A participatory study of indoor environment quality in homes of children and youth in Kanehsatake First Nation.

Indoor air quality is an important determinant for the health of children and youth, but the conditions within Indigenous communities are understudied. We collaborated with Kanehsatake First Nation in Quebec, Canada, to address this gap using a community-based participatory research approach. Levels of key indoor air indicators, including particulate matter (PM), CO, and relative humidity, were measured in 31 randomly selected households between June 2021 and January 2022.

The First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (2008-2018)-rationale, design, methods and lessons learned.

Objective: To describe the rationale, the participatory nature of the methodology, and the lessons learned during the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (FNFNES), a community-based participatory research project implemented in eight Assembly of First Nations regions, which includes the entirety of Canada south of the 60 parallel.

Methods: FNFNES respected the First Nations principles of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP®) ( https://fnigc.ca/ocap ).

What have we learned? A review of the literature on children's health and the environment in the Aral Sea area.

Objectives: To review the published literature examining the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster on children's health.

Methods: A systematic review of the English language literature.

Results: The literature search uncovered 26 peer-reviewed articles and four major reports published between 1994 and 2008.