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The need for Inuit parents’ perspectives on outdoor risky play

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2018

Michelle E.E. Bauer  and
Audrey R. Giles
Michelle E.E. Bauer*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Audrey R. Giles
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
*
Email: mbaue064@uottawa.ca
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Abstract

Parents’ perspectives on their children’s outdoor risky play behaviours influence their children’s adoption of safety strategies and their children’s approach to risky and dangerous situations (Brussoni & Olsen, 2011). Over the past decade, researchers have explored many Canadian mothers’ and fathers’ perspectives on this topic; however, to date, there has been a lack of research on Indigenous parents’ perspectives, particularly those of Inuit parents. This lack of research means that Inuit families are unaccounted for in research used to create and promote safety policies and practices in Canada. The present research commentary is the first to address the urgent need for research on northern Canadian Inuit parents’ perspectives on outdoor risky play. Specifically, outdoor risky play is defined, and Inuit children’s outdoor play experiences are compared to non-Inuit children’s experiences. Further, Inuit children’s experiences of injury are discussed to further situate the dire need to work with the most vulnerable population in Canada – Inuit – in child injury prevention research.

Keywords

risky playInuitinjury preventionchildren
Type
Commentary
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Polar Record , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , May 2018 , pp. 237 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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