Dietary Study of the Yellowknifes Dene Band: Yellowknife Back Bay Project

Regions: North Slave Region

Tags: contaminants, health, fish, traditional food, nutrition

Principal Investigator: Christensen, Jill (3)
Licence Number: 12770
Organization: MacKenzie Regional Health Service, Yellowknifes Dene Band
Licensed Year(s): 1995 1994 1993
Issued: Jan 01, 1995
Project Team: Y. Green

Objective(s): To continue to study variations in food use in the communities of Dettah and N'Dilo; to develop a training module for use in conducting community-based interviews; to develop a risk management strategy based on an assessment of consumption patterns and levels and levels of contaminants found in local fish.

Project Description: The researchers will continue to collect information on the consumption patterns in traditional and store-bought foods as well as lifestyle patterns (e.g., fishing and hunting activities, health beliefs, traditional food use) of residents of N'Dilo and Dettah. This information will be combined with results from the BAck Bay Fish Study (contaminants in fish) in order that human health implications of dietary patterns can be assessed.