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Contemporary Circumpolar Health Issues and Innovative Responses in the Anthropocene

verfasst von : Carol Devine

Erschienen in: Arctic Summer College Yearbook

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Health in the Arctic is not a new concern due to the region’s remoteness and historic inequities in health service provision and access to health care particularly for Indigenous populations, but it is also an issue severely exacerbated today by the effects of climate change. Communities in circumpolar regions have distinct health needs, but they also face shared challenges related to water quality, species and biodiversity loss, sea rise, increased non-communicable and infectious diseases, and food security, all of which are directly or indirectly impacted by climate change. This chapter surveys contemporary health issues in the Arctic and explores innovative responses to health challenges for populations in the Arctic in Canada, Greenland (Denmark), and the United States, including a Pan-Arctic Inuit health collaboration between Canada and the US. It concludes with a non-exhaustive resource list of academic and medical programs related to Arctic health and wellbeing and Circumpolar Health and related networks.

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Fußnoten
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3
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4
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5
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8
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10
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13
The term circumpolar is used interchangeably with Arctic in this paper. Circumpolar countries include the US, Alaska, Greenland, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark (and self-governing Greenland and Faroe Islands), Iceland and Russia: the “Arctic States” defined by the intergovernmental Arctic Council. Circumpolar Health Atlas. P 3.
 
14
Arctic indigenous peoples include for example Saami in circumpolar areas of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Northwest Russia, Nenets, Khanty, Evenk and Chukchi in Russia, Aleut, Yupik and Inuit (Iñupiat) in Alaska, Inuit (Inuvialuit) in Canada and Inuit (Kalaallit) in Greenland. All of the above-mentioned countries except Iceland have indigenous peoples living within their Arctic territory. Arctic Indigenous Peoples. Arctic Centre. Web.
 
16
Social determinants of Inuit Health in Canada, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), September 2014.
 
17
Circumpolar Health Atlas. P 160.
 
18
Circumpolar Health Atlas. P vii.
 
19
‘Disparities in Arctic Health’ Podcast with Dan Rutz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Web. 2008.
 
20
ibid. CDC.
 
21
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22
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24
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25
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26
Ibid. P 154–157.
 
28
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Ministry of Health, Malawi. December 2015.
 
29
“Climate change health assessment:​ a novel approach for Alaska Native communities.​” Michael Y. Brubaker, Jacob N. Bell, James E. Berner, John A. Warren Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, USA Circumpolar Health Journal. Web 2011.
 
30
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Center for Climate & Health. Web.
 
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32
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38
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Metadaten
Titel
Contemporary Circumpolar Health Issues and Innovative Responses in the Anthropocene
verfasst von
Carol Devine
Copyright-Jahr
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66459-0_11