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Drowning in the Social Determinants of Health

Understanding Policy’s Role in High Rates of Drowning in Aboriginal Communities in Canada

Bibliographic Data

ID19542011
AuthorsAudry R Giles (University of Ottawa), Lauren Brooks Cleator (University of Ottawa), T Mcguire-Adams (0000-0003-0413-0665, University of Ottawa), Francine Darroch, Francine E Darroch (0000-0002-2049-8091, University of Ottawa)
Year2014
Volume3
Issue1-2
Publication date2014-03-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
Venueaboriginal policy studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1923-3299 • E-ISSN: 1923-3299
PublisherUniversity of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5663/aps.v3i1-2.21706
OpenAlexW2100208681
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Within Canada, Aboriginal peoples drown at much higher rates than non-Aboriginal peoples (Health Canada, 2001). 2 Drowning is commonly understood as a problem that has its roots in individuals' failure to learn to swim, a failure of adults to supervise children properly, or a failure to engage with safety practices (such as wearing a lifejacket or boating only when sober). This understanding of aquatic-related injury reflects the neoliberal tendency to assign individual blame for poor health, rather than viewing health as being produced within particular socio-historico-politico environments. In this paper we use Bacchi's (

Environmental health · Geography · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Community Health and Development · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,1
Citation span2016 - 2016 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1
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