Indigenous health across contexts: Lived realities, structural conditions, and community-led pathways forward

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Volume 2 Number 2, 2025, special issue, indigenous communities health and wellbeing
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Published: Mar 9, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36368/jcsh.v2i2.1373

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Jon Petter Stoor
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Lávvuo-Research and education for Sámi health, Umeå University, Sweden
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1580-8307

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Stoor JP. Indigenous health across contexts: Lived realities, structural conditions, and community-led pathways forward. J Community Syst Health [Internet]. 2026 Mar. 9 [cited 2026 Apr. 14];2(2). Available from: https://journals.ub.umu.se/index.php/jcsh/article/view/1373
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