Water quality and health in northern Canada: stored drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in Labrador Inuit
One of the highest self-reported incidence rates of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) in the global peer-reviewed literature occurs in Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. This high incidence of illness could be due, in part, to the consumption of contaminated water, as many northern communi...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126423 2023-05-15T15:15:40+02:00 Water quality and health in northern Canada: stored drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in Labrador Inuit Wright, CJ Sargeant, JM Edge, VL Ford, JD Farahbakhsh, K RICG Shiwak, I Flowers, C IHACC Research Team Harper, SL 2018-11 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/126423/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/126423/8/Wright%202017%20ESPR%20AAM.pdf en eng Springer https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/126423/8/Wright%202017%20ESPR%20AAM.pdf Wright, CJ, Sargeant, JM, Edge, VL et al. (7 more authors) (2018) Water quality and health in northern Canada: stored drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in Labrador Inuit. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25 (33). pp. 32975-32987. ISSN 0944-1344 Article NonPeerReviewed 2018 ftleedsuniv 2023-01-30T22:02:55Z One of the highest self-reported incidence rates of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) in the global peer-reviewed literature occurs in Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. This high incidence of illness could be due, in part, to the consumption of contaminated water, as many northern communities face challenges related to the quality of municipal drinking water. Furthermore, many Inuit store drinking water in containers in the home, which could increase the risk of contamination between source and point-of-use (i.e., water recontamination during storage). To examine this risk, this research characterized drinking water collection and storage practices, identified potential risk factors for water contamination between source and point-of-use, and examined possible associations between drinking water contamination and self-reported AGI in the Inuit community of Rigolet, Canada. The study included a cross-sectional census survey that captured data on types of drinking water used, household practices related to drinking water (e.g., how it was collected and stored), physical characteristics of water storage containers, and self-reported AGI. Additionally, water samples were collected from all identified drinking water containers in homes and analyzed for presence of Escherichia coli and total coliforms. Despite municipally treated tap water being available in all homes, 77.6% of households had alternative sources of drinking water stored in containers, and of these containers, 25.2% tested positive for total coliforms. The use of transfer devices and water dippers (i.e., smaller bowls or measuring cups) for the collection and retrieval of water from containers were both significantly associated with increased odds of total coliform presence in stored water (ORtransfer device = 3.4, 95% CI 1.2–11.7; ORdipper = 13.4, 95% CI 3.8–47.1). Twenty-eight-day period prevalence of self-reported AGI during the month before the survey was 17.2% (95% CI 13.0–22.5), which yielded an annual incidence rate of 2.4 cases per ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit Rigolet White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) Arctic Canada Rigolet ENVELOPE(-58.430,-58.430,54.180,54.180) |
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One of the highest self-reported incidence rates of acute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) in the global peer-reviewed literature occurs in Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. This high incidence of illness could be due, in part, to the consumption of contaminated water, as many northern communities face challenges related to the quality of municipal drinking water. Furthermore, many Inuit store drinking water in containers in the home, which could increase the risk of contamination between source and point-of-use (i.e., water recontamination during storage). To examine this risk, this research characterized drinking water collection and storage practices, identified potential risk factors for water contamination between source and point-of-use, and examined possible associations between drinking water contamination and self-reported AGI in the Inuit community of Rigolet, Canada. The study included a cross-sectional census survey that captured data on types of drinking water used, household practices related to drinking water (e.g., how it was collected and stored), physical characteristics of water storage containers, and self-reported AGI. Additionally, water samples were collected from all identified drinking water containers in homes and analyzed for presence of Escherichia coli and total coliforms. Despite municipally treated tap water being available in all homes, 77.6% of households had alternative sources of drinking water stored in containers, and of these containers, 25.2% tested positive for total coliforms. The use of transfer devices and water dippers (i.e., smaller bowls or measuring cups) for the collection and retrieval of water from containers were both significantly associated with increased odds of total coliform presence in stored water (ORtransfer device = 3.4, 95% CI 1.2–11.7; ORdipper = 13.4, 95% CI 3.8–47.1). Twenty-eight-day period prevalence of self-reported AGI during the month before the survey was 17.2% (95% CI 13.0–22.5), which yielded an annual incidence rate of 2.4 cases per ... |
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Water quality and health in northern Canada: stored drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in Labrador Inuit |
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Water quality and health in northern Canada: stored drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in Labrador Inuit |
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Water quality and health in northern Canada: stored drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in Labrador Inuit |
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Water quality and health in northern Canada: stored drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in Labrador Inuit |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/126423/8/Wright%202017%20ESPR%20AAM.pdf Wright, CJ, Sargeant, JM, Edge, VL et al. (7 more authors) (2018) Water quality and health in northern Canada: stored drinking water and acute gastrointestinal illness in Labrador Inuit. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25 (33). pp. 32975-32987. ISSN 0944-1344 |
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