Are sport and traditional Inuit games identified as tools in current Inuit suicide prevention strategies?: A content analysis

In this study, we used settler colonial theory, critical Inuit studies, and content analysis to examine if and how sport and Inuit traditional games are identified as prevention tools in these Inuit suicide prevention strategies. The results demonstrate that sport and traditional games have largely been overlooked as protective factors in current Inuit-wide and land-claim specific suicide prevention strategies. Moving forward, evidence-based and community-driven approaches could be funded, created, implemented, and evaluated as culturally-safe Inuit mental health intervention models to address the disproportionately high suicide rates among Inuit in Inuit Nunangat.PMID:37992403 | DOI:10.1080/22423982.2023.2276983
Source: International Journal of Circumpolar Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research