Indigenous populations in Canada are heavily affected by the burden of obesity, and certain
communities, such as First Nations on reserve, are not included in the sampling framework …

Background. There is evidence of increasing trends in substance use and related harms
among Aboriginal populations in Canada. This paper provides a review of data on alcohol …

Background Cigarette smoking carries a threat both to the expecting mother and her
newborn. Data on the prevalence and predictors of smoking during pregnancy is limited in …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence and correlates of substance use during pregnancy
among women in the United States. METHODS: We analyzed data from pregnant (n= 1800) …

The Crisis of Chronic Disease among Aboriginal Peoples: Page 1 The Crisis of Chronic Disease
among Aboriginal Peoples: A Challenge for Public Health, Population Health and Social Policy …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Gender, women, and the
tobacco epidemic / edited by Jonathan M. Samet and Soon-Young Yoon. 1.Smoking …

Objectives Smoking during pregnancy may cause many health problems for pregnant
women and their newborns. However, there is a paucity of research that has examined the …

Development of policies and interventions to address health disparities between Indigenous
and non-Indigenous populations requires a comprehensive understanding of Indigenous …

Introduction: Pregnant women in socioeconomically disadvantaged circumstances, such as
Indigenous women, have a high prevalence of smoking. Tobacco smoking is the most …

Background There is some compelling, though not comprehensive, epidemiological
evidence which suggests an association between prenatal tobacco exposure and tobacco …