Health topics | Interventions | Location | Scope (sample size) | Stakeholders involved throughout the intervention development, implementation and evaluation | References |
Nutrition | Healthy Foods North Programme (taste test session and cooking, posters, radio, walking clubs, pedometer challenge) | Nunavut Inuvialuit | n=6 communities | Representatives from local community organisations, health and social services, stores, community members | Sharma et al23 135 (2010, 2010) Hopping et al28 (2010) Pakseresht et al197–199 (2015, 2010, 2010) Mead et al200–202 (2010, 2010, 2013) Kholadooz et al203–205 (2014, 2013, 2014) Zotor206 (2012) |
A nutrition school-based intervention (collect local berries, cooking traditional foods, planter boxes, lunch with elders) | Inuvialuit | n=3 schools | Students, local harvesters, elders and community-based organisations | Kenny et al150 (2018) | |
Community greenhouse farming projects | Nunavik | n=67 participants | Public consultants Greenhouse development actors | Lamalice et al157 (2016) | |
A pilot of radio dramas for health communication (soft drink, market/traditional foods, country berry smoothie, strong bones) | Nunavut | n=2 focus group discussions (five and four individuals in each) | Youth Youth Council members Elders | Racicot Matta et al67 (2016) | |
Community-driven toolkit for healthy food environment | Inuvialuit | n=14 | Decision-makers, policy influencers, health practitioners | Fournier et al113 (2019) | |
Reduction of the transfat content of food sold (dissemination of research on transfat intake and impact on health) | Nunavik | n=5 | Inuk leader, Inuk student, southern student, southern nutritionist and southern researcher | Counil et al151 (2012) | |
Environmental health | Institutionalisation of the ban of lead shot to reduce lead exposure | Nunavik | Not found in the paper | Hunting representatives Representatives of the Makivik Corporation, the Hunter Support Program | Couture et al152 (2012) |
Impacts of climate change on Inuit health (Digital Media Lab: stories used as public health campaigns) | Nunatsiavut | n=37 digital stories, n=87 in-depth interviews, n=7 focus group discussions, surveys (n=75; 112) | Community members, digital storytelling facilitators, public health practitioners, policymakers | Wilocox (2013) Harper et al69 (2012) Cunsolo et al68 (2012) | |
Chronic diseases (cancer care) | Booklet on patient decision aid for patients with cancer and training | Ottawa, Nunavut | n=15 | Inuit-led members from organisations that support Inuit in cancer care systems Community members | Jull et al44 (2019) |
Maternal health | Acceptability of CD-ROM on perinatal care | Ottawa | n=40 | Two elders, community members, community-based organisation | MacShane153 (2013) |
Quality of care | Application for iOS and Android devices for new and short-term healthcare providers | Nunavut | n=18 survey respondents n=5 interviews | Staff of Qaujigiartiit | Healey et al109 (2020) |
Mental health | ACCESS Open Minds: a pan-Canadian youth mental health research and evaluation network Lay workers, outreach activities | Inuvialuit | n=14 sites across Canada | Representatives of the National Youth Council Family and Carers' Council, Indigenous Council | Etter (2019) Malla et al98 (2019) |
Respiratory health | The Taima Tuberculosis (TB) Project educational TB message, door-to-door awareness, screening, testing and treatment | Nunavut | n=614 dwellings | Inuit organisations, community members and local TB healthcare providers | Alvares et al155 (2014) |
The Taima TB Youth Education Initiative video challenges and community events | Nunavut | n=4 communities n=271 community members attended community events | 41 youth The Taima TB Programme director/TB physician, the project coordinator/public health nurse, a youth facilitation specialist and Inuit organisation representative | Alvares et al156 (2016) | |
Gastro-illnesses | Aklavik Helicobacter pylori Project community screening, endoscopy, treatment, policy development and knowledge exchange (http://canhelpworkinggroup.ca/) | Inuvialuit | N=333 participants screened | Providers, Indigenous government representatives, the Aklavik Health Committee | Caraher et al102 (2013) Lefebvre et al207 (2013) Cheung et al88 (2014) |
A whiteboard video to prevent acute gastro-illnesses (short video delivering messages on ways to reduce acute gastro-illnesses) | Nunatsiavut (Rigolet, Valley Goose Bay) | Survey (pre/post): 40 Interviews (pre/post): 21 Focus group (pre/post): 5 | 6 youth Providers, community members Policymakers | Saini et al90 (2020) |