Through the lens of our cameras: Children's lived experience with food security in a Canadian Indigenous community

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 600-610

  Genuis, S K ^a   Willows, N ^b   Jardine, C ^a   Alexander First Nation, ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b and Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children's views; Eating; Food security; Health promotion; Obesity; Qualitative research methods

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONSUMER; COOKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANADA; CHILD; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COOKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84931009974     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12182     Document Type: Article

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