Healthcare use for acute gastrointestinal illness in two Inuit communities: Rigolet and Iqaluit, Canada

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Sherilee L. Harper, Victoria L. Edge, James Ford, M. Kate Thomas, David Pearl, Jamal Shirley, Scott A. McEwen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015
• Subjects: Aboriginal health; Indigenous health; Inuit health; gastrointestinal illness; healthcare utilization; Nunatsiavut; Nunavut; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Canada; Rigolet; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; inuit; Iqaluit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v74.26290; https://doaj.org/article/275fb4aad23248ebb8a15685c2f4a634

Background: The incidence of self-reported acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, and Iqaluit, Nunavut, is higher than reported elsewhere in Canada; as such, understanding AGI-related healthcare use is important for healthcare provision, public health practice and surveillance...