Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Acknowledgments xxv
7. Introduction: Health and Health Care in Northern Canada 1
8. Section I: Social and Ecological Dimensions of Health and Wellness in the North
9. Introduction 15
10. 1 Education and Health: Education as a Social Determinant of Health for Inuit in Nunavut 23
11. 2 Food and Health: Food Security, Food Systems, and Health in Northern Canada 40
12. 3 Housing and Health: Housing and Health Challenges in Rural and Remote Communities 57
13. 4 Determinants of Infectious Diseases: Agent, Host, and Environmental Factors in Infectious Diseases 89
14. 5 Women’s Health: What Does It Mean to “Be Well”? A Qualitative Case Study to Explore Inuit Women’s Conceptions of Wellness 104
15. 6 Assessing the Health Impacts of a Mine: Attending to the Prevailing Epistemology and Erasure of Indigenous Peoples’ Well-Being 124
16. Section II: Health Care in Northern Canada
17. Introduction 143
18. 7 Recruitment and Retention of Physicians: Physician Supply and Sufciency 153
19. 8 Nursing in the North: Recruitment and Retention of Nurses 167
20. 9 Maternal Health Care: Maternal Health in Manitoba Northern First Nations Communities – Challenges, Barriers, and Solutions 184
21. 10 Elder Health and Long-Term Care: Northern Indigenous Elders and Long-Term-Care Services 199
22. 11 Mental Health and Addictions Care: A Path towards Mental Health Care with Northern Indigenous Peoples 214
23. 12 Climate Change and Health: Remote Northern Community Health Service Provision in a Rapidly Changing Climate 231
24. 13 Suicide Prevention: A Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Suicide among Inuit – Issues and Prevention Strategies 255
25. Section III: New Directions – Innovation, Collaboration, and Resilience
26. Introduction 275
27. 14 Youth Resilience: Resilience among Indigenous Youth in Northern Canada 279
28. 15 Innovation for Northern Mental Health and Addiction Services: Indigenous Frameworks 295
29. 16 Te Evolving Role of Telehealth: From Tackle Box Emergency Kits to Telemedicine 314
30. 17 Cultural Safety Training and Education for Health Care Providers: Unsettling Health Care with Inuit in Canada 329
31. 18 Integrating Traditional Healing and Northern Health Care: Indigenous Conceptions of Living Well 346
32. 19 Health and Health Care Research Ethics: Health Research Ethics in Northern Canada 362
33. 20 Patchy and Southern Centric: Rewriting Health Policies for Northern and Indigenous Canadians 377
34. Conclusions: Achieving Health Equity in Northern Canada 396
35. List of Contributors 403
36. Index 409