Taking a heat of Inuit health: 14 Nunavik communities being studied
(Yves Choquette)
Roughly 2,000 Inuit from all 14 Nunavik communities are now holding partial in a Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 health study. Qanuilirpitaa? means ‘How are we’ in Inuktitut.
It’s function 15 years after a identical investigate highlighted a series of health and food confidence issues for people in a area.Â
(Yves Choquette)
People like Philip Nunga, 65, in Inukjuak, donned life jackets for a trip. Participants in a consult will be clinically tested for illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease.
(Yves Choquette)
Participants can preserve from a breeze on a boat that ferries them to a CCGS Amundsen.
(Yves Choquette)
Once participants house a Canadian investigate icebreaker, an interviewer asks them questions about their health and lifestyle.
(Yves Choquette)
A dentist is also holding partial in a project.Â
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Baby Peter, only dual months old, is a son of 19-year-old Asiinn Ningiuk, right. Peter is her second child to take partial in a 2017 Qanuilirpitaa? health investigate on a CCGS Amundsen.
(Yves Choquette)
Ningiuk leaves with a smile.
(Yves Choquette)
After a checkup, it’s time to conduct behind on a barge.
(Yves Choquette)
The boat leaves the CCGS Amundsen, holding participants behind to a Inukjuak harbour.
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