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  Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence works with the community to conduct new research specific to women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and with our colleagues across the country.

Our current focus areas are:
  • Aboriginal women’s health issues
  • Women, poverty and health
  • Health of women living in rural, remote & northern communities
  • Gender in health planning

Our reports can be made available in alternative formats. Please contact us for more information. Tel: (204) 982-6630

Other work supported by Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence

From the Prairie Centre:
Seeds of Change, A Six-Year Review

With the Centres of Excellence:
Aboriginal Women's Health Research Synthesis Project


Other reports of interest (not from Prairie Centre):
Women, Income and Health in Manitoba: An Overview for Ideas and Action Report
L. Donner with contributions from A.Busch, N. Fontaine
 
 
Aboriginal Women's Health  
Health Reform and Policy  
Immigrant / Refugee Women's Health  
Informal Caregivers' Health  
Lesbian Health  
Literature Reviews  
Women, Poverty and Health  
Older Women's Health  
Rural Women's Health  
Women's Mental Health  
Women, Violence and Abuse  
Women-centred Health Programs and Services  
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Aboriginal Women's Health
Anishinaabe Ik-We Mino-Aie-Win
Aboriginal Women’s Health Issues: A Holistic Perspective on Wellness

K. Bent

Naspici Miyomahcihowin (Continuous Good Health). A Community-Based Research Project Examining the Health Needs of Aboriginal Women in Saskatoon

Saskatoon Aboriginal Women's Health Research Committee

Ethical Guidelines for Aboriginal Women's Health Research
Saskatoon Aboriginal Women's Health Research Committee

Northwest Saskatchewan Métis Women's Health
Research discussion paper for the Northwest Métis Women's Health Research Committee

L. McCallum-McLeod, K. Willson

Living in Balance: Gender, Structural Inequalities, and Health Promoting Behaviors in Manitoba First Nation Communities
B. Elias, A. Leader, D. Sanderson, J. O’Neil

Living Well: Aboriginal Women, Cultural Identity and Wellness
A Manitoba Community Women's Project

A. Wilson

Sharing Our Stories On Promoting Health and Community Healing: An Aboriginal Women's Health Project
C. Deiter, L. Otway

Sexual Violence and Dislocation as Social Risk Factors Involved in the Acquisition of HIV Among Manitoba Women
I. McKeown, S. Reid, S. Turner, P. Orr

Health Reform and Policy

Action Plan for Women's Health in Manitoba & Saskatchewan: Key Priorities and Strategies
Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence

Including Gender In Health Planning - A Guide For Regional Health Authorities
This Guide is the joint work of PWHCE and Manitoba Health and is a useful tool for RHAs, and others involved in gender & health planning.

Invisible Women: Gender and Health Planning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and Models for Progress

T. Horne, L. Donner, W. E. Thurston

Missing Links: The Effects of Health Care Privatization on Women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan K. Willson, J. Howard

The Differential Impact of Health Care Privatization on Women in Alberta
C. M. Scott, T. Horne & W. E. Thurston

The Ethical and Human Rights Implications of Prenatal Technologies: The Need for Federal Leadership and Regulation
Y. Peters, K. Lawson

Women and Health: Experiences in a Rural Regional Health Authority
J. Roberts, M. Falk, South Eastman Health/Santé Sud-Est Inc.

Women's Formal (paid) Home Care Work in Transition: The Impact of Reform on Labour Process Change in Saskatoon, SK
A. Williams, S. Wagner, M. Buettner, A. Coghill



Immigrant/Refugee Women's Health
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Lived Experience of Immigrant, Refugee and Visible Minority Women
Immigrant, Refugee and Visible Minority Women of Saskatchewan

Resilience and Health: Salvadoran Refugee Women in Manitoba

S. J. Bowen

Women and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Moving Research to Policy
Conducted under the auspices of Immigrant, Refugee, and Visible Minority Women of Saskatchewan, Provincial


Informal Caregivers' Health
Coping as a Rural Caregiver: The Impact of Health Care Reforms on Rural Women Informal Caregivers
J. Jaffe, B. Blakley

Health of Informal Caregivers: Effects of Gender, Employment, and Use of Home Care Services
P. G. Hawranik, L. A. Strain


Lesbian Health
Staying Well Together: Social Support and Well-Being Among Lesbian Couples in Manitoba
J. Mitchell & Winnipeg Gay/Lesbian Resource Centre


Literature Reviews
L'impact du Support Social Sur La Santé Des Femmes: Une Revue Littéraire
C. Alarie

She Stands Alone: A Review of the Recent Literature on Women and Social Support
M. L. Weber

Virtual and Actual Realities: A Feminist Environmentalist Analysis of the Computer Industry
M. McCracken

Women, Gender and Health: A Review of the Recent Literature
B. L. Janzen


Women, Poverty and Health
Don't We Count as People? Saskatchewan Social Welfare Policy And Women's Health
M. Kerr, D. Frost, D. Bignell, Equal Justice for All

Left In The Cold: Women, Health and The Demise of Social Housing Policies
D. Rude, K. Thompson

Mother's Health and Access to Recreation Activities for Children in Low-Income Families
S. Forsyth

Surviving on Hope is Not Enough. Women's Health, Poverty, Justice and Income Support in Manitoba
R. Wiebe, P. Keirstead

Telling It Like It Is: Realities of Parenting in Poverty
K. Green and participants of "We Did It Together:" Low-Income Mothers Working Toward a Healthier Community.
For more information on this report contact PWHCE. Tel: (204) 982-6630.

"We Did It Together": Low-Income Mothers Working Toward a Healthier Community
K. Green

Women Need Safe, Stable, Affordable Housing: A study of social, private and co-op housing in Winnipeg
M. McCracken, G. Watson


Older Women's Health
The Effect of Social Isolation and Loneliness on the Health of Older Women
M. Hall, B. Havens


Rural Women's Health
A Rural Women's Health Program: The Experience of the South Westman RHA
L. Donner

An Exploration of Health-Related Impacts of the Erosion of Agriculturally Focused Support Programs for Farm Women in Saskatchewan
N. Gerrard, G. Russell

Communications Kit for Rural, Remote and Northern Women's Health: Summary Report
R. Sutherns, S. Fish

Rural, Remote and Northern Women's Health: Summary Report
R. Sutherns, M. McPhedran, M. Haworth-Brockman

Rural Women's Health Workshop. Meetings One and Two (Young, Saskatchewan)
N. Johns

Rural Women's Action Workshops. Nipawin and Swift Current, Saskatchewan

N. Johns, J. Havelock

Women and Health: Experiences in a Rural Regional Health Authority
J. Roberts, M. Falk, South Eastman Health/Santé Sud-Est Inc.


Women's Mental Health
Social Support and Women Living with Serious Mental Illness
W. Chernomas, D. E. Clarke


Women, Violence and Abuse
Aboriginal Women's Health Research Synthesis Project
Centres of Excellence for Women’s Health Research Synthesis Group

Domestic Violence and the Experiences of Rural Women in East Central Saskatchewan

D. J. F. Martz, D. Bryson Saraurer

I Couldn't Say Anything So My Body Tried To Speak For Me: The Cost of Providing Health Care Services to Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
S. Burgess, A. M. Watkinson, A. Elliott, W. MacDermott, M. Epstein

Prairie Women, Violence and Self-Harm
C. Fillmore, C. A. Dell & The Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba

Sexual Violence and Dislocation as Social Risk Factors Involved in the Acquisition of HIV Among Manitoba Women
I. McKeown, S. Reid, S. Turner, P. Orr


Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Knowledge and Preparation of Health Care Providers to Meet Client Needs

S. Tudiver, L. McClure, T. Heinonen, C. Scurfield, C. Kreklewetz


Women-Centred Health Programs and Services
A Study of the Service Needs of Pregnant Addicted Women in Manitoba
C. Tait as commissioned by Manitoba Health

Delivering An Alternative: An Overview of the Regulation of Midwifery in Manitoba
M. Haworth-Brockman

Evaluating Programs for Women: a Gender-Specific Framework (2000 Revised Edition)
J. McLaren

Midwifery Care: What Women Want
M. Moon, L. Breitkreuz, C. Ellis and C. Hanson

Rehabilitation for Women with Cardiac Disease: A Needs Assessment
D. E. Clarke

Surviving on Hope is Not Enough. Women's Health, Poverty, Justice and Income Support in Manitoba
R. Wiebe, P. Keirstead

Uncovering Sex and Gender Differences in use patterns of Self-Help and Support Groups

R. Barnett

Voices from the Front Lines: Models of Women-Centred Care in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
R. Barnett, S. White, T. Horne


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