Occurrence and Risk Factors of Dog Bites in Northern Indigenous Communities: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: The relationship between northern Indigenous people and dogs has evolved over the past years alongside events such as colonization, settlement, proliferation of snowmobiling and other socio-cultural and environmental changes. These changes have had negative impacts on this relationship, and with the endemic presence of arctic fox rabies, dog bites have become an important public health burden. The objective of this study was to synthesize the state of knowledge regarding the occurrence of dog bites and associated risk factors in the specific context of northern Indigenous communities. A scoping review was conducted in seven bibliographic databases, from June 2018 to May 2020. From this search, 257 original studies were identified and eight papers were included for final analysis. Annual oc

SUBMITTER: Daigle L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9064469 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature