A decade of research in Inuit children, youth, and maternal health in Canada: areas of concentrations and scarcities
Inuit Canadians are on average about 20 years younger and have a 10-year lower life expectancy than other Canadians. While there have been improvements in Inuit health status over time, significant health disparities still remain. This paper will review the peer-reviewed literature related to Inuit...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b4b49c4f5b144f0dbd06a3989ea22755 2023-05-15T15:10:39+02:00 A decade of research in Inuit children, youth, and maternal health in Canada: areas of concentrations and scarcities Amanda J. Sheppard Ross Hetherington 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18383 https://doaj.org/article/b4b49c4f5b144f0dbd06a3989ea22755 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/18383/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18383 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/b4b49c4f5b144f0dbd06a3989ea22755 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 71, Iss 0, Pp 1-13 (2012) Inuit children youth maternal health literature review Canada Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18383 2022-12-31T14:13:52Z Inuit Canadians are on average about 20 years younger and have a 10-year lower life expectancy than other Canadians. While there have been improvements in Inuit health status over time, significant health disparities still remain. This paper will review the peer-reviewed literature related to Inuit child, youth, and maternal health between 2000 and 2010, investigate which thematic areas were examined, and determine what proportion of the research is related to each group. Establishing areas of research concentrations and scarcities may help direct future research where it is needed. We followed a systematic literature review and employed peer-reviewed research literature on child, youth, and maternal health which were selected from 3 sources, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and the Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database. The resulting references were read, and summarized according to population group and thematic area. The thematic areas that emerged by frequency were: infectious disease; environment/environmental exposures; nutrition; birth outcomes; tobacco; chronic disease; health care; policy, human resources; interventions/programming; social determinants of health; mental health and wellbeing; genetics; injury; and dental health. The 72 papers that met the inclusion criteria were not mutually exclusive with respect to group studied. Fifty-nine papers (82%) concerned child health, 24 papers (33%) youth health, and 58 papers (81%) maternal health. The review documented high incidences of illness and significant public health problems; however, in the context of these issues, opportunities to develop research that could directly enhance health outcomes are explored. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health inuit Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Canada International Journal of Circumpolar Health 71 1 18383 |
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Inuit Canadians are on average about 20 years younger and have a 10-year lower life expectancy than other Canadians. While there have been improvements in Inuit health status over time, significant health disparities still remain. This paper will review the peer-reviewed literature related to Inuit child, youth, and maternal health between 2000 and 2010, investigate which thematic areas were examined, and determine what proportion of the research is related to each group. Establishing areas of research concentrations and scarcities may help direct future research where it is needed. We followed a systematic literature review and employed peer-reviewed research literature on child, youth, and maternal health which were selected from 3 sources, MEDLINE, CINAHL, and the Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database. The resulting references were read, and summarized according to population group and thematic area. The thematic areas that emerged by frequency were: infectious disease; environment/environmental exposures; nutrition; birth outcomes; tobacco; chronic disease; health care; policy, human resources; interventions/programming; social determinants of health; mental health and wellbeing; genetics; injury; and dental health. The 72 papers that met the inclusion criteria were not mutually exclusive with respect to group studied. Fifty-nine papers (82%) concerned child health, 24 papers (33%) youth health, and 58 papers (81%) maternal health. The review documented high incidences of illness and significant public health problems; however, in the context of these issues, opportunities to develop research that could directly enhance health outcomes are explored. |
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A decade of research in Inuit children, youth, and maternal health in Canada: areas of concentrations and scarcities |
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