One Health and reconciliation: media portrayals of dogs and Indigenous communities in Canada.
This qualitative media analysis explores how the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) portrayed 'dog problems' and their solutions in Indigenous communities in Canada from 2008 through 2018. We apply a One Health framework to demonstrate how human, animal, and the socio-environmental health are i...
| Published in: | Health Promotion International Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 1 - 11 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2022
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