Les Canadiennes autochtones et la santé

Obesity is prevalent among the First Nations population in Canada, with serious associated health risks. Recent studies also indicate that a high percentage of First Nations women are overweight or obese at the start of their pregnancies, with a tendency to retain weight after their children are born. In response to these concerns, a community-based study was conducted in two Cree communities, using qualitative methods to investigate young mothers’ perceptions and concerns about weight gain during pregnancy and challenges to postpartum weight loss. Female Elders were also interviewed to provide some historical context and to give some insight into culturally appropriate responses to the current weight-related health challenges being faced by young mothers. Overall, the study showed that most of the participants—young and old— associated “healthy foods” with traditional foods and “healthy living” with bush life. However, while Elders recounted staying active and eating traditional foods throughout their pregnancies, the younger women tended not to put their knowledge of what constitutes a healthy lifestyle into practice, mainly due to various individual and societal barriers. Some of the barriers identified related to lifestyle changes, including increased consumption of “white man’s foods” and decreased physical activity, as well as to larger social changes, such as the medicalization of pregnancy and diminished community support networks for young mothers. Participants provided insight into how traditional practices could be intertwined with the benefits of contemporary life to help address some of the health issues currently affecting young Cree mothers

Estimating the incidence of interstitial lung diseases in the Cree of Eeyou Istchee, northern Québec

Background:Little is known about the epidemiology of interstitial lung disease (ILD) amongst Canada'sIndigenous populations. Clinicians working in Eeyou Istchee (the Cree territory of the JamesBay region of Québec, population 17, 956) suspected that ILD was more common in thisarea. We sought to identify all prevalent and incident cases of ILD in Eeyou Istchee between2006 and 2013, to describe characteristics of affected patients, distribution of subtypes, andestimate disease incidence. [...

Comparison of age distribution of populations of Eeyou Istchee (pink) and province of Québec (green).

<p>EI: Eeyou Istchee; Qc: Québec. Population pyramids were created using package ggplot2 in R statistical software and data from Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux. Institut de la statistique du Québec Population Estimates and Projections, 1996 to 2036, March 2015 (based on Statistics Canada 2011 census).</p

Process for classification of potential cases as Definite ILD and by subtype of ILD.

<p>Figure was created using CMAP Tools v 6.00.4 (University of West Florida.Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. (2000). IHMC CmapTools, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.) Blue boxes indicate patients not yet classified. Yellow boxes indicate where potential cases were excluded from classification as Definite ILD. Green boxes indicate patients classified as Definite ILD.</p

Comparison of the annual incidence of IPF per 100,000 PYO in Eeyou Istchee to the incidence of IPF in other populations from studies that used similar methods of case identification and diagnostic verification.

<p>Comparison of the annual incidence of IPF per 100,000 PYO in Eeyou Istchee to the incidence of IPF in other populations from studies that used similar methods of case identification and diagnostic verification.</p