Hunting days pose challenge for Inuit health surveyors
03.09.2008 17:00
Health
- Source: cbc.ca
Researchers working on a comprehensive Inuit health survey in the North say their project has been largely successful so far this year, although good weather has sometimes meant fewer participants were available. Surveyors aboard Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen have been travelling since August to remote communities in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, asking Inuit and Inuvialuit people about their health and running clinical tests for problems such as diabetes, the second year of the project. Speaking in Inuktitut, logistics co-ordinator Thomas Suluk said that because of a spell of great weather this summer, some randomly chosen households that had originally agreed to take part in the health survey went away on hunting trips instead. But according to principal investigator Dr. Grace Egeland of McGill University, the survey team pulled through every time: "Somehow, we were able to get our numbers and had people on the ship busy just the same," she said Tuesday. "But I do feel that in the far western Arctic, the Inuvialuit settlement region, that it was hardest there." The health survey, known as Qanuippitali? — Inuktitut for "How about us, how are we?" — is winding down its tour of Nunavut communities. The Amundsen visited Inuit in Resolute Bay on Tuesday, while land-based surveyors will go to Baker Lake on Sept. 7. The Amundsen is scheduled to travel next to Nunatsiavut communities in Labrador, beginning Oct. 5. Egeland said researchers have enough survey results to speak on the general health status of Nunavut Inuit. People there who took part in the survey this summer can expect to get their individual clinical test results back in about four months. Story Tools: E-MAIL | PRINT | Text Size: SMLXL | REPORT TYPO | SEND YOUR FEEDBACKRelatedInternal LinksTravelling Inuit health survey begins work in TuktoyaktukExternal LinksInuit Health Survey(Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites - links will open in new window) Health Headlines'Some concern' over BPA's effects on human growth: U.S. reportU.S. government toxicology experts on Wednesday expressed 'some concern' over bisphenol A, a chemical used in plastic baby bottles, saying it may be linked to health and developmental problems in children.Exercise linked to better memory in older test subjectsAs little as 20 minutes a day of aerobic exercise could help people over 50 improve their memory, a new study suggests. Teen suicides dip in U.S., experts worry rate remains highThe number of teen suicides has fallen slightly but the rate remains disturbingly high, researchers said, possibly fuelled by drug warnings that have scared many away from using antidepressants.Mushrooms recalled for possible listeria contaminationCanada's food watchdog along with Ravine Mushroom Farms Inc. issued a recall of Fresh Obsessions brand Ready To Serve Pre-washed Sliced White Mushrooms for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.6 more Quebec cheeses added to salmonella list The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expanding a warning over cheese products linked to a salmonella outbreak in Quebec that has claimed one life. Health FeaturesIN DEPTHGardasilSevere side-effects rare, concerns lingerYOUR INTERVIEWListeriosisDr. Allison McGeer answers your questionsVIDEOListeriosis Dr. Dara Maker answers questions about outbreak (4:35)IN DEPTHMedical isotopesThe backbone of nuclear medicineNUTRITIONFood supplyNorth America's most endangered foodsVIDEOUniversity nutritionDos and don'ts of dorm dining (5:46)People who read this also read …
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