title: Housing and health among Inuit children.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Housing conditions have been associated with child health. Inuit children are generally in poorer health than other Canadian children. They are also more likely to live in crowded households, in dwellings that need major repair, and to be exposed to second-hand smoke in the home.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study uses the 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey to examine associations between physical and psychosocial housing characteristics and physical and mental health outcomes of Inuit children aged 2 to 5.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Physical and psychosocial housing characteristics were associated with selected indicators of Inuit children's health. The presence of a smoker in the home, homeownership, and parental housing satisfaction were associated with specific physical and/or mental health outcomes, even after adjusting for other housing factors and family and child sociodemographic characteristics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Housing conditions were associated with the physical and mental health of young Inuit children, even when sociodemographic factors were taken into account. Homeownership and housing satisfaction appeared to be particularly important for young Inuit children's health.
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: Dafna E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kohen
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bougie
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guèvremont
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D000067576:Child Health; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
keywords: affective symptoms; conduct disorder; environmental exposure; indoor air quality; respiratory conditions; tobacco smoke pollution