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Inuit men talking about health

13 Mar 2009

Inuit Tuttarvingat (formerly known as the Ajunnginiq Centre) The Inuit Tuttarvingat of the National Aboriginal Health Organization shall promote practices that will restore a healthy Inuit lifestyle and improve the health status of Inuit, through research and research dissemination, education and awareness, human resource development, and sharing information on Inuit-specific health policies and p [...] The Inuit Tuttarvingat’s five main areas of focus are to: • Improve and promote Inuit health through knowledge-based activities; • Promote understanding of the health issues affecting Inuit; • Facilitate and promote research and develop research partnerships; • Foster participation of Inuit in the delivery of health care; and, • Affirm and protect Inuit traditional healing practices. [...] We hope that this study will give the major factors that underlie health — a stronger voice to Inuit men, and will like education, income, and use of health contribute to discussions about how health care — and also described their experience and social programs can be adapted to and perceptions of the personal and family better serve them. [...] They spoke of low education voice to Inuit men and their issues, and and employment levels, a lack of services for will contribute to discussions about how men, a loss of traditional skills and knowledge, health and social programs can better serve and major changes in men’s roles as sons, Inuit men. [...] In its gram listed some of the problems that Inuit report on violence and abuse prevention, offenders face: Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada discusses the reasons why some individuals develop the • Literacy and language gaps that can anger and despair that leads to abuse and make it difficult for offenders to under- violence.
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ISBN
9780980957921
Pages
42
Published in
Canada

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