Promoting wellness in Alaskan villages: Integrating traditional knowledge and science of wild berries

EcoHealth

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-209

  Flint, Courtney G ^a   Robinson, Ewan S ^a   Kellogg, Joshua ^b   Ferguson, Gary ^c   BouFajreldin, Lama ^a   Dolan, Mallory ^d   Raskin, Ilya ^e   Lila, Mary Ann ^b  

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

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community wellness; Environmental change; Health; Participatory research; Traditional ecological knowledge; Wild berries; Youth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESKIMO; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ETHNOBOTANY; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INUITS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84860214102     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0707-9     Document Type: Review

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