Guiding health promotion efforts with urban inuit: A community-specific perspective on health information sources and dissemination strategies

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 296-299

  McShane, Kelly E ^a,b   Smylie, Janet K ^a,c,d   Hastings, Paul D ^b   Martin, Carmel M ^e   Siedule, Connie ^f   Kigutaq, Eva ^f   Attagutsiak, Iga ^f   Attagutsiak, Qapik ^f   Singoorie, Susanna ^f   Shappa, Kigutikajuk ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c FIRST NATIONS UNIVERSITY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^f Tungasuvvingat Inuit Family Resource Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Health services research; Inuit; Knowledge translation; Urban health; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 33748429883     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405607     Document Type: Article

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