Climate change, health, and vulnerability in Canadian northern Aboriginal communities
Climate change, health, and vulnerability in Canadian northern Aboriginal communities
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DOI：
10.1289/ehp.8433
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
10.4
通讯作者：
Seguin, Jacinthe
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作者：
Furgal, Christopher;Seguin, Jacinthe
背景：加拿大已经认识到该国的土著和北部社区面临着独特的挑战，有必要扩大对气候变化脆弱性的评估，将这些社区包括在内。有证据表明，加拿大北部已经经历了重大的气候变化，这些变化对居住在这些地区的土著居民的生活产生了负面影响。迄今为止，对加拿大北部气候变化和健康影响的研究汇集了土著社区成员、政府代表和研究人员，并正在绘制新的领域。方法和结果：在本文中，我们回顾了两个项目的经验，这些项目采用基于社区的对话方法来确定和评估加拿大北极两个因纽特人地区气候变化的影响和脆弱性以及对健康的影响。结论：我们提出的两个案例项目的结果主张建立一个多方利益攸关方参与的评估框架，支持必要的分析、理解和提高地方应对和适应地方一级健康影响的能力。
BACKGROUND: Canada has recognized that Aboriginal and northern communities in the country face unique challenges and that there is a need to expand the assessment of vulnerabilities to climate change to include these communities. Evidence suggests that Canada's North is already experiencing significant changes in its climate-changes that are having negative impacts on the lives of Aboriginal people living in these regions. Research on climate change and health impacts in northern Canada thus far has brought together Aboriginal community members, government representatives, and researchers and is charting new territory.METHODS AND RESULTs: In this article we review experiences from two projects that have taken a community-based dialogue approach to identifying and assessing the effects of and vulnerability to climate change and the impact on the health in two Inuit regions of the Canadian Arctic.CONCLUSIONs: The results of the two case projects that we present argue for a multi-stakeholder, participatory framework for assessment that supports the necessary analysis, understanding, and enhancement of capabilities of local areas to respond and adapt to the health impacts at the local level.