Water Quality and Inuit Health: An Examination of Drinking Water Consumption, Perceptions, and Contamination in Rigolet, Canada

• Main Author: Wright, Carlee
• Other Authors: Harper, Sherilee
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Guelph 2017
• Subjects: Indigenous; Arctic; drinking water; perceptions; water contamination; acute gastrointestinal illness; ecohealth; epidemiology; water consumption; point-of-use; waterborne illness; enteric illness; Inuit health; Canada; Rigolet; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10214/10449

Canadian Inuit have often reported concerns about the quality of their municipal drinking water. This research took an EcoHealth approach to investigate drinking water perceptions and consumption patterns, as well as drinking water contamination and its potential associations with acute gastrointest...