Open AccessThe Lifetime Effect of Residential School Attendance on Indigenous Health Status
Author(s) -
Violet Kaspar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301479
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , attendance , environmental health , educational attainment , indigenous , demography , gerontology , logistic regression , medicine , population , public health , socioeconomics , geography , sociology , political science , ecology , nursing , biology , law
I examined the health impact of lifetime Indian Residential school (IRS) attendance and the mediating influences of socioeconomic status and community adversity on health outcomes in a national sample of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.