Community-based risk messaging in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Health Promotion International
• Main Authors: Glass, Catherine T R, Giles, Audrey R
• Other Authors: Transport Canada’s Boating Safety Contribution Program; Northern Scientific Training Program and MITACS Accelerate Internship
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2019
• Subjects: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Health (social science); Northwest Territories; Canada; Inuvik
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz042; http://academic.oup.com/heapro/article-pdf/35/3/555/33414220/daz042.pdf

Abstract Unintentional injuries are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, yet they are predictable and avoidable events. Community-based approaches to injury prevention are those where researchers and/or injury prevention specialists work alongside the target population to identify injury pr...