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Increased social problems among circumpolar peoples have been the subject of much academic, political and community discourse. The Inuit have been described as being overrepresented in terms of numerous psychopathologies. However, it is alcohol abuse which is considered to be the most serious concer...
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ftdatacite:10.17863/cam.34273 2024-02-04T09:58:09+01:00 The social determinants of alcohol abuse in Canadian Inuit ... Small, Robert 1996 https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.34273 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/286964 en eng Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository open.access All Rights Reserved https://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved/ http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Dissertation Thesis thesis 1996 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.34273 2024-01-05T09:32:11Z Increased social problems among circumpolar peoples have been the subject of much academic, political and community discourse. The Inuit have been described as being overrepresented in terms of numerous psychopathologies. However, it is alcohol abuse which is considered to be the most serious concern of the Inuit in the Canadian Arctic, both by themselves and by observers. While social scientists and medical academics have discussed the connection between social conditions and health, this relationship is too often assumed, but not demonstrated. This thesis attempts such a demonstration, by inquiring into the history, socioeconomic conditions, quality of housing, education, and acculturation of the Inuit, and looking at how these factors shape perception of life chances and result in high levels of alcohol abuse. This thesis argues that strategies for eliminating alcohol abuse which focus on improving the social conditions of the Canadian Inuit are more likely to be successful than those which are ... Thesis Arctic inuit DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic |
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Increased social problems among circumpolar peoples have been the subject of much academic, political and community discourse. The Inuit have been described as being overrepresented in terms of numerous psychopathologies. However, it is alcohol abuse which is considered to be the most serious concern of the Inuit in the Canadian Arctic, both by themselves and by observers. While social scientists and medical academics have discussed the connection between social conditions and health, this relationship is too often assumed, but not demonstrated. This thesis attempts such a demonstration, by inquiring into the history, socioeconomic conditions, quality of housing, education, and acculturation of the Inuit, and looking at how these factors shape perception of life chances and result in high levels of alcohol abuse. This thesis argues that strategies for eliminating alcohol abuse which focus on improving the social conditions of the Canadian Inuit are more likely to be successful than those which are ... |
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