You may want to try Cornell and Kalt's work:

Cornell and Kalt JP (2003) Alaska Native Self-Government: What Works?  
Boston: Harvard Project on American Indian Development.

They have shown that the more firewalls exist between political and  
economic processes, the better off communities are economically.

I don't think they directly tackle health though.

In terms of 'proof,' I have only come across Chandler and Lalonde as  
well, but I do know that the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research at  
the University of Manitoba is testing this very question. You may want  
to contact them, as they will have the most up to date info.

Good luck!

CQ

Quoting Amanda Sheedy <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hello-
>
> Last year I was introduced to the work of Chandler and
> Lalonde who looked at suicide rates in Aboriginal
> communities in relationship to community control /
> self-governance of various organizations.  The Ottawa
> Charter claims that: "Health promotion is the process
> of enabling people to increase control over, and to
> improve, their health."  While I strongly believe in
> this principle, I have seen little 'proof' of the
> relationship between health and increased community
> control of programs, resources or policy development,
> glimmers of which I saw in the work of Chandler and
> Lalonde.
>
> I am looking to build a health based argument to
> promote citizen engagement, one of many theories /
> processes to increase citizen control and am having a
> hard time finding 'proof'.
>
> If you know of any research / reports that speak to
> this issue, I would be thankful if you could share the
> references with me.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Amanda Sheedy
> MHSc Candidate in Health Promotion
> University of Toronto
>
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