Canadian inuit community engagement in suicide prevention

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-308

  Kral, Michael J ^a   Wiebe, Patricia K ^b   Nisbet, Kari ^b   Dallas, Catherine ^c   Okalik, Looee ^c   Enuaraq, Nubiya ^c   Cinotta, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Health and Environment   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community government collaboration; Empowerment; Inuit; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849104642     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v68i3.18330     Document Type: Article

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