ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2018
Our health counts: population-based measures of urban Inuit health determinants, health status, and health care access.
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- Design and implementation of the Our Health Counts (OHC) methodology for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis (FNIM) health assessment and response in urban and related homelands.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Article
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- Canadian Critical Care Society position statement on reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenous engagement.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2024Article
- Mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Inuit living in Manitoba: community responses.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Article
- Heart Health Begins With Community: Community-Based Research Exploring Innovative Strategies to Support First Nations Heart Health.CJC open · 2023Article
- A Virtual Reality-Assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for and With Inuit in Québec: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Low Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Greenland-A Call for Increased Focus on the Importance of Diagnosis Coding.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- Prevalence of patients using antihypertensive medication in Greenland, and an assessment of the importance of diagnosis for the associated quality of care - a cross-sectional study.International journal of circumpolar health · 2022Article
- Trends in Inuit health services utilisation in Manitoba: findings from theInternational journal of circumpolar health · 2022Article
- Shifting paradigm from biomedical to decolonised methods in Inuit public health research in Canada: a scoping review.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Uncovering SARS-COV-2 vaccine uptake and COVID-19 impacts among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples living in Toronto and London, Ontario.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2022Article
- Prevalence and quality of care among patients using medication targeting obstructive lung disease: a cross-sectional study in the five regions of Greenland.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Understanding culturally safe cancer survivorship care with inuit in an urban community.International journal of circumpolar health · 2021Article
- Addressing the need for indigenous and decolonized quantitative research methods in Canada.SSM - population health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveHealth determinants and outcomes are not well described for the growing population of Inuit living in southern urban areas of Canada despite known and striking health disparities for Inuit living in the north. The objective of this study was to work in partnership with Tungasuvvingat Inuit (TI) to develop population prevalence estimates for key indicators of health, including health determinants, health status outcomes, and health services access for Inuit in Ottawa, Canada.
methodsWe employed community-based respondent driven sampling (RDS) and a comprehensive health assessment survey to collect primary data regarding health determinants, status, and service access. We then linked with datasets held by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), including hospitalization, emergency room, and health screening records. Adjusted population-based prevalence estimates and rates were calculated using custom RDS software.
resultsWe recruited 341 Inuit adults living in Ottawa. The number of Inuit living, working or accessing health and social services in the City of Ottawa was estimated to be 3361 (95% CI 2309-4959). This population experiences high rates of poverty, unemployment, household crowding, and food insecurity. Prevalence of hypertension (25%; 95% CI 18.1-33.9), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (6.7%; 95% CI 3.1-10.6), cancer (6.8%; 95% CI 2.7-11.9), and rates of emergency room access were elevated for Inuit in Ottawa compared to the general population. Access to health services was rated fair or poor by 43%. Multiple barriers to health care access were identified.
conclusionsUrban Inuit experience a heavy burden of adverse health determinants and poor health status outcomes. According to urban Inuit in Ottawa, health services available to Inuit at the time of the study were inadequate.
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