Understanding Patterns of Social Interactions in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region to Support Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases

Location: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
COVID-19 and other infectious diseases spread when people are in contact with one another, but the understanding is currently very limited of who is in contact with whom, and how often, in Inuvialuit communities. To accurately predict how a disease will spread and respond with appropriate public health measures (e.g., school closures, targeted vaccination, etc.), good data on interpersonal contact rates is needed. At present, the contact rate data used by Canadian epidemiologists are almost exclusively from large European cities. These data are unlikely to capture the realities of interpersonal contact patterns in Inuit communities where housing is limited and often overcrowded, harsh climates restrict where and how people can spend time, and traditional lifeways still structure many interactions. Inuvialuit Regional Corporation will use simple diary-based survey methods to fill this gap. The project will simply ask people to record, for one day, who they are in contact with and how often. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, this will provide a foundation for Inuvialuit and other remote Indigenous communities to access evidence-based, epidemiological insights on par with other Canadians.

Tukisisimaniq Inuuqatigiingnikkut Atuqtauvaktunik Inuvialuit Aviktuqsimaningani Ikajurutiulirniaqtillugu Aittuutiujannaqtunik Aanniarijauvaktunik amma Aulattiniujunut

Piliriaksami sivuliqtuq: Jenn Parrott

Ikajuqtuijuq Timiujuq: Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

Namiinninga: Aklavik, Inuvik, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk, Ulukhaktok (Inuvialuit Settlement Region)

Nuvagjuarnaq-19 ammalu asingit aittuutiujunnaqtut aanniarnait aitturlugutiuvammata Inuit kikkutuinnat inuuqatigiiktut katiqattautiningitigut, kisianilu tukisiumajauninga suli mikiluarmat nalingit Inuit inuuqatigijaminnik katinngaqatiqalaursimaningitigut, ammalu qanuq akulaitigijumik katiqattarsimaninginnut, Inuvialuit nunalinginnirmiuni. Tammaajaqsimanngittutigut nalausimalirniarlugit qanuq aanniarnauliqsimajut aitturlugutiusimalirniarmangaata ammalu kiujjutigisimalirniarlugit naammaktukkut aanniaqsiuqtilirijjutitigut piliriatigut (suurlu ilinniarviit ukkuaqtausimaningitigut, turaarviullutik aannialiriikkutinik kapijausimaliqtittiniqtigut, asingitigullu), naammattiaqtunik tukisigiarviksaqutinik inuuqatigiit katittartuuninginnut quttingnirijaujunik pisimaliriaqarniaqtut. Maannaujumi, inuuqatigiingnikkut quttingnirijaujunut tukisigiarviksaqutiujut atuqtausimajut Canadami aitturlugutaujunnaqtunut aanniarnilirijiujunit pijauqattaqsimangmata Tariurjuap Akianirmiungujut nunalipaujanginnit. Tamakkua tukisigiarviksaqutiujut pisimalirutiujungnanngitsunnarmata qanuillattaarniujunut inuuqatigiingnikkut aitturlugutauvaktunut tukisiumaliriamik inuit nunaligijanginni igluit amigaqtummariutillugit ammalu inugialuaqtuullutik iglumiuqatigiiktuqaqpaktillugu, silangatalu niklasuluarninganit kigliqalirutauvaktillugu nani ammalu qanuq inuuqatigiingujut katinngajunnaqtitaummangaata, ammalu piusituqaq maliklugu iliqqusirijauvaktunut suli maliktauvanningita tamakkua. Inuvialuit Aviktuqsimaningani Kuapuriisangujut taimali tukisiumajattiarniqsatigut titiraqtauvaktunut qautamaat tunngavviqaqtittilutik qaujisainiqarnialiqtut tamakkua ilakuuniqaqtiujuit iluikkaruqtitausimaliqullugit. taakkunani piliriangukainnaqtutigut inungnik apirisimalirniaqput titiraqsimaliqulugit, ullurmut atausilluamut, kikkunnik katinngaqatiqalaurninginnut ammalu qanuq akulaitigijumik katinngaqatiqaqsimaninginnut. Pijjutigillugu Nuvagjuarnaq-19-mik atuliqsimatilluta, tamakkua pitaqalirutiuniarmata tunngavviqutiksaujunik inuvialungni ammalu asinginni ungasiktunirmiungullutik nunaligijaujunit atuinnauvviuliqullugit nalunaiqtausimaliqtunut tunngavviqaqtitausimallutik, aitturlugutiujunnaqtulirinirmi niriungnirijaujunut atautsikkuuqatauniqalirlutik kanatamiunguqatigijamingnut.