Risk Factors for Boating Incidents in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada

Injury prevention programs that focus on boating and water safety in the Northwest Territories (NWT) have existed for decades; however, rates of boating incidents are much higher in the NWT than southern Canada. To better understand this health disparity, we engaged in community-based participatory...

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Published in:International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education
Main Authors: Glass, Catherine TR, Giles, Audrey R
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: ScholarWorks@BGSU 2019
Subjects:
injury prevention
public health
health promotion
risk messaging
boating
gender
Exercise Science
Health and Physical Education
Kinesiology
Leisure Studies
Other Rehabilitation and Therapy
Outdoor Education
Recreation Business
Sports Sciences
Sports Studies
Tourism and Travel
Inuvik
Northwest Territories
Online Access:https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ijare/vol10/iss4/3
https://doi.org/10.25035/ijare.10.04.02
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/context/ijare/article/1366/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
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Summary:Injury prevention programs that focus on boating and water safety in the Northwest Territories (NWT) have existed for decades; however, rates of boating incidents are much higher in the NWT than southern Canada. To better understand this health disparity, we engaged in community-based participatory research informed by postcolonial feminist theory to examine Aboriginal men’s understandings of the risk factors that contribute to boating incidents in Inuvik, NWT. Participants identified four main risk factors for boating incidents in Inuvik: 1) Gender, 2) age, 3) place, and 4) lack of boating safety education. As a result of these findings and the ways in which they are strongly related to culture, we argue that local community-based approaches should be employed to design and implement boating safety strategies in communities in the NWT.

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