The investigation of stress in resource-dependent communities: the effect of rapid socioeconomic changes on mental health service use.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the age- and gender-specific consultation rates of patients who availed primary health care service in Greenland and to analyse contact patterns among patients in Nuuk. DESIGN:Observational and cross-sectional register study using data captured from the medical records. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Pedersen ML,Rolskov A,Jacobsen JL,Lynge AR

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the contribution of student co-researchers to a community-based participatory Photovoice investigation of Indigenous children's food-related lived experience. We examine co-researchers' contributions to the research process, their role in knowledge co-generation and dissemination, and factors that ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Genuis SK,Willows N,Alexander First Nation.,Jardine CG

更新日期：2015-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive investigations, some patients have no identifiable cause for their cholestatic liver enzyme abnormalities. The aim of this study was to document the clinical, laboratory, radiologic and histologic features of adult patients with idiopathic cholestasis (AIC). A computerised database of referred patien...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Minuk GY,Pollock G,Uhanova J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to describe adherence to health regimens and the factors associated with it among adult frequent attenders (FAs). DESIGN:This was a cross-sectional study. The study sample consisted of 462 healthcare FAs in 7 municipal health centres in northern Finland. An FA is a person who has ha...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Hirsikangas S,Kanste O,Korpelainen J,Kyngäs H

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different possible behaviors at -5 degrees C after cold water immersion were studied. A test subject wearing winter clothing walked (5 km/h) on a treadmill for 45 minutes at -5 degrees C and at a wind velocity of 3 m/s with dry clothing, immediately after a thorough immersion in 5 degrees C water, or after immersi...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Rintamäki H,Hassi J,Mäkinen T,Koskenvuo K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary care in remote communities in northern Canada is delivered primarily by nurses who receive clinical support from physicians in regional centres and the patient transportation system. To improve continuity, quality and access to care in remote northern communities, it is important to understand the pe...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Young SK,Young TK

更新日期：2016-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to develop a dietary instrument (food frequency questionnaire [FFQ]) that measured total dietary intake over 1 year among Alaska Native people in 2 regions. Ways of assessing diet are needed in order to accurately evaluate how the diets of Alaska Natives relate to their health. ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Johnson JS,Nobmann ED,Asay E,Lanier AP

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent decades, there has been a decline in active school transportation (AST). Parents play an important role as the key decision-makers of children's AST, and there is a need of more knowledge about the decision-making process and parents' beliefs towards AST. The overall aim of this study was to explore parents'...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Forsberg H,Rutberg S,Mikaelsson K,Lindqvist AK

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study deals with the adaptation of the sympathoadrenal responses to an acute cold water immersion in ordinary winter swimmers. Hormonal responses were determined at the beginning of the winter swimming period in the autumn and after regular swimming for one and three months. Water temperature in the river was 10 ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Huttunen P,Rintamäki H,Hirvonen J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to review the current literatures on breast cancer (BC) in the Arctic, especially the trends in incidence during the last decades and the possible explanations. The design of this study is a literature review. The scientific literature concerning BC were reviewed, especially focusing on th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Fredslund SO,Bonefeld-Jørgensen EC

更新日期：2012-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco reduction is a major priority in Canadian Inuit communities. However, many Inuit frontline health workers lacked the knowledge, confidence and support to address the tobacco epidemic. Given vast distances, high costs of face-to-face training and previous successful pilots using distance education, th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Collins R,Hammond M,Carry CL,Kinnon D,Killulark J,Nevala J

更新日期：2013-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Problems with alcohol, marijuana and gambling are major public health challenges in Greenland but their prevalence in a hospital setting has not been explored. Healthcare facilities play a significant role in Greenland. One important aspect is their provision of both primary and secondary healthcare services to a smal...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Sørensen IK,Barfod S,Niclasen BV,Becker U,Penninga L,Larsen CVL

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the auspices of Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), a Russian-Norwegian co-operation project was established to assess the exposure of delivering women to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Arctic areas of Russia. In the period 1993-95 blood and breast milk samples were collected from 94 deli...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Klopov V,Odland JO,Burkow IC

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In an eight years period new peptic ulcer was diagnosed in 127 Inuit patients at the Central Hospital, Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk/Godthåb. The ratios: duodenal ulcers (DU): prepyloric ulcers (PPU): gastric ulcers (GU) were 17:22:88. The male:female ratio was 2:1. 46 of the patients were living permanent...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Fenger HJ,Gudmand-Høyer E

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prevalence study methodology developed for use in rural and frontier settings is described. The general method was developed over a 15 year period and has been successfully adapted and used in studies of 14 different childhood onset developmental disorders. Subjects were the 168,000 school aged children from North D...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Burd L,Kerbeshian J,Klug MG,McCulloch K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various types of system reactions of men's organism to industrial migrations (Tyumen--in latitude 57 degrees north and Kharasavey in latitude 71 degrees north) and the influence of climate stress are determined. Type I reaction is characterised by a moderate increase of the watch and its subsequent normalisation. Thus...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kolpakov VV,Fateeva NM,Rybtsova TN

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess changes in plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations after ingestion of , a traditional north Norwegian fish dish rich in vitamin D. METHODS:Thirty-three volunteers all living in the city of Tromsø, located in northern Norway (latitude 690), were served a "Mølje" meal consisting o...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Brustad M,Sandanger T,Wilsgaard T,Aksnes L,Lund E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum thyroid hormones, plasma catecholamines and mood were examined in 10 male members of the 16th Chinese Antarctic Expedition who spent the 2000 austral winter at Great Wall Station. STUDY DESIGN:Samples were taken prior to deployment to Antarctica (December, 1999) and upon return to China 54 weeks later...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Xu C,Zhu G,Xue Q,Zhang S,Du G,Xi Y,Palinkas LA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare European (ECSC) and Finnish reference values for single-breath diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DL(CO)). STUDY DESIGN:Finnish reference values for DL(CO), specific diffusing capacity (DL(CO)/VA) and total lung capacity (TLC) were compared with ECSC reference values calculated for different...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Piirilä P,Seikkula T,Välimäki P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a community-based, not-for-profit medical group's effectiveness with diabetic management while using an electronic medical record and financial incentives. DESIGN:Descriptive retrospective study over 2 years with published reference standards. METHODS:There were 5,316 diabetic patients in the me...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Reed HL,Bernard E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster is a mini-epidemic of a rare disease. Clusters may give clues to the etiology of disease, or may signal a hazardous exposure. Unfortunately, cluster investigations seldom are conclusive, for several reasons. Statistically significant clusters can occur by chance. The probability of finding chance cancer clus...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Cobb N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of obesity and obesity-related conditions varies by population groups. Indigenous women of the circumpolar north are believed to be at high risk of obesity. OBJECTIVE:We studied, first the obesity prevalence in indigenous Arctic women, Nenets, compared to urban Russian women. Second, the asso...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Petrenya N,Brustad M,Dobrodeeva L,Bichkaeva F,Lutfalieva G,Cooper M,Odland JØ

更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Accumulation of Cholestasis Familiaris Groenlandica (CFG) or progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 (PFIC1) occurs in indigenous Inuit families in Greenland. It is an autosomal recessive inherited liver disease. From early childhood the children suffer from failure to thrive, jaundice, pruritus...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Nielsen IM,Eiberg H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Eeyouch are a First Nations (Cree) population that live above 49.6°N latitude in Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec. Eeyouch rely on traditional foods (TF) hunted, fished or gathered from the land. The overarching aim of this study was to achieve an understanding of the factors associated with TF intake among Eeyouc...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Noreen W,Johnson-Down L,Jean-Claude M,Lucas M,Robinson E,Batal M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arctic peoples are spread over eight countries and comprise 3.74 million residents, of whom 9% are indigenous. The Arctic countries include Canada, Finland, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States. Although Arctic peoples are very diverse, there are a variety of environmental and hea...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Smith HS,Bjerregaard P,Chan HM,Corriveau A,Ebbesson SO,Etzel RA,Fabsitz RR,Hakonarson H,Hild C,Nobmann ED,Reading J,Tereshchenko L,Young TK,Howard BV

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to predict the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and the associated burden to the health care system in Greenland posed by diabetic complications by 2014. The predictions were based on changes in demographic variables and obesity. STUDY DESIGN:Projection model based on two cross-...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Martinsen N,Jørgensen ME,Bjerregaard P,Krasnik A,Carstensen B,Borch-Johnsen K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the development of smoking and alcohol use among Greenlandic schoolchildren and propose future preventive strategies. STUDY DESIGN:National survey in schoolchildren grade 6-11. METHODS:Analysis of data from the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 Health Behaviour in SchoolAged Children (HBSC) surveys in G...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Niclasen B,Schnohr C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The first aim was to study how oral health care delivery was organized in member countries and to determine whether there were differences across the Barents region. The second aim was to assess the performance of the care provision systems. The Barents region is one of the largest hinterlands in northern Eu...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Widström E,Koposova N,Nordengen R,Bergdahl M,Eriksen H,Fabrikant E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Alaska Native Medical Center diabetes program analysed Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit data from 1994-2004 to evaluate the impact of the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) funding on process and intermediate outcomes. STUDY DESIGN:We conducted a retrospective analysis of data from standardized...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ramesh M,Schraer C,Mayer AM,Asay E,Koller K

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Finland, children spend a lot of time outdoors in winter. Outdoor recreation in winter has a wide variety of effects on children's well-being. Although children are a subgroup that is vulnerable to cold exposure, remarkably little research has been done on the subject. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Rasi H,Kuivila H,Pölkki T,Bloigu R,Rintamäki H,Tourula M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00