CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Stylianidou, Soultana |
|---|---|
| Title | The role of the Environment domain as a determinant of aboriginal community health of the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada: A local perspective |
| Summary | The growing need to measure and track aboriginal population health for better informed policies requires the development of socially and culturally sensitive frameworks and indicator sets. Researchers from the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU) in collaboration with nine communities of Northern Saskatchewan and their organizations developed a Toolkit, including a community health framework and associated indicators, for use in monitoring indigenous community health and wellness. Based on this project, the SPHERU researchers continued with the project “Tools 2. Community health and wellness indicators reflecting daily life in Saskatchewan’s isolated far North: Implications for Program planning and evaluation”. The current thesis research is part of phase two of the Tools 2 project, named “A Year in the Life”. During this phase an ethnographic approach is taken to answer the question: “Why would we want to measure that?” or in other words, “Are we measuring the right things?” The aim of this research is to indentify the elements of the environment that are considered important by the community members of Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada for the health of their community. Two methods were used: photovoice and participant observation. The analysis of the photovoice outcomes (pictures and narratives), combined with the ethnographic data, revealed some key environmental issues of concern for the community (e.g. sanitation, weather and transportation safety, caribou). The identified themes were then compared to the Toolkit in order to identify strengths and deficiencies and propose changes and indicators that reflect the community perspectives. |
| Supervisor | Anthony, Brandon |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/stylianidou_soultana.pdf |
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