Indigenous health and climate change

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2012-07

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American Public Health Association

Abstract

Indigenous-focused content has largely been overlooked in reports on climate change such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This article captures place-based dimensions of climate change vulnerability as well as broader determining factors. The studies focus primarily on Australia and the Arctic, and indicate significant adaptive capacity in indigenous peoples, with active responses to climate-related health risks. However, non-climatic stresses including poverty, land dispossession, globalization, and associated sociocultural transitions challenge adaptive capacity. These are social determinants of health. The scope for climate change to affect health, therefore, is broader than altering incidence and prevalence of disease.

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, VULNERABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ARCTIC, AUSTRALIA, MENTAL STRESS, POVERTY

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Ford, J.D. (2012). Indigenous Health and Climate Change. American Journal of Public Health, 102(7), 1260-1266.doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/51211
 http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300752

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Climate Change and the Health of Indigenous Communities / Changements climatiques et santé des autochtones