Health and Health Care in Northern Canada / edited by Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schiff, Rebecca (Professor of public health), editor.

Møller, Helle, 1962- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Canada.

Medicine.

Indigenous peoples--Health and hygiene--Canada, Northern.

Indigenous peoples.

Medical care--Canada, Northern.

Medical care.

Medical policy.

Medicine--Canada, Northern.

Mental health services.

Canada, Northern--Social conditions.

Canada, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Summary:

Addressing the diversity of communities and experiences across Northern Canada, Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada pays attention to what is needed to support and achieve health equity for northern communities and peoples.

Contents:

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

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

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-1461-1

1-4875-1460-3

OCLC:

1263614051