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ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

Youth perspectives on community health in Nunavik: a community-engaged photovoice project.

Madeleine Pawlowski, Mylene Riva, Christopher Fletcher, Marie-Claude Lyonnais, David Arsenault-Hudon

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Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Madeleine PawlowskiDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Burnside Hall, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6060-0823
Mylene RivaDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Burnside Hall, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B9, Canada. mylene.riva@mcgill.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-7979-4445
Christopher FletcherDépartement de médecine sociale et préventive and Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry, Université Laval 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2420-4991
Marie-Claude LyonnaisDépartement de médecine sociale et préventive and Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval, Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry, Université Laval 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
David Arsenault-HudonNunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NRBHSS), P.O. Box 900, Kuujjuaq, QC, J0M 1C0, Canada.
Université Laval · CAMcGill University · CAMcGill University Health Centre · CANunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services · CA

Funding

Canada Research Chairs CIHR 950-231678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe overall objective of this study was to elicit understandings of community health among Inuit youth aged 12-18 in the region of Nunavik, northern Quebec, through identifying community conditions supporting health from their perspective and exploring how they conceptualize a healthy community.

methodsIn January and February 2020, 51 secondary students from three communities participated in a 1-week participatory photovoice activity during regular class time. Youth participated in three different sessions dedicated to the ethics of taking photographs, taking photos in the community, and group discussions of photographs. Discussions were analyzed via thematic analysis and validated with the youth in the fall of 2020.

resultsTwelve key community conditions supporting health were identified: family, food, culture, language, sense of community belonging, land, housing, services, community, connection, caring and somewhere to go. The youth understood a healthy community to be a place where "nothing was broken" and where community conditions supporting health could be visualized like the rocks in an inuksuk, a stone cairn used by Inuit for wayfinding on the tundra landscape. Participants chose the human form of inuksuk which has become widespread in northern and southern Canadian popular culture.

conclusionFindings from this study serve to confirm and strengthen existing models of Inuit health while also raising fresh perspectives and concepts relevant to the younger generation. Images and words of the youth identified in this study may be important in designing effective health promotion strategies that are accessible and relevant to younger generations, thus responding to an important research, programmatic and policy gap.

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FoodPublic HealthAdolescentCanadaCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchHealth PromotionHumansQuebecAdolescentCommunity-based participatory researchIndigenous peoplesInuitPhotographyQualitative research

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PMID36348159
PMCPMC9643973
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