Foggin P M, Aurillon N
Department of Geography, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Soc Sci Med. 1989;29(5):617-26. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(89)90181-0.
The goal of the research reported on is the analysis of the geo-statistical relationships observed between three indicators of respiratory health (acute and chronic bronchitis; pulmonary function) and an index of acculturation. Data used in this work were obtained by means of a field survey that was conducted in the north of Quebec over a 24-month period (1982-1984). With regard to acculturation, a very elusive concept, a Bertin-type geographic seriation technique is used to characterize the levels of modernity of each of the 21 villages involved in this study. Notwithstanding difficulties of measurement, it can be concluded from this analysis that better levels of respiratory health are positively associated, to a degree, with acculturation. This is a very significant result in that it would demonstrate the opposite of what has been tentatively noted in some other studies of the health status of Aboriginal populations.
本报告所涉及研究的目标是分析在呼吸健康的三项指标（急慢性支气管炎、肺功能）与文化适应指数之间观察到的地理统计关系。本研究使用的数据是通过在魁北克北部进行的为期24个月（1982年至1984年）的实地调查获得的。关于文化适应这一非常难以捉摸的概念，采用了一种贝尔坦式地理序列化技术来表征本研究涉及的21个村庄中每个村庄的现代性水平。尽管存在测量困难，但从该分析中可以得出结论，较好的呼吸健康水平在一定程度上与文化适应呈正相关。这是一个非常重要的结果，因为它将证明与其他一些关于原住民健康状况的研究中初步指出的情况相反。
