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Article History

Received: 13 October 2018

Accepted: 18 June 2019

First Online: 15 July 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The CAN<i>Help</i> community projects maintain ethical approval from the University of Alberta Health Research Ethics Board and territorial research licenses through the Aurora Research Institute (NT) and the Yukon Scientists and Explorers Act, with approval from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, the Aklavik Health Committee, the Hamlet of Aklavik council, the Aklavik Community Corporation (Inuvialuit governance), the Aklavik Gwich’in council, the Old Crow Vuntut Gwitchin government, and the Fort McPherson chief and council. Our research program adheres to the Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies [] as well as the standards elaborated in Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada, Chapter 9 of the 2014 Tri-Council Policy Statement on the Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans issued by the Canadian Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research []. Study staff obtained informed consent during in-person conversations, during which the staff read to participants study information sheets approved by the university ethics board, addressed participants’ questions, and secured signatures on consent forms approved by the university ethics board; staff obtained written parental consent for children under 17 years of age and written assent from children aged 7–16 years or deemed old enough to assent by their parents.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.