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Community engagement among Inuit in Nunavut, Canada: Lessons from the field
Gonzalo G. Alvarez MD, MPH, FRCPCAssociate Professor, University of Ottawa, School of Public Health
Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Head of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine,
The Ottawa Hospital
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Disclosures
• No disclosures relating to this topic or presentation
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Objectives
• Describe and apply lessons learned from community engagement activities used in the TAIMA TB studies
• Describe how partnerships with community leaders and community engagement are key
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60,000 Canadian Inuit
Youngest population in Canada, 56% are under the age of 25
Inuktituk is the strongest indigenous language in Canada 7/10 Inuit can carry a conversation
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1950s active TB cases were picked up by the survey ship CD Howe summer tour of Baffin Island
INUIT TB HISTORY
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Grzybowski S et al Tubercle 1976
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Taima TB program of research
CollaborationEducationInnovationEvaluation
Taima means STOP in Inuktitut
Mission: Taima TB is a group of research projects aimed at
helping Inuit in Canada stop the transmission of tuberculosis
(TB) in their communities.
Core Principles: The work of Taima TB is based on the
following principles:
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Google:Taima TB
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LESSONS LEARNED – FIELD NOTES
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#1 what does community engagement mean?
• From the Taima TB perspective
• Communities must be offered involvement in all parts of a research study or program evaluation
• Not just a rubber stamp
• From the planning, to the execution of the project, to the analysis, to the return of information
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Community engagement = success
• Understand that geography, history and culture are at the very core of the problems faced with TB in many indigenous communities
• Spend the time LISTENING
• TAKES TIME – I spent the first 5 years listening…2 years preparing and only the last 5 years doing studies that were driven by Inuit
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Pangnirtung Health Committee
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Lessons Learned
• “It is better if health messages come from Inuit rather than health care professionals”
• “It is easier for Inuit to relate to other Inuit”
• Oral versus written communication
• Street Inuktitut versus school Inuktitut
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Iqaluit Taima TB participants
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EVALUATION
OPEN ACCESS
PEER REVIEW
KnowledgeTranslation
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Study results given back to community
Other modalities used to bring results back included radio, paper and presentations
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#2 -Who comes up with the questions that need to be answered?
• Traditional paradigm that the researcher asks the question does not apply
• Home grown ideas are in fact sustainable ideas
• May not be what you signed up for
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#3 -Who speaks for the community?
Who decides on what is done and is not done?
• Thorny and often sensitive issue
• Historical wrongs and mistrust
• Layers of players, health versus elected officials
• Different perspectives
• Important to involve as many representatives as possible
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TAIMA TB Partners working together
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Steering Committee• Established in 2011
• Meet every 2 months, 2 x / year face to face
• 11 members from the Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik (NTI) and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Inuit representation (NTI), policy/decision makers within Nunavut government and health care providers from territorial, regional, and local levels
• Members participate directly in decision making in the overall guidance of the studies
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Taima TB Community Engagement
Alvarez et al 2016 PlosONE
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Nunavut Tunngavik (NTI) ensures that the promises made under the Nunavutland claims agreement are carried out.
Sharon Edmunds Potvin
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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) (Inuit are united in Canada) is the national voice of Inuit living across the Inuit Nunangat. ITK does not deliver or fund programs rather it is a national advocacy organization
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