Mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Inuit living in Manitoba: community responses
We document community responses to the COVID-19 pandemic among Inuit living in the province of Manitoba, Canada. This study was conducted by the Manitoba Inuit Association and a Council of Inuit Elders, in partnership with researchers from the University of Manitoba. We present findings from 12 heal...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10538448 2023-10-29T02:35:41+01:00 Mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Inuit living in Manitoba: community responses Lavoie, Josée G. Clark, Wayne McDonnell, Leah Nickel, Nathan Dutton, Rachel Kanayok, Janet Fowler-Woods, Melinda Anawak, Jack Brown, Nuqaalaq Voisey Clark, Grace Evaluardjuk-Palmer, Tagaak Wong, sabrina T. Sanguins, Julianne Mudryj, Adriana Mullins, nastania Ford, Marti Clark, Judy 2023-09-26 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10538448/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37752773 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2259135 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10538448/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37752773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2259135 © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. Int J Circumpolar Health Original Research Article Text 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2259135 2023-10-01T01:27:08Z We document community responses to the COVID-19 pandemic among Inuit living in the province of Manitoba, Canada. This study was conducted by the Manitoba Inuit Association and a Council of Inuit Elders, in partnership with researchers from the University of Manitoba. We present findings from 12 health services providers and decision-makers, collected in 2021.Although Public Health orders led to the closure of the Manitoba Inuit Association’s doors to community events and drop-in activities, it also created opportunities for the creation of programming and events delivered virtually and through outreach. The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing health and social system’s shortcomings (limited access to safe housing, food insecurity) and trauma-related tensions within the community. The Manitoba Inuit Association achieved unprecedented visibility with the provincial government, receiving bi-weekly reports of COVID-19 testing, results and vaccination rates for Inuit. We conclude that after over a decade of advocacy received with at best tepid enthusiasm by federal and provincial governments, the Manitoba Inuit Association was able effectively advocate for Inuit-centric programming, and respond to Inuit community’s needs, bringing visibility to a community that had until then been largely invisible. Still, many programs have been fueled with COVID-19 funding, raising the issue of sustainability. Text Circumpolar Health inuit PubMed Central (PMC) International Journal of Circumpolar Health 82 1 |
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We document community responses to the COVID-19 pandemic among Inuit living in the province of Manitoba, Canada. This study was conducted by the Manitoba Inuit Association and a Council of Inuit Elders, in partnership with researchers from the University of Manitoba. We present findings from 12 health services providers and decision-makers, collected in 2021.Although Public Health orders led to the closure of the Manitoba Inuit Association’s doors to community events and drop-in activities, it also created opportunities for the creation of programming and events delivered virtually and through outreach. The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing health and social system’s shortcomings (limited access to safe housing, food insecurity) and trauma-related tensions within the community. The Manitoba Inuit Association achieved unprecedented visibility with the provincial government, receiving bi-weekly reports of COVID-19 testing, results and vaccination rates for Inuit. We conclude that after over a decade of advocacy received with at best tepid enthusiasm by federal and provincial governments, the Manitoba Inuit Association was able effectively advocate for Inuit-centric programming, and respond to Inuit community’s needs, bringing visibility to a community that had until then been largely invisible. Still, many programs have been fueled with COVID-19 funding, raising the issue of sustainability. |
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Lavoie, Josée G. Clark, Wayne McDonnell, Leah Nickel, Nathan Dutton, Rachel Kanayok, Janet Fowler-Woods, Melinda Anawak, Jack Brown, Nuqaalaq Voisey Clark, Grace Evaluardjuk-Palmer, Tagaak Wong, sabrina T. Sanguins, Julianne Mudryj, Adriana Mullins, nastania Ford, Marti Clark, Judy |
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Lavoie, Josée G. Clark, Wayne McDonnell, Leah Nickel, Nathan Dutton, Rachel Kanayok, Janet Fowler-Woods, Melinda Anawak, Jack Brown, Nuqaalaq Voisey Clark, Grace Evaluardjuk-Palmer, Tagaak Wong, sabrina T. Sanguins, Julianne Mudryj, Adriana Mullins, nastania Ford, Marti Clark, Judy |
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Mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Inuit living in Manitoba: community responses |
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Mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Inuit living in Manitoba: community responses |
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10538448/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37752773 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2259135 |
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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
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