The Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Health System

A Holistic, Strength-based, and Health-promoting Model from and for Inuit Communities

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ID3801091
AuthorsGwen Katheryn Healey Akearok (Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, Iqaluit, Nunavut), Ceporah L Mearns (Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, Iqaluit, Nunavut), Ceporah Mearns (Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre), Nancy E Mike (Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, Iqaluit, Nunavut), Nancy Mike (Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre)
Year2023
Volume47
Issue1-2
Pages427-445
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueÉtudes/Inuit/Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0701-1008 • E-ISSN: 1708-5268
PublisherConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/1113399ar
OpenAlexW4402640956
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Public health models are important frameworks for guiding public health action. Although numerous public health models are found in the literature, a dearth of models focus on the health paradigms of Indigenous communities, globally, yet no models are derived from Inuit health perspectives and knowledge. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is an all-encompassing term that refers to Inuit knowledge and practices across time. Using a mixed-method, narrative analysis approach, the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Health System Model has emerged as a holistic, trauma- and resilience-informed, strength-based, and community-grounded public health model. This model can serve as a guide for systems change as well as public health interventions, health programs, clinical services, patient-oriented research, health human-resource modeling, and health policy for Inuit communities

Geography · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology

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