Indigenous health and climate change
Indigenous-focused content has largely been overlooked in reports on climate change such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This article captures place-based dimensions of climate change vulnerability as well as broader determining factors. The studies focus primarily on Austra...
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ftidrcdspace:oai:idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.org:10625/51211 2023-12-24T10:13:34+01:00 Indigenous health and climate change Ford, James D. 2012-07 Text 1 digital file (p. 1260-1266) Application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10625/51211 http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752 en eng American Public Health Association Ford, J.D. (2012). Indigenous Health and Climate Change. American Journal of Public Health, 102(7), 1260-1266.doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752 1541-0048 http://hdl.handle.net/10625/51211 http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES VULNERABILITY CLIMATE CHANGE ARCTIC AUSTRALIA MENTAL STRESS POVERTY Journal Article (peer-reviewed) 2012 ftidrcdspace https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752 2023-11-26T00:19:10Z Indigenous-focused content has largely been overlooked in reports on climate change such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This article captures place-based dimensions of climate change vulnerability as well as broader determining factors. The studies focus primarily on Australia and the Arctic, and indicate significant adaptive capacity in indigenous peoples, with active responses to climate-related health risks. However, non-climatic stresses including poverty, land dispossession, globalization, and associated sociocultural transitions challenge adaptive capacity. These are social determinants of health. The scope for climate change to affect health, therefore, is broader than altering incidence and prevalence of disease. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change International Development Research Centre: IDRC Digital Library Arctic American Journal of Public Health 102 7 1260 1266 |
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Indigenous-focused content has largely been overlooked in reports on climate change such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This article captures place-based dimensions of climate change vulnerability as well as broader determining factors. The studies focus primarily on Australia and the Arctic, and indicate significant adaptive capacity in indigenous peoples, with active responses to climate-related health risks. However, non-climatic stresses including poverty, land dispossession, globalization, and associated sociocultural transitions challenge adaptive capacity. These are social determinants of health. The scope for climate change to affect health, therefore, is broader than altering incidence and prevalence of disease. |
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Ford, J.D. (2012). Indigenous Health and Climate Change. American Journal of Public Health, 102(7), 1260-1266.doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752 1541-0048 http://hdl.handle.net/10625/51211 http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752 |
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