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A field-test of Not Deciding Alone to support Inuit with health decision making: co-production of a mixed methods study guided by aajiiqatigiingniq [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Shared decision-making supports person-centred care. Our team of Inuit-led and/or -focused organizations and researchers field-tested a strategy called Not Deciding Alone to support health decision-making.
Janet Jull, Kimberly Fairman, Aimo Akulukjuk, Felicia Adelaja, Parniga Akeeagok, Tina Akpalialuk, Ida Davidee, Mackenzie Daybutch, Treena Greene, Brittany Hesmer, Louisa Kipsigak, Theresa Koonoo, Kelly Morrisey, Rachel Nungnik, Carolyn Roberts, Jemimah Thomas, Meeka Uniuqsaraq, Malaya Zehr   +17 more
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Community-Anchored Assessment of Indigenous Second Language Learning in K-12 Schools

Frontiers in Education, 2022
Indigenous second language programs in K-12 schools contribute to culturally nourishing education and to the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Assessing Indigenous second language learning presents particular opportunities and challenges based on ...
Shelley Tulloch, Sylvia Moore, Jodie Lane, Sarah Townley, Joan Dicker, Doris Boase, Ellen Adams   +6 more
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Are sport and traditional Inuit games identified as tools in current Inuit suicide prevention strategies?: A content analysis

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023
Eekeeluak Avalak, an 18-year-old Inuk wrestler who won the first-ever gold medal for Nunavut at the Canada Summer Games in 2022, dedicated his win to his late brother who died by suicide in 2015.
Hannah Frazer, Audrey R. Giles
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Understanding culturally safe cancer survivorship care with inuit in an urban community

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
Cancer is a leading cause of death among Inuit. A legacy of colonialism, residential schools, and systemic racism has eroded trust among Inuit and many do not receive culturally safe care. This study aimed to explore the meaning of culturally safe cancer
Sipporah Enuaraq, Wendy Gifford, Savanah Ashton, Zeina Al Awar, Catherine Larocque, Danielle Rolfe   +5 more
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A Blockchain based PKI Validation System based on Rare Events Management

Future Internet, 2020
Public key infrastructures (PKIs) are the cornerstone for the security of the communication layer of online services relying on certificate-based authentication, such as e-commerce, e-government, online banking, cloud services, and many others.
Maurizio Talamo, Franco Arcieri, Andrea Dimitri, Christian H. Schunck   +3 more
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How to account for Inuit ancestry in lung function prediction

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023
Rigorous lung function prediction equations for the Inuit are lacking. We used spirometry from 351 Inuit and 29 people of other ancestry obtained during an occupational survey in Greenland to determine how to obtain valid lung function predictions for ...
Birgitte H Laustsen, Jakob H Bønløkke, Martin R Miller   +2 more
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A review of health and wellness studies involving Inuit of Manitoba and Nunavut

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2020
The purpose of this review is to summarise past Inuit health and wellness studies in Manitoba and the Kivalliq region of Nunavut to provide a snapshot of the types of studies available and identify the gaps in knowledge. Research to date has largely been
Ashley Hayward, Jaime Cidro, Rachel Dutton, Kara Passey   +3 more
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Inuusinni Aqqusaaqtara – My Journey: Meeting the Information Needs of Inuit Living with Cancer

Engaged Scholar Journal, 2020
The Inuit Cancer Project aims to help Inuit better understand cancer and improve communication between Inuit with cancer and non-Inuit healthcare providers and support services. The project has created resources that are culturally relevant, appropriate,
Savanah Ashton, Tracy Torchetti
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Level and temporal trend of perfluoroalkyl acids in Greenlandic Inuit [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2012
Objectives: Perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) have been detected in human blood, breast milk and umbilical cord blood across the globe. PFAAs do accumulate in the marine food chain in Arctic regions.
Manhai Long, Rossana Bossi, Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen   +2 more
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Changing the role of non-Indigenous research partners in practice to support Inuit self-determination in research

Arctic Science, 2020
Efforts to date have not advanced Indigenous participation, capacity building and knowledge in Arctic environmental science in Canada because Arctic environmental science has yet to acknowledge, or truly practice decolonizing research.
K.J. Wilson, T. Bell, A. Arreak, B. Koonoo, D. Angnatsiak, G.J. Ljubicic   +5 more
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