International journal of circumpolar health
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Int J Circumpolar Health · Jan 2013
The use of remote presence for health care delivery in a northern Inuit community: a feasibility study.
To evaluate the feasibility of remote presence for improving the health of residents in a remote northern Inuit community. ⋯ These results show the feasibility of deploying a remote presence robot in a distant northern community and a high degree of satisfaction with the technology. Remote presence in the Canadian North has potential for delivering a cost-effective health care solution to underserviced communities reducing the need for the transport of patients and caregivers to distant referral centers.
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Int J Circumpolar Health · Jan 2013
Mortality trends among Alaska Native people: successes and challenges.
Current mortality rates are essential for monitoring, understanding and developing policy for a population's health. Disease-specific Alaska Native mortality rates have been undergoing change. ⋯ Mortality rates and trends are essential to understanding the health of a population and guiding policy decisions. The overall AN/AI mortality rate is higher than that of US whites, although encouraging declines in mortality have occurred for many cause specific deaths, as well as for the overall rate. The second leading cause of AN/AI mortality, heart disease, remains lower than that of US whites.
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Int J Circumpolar Health · Jan 2013
ReviewA review of protective factors and causal mechanisms that enhance the mental health of Indigenous Circumpolar youth.
To review the protective factors and causal mechanisms which promote and enhance Indigenous youth mental health in the Circumpolar North. ⋯ Healthy communities and families foster and support youth who are resilient to mental health challenges and able to adapt and cope with multiple stressors, be they social, economic, or environmental. Creating opportunities and environments where youth can successfully navigate challenges and enhance their resilience can in turn contribute to fostering healthy Circumpolar communities. Looking at the role of new social media in the way youth communicate and interact is one way of understanding how to create such opportunities. Youth perspectives of mental health programmes are crucial to developing appropriate mental health support and meaningful engagement of youth can inform locally appropriate and culturally relevant mental health resources, programmes and community resilience strategies.