University of Manitoba - Human Ecology - Family Social Sciences

Javier Mignone

Position: Associate Professor and Family Social Sciences Graduate Committee Chair

Office:
307 Human Ecology
Department of Family Social Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

Phone No.: (204) 474-8065

Fax No.: (204) 474-7592

E-mail: javier.mignone@ad.umanitoba.ca

Education:

1982 (M.S. eqvt.) Lic. Psicologia, Universidad del Salvador
1995 M.H.S.A. The University of Alberta
2003 Ph.D. The University of Manitoba

Areas of Specialization:

Community health
Social determinants of health and family well-being
Intercultural health
Aboriginal health
Program evaluation
Community-based research methods
HIV/AIDS

The majority of the below listed publications can be fully accessed on the following website: http://umanitoba.academia.edu/JavierMignone

Published Refereed Papers

Chase R, Medina MF, Mignone J (2012) The Life Story Board: A feasibility study of a visual interview tool for school counsellors. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 46 (3): 183-200.

Roger K, Migliardi P, Mignone J (2012) HIV, Social support and care among vulnerable women. Journal of Community Psychology; 40(5): 487-500.

Elias B, Mignone J, Hall M, Hong S, Sareen J (2012) Trauma and suicide behaviour histories among a Canadian indigenous population: An empirical exploration of the potential role of Canada’s residential school system. Social Science & Medicine, 74: 1560-1569.

Pittman TP, Nykiforuk CIJ, Mignone J, Mandhane PJ, Becker AB, Kozyrskyj AL (2012) Community stressors and asthma prevalence of school children in Winnipeg, Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; 9(2): 579-595.

Mignone J, Nállim J, Gómez Vargas JH (2011) Indigenous control over health care in the midst of neoliberal reforms in Colombia: An uneasy balance. Studies in Political Economy, 87: 93-107.

Mignone J, Elias B, Hall M (2011) Validation of a culturally appropriate social capital analytical framework to explore health conditions in Canadian First Nations communities. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 3 (1): 1-18.

Mignone J (2011) Informal social networks in the context of urban Aboriginal communities. Horizons, February: 1-8. Policy Research Initiative, Government of Canada: Ottawa.

Mignone J, Washington R, Ramesh BM, Blanchard JF, Moses, Rajaretnam ST (2010) Discrepancies between the self-reporting of STI preventive care and the actual care provided by male physicians to male patients in Karnataka, India. Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Chase R, Mignone J, Diffey L (2010) Life Story Board: A tool in the prevention of domestic violence. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 8 (2): 163-172.

Mignone J, Pindera C, Davis J, Migliardi P, Harvey C (2010) Photography and theatre in HIV research: The caregiving network. In C McLean & R Kelly (eds.) Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change. Calgary: Detselig/Temeron Books.

Mignone J & Henley H (2009) Implementation of information and communication technology in Aboriginal communities: A social capital perspective. Journal of Community Informatics, 5 (2).

Mignone J, O’Neil J, Halli S, Hiremath GM, Sabnis V, Ramesh BM, Laxmi J, Blanchard JF, Moses S (2009) Use of rapid ethnographic methodology to develop a village-level rapid assessment tool predictive of HIV infection in rural India. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 8 (3): 68-83.

Mignone J (2009) Social capital and Aboriginal communities: A critical assessment. The Journal of Aboriginal Health, 5 (3): 100-147.

Mignone J & Henley H (2009) Impact of information and communication technology on social capital in Aboriginal communities in Canada. Journal of Information, Information Technology, and Organizations, 4: 127-45.

Farías V, Montero G, Calfín R, Mignone J (2009) Interculturality in Patagonian medicine: An Interpretation from the history of the Americas. Arctic & Antarctic International Journal on Circumpolar Sociocultural Issues, 3 (3): 63-90.

Mignone J, Herrera J, Couchie C, Icú H, Munro G, Chex R, Jiménez M. (2009) Strengthening Indigenous and intercultural midwifery: Evaluation of a collaboration between Guatemalan and Canadian Aboriginal organizations. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, 7 (1): 133-54.

Mignone J, Bartlett J, O’Neil J, Orchard T (2007) Best practices in intercultural health: Five case studies in Latin America. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 3:31, September.

Mignone J, Washington R, Ramesh BM, Blanchard J, Moses S (2007) Formal and informal sector health providers in southern India: Role in the prevention and care of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. AIDS Care, 19 (2), 152-8.

Mignone J, Bartlett J, O’Neil J (2006) Prácticas modelo en salud intercultural. Diversidad cultural: Múltiples miradas del tiempo presente - Coleccion Tematica del Centro de Estudios Argentino Canadienses. October, Buenos Aires.

Mignone J & O’Neil J (2005) Conceptual understanding of social capital in First Nations communities: An illustrative description. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 3 (2), 7-44.

Mignone J & O’Neil J (2005) Social capital as a health determinant in First Nations: An exploratory study in three communities. Journal of Aboriginal Health, 2(1), 26-33.

Mignone J & O’Neil J (2005) Social capital and youth suicide risk factors in First Nations communities. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 96, S51-S54.

Mignone J, Longclaws J, O’Neil J, Mustard C (2004) Social capital in First Nations communities: Concept and measurement. Aboriginal Policy Research: Setting the agenda for change, Vol. II, 125-140.

Mignone J (2002) Latin-American community-based mental health initiative: Stakeholder matrix tool. Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 235-245.

Mignone J & Guidotti TL (1999) Support groups for injured workers: Process and outcomes. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 41, 1059-1064.

Published refereed abstracts

Mignone J, Elias B, Hall M. (2009) Social capital: Validation of a culturally appropriate analytic framework to explore complex socioeconomic conditions in Indigenous communities. Abstract. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(11): S73.

Elias B, Hall M, Hong S, Woods A, Mignone J, Sareen J. (2009) Characterizing addiction behaviours of Residential School survivors among Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous populations. Abstract. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(11): S25.

Elias B, Hall M, Hong S, Woods A, Mignone J, Sareen J. (2009) So what best describes addiction behaviours of non-residential school survivors in the Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous populations? Abstract. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(11): S26.

Elias B, Hall M, Hong S, Woods A, Mignone J, Sareen J. (2009) Trauma histories and suicidality of Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous Residential School Survivors. Abstract. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(11): S65.

Elias B, Hall M, Hong S, Woods A, Mignone J, Sareen J. (2009) Trauma histories and the mental health of Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous peoples: "What about the off-spring of residential school attendees?". Abstract. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(11): S66.

Elias B, Hall M, Kasper C, Burchill C, Martens P, Kliewer E, Mignone J. (2009) Liberating Indigenous people from provincial health administrative databases: A Manitoba (Canada) data linkage success story. Abstract. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(11): S111.

Mignone J (2005) Challenges in the measurement of city-level health determinants: The example of social capital. Abstract. Journal of Urban Health, 82(2), supplement 2, ii38.
Raymond C, Kozyrskyj A, Mignone J (2005) Is there a relationship between socioeconomic status and use of medication? Abstract. Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 12: e83.

Articles in journals without review committee

Mignone J (2009) Colombian Indigenous health promoting enterprises: A power shift? FOCALPoint: Canada’s Spotlight on the Americas, 8 (7): 1-3. Canadian Foundation of the Americas: Ottawa.

Mignone J (2009) La medicina social no comienza cuando uno llega: La obra de Ramón Carrillo. Revista Solidaridad Global, 5 (13): 49-53.

Mignone J & Wilson B (2009) Village economic diversification and HIV transmission in rural villages of Karnataka, India. Development Forum, 2 (1): 14-16.

Mignone J, Munro G, Icú H, Herrera J, Couchie C, Chex R (2008) Strengthening Indigenous midwifery and intercultural health care: A collaboration between Guatemalan and Canadian Aboriginal health organizations. Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research: Case Study Series. British Columbia. June.

Published book chapters and monographs

Mignone J, Bartlett J, O’Neil J, Orchard T (2008) Best practices in intercultural health: Five case studies in Latin America. In A Hussain (ed), Ethnomedicine – A Global Perspective. Icfai University Press: Kolkata, India.

O’Neil J, Bartlett J, Mignone J (2006) Best practices in intercultural health. Inter-American Development Bank. Washington DC.

Mignone J (2003) Measuring social capital: A guide for First Nations communities. Canadian Institute for Health Information. Ottawa, Ontario.

Mignone J (2003) Mesurer le capital social: Un guide pour les collectivités des Premières nations. Canadian Institute for Health Information. Ottawa, Ontario.

Research reports or reports produced for the government or social agencies

Elias B, Hall M, Hart L, Mignone J, Hong S, Munro G (2011) The Health of Manitoba Tribal Nations: Adults 18 years and older, 2002-2003. MFN CAHR, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Manitoba.

Davis J, Mignone J, Migliardi P, Harvey C, Elliott L, Pindera C (2010) What a photo can say: Readers’ Theatre - Informal Caregiving Networks and HIV/AIDS. Winnipeg: Nine Circles Community Health Centre & The University of Manitoba.

Davis J, Mignone J, Migliardi P, Harvey C, Elliott L, Pindera C (2010) What a photo can say: Readers’ Theatre - Informal Caregiving Networks and HIV/AIDS. Winnipeg: Nine Circles Community Health Centre & The University of Manitoba.

Mignone J, Pindera C, Davis J, Migliardi P, Harvey C, Elliott L (2010) Informal Caregiving Networks and HIV/AIDS: A community based study – Final Report. Winnipeg: Nine Circles Community Health Centre & The University of Manitoba.

Mignone J & Henley H (2009) Social capital in Aboriginal communities: An annotated bibliography. Ottawa: National Aboriginal Health Organization.

Mignone J (2009) Social capital and health in Aboriginal communities: A dissemination document. Ottawa: National Aboriginal Health Organization.

Henley H, Mignone J, Kozyrskyj, Becker A (2009) Contextual pathways: An examination of the relationship between neighbourhood characteristics and maternal stress. AllerGen – Public Health, Ethics, Policy and Society/Stress, Asthma and Atopy: Social-Spatial Investigations (SSAI). February.

Mignone J, Henley H, Brown J, O’Neil J, Ross W (2008) Information and Communication Technology in Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Increasing Aboriginal Social Capital. Faculty of Human Ecology. The University of Manitoba. June.

Mignone J, Conlin J, Holmes K, Lowe D, Ward A, Thomson L (2008) How to get addicted and what to do instead: Evaluation report. Resource Assistance for Youth (RaY). Winnipeg. June.

Mignone J, Munro G, Icú H, Herrera J, Couchie C, Chex R (2008) Strengthening Indigenous Midwifery and Intercultural Health Care: A collaboration between Guatemalan and Canadian Aboriginal health organizations. Canadian International Development Agency. May.

Mignone J, O’Neil J, Hall S, Ramesh BM, Moses S, Blanchard J, Hiremath GM, Sabnis V, Laxmi J (2007) Village-level rapid assessment tool predictive of HIV/AIDS risk in rural India. Karnataka Health Promotion Trust & The University of Manitoba. December.

Mignone J (2007) Social determinants of HIV/AIDS. Faculty of Human Ecology, The University of Manitoba. Winnipeg. September.

O’Neil J, Bartlett J, Mignone J (2005) Best practices in intercultural health. Report prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank and the Panamerican Health Organization. Centre for Aboriginal Health Research. Winnipeg.

Mignone J (2005) Windsor Park Community Violence Prevention Initiative
“Bonding and Bridging”: Final Evaluation. Renaissance Centre: Winnipeg

Lavoie J, O'Neil J, Bartlett J, Elias B, Mignone J, Wastesicoot J, Sanderson L (2004) National Evaluation of the Health Transfer Policy. Health Canada. Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Mignone J, O’Neil J, Wilkie C (2003) Mental health services review: FNIHB-Manitoba Region. First Nations Inuit and Health Branch, Health Canada. Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Mignone J, Longclaws J, O’Neil J, Mustard C (2003) Social capital in First Nations Communities: Conceptual development and instrument validation. Centre for Aboriginal Health Research/Canadian Population Health Initiative of the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Winnipeg/Ottawa.

Przibislawsky C, Mignone J, Pantel L, Gosselin W, Gerrior D, Bissonnette E (2002) Adolescent conflict resolution and violence prevention: Drama therapy groups. The Renaissance Centre. Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Posters

Bell C, Ormond M, Mignone J, Wylie J, Kowke K (2011) A Multidisciplinary Approach to Addressing the Impact of Solvent Abuse on HIV Risk. Fourth Prairie Infectious Immunology Network Meeting. Russell, Manitoba. June.

Chase R, Mignone J, Medina MF, Labossiere S (2011) What is the Life Story Board? CCPA Annual Conference, Bridging the Gap. Ottawa, Canada. May.

Singh D, O’Neil J, Blanchard J, Mignone J, Moses S (2010) Buddies and daddies: How social capital mediates migrants' HIV risk at destination. XVIII International AIDS Conference. Vienna, Austria. July.

Migliardi P, Pindera C, Davis J, Harvey C, Mignone J (2010) Ethics in innovative knowledge dissemination: the use of reader’s theatre on issues with vulnerable people living with HIV. XVIII International AIDS Conference. Vienna, Austria. July.

Mignone J, Pindera C, Davis J, Elliott L, Oghiakhe T (2010) Bound by boundaries: The informal/formal care divide in the HIV/AIDS field. New Challenges, New Commitments: 19th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Saskatoon. May.

Migliardi P, Harvey C, Mckay-McNabb K, Mignone J (2010) Family support among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Prairies. New Challenges, New Commitments: 19th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Saskatoon. May.

Singh D, O’Neil J, Blanchard J, Mignone J, Moses S (2010) Migration & HIV / AIDS: Relationship and programmatic issues in India. 3rd National Conference on Infectious Diseases. New Delhi, India. April.

Mignone J, Harvey C, Elliott L, Pindera C, Davis J, Migliardi P (2010) When photos tell the story: Using cameras to examine social support and HIV with marginalized populations. AIDS Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March.

Migliardi P, Pindera C, Mignone J, Harvey C, Davis, J. (2010) Use of arts-based approaches to engage marginalized populations in HIV research on social support: from individual snapshots to collective performances. Canadian AIDS Society, Skills-Building Symposium. Montreal. March

Gonzalez M, Lemaire J, Mignone J, Hector R, Loughead A, Gervais J, Hatherly B, Broszeit B (2010) Evaluating the Effectiveness of a School-Based Tobacco Education Program. Applied Health Sciences PhD Program Research Day, The University of Manitoba, March, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Elias B, Hall M, Kasper C, Burchill C, Martens P, Kliewer E, Mignone J, (2009) Linking the Canadian Indian Registry System to the Manitoba Provincial Health Registry - Lesson learned. International Circumpolar Health Conference, July, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.

Hall M, Elias B, Mignone J (2009) Building Indigenous capacity to meet health needs and combat health disparities: A Manitoba (Canada) experience. International Circumpolar Health Conference, July, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada.

Elias B, Wood A, Hall M, Mignone J, Sareen J, (2009) Trauma histories, being an offspring of a residential school survivor and mental health among Manitoba First Nations adults living On-Reserve. Canadian Public Health Association, June, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,

Elias B, Wood A, Hall M, Mignone J, Sareen J, (2009) Is it SES or trauma histories that best describes addiction behaviors among Manitoba First Nations adults living On-Reserve? Canadian Public Health Association, June, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Henley H, Mignone J, Kozyrkyj A, Becker A (2009) Contextual Pathways: An Examination of the Relationship between Neighbourhood Characteristics and Maternal Stress. Fourth Annual Research Conference: Innovation from Cell to Society. AllerGen. Ottawa, February.

Bozat S, Kozyrskyj AL, Mignone J (2007) Relationship between socioeconomic status and psychotropic drug use among the elderly: A review of the literature. The Virtuous Circle: Therapeutics from Molecule to Patient to Population and Back - 4th Canadian Therapeutics Congress. Halifax, NS. May 27- 30.

Mignone J, Bartlett J, O’Neil J (2005) Role of Latin American Indigenous organizations in developing and implementing intercultural health systems. American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition – Evidence based policy & practice. Philadelphia, PA, December 10-14.

Raymond CB, Kozyrskyj AL, Mignone J (2005) Is there a relationship between socioeconomic status and the use of medications? Canadian Association of Population Therapeutics Conference. Vancouver, BC, April 16 to 19.

Mignone J, Longclaws J, O’Neil J, Mustard C (2004) Social capital as a determinant of health in First Nations communities. Population Health in Our Communities. Canadian Public Health Association 95th Annual Conference. St. John’s. June 13 to June 16.

Mignone J, Longclaws J, O’Neil J, Mustard C (2003) Social capital in First Nations communities: Conceptual development and instrument validation. Health Research Forum. University of Manitoba. Winnipeg. May 14 to May 16.

Mignone J, Longclaws, J (2002) Social capital in First Nations communities. Social Determinants of Health Across the Life-Span Conference. York University. Toronto. November 29 to December 1.