Points of view: Inuit women's perceptions of pollution.
Inuit women's perceptions of health risks from potential contamination in the arctic food chain were investigated in 1995 through in-depth interviews with 47 women in a Canadian arctic community. This number represents 34% of the eligible participants in the population of the research community. Many of these Inuit women suggest that pollution can appear in a variety of forms, from drug and alcohol consumption to visible air and water contaminants to possible invisible contaminants in arctic wildlife. Concepts of pollution--starting with the individual body and extending to the body politic--are influenced by a complex of sociocultural factors arising from historical and contemporary community life.
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Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit; D008350:Manitoba; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D014876:Water Pollution