Teen pregnancy in Inuit communities – gaps still needed to be filled
Teen pregnancy is depicted around the world as an important cause of health disparities both for the child and the mother. Accordingly, much effort has been invested in its prevention and led to its decline in the northern hemisphere since the mid-1990s. Despite that, high rates are still observed i...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bd24bd16db674b9c823482bb950d05c7 2023-05-15T15:10:00+02:00 Teen pregnancy in Inuit communities – gaps still needed to be filled Caroline Moisan Chloé Baril Gina Muckle Richard E. Belanger 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.31790 https://doaj.org/article/bd24bd16db674b9c823482bb950d05c7 EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/view/31790/pdf_128 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.3402/ijch.v75.31790 https://doaj.org/article/bd24bd16db674b9c823482bb950d05c7 International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 75, Iss 0, Pp 1-7 (2016) Inuit teen adolescent pregnancy reproductive health review cross-cultural comparison Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.31790 2022-12-31T15:20:54Z Teen pregnancy is depicted around the world as an important cause of health disparities both for the child and the mother. Accordingly, much effort has been invested in its prevention and led to its decline in the northern hemisphere since the mid-1990s. Despite that, high rates are still observed in the circumpolar regions. As Inuit communities have granted better understanding of teenage pregnancy a priority for the coming years, this article comprehensively reviews this multidimensional issue. By depicting current prevalence, likely determinants and possible impacts documented among Inuit of Canada, Alaska and Greenland, and contrasting them to common knowledge that has emerged from other populations over the years, great gaps surface. In some regions, the number of pregnancies per number of Inuit women aged between 15 and 19 years has increased since the turn of the millennium, while statistics from others are either absent or difficult to compare. Only few likely determinants of teenage pregnancy such as low education and some household factors have actually been recognized among Inuit populations. Documented impacts of early pregnancy on Inuit women and their children are also limited compared to those from other populations. As a way to better address early pregnancy in the circumpolar context, the defence for additional scientific efforts and the provision of culturally adapted sexual health prevention programmes appear critical. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health inuit Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Canada Greenland International Journal of Circumpolar Health 75 1 31790 |
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Teen pregnancy is depicted around the world as an important cause of health disparities both for the child and the mother. Accordingly, much effort has been invested in its prevention and led to its decline in the northern hemisphere since the mid-1990s. Despite that, high rates are still observed in the circumpolar regions. As Inuit communities have granted better understanding of teenage pregnancy a priority for the coming years, this article comprehensively reviews this multidimensional issue. By depicting current prevalence, likely determinants and possible impacts documented among Inuit of Canada, Alaska and Greenland, and contrasting them to common knowledge that has emerged from other populations over the years, great gaps surface. In some regions, the number of pregnancies per number of Inuit women aged between 15 and 19 years has increased since the turn of the millennium, while statistics from others are either absent or difficult to compare. Only few likely determinants of teenage pregnancy such as low education and some household factors have actually been recognized among Inuit populations. Documented impacts of early pregnancy on Inuit women and their children are also limited compared to those from other populations. As a way to better address early pregnancy in the circumpolar context, the defence for additional scientific efforts and the provision of culturally adapted sexual health prevention programmes appear critical. |
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Teen pregnancy in Inuit communities – gaps still needed to be filled |
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