Table I.
Summary of Canadian Inuit child, youth, and maternal health peer-reviewed literature by thematic area (2000 to 2010)
| Populations group(s) | Thematic area(s) | Title and reference |
|---|---|---|
| Children | Chronic disease | Emerging obesity among preschool-aged Canadian Inuit children: results from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey (80) |
| Children | Dental health | Prevalence and risk factors for parental-reported oral health of Inuit preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007–2008 (85) |
| Children | Environment/environmental exposures | The relationship between lead exposure, motor function and behaviour in Inuit preschool children (45) |
| Children | Genetics | Glycogen storage disease type III in Inuit children (84) |
| Children | Infectious disease | Hearing screening outcomes in Inuit children in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada (36) |
| Children | Infectious disease | High rates of hospitalisation for bronchiolitis in Inuit children on Baffin Island (37) |
| Children | Infectious disease | Epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae serotype a, North American Arctic, 2000–2005 (26) |
| Children | Infectious disease | Longitudinal observations (1987–1997) on the prevalence of middle ear disease and associated risk factors among Inuit children of Inukjuak, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada (32) |
| Children | Infectious disease | Portrait of outpatient visits and hospitalizations for acute infections in Nunavik preschool children (90) |
| Children | Infectious disease | A fresh look at an old vaccine: does BCG have a role in 21st century Canada? (91) |
| Children | Infectious disease | High rate of Simkania negevensis among Canadian Inuit infants hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections (92) |
| Children | Nutrition | Iron deficiency and anaemia prevalence and associated etiologic risk factors in First Nations and Inuit communities in Northern Ontario and Nunavut (93) |
| Children | Nutrition | Food insecurity among Inuit preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007–2008 (59) |
| Children | Nutrition | Vitamin D status of Inuit preschoolers reflects season and vitamin D intake (56) |
| Children | Environment/environmental exposures; infectious disease | Effect of prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls on incidence of acute respiratory infections in preschool Inuit children (25) |
| Children | Chronic disease; interventions/programming | The benefits of sound field amplification in classrooms of Inuit students of Nunavik: a pilot project (73) |
| Children | Social determinants of health; tobacco | Cultural, socioeconomic, and health indicators among Inuit preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007–2008 (9) |
| Children | Infectious disease; tobacco | Indoor air quality and the risk of lower respiratory tract infections in young Canadian Inuit children (41) |
| Children | Infectious disease; interventions/programming | Heat recovery ventilators prevent respiratory disorders in Inuit children (40) |
| Children | Genetics; nutrition | Adaptation of Inuit children to a low-calcium diet (83) |
| Children | Infectious disease; health care, policy, human resources | Bronchiolitis in Inuit children from a Canadian central arctic community, 1995–1996 (69) |
| Youth | Chronic disease | Causes and contributions to differences in life expectancy for Inuit Nunangat and Canada, 1994–2003 (82) |
| Youth | Infectious disease | Otitis media and hearing loss among 12–16 year-old Inuit of Inukjuak, Quebec, Canada (35) |
| Youth | Injury | Injury mortality risk assessment and targeting the subpopulations for prevention in the Northwest Territories, Canada (86) |
| Youth | Nutrition | Age differences in vitamin A intake among Canadian Inuit (55) |
| Youth | Mental health and wellbeing | Completed suicides among the Inuit of northern Quebec, 1982–1996: a case-control study (77) |
| Youth | Mental health and wellbeing; social determinants of health | Suicidality in a sample of Arctic households (76) |
| Youth | Infectious disease; interventions/programming | HIV testing experiences of Aboriginal youth in Canada: service implications (74) |
| Youth | Infections disease; social determinants of health | Determinants of sexually transmitted infections among Canadian Inuit adolescent populations (30) |
| Youth | Infections disease; mental health and wellbeing | Youth sexual health in Nunavut: a needs-based survey of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour (31) |
| Maternal | Birth outcomes | Reclaiming birth, health, and community: midwifery in the Inuit villages of Nunavik, Canada (68) |
| Maternal | Environment/environmental exposures | Organochlorine levels in maternal and umbilical cord blood plasma in Arctic Canada (49) |
| Maternal | Environment/environmental exposures | Exposure of the Inuit population of Nunavik (Arctic Quebec) to lead and mercury (48) |
| Maternal | Nutrition | Dietary assessment of Indigenous Canadian Arctic women with a focus on pregnancy and lactation (54) |
| Maternal | Nutrition | Contribution of selected traditional and market foods to the diet of Nunavik Inuit women (57) |
| Maternal | Birth outcomes; tobacco | Maternal smoking at first prenatal visit as a marker of risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin) Region (8) |
| Maternal | Nutrition; environment/environmental exposures | Fish consumption and blood lipids in 3 ethnic groups of Quebec (Canada) (51) |
| Maternal | Health care, policy, human resources; birth outcomes | Converging epistemologies: critical issues in Canadian Inuit childbirth and pregnancy (65) |
| Maternal | Environment/environmental exposures; nutrition | Determinants of polychlorinated biphenyls and methylmercury exposure in Inuit women of childbearing age (50) |
| Maternal | Health care, policy, human resources; interventions/programming | The outcome of perinatal care in Inukjuak, Nunavik, Canada 1998–2002 (70) |
| Maternal | Health care, policy, human resources; birth outcomes | The Inuulitsivik Maternities: culturally appropriate midwifery and epistemological accommodation (66) |
| Maternal | Infectious disease; interventions/programming | Oncogenic human papillomavirus infection and cervical lesions in Aboriginal Women in Nunavut, Canada (94) |
| Maternal | Chronic disease; social determinants of health; tobacco; mental health and wellbeing | The health of Cree, Inuit and southern Quebec women: similarities and differences (79) |
| Maternal | Nutrition; social determinants of health; environment/environmental exposures | Food insecurity among Inuit women exacerbated by socioeconomic stresses and climate change (60) |
| Children; youth | Chronic disease | The relationship between socio-economic and geographic factors and asthma among Canada's Aboriginal populations (81) |
| Children; youth | Infectious disease | Hospitalization due to pneumonia among Innu, Inuit and non-Aboriginal communities, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (24) |
| Children; maternal | Birth outcomes | Heart defects and other malformations in the Inuit in Canada: a baseline study (62) |
| Children; maternal | Birth outcomes | Birth outcomes in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada (95) |
| Children; maternal | Birth outcomes | Degree of rural isolation and birth outcomes (63) |
| Children; maternal | Birth outcomes | Risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes among Inuit and North American Indian women in Quebec, 1985–97 (64) |
| Children; maternal | Environment/environmental exposures | Prenatal exposure to methylmercury and PCBs affects distinct stages of information processing: an event-related potential study with Inuit children (44) |
| Children; maternal | Environment/environmental exposures | The relation of lead neurotoxicity to the event-related potential P3b component in Inuit children from arctic Quebec (47) |
| Children; maternal | Environment/environmental exposures | Thyroid hormone levels of pregnant Inuit women and their infants exposed to environmental contaminants (96) |
| Children; maternal | Environment/environmental exposures | Neuromotor functions in Inuit preschool children exposed to Pb, PCBs, and Hg (43) |
| Children; maternal | Environment/environmental exposures | Beneficial effects of a polyunsaturated fatty acid on infant development: evidence from the Inuit of arctic Quebec (52) |
| Children; maternal | Environment/environmental exposures | The relation of environmental contaminants exposure to behavioural indicators in Inuit preschoolers in Arctic Quebec (46) |
| Children; maternal | Infectious disease | Neonatal vitamin A deficiency and its impact on acute respiratory infections among preschool Inuit children (33) |
| Children; maternal | Nutrition | Anaemia and iron status in Inuit infants from Northern Quebec (97) |
| Children; maternal | Birth outcomes; nutrition | Congenital heart defects in Canadian Inuit: is more folic acid making a difference? (53) |
| Children; maternal | Infectious disease; tobacco | Lower respiratory tract infections in Inuit infants on Baffin Island (38) |
| Children; maternal | Infectious disease; tobacco | Risk factors and viruses associated with hospitalization due to lower respiratory tract infections in Canadian Inuit children: a case-control study (39) |
| Children; maternal | Environment/environmental exposures; infectious disease | Acute infections and environmental exposure to organochlorines in Inuit infants from Nunavik (42) |
| Children; maternal | Environment/environmental exposures; infectious disease | Susceptibility to infections and immune status in Inuit infants exposed to organochlorines (34) |
| Children; maternal | Birth outcomes; interventions/programming | Primary birthing attendants and birth outcomes in remote Inuit communities – a natural “experiment” in Nunavik, Canada (67) |
| Youth; maternal | Health care, policy, human resources | Identifying the needs of Innu and Inuit patients in urban health settings in Newfoundland and Labrador (71) |
| Youth; maternal | Infectious disease | Prevalence and age distribution of human papillomavirus infection in a population of Inuit women in Nunavik, Quebec (27) |
| Youth; maternal | Infectious disease | Determinants of human papillomavirus infection among Inuit women of northern Quebec, Canada (28) |
| Youth; maternal | Social determinants of health | The social determinants of Inuit health: a focus on social support in the Canadian Arctic (78) |
| Children; youth; maternal | Health care, policy, human resources | Life expectancy in the Inuit-inhabited areas of Canada, 1989 to 2003 (72) |
| Children; youth; maternal | Infectious disease | Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among Nunavik Inuit (Canada) (29) |
| Children; youth; maternal | Nutrition | Local cultural animal food contributes high levels of nutrients for Arctic Canadian Indigenous adults and children (58) |
| Children; youth; maternal | Nutrition; interventions/programming | Participatory research for chronic disease prevention in Inuit communities (61) |