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MARC recordBreaking the ice: HIV and AIDS among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic / Alexander Kumar.
| Title: | Breaking the ice: HIV and AIDS among Inuit in the Canadian Arctic / Alexander Kumar. |
| Author(s): | Kumar, Alexander. |
| Date: | 2006. |
| Abstract: | Evaluates strategies for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, with particular reference to their applicability among Canadian Inuit populations. Discusses whether current Canadian HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment strategies are appropriate to Inuit health needs. Recommends Inuit-specific and culturally-sensitive interventions, as Inuit are at higher risk of HIV/AIDS infection than general population of Canada. |
| Notes: | Submitted in partial fulfilment of intercalated degree of BSc in International Health, University of Leeds. |
| Keywords: | 36 -- Social welfare. 39 -- Ethnography: Inuit. 613/614 -- Health and preventive medicine. 614 -- Public health and safety. 616-036 -- Epidemiology. 616.988 -- Diseases, virus. 616.988.9 -- AIDS and HIV positive. I -- Medicine and health. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*41) -- Canada. (*440.2) -- Nunavut. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-THE: 2006[Kum] |
| SPRI record no.: | 197420 |
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