Public health in the Canadian Arctic: contributions from International Polar Year research |
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Authors: | Sandra Owens Philippe De Wals Grace Egeland Christopher Furgal Yang Mao Gerald Y Minuk Paul A Peters Manon Simard éric Dewailly |
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Institution: | 1. Axe sant?? des populations et environnementale, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Qu??bec, Quebec, Canada 2. D??partement de m??decine sociale et pr??ventive, Universit?? Laval, Quebec, Canada 3. Centre for Indigenous Peoples?? Nutrition and Environment (CINE) and School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 4. Departments of Indigenous Studies and Environment and Resource Studies/Science, Gzowski College Trent University, Peterborough, Canada 5. Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada 6. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 7. Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada 8. Nunavik Research Center, Makivik Corporation, Nunavik, Canada
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Abstract: | The contributions of several IPY health projects are highlighted in the context of population health indicators for Inuit Nunangat. Food and housing are two critical social determinants of health contributing to health issues on many levels. The nutritional deficit associated with food insecurity and the transition away from traditional and towards market foods represents a dual risk with profound consequences. Knowledge of the physiological benefits associated with traditional food consumption is increasing, including for mental health and chronic disease. Ensuring the safety of traditional foods in terms of zoonotic diseases is thus highly valuable and efforts to institute adequate monitoring and address knowledge gaps are underway. Acute respiratory disease among the young remains a significant public health issue with potential long term effects. The human papilloma virus is manifesting itself among women across northern Canada with high risk types that are more similar to profiles observed in Europe than in North America with possible implications for immunization programs. Despite a high prevalence of Hepatitis B virus infections among residents of Inuit Nunangat, the outcomes appear to be relatively benign. Communication of new knowledge on the manifestation of this virus among northern populations is provided to health care providers in the North through modern technology. |
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