Examining the concept of for indigenous communities: A systematic review.

Purpose: This paper examines whether the usage of the concept of in Canada-based research aligns with traditional Indigenous notions of health and wellness.

Methods: A comprehensive search of the literature was conducted using primary databases, including Scholars Portal, ProQuest Social Science, Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest), OVID Healthstar, Embase, Medline, Pubmed and Google Scholar. Papers discussing and Indigenous Health were selected and analyzed through Nvivo12 to generate common themes across the studies.

Results: The analysis identified three major themes that focused on as it relates to climate change, zoonosis, and social relationships between humans and animals. Climate change was seen to have affected the environmental health of Northern latitude areas where many Indigenous communities reside. Infectious diseases within Indigenous communities were a frequent topic of study and indicated that infections transmitted by dogs are likely to be addressed with interventions. interventions are likely to equally address the health of humans, animals, and the environment.

Conclusions: No significant connection between and Indigenous knowledges was established in the analyzed articles. Articles discussed as it pertains to epidemiological surveillance and research. The implications of utilizing towards Indigenous Peoples and culture were not explicitly addressed.