Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada /

Accounting for almost two thirds of the country's land-mass, Northern Canada is a vast region, host to rich natural resources and a diverse cultural heritage shared across Indigenous and non-indigenous residents. In this book, Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller analyse health and healthcare in Nor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anisman, Hymie (Contribuidor), Asokumar, Ajani (Contribuidor), Beatty, Bonita (Contribuidor), Boyer, Yvonne (Contribuidor), Brunger, Fern (Contribuidor), Chubbs, Brittany (Contribuidor), Cidro, Jaime (Contribuidor), Crawford, Allison (Contribuidor), Cunsolo, Ashlee (Contribuidor), Dampier, Sally (Contribuidor), Drawson, Alexandra S. (Contribuidor), Faries, Emily (Contribuidor), Gordon, Janet (Contribuidor), Harper, Sherilee (Contribuidor), Healey Akearok, Gwen (Contribuidor), Johnston, Lesley (Contribuidor), Jones, Jen (Contribuidor), Kassam, Azaad (Contribuidor), Kauppi, Carol (Contribuidor), Koonoo, Theresa (Contribuidor), Kornelsen, Derek (Contribuidor), Larcombe, Linda (Contribuidor), Lavoie, Josée G. (Contribuidor), Lund, Christine (Contribuidor), MacLeod, Emily (Contribuidor), Matheson, Kimberly (Contribuidor), McKay, Josephine (Contribuidor), Meadows, Lynn M. (Contribuidor), Michael, Kathy (Contribuidor), Montgomery, Phyllis (Contribuidor), Mossey, Sharolyn (Contribuidor), Mushquash, Christopher (Contribuidor), Møller, Helle (Contribuidor, Editor ), Orr, Pamela (Contribuidor), Pallard, Henri (Contribuidor), Peltier, Cindy (Contribuidor), Pong, Raymond W. (Contribuidor), Schembri, Victoria (Contribuidor), Schiff, Rebecca (Contribuidor, Editor ), Sevean, Patricia (Contribuidor), Shiwak, Inez (Contribuidor), Sinclair, Stephanie (Contribuidor), Spadoni, Michelle (Contribuidor), Tan, Josephine (Contribuidor), Toombs, Elaine (Contribuidor), Waddell, Candice (Contribuidor), Walton, Fiona (Contribuidor), Wood, Michele (Contribuidor), Young, Kue (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Temas:
Indigenous peoples > Health and hygiene > Canada, Northern.
Medical care > Canada, Northern.
Medicine > Canada, Northern.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues.
Northwest Territories.
Nunavut.
Yukon.
determinants of health.
health policy.
healthcare.
indigenous peoples.
northern.
public health.
rural and remote.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Health and Health Care in Northern Canada
  • Section I: Social and Ecological Dimensions of Health and Wellness in the North
  • Introduction
  • 1 Education and Health: Education as a Social Determinant of Health for Inuit in Nunavut
  • 2 Food and Health: Food Security, Food Systems, and Health in Northern Canada
  • 3 Housing and Health: Housing and Health Challenges in Rural and Remote Communities
  • 4 Determinants of Infectious Diseases: Agent, Host, and Environmental Factors in Infectious Diseases
  • 5 Women's Health: What Does It Mean to "Be Well"? A Qualitative Case Study to Explore Inuit Women's Conceptions of Wellness
  • 6 Assessing the Health Impacts of a Mine: Attending to the Prevailing Epistemology and Erasure of Indigenous Peoples' Well-Being
  • Section II: Health Care in Northern Canada
  • Introduction
  • 7 Recruitment and Retention of Physicians: Physician Supply and Sufciency
  • 8 Nursing in the North: Recruitment and Retention of Nurses
  • 9 Maternal Health Care: Maternal Health in Manitoba Northern First Nations Communities - Challenges, Barriers, and Solutions
  • 10 Elder Health and Long-Term Care: Northern Indigenous Elders and Long-Term-Care Services
  • 11 Mental Health and Addictions Care: A Path towards Mental Health Care with Northern Indigenous Peoples
  • 12 Climate Change and Health: Remote Northern Community Health Service Provision in a Rapidly Changing Climate
  • 13 Suicide Prevention: A Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Suicide among Inuit - Issues and Prevention Strategies
  • Section III: New Directions - Innovation, Collaboration, and Resilience
  • Introduction
  • 14 Youth Resilience: Resilience among Indigenous Youth in Northern Canada
  • 15 Innovation for Northern Mental Health and Addiction Services: Indigenous Frameworks
  • 16 Te Evolving Role of Telehealth: From Tackle Box Emergency Kits to Telemedicine
  • 17 Cultural Safety Training and Education for Health Care Providers: Unsettling Health Care with Inuit in Canada
  • 18 Integrating Traditional Healing and Northern Health Care: Indigenous Conceptions of Living Well
  • 19 Health and Health Care Research Ethics: Health Research Ethics in Northern Canada
  • 20 Patchy and Southern Centric: Rewriting Health Policies for Northern and Indigenous Canadians
  • Conclusions: Achieving Health Equity in Northern Canada
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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