title: Facilitators and Barriers to Traditional Food Consumption in the Cree Community of Mistissini, Northern Quebec.
abstract: To identify barriers to traditional food consumption and factors that facilitate it among the Cree community of Mistissini, a series of four focus groups was conducted with a total of twenty-three people. Two ecological models were created, one for facilitating factors and a second for obstacles, illustrating the role of numerous interconnected influences of traditional food consumption. Environmental impact project, laws and regulation, local businesses, traditional knowledge, youth influence, employment status, and nonconvenience of traditional food were named among numerous factors influencing traditional food consumption. The findings of this study can be used by political and public health organizations to promote traditional food where more emphasis should be invested in community and environmental strategies.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Public Health , Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay , Mistissini , Canada.
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Laberge Gaudin
authors.affiliation: b Department of Nutrition , Université de Montréal , Montreal , Canada.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Receveur
authors.affiliation: c Department of Oral Health , Université de Montréal , Montreal , Canada.
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.affiliation: d School of Public Health , Université de Montréal , Montreal , Canada.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Potvin
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D004777:Environment; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D011792:Quebec; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Native American Indian; determinants; ecological perspective; focus group; traditional foods