New approaches to smoking prevention in the north.

abstract：BACKGROUND:With invasive Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib) disease controlled by vaccination with conjugate Hib vaccines, there is concern that invasive disease due to non-serotype b strains may emerge. OBJECTIVE:This study characterized invasive H. influenzae (Hi) isolates from Nunavut, Canada, in the post-Hib ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Tsang RS,Li YA,Mullen A,Baikie M,Whyte K,Shuel M,Tyrrell G,Rotondo JA,Desai S,Spika J

更新日期：2016-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kivalina is a northwest Alaska barrier island village of 400 people vulnerable to storm surges exacerbated recently by delayed winter sea and shore ice formation. The village has no in-home piped water or sewage; the "washeteria" is the only structure providing public showers, laundry facilities and flush to...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Thomas TK,Bell J,Bruden D,Hawley M,Brubaker M

更新日期：2013-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the current status of health care access and utilization among Indigenous people in the North America, Australia and New Zealand. STUDY DESIGN:Literature review. METHODS:A systematic search and critical review of relevant studies using online searches of electronic databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, M...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Marrone S

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notable regional and seasonal variation has been reported in the rate of hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPE). The aim of this study was to assess the variation in the length of hospital stay for COPD in Finland on the north south axis and by season. For this purpose, the patient record...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kinnunen T,Säynäjäkangs O,Tuuponen T,Keistinen T

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subsistence norms are part of the "ecosophy" or ecological philosophy of Alaska Native Peoples in the sub-Arctic, such as the Inupiat of Seward Peninsula. This kind of animistic pragmatism is a special source of practical wisdom that spans over thousands of years and which has been instrumental in the Iñupia...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Anthony R

更新日期：2013-08-05 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：INTRODUCTION:Myocardial and cerebral infarction are held to be rare among the Inuit, whereas cerebral haemorrhage is thought to be frequent. Recent studies have questioned these beliefs. We report data form our institution. METHOD:Retrospective data collection and review of all charts from Greenlandic patients from th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kjaergaard JJ,Bjerregaard P

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Seven-field stereo retinal photography is both 100% sensitive and specific for diagnosing diabetic retinopathy and is the standard for evaluating the severity of retinopathy both for clinical and epidemiological studies. It is also very useful for follow-up of diabetics and eventual treatment of complicated cases with...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Martin JD,Yidegiligne HM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several European and North American studies have reported associations between cold temperatures and mortality from diseases of the circulatory system. However, the effects of cold vary between the settings warranting further research in other parts of the world. OBJECTIVES:To study associations between tem...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Grjibovski AM,Nurgaliyeva N,Kosbayeva A,Menne B

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:In the first part of the study the prevalence and incidence of diagnosed Type 2 diabetes among adult rural populations of southern, central and northern areas of the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia is compared. The six-year mean incidence of diabetes in the southern area was 0.86 per 1000 (95% CI: 0.66-1.06), in the cen...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Dogadin SA,Mashtakov BP,Taranushenko TE

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is to offer an equal health-care service with the same outcomes wherever people are living within the country. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether this was true for patients diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) and living in Nordland C...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Nieder C,Dalhaug A,Haukland E,Norum J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To understand the knowledge levels, attitudes and perceptions of Alaska Native adolescent girls about cervical cancer, HPV, genital warts and the HPV vaccine. STUDY DESIGN:A qualitative study. METHODS:Seventy-nine in-depth interviews were conducted with adolescent females aged 11 through 18 years in 4 comm...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kemberling M,Hagan K,Leston J,Kitka S,Provost E,Hennessy T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose intolerance (IGT) among Inuit migrants living in Denmark, and to compare with findings from Greenland. Further, we analyzed determinants for diabetes and impaired glucose metabolism. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional, population-based ep...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Moustgaard H,Bjerregaard P,Borch-Johnsen K,Jørgensen ME

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare 3 questionnaires used to evaluate early developmental problems, emotional disturbances and competence in 18-month-old infants. STUDY DESIGN:A follow-up study with parents of infants 8 to 36 months of age who responded to a developmental questionnaire. METHODS:Fifty infants (18 months of age) wer...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Haapsamo H,Ebeling H,Soini H,Joskitt L,Larinen K,Penninkilampi-Kerola V,Carter A,Moilanen I

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Public health research has pointed to alcohol and substance abuse as the most significant public health challenges in Greenland with the negative impact on families and communities that entail, but few studies have investigated the role of problem gambling as addictive behaviour among Inuit. T...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Larsen CV,Curtis T,Bjerregaard P

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The influence of environmental conditions early in life - including temperature and season - on health later in life has so far not attracted much attention. OBJECTIVE:Using data from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study of 13,345 men and women, the influence of temperature and season at month of conception on b...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Schreier N,Moltchanova E,Forsén T,Kajantie E,Eriksson JG

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The rapid increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has created an urgent need to develop new practices to prevent and treat it. One possibility is to provide specialists services to remote areas through videoconferencing (VC). Therefore, the aim was to study the feasibility of short-term group cou...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Laitinen J,Korkiakangas E,Alahuhta M,Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S,Rajala U,Timonen O,Jokelainen T,Keränen AM,Remes J,Ruokonen A,Hedberg P,Taanila A,Husman P,Olkkonen S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the levels of obesity, adiposity measures, physical activity and fitness in Cree children aged 9-12 years. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. METHODS:The study took place in northern Quebec, Canada. Height, body mass, waist circumference and five skinfold thicknesses were measured. Physical a...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ng C,Marshall D,Willows ND

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Experiences in one's family of origin, especially the relationship to one's parents, supposedly form the basis of relationships in adulthood. The connection between traumatic childhood events and later life has been studied intensively, whereas average childhood growth experiences have been given less attent...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kiviniemi AA,Wasz-Höckert O,Seitamo LK,Joskitt LO,Heikkinen HP,Moilanen IK,Ebeling HE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article is part of an ethnographic study that aims to describe and understand health as a phenomenon of the Sami culture. STUDY DESIGN:The article is based on literature concerning the northern environment and the Sami culture, which is analysed from the point of view of health culture. RESULTS:From t...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Tervo H,Müller-Wille L,Nikkonen M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Music as a possible health-promoting agent has attained increasing academic and scientific interest over the last decades. Nonetheless, possible connections between indigenous singing traditions and health beyond traditional ceremonial healing practices are still under-researched worldwide. The Sami, the indigenous pe...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Hämäläinen S,Musial F,Salamonsen A,Graff O,Olsen TA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality was compared in two major towns in northern Finland (Kemi and Oulu), which according to previous studies have high and low mortalities, respectively. In 1991-1995 life expectancy at birth in Oulu exceeded the national average by 0.7 years in males and 0.4 years in females but in Kemi it fell short of the nat...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Näyhä S,Hassi J

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Aboriginal communities have a high prevalence of diabetes and heart disease, and limited resources to address them. The objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of prioritizing care with audit and feedback on cholesterol management of diabetic patients. STUDY DESIGN:A controlled before-after in...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Bhattacharyya O,Harris S,Zwarenstein M,Barnsley J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Innuulisivik Maternity is a northern-based service in Povungnituk, Quebec, which serves the Inuit women of the Hudson Coast. Although most women stay in the North for childbirth, others are transferred south. This paper will describe the experience of the Innuulisivik Maternity, which uses committee-based risk ass...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Chatwood-Affleck S,Lippman A,Joseph L,Pekeles G

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:In the Russian Arctic, alarming trends (shortage of nomadic Indigenous women, high reproductive loss, child mortality rates) indicate long-term changes towards demographic decline. This study aimed at comparing some indicators of the reproductive health (childbirth rates, number of pregnancies, pregnancy loss) of Indi...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Bogdanova E,Andronov S,Lobanov A,Kochkin R,Popov A,Asztalos Morell I,Odland J

更新日期：2021-12-01 00:00:00