: The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit . Helga Goetz. ; Pitseolak: Pictures Out of My Life . Dorothy Eber.

Inuit leaders announce national Inuit suicide-prevention strategy.

Circumpolar Inuit health systems

BACKGROUND The Inuit are an indigenous people totalling about 160,000 and living in 4 countries across the Arctic - Canada, Greenland, USA (Alaska) and Russia (Chukotka). In essence, they are one people living in 4 countries. Although there have been significant improvements in Inuit health and survival over the past 50 years, stark differences persist between the key health indicators for Inui...

“Double culturedness”: the “capital” of Inuit nurses

BACKGROUND The health and educational systems in Greenland and Nunavut are reflections of those in Denmark and Southern Canada, with the language of instruction and practise being Danish and English. This places specific demands on Inuit studying nursing. OBJECTIVE This paper discusses the experiences of Inuit who are educated in nursing programmes and practise in healthcare systems located i...

Emerging obesity among preschool-aged Canadian Inuit children: results from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey.

OBJECTIVES The study goal was to evaluate the growth status of preschool-age Canadian Inuit children. STUDY DESIGN As part of a larger study of population health across the Canadian High Arctic, the International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey collected growth and nutrition data on 388 children aged 3 to 5 years. METHODS Data collection included anthropometric measures, health history, food...

Polysynthesis in the acquisition of Inuit languages