School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Independent Researcher, Tuktoyaktuk, NT X0E 1C0, Canada.
Nutrients. 2022 May 3;14(9):1915. doi: 10.3390/nu14091915.
Northern Indigenous communities require collaborative approaches to health communication about food that are grounded in Indigenous knowledges and cultures; however, preferences and best methods for this process remain understudied. This participatory study discusses how Inuvialuit (Inuit from the Western Arctic) knowledge and the perspectives of territorial, regional, and local dietary message stakeholders can inform the co-development of culture-centered dietary messaging to support healthy, safe, and culturally appropriate diets in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT. A community researcher in Tuktoyaktuk conducted storytelling interviews with country food knowledge holders ( = 7) and community members ( = 3), and a talking circle with local public health dietary message disseminators ( = 2) in June-July 2021. The lead author conducted key informant telephone and videoconference interviews with territorial and regional dietary message disseminators ( = 5) in June 2021. Interviews were coded and analyzed thematically. Our findings indicate that participants at all levels support increased inclusion of cultural and community perspectives about food to develop regionally and locally tailored dietary messaging. While most dietary message stakeholders wish to be involved in co-development processes, some country food knowledge holders in Tuktoyaktuk expressed a desire to lead local communications about country foods. Informed by participants' experiences and needs, we provide recommendations for future community-led approaches to further (co-)develop and communicate effective, culturally meaningful dietary messaging that promotes Inuvialuit food sovereignty.
北方原住民社区需要以合作的方式进行有关食物的健康传播，这需要建立在原住民知识和文化基础上；然而，对于这个过程的偏好和最佳方法仍有待研究。本参与式研究讨论了如何利用因纽特人（来自北极西部的因纽特人）的知识以及领土、地区和地方饮食信息利益相关者的观点，为支持西北地区图克托亚图克的健康、安全和文化适宜饮食，共同制定以文化为中心的饮食信息。2021 年 6 月至 7 月期间，图克托亚图克的社区研究人员对传统食物知识持有者（=7）和社区成员（=3）进行了故事讲述访谈，并与当地公共卫生饮食信息传播者（=2）进行了座谈。主要作者在 2021 年 6 月对地区和区域饮食信息传播者（=5）进行了关键知情人电话和视频会议访谈。访谈内容进行了编码和主题分析。我们的研究结果表明，各级参与者都支持增加关于食物的文化和社区观点，以制定适合地区和当地的饮食信息。尽管大多数饮食信息利益相关者希望参与共同制定过程，但图克托亚图克的一些传统食物知识持有者表示希望在当地就传统食物进行沟通。根据参与者的经验和需求，我们提出了未来社区主导方法的建议，以进一步（共同）制定和传播有效的、具有文化意义的饮食信息，促进因纽特人的食物主权。
