SOWK 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, United Nations Special Rapporteur
22 Mar 2016
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Sowk 1000 social determinants of aboriginal health. Tb rates in canada 1925-1995: *graph in lecture slide* Tb in canada the big picture: *graph in lecture slide* Rate in first nations 10x higher than in canadian population (phac 2010) Rate in inuit communities in 2010 increasing 185x national rate when rate in canada was declining (inuit tapiriit kanatami, 2010) Concerns that tb may be dismissed as disease of the past (j. The crisis of chronic disease among aboriginal peoples: a challenge for public health and social policy, uvic,) 3 peoples recognized in section 35 of the constitution (1982: indians (first nations), inuit, m tis. Term first nations came into common use in 1970s to replace the term indian. Collective term includes multiple nations; currently for than 600 first nations recognized by federal government. Map of canada w/ locations of first nations communities (*map in lecture slide*)
