Prevalence and perceptions of food insecurity and coping strategies in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario

• Main Author: Skinner, Kelly
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2013
• Subjects: food security; remote; First Nations; coping strategies; Health Studies and Gerontology; Canada; Fort Albany; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7561

Background: Food insecurity has been described as an urgent and pervasive public health issue for Aboriginal people (First Nations [FN], Métis, and Inuit) in Canada. However, national health surveys have generally excluded a large portion of the Aboriginal population (FN living on-reserve and Inuit)...