Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services

Recent papers from Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services

1. Delays in presentation, severity of illness, and adverse surgical outcomes among patients transferred from Nunavik for acute care surgeryCanadian Journal of Surgery · 2026
2. Exploring the diversity of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the Eastern Canadian ArcticJournal of Insect Science · 2026
3. Lichen biomonitoring of atmospheric rare earth elements, radionuclides (U, Th) and trace elements in the Canadian subarctic prior to REE miningEnvironmental Pollution · 2026
4. HPV Prevalence Among Inuit Women in Northern Quebec, Canada: A Pre- and Post-Vaccination AnalysisJournal of Lower Genital Tract Disease · 2026
5. Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) and Genomics in the Community (MAGIC): Setting the Stage for the Co-Development of Genomics Tools in an Iconic Arctic MammalArctic Science · 2026
6. Improving early recognition and treatment of sepsis in paramedic services and emergency departments: a pan-Canadian mixed methods application of the Theoretical Domains FrameworkCanadian Journal of Emergency Medicine · 2026
7. Assessing fungal burden in Nunavik homes across seasonal conditions: Relationship between air and surface contaminationBuilding and Environment · 2025
8. Partitioning and probe-based quantitative PCR assays for the wastewater monitoring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, M. tuberculosis, and M. bovisJournal of Water and Health · 2025
9. An indigenous community-led project in Nunavik: a story of self-determination and resistance amidst the ongoing presence of colonialityOxford Development Studies · 2024
10. Partitioning and probe-based quantitative PCR assays for the wastewater monitoring of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex, M. tuberculosis , and M. Bovis2024
11. Co-designing Culturally Safe Indigenous Birth in High-Risk Obstetrics: Implementing Joyce’s Principle with Inuit and Cree Families and Their Medical ProvidersJournal of Transcultural Nursing · 2024
12. Increasing our knowledge about the epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in Nunavik’s Inuit population (Québec, Canada) using Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 cross-sectional surveyInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health · 2024
13. The population-level impact of introducing rapid diagnostic tests on syphilis transmission in Canadian arctic communities – a mathematical modeling studyThe Lancet Regional Health - Americas · 2024
14. Characterizing Important Dietary Exposure Sources of Perfluoroalkyl Acids in Inuit Youth and Adults in Nunavik Using a Feature Selection ToolEnvironmental Health Perspectives · 2024
15. Predictors of clinical deterioration and intensive care unit admission in trauma patients transferred from northern Quebec to a level 1 trauma centre: a retrospective cohort studyCanadian Journal of Surgery · 2024
16. Surgical, trauma and telehealth capacity in Indigenous communities in Northern Quebec: a cross-sectional surveyCanadian Journal of Surgery · 2023
17. Cardiometabolic health and per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in an Inuit populationEnvironment International · 2023
18. “Moving from understanding to action on food security in Inuit Nunangat”:Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l alimentation · 2023
19. Weaving together Inuit knowledge and western science: a mixed-methods case study of qilalugaq (beluga whale) in Quaqtaq, NunavikArctic Science · 2023
20. Nunavik anadromous Arctic char life histories, behaviour, and habitat use informed by both Inuit knowledge and western science: a year in Ungava BayArctic Science · 2023