou (Pap) screening has dramatically reduced cervical cancer incidence in Canada since the 1950s. However, Indigenous women’s rates of cervical cancer remain disproportionately high, a factor which is not ...
Teaching tools to engage Anishinaabek First Nations women in cervical cancer screening: Report of an educational workshop

Zehbe, Ingeborg; Wood, Brianne; Wakewich, Pamela; Maar, Marion; Escott, Nicholas; Jumah, Naana; Little, Julian (Sage, 2016)

Objective: To explore educational strategies for engaging First Nations women in Canada to attend cervical cancer screening. Design: Within a participatory action research framework, semi-structured interviews with ...