The Manitoba Native Indian Mother and Child: Discussion Paper on a High Risk Population

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Title: The Manitoba Native Indian Mother and Child: Discussion Paper on a High Risk Population
Date: 1981
Region: Manitoba
Author(s):
Jocelyn Bruyere

This discussion paper examines the medical, socio-economic, cultural, and geographic risk factors negatively affecting maternal and child health among Native populations in Manitoba. Statistics reveal significantly higher neonatal, post-neonatal, and infant mortality rates compared to the overall provincial population. The paper makes a number of recommendations and flags the confusion between the role of federal and provincial governments in provisions of health care to treaty Indians.