Pages 254-255 in N. Murphy and A. Parkinson, eds. Circumpolar Health 2012: Circumpolar Health Comes Full Circle. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, August 5-10, 2012. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2013;72 (Suppl 1):254-255
Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec (CHUO), Quebec, QC, Canada
Departement of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, The Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Source
Pages 254-255 in N. Murphy and A. Parkinson, eds. Circumpolar Health 2012: Circumpolar Health Comes Full Circle. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, August 5-10, 2012. International Journal of Circumpolar Health 2013;72 (Suppl 1):254-255
The Inuit of Nunavik experience a variety of psycho-social problems that tend to compromise optimal child development. Among these problems are teenage pregnancy, domestic violence, alcohol abuse, as well as a suicide rate that is among the highest in the world. Both internalising behavioral problems (IBP) and externalising behavioral problems (EBP) can appear very early in development and can lead to sustained trajectories of delinquency, criminality, rejection by peers, depression and anxiety. IBP include symptoms of anxiety, depression and social withdrawal or rejection, whereas EBP take the form of impulsive,
delinquent or aggressive behaviors.
Objective
This research project seeks to document the presence of behavior problems (BP) among school-aged Inuit in Nunavik and to examine their link with psycho-social risk factors to which the children are exposed.