Effect of regular winter swimming on the activity of the sympathoadrenal system before and after a single cold water immersion.

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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in the Eeyou Istchee communities of northern Quebec. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective quality assurance audit. METHODS:Patients with diabetes were identified using the Cree Diabetes Information System. Charts of eligible patients were audited for healthcare ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Naqshbandi Hayward M,Kuzmina E,Dannenbaum D,Torrie J,Huynh J,Harris S

更新日期：2012-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to learn from snow crab plants workers and others involved in the industry their knowledge and beliefs of health issues and potential solutions. STUDY DESIGN:This is a survey in four communities with different crab plant designs in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. METHODS:At the ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Jong M,Neis B,Cartier A,Horth-Susin L,Howse D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this paper is to investigate how changes in the Greenlandic family structure and perceived difficulties in communicating with parents affect the prevalence of alcohol consumption and the risk of drunkenness among schoolchildren. STUDY DESIGN:The survey was carried out in February 1998 in al...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： del Carmen M,Alcón G,Pedersen JM,María A,González C

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：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: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：:Inuit women's perceptions of health risks from potential contamination in the arctic food chain were investigated in 1995 through in-depth interviews with 47 women in a Canadian arctic community. This number represents 34% of the eligible participants in the population of the research community. Many of these Inuit wo...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Egan C

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Engaging community partners to work as co-researchers and research assistants for research involving Inuit communities or regions helps to ensure the equitable recognition of community and researcher priorities, mutual trust and respect, participation by local participants, inclusion of local knowledge and local uptak...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ferrazzi P,Christie P,Jalovcic D,Tagalik S,Grogan A

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:There is a dearth of literature to guide the development of community-based HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and sexual health promotion programs within Inuit communities. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to create a dialogue with Inuit women to address the lack of information avai...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Rand JR

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We report further details of the Eurowinter survey of cold related mortalities and protective measures against cold in seven regions of Europe, and review these with other evidence on the relationship of winter mortality to climate. Data for the oldest subject group studied, aged 65-74, showed that in this vulnerable ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Keatinge WR,Donaldson GC,Bucher K,Jendritzky G,Cordioli E,Martinelli M,Katsouyanni K,Kunst AE,McDonald C,Näyhä S,Vuori I,Eurowinter Group.

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the attitudes about and experiences with cervical cancer, Pap smear screenings and the HPV vaccine among a sample of Inuit women from Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. We also evaluated demographic and social predictors of maternal interest in HPV vaccination. STUDY DESIGN:A mixed method design was used ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Cerigo H,Macdonald ME,Franco EL,Brassard P

更新日期：2012-03-19 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：:Data have been lacking on the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B (HB) infections in the North American Indian population in Canada. In January 1992, surveillance was introduced into two residential First Nations alcohol and drug treatment centers in British Columbia as part of an AIDS/STD education program. Male and fe...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Martin JD,Mathias RG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1991 and 1992, changes were made to the rate structure and eligibility requirements of the Northern Air Stage Program. To determine the effect of these changes on the affordability of a nutritious diet, food price surveys were conducted in 20 isolated communities, staging points, and selected southern cities and us...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Lawn J,Robbins H,Hill F

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable interest exists in characterizing the extent of changes in methylmercury exposures from preindustrial to modern-day times. Hair is often preserved over centuries and has been useful in determining the extent of dietary trace metal exposures, particularly methylmercury. We examined 16 human hair samples ta...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Egeland GM,Ponce R,Knecht R,Bloom NS,Fair J,Middaugh JP

更新日期：1999-01-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Arctic residents can be exposed to a wide range of contaminants through consumption of traditional (country) foods (i.e. food from wild animals and plants that are hunted, caught or collected locally in the Arctic). Yet these foods provide excellent nutrition, promote social cohesion, meet some spiritual nee...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Krümmel EM,Gilman A

更新日期：2016-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The medical internship as a way of exposing young doctors to training in a rural context is regarded as a useful tool to recruit and retain doctors in rural areas. Norwegian health authorities tested an arrangement of early sign-up for medical internships in the Finnmark County in Norway. OBJECTIVE:To repor...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Gaski M,Abelsen B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared rates of unintentional injury (UI) deaths (total and by injury category) among Alaska Native (AN) people to rates of U.S. White (USW) and Alaska White (AKW) populations during 2006-2015. The mortality data for AN and AKW populations were obtained from Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics and USW mortality dat...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Day G,Holck P,Strayer H,Koller K,Thomas T

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper describes the overall aims and design of the Social Transitions in the North study. The objective of the STN study was to assess how epidemiological, demographic and domestic changes have affected Northern communities. STUDY DESIGN:Sixteen communities in the Russian Far East and Alaska were compar...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Mason R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethical appraisal of medical protocols for research is now well accepted, and needed when research may carry side effects and risks that may be difficult to understand for the people invited to take part in research. We argue that time has come for Greenland to establish a formal medical research ethics committee with...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Olsen J,Mulvad G,Pedersen MS,Christiansen T,Sørensen PH

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that the unexpectedly low prevalence of winter depression in Iceland is explained by Icelanders enjoying more daylight, during the winter months, than allocated to them by latitude. METHODS:A conventional photometer was applied to measure illuminance on a horizontal surface at 64 degr...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Axelsson J,Ragnarsdóttir S,Pind J,Sigbjörnsson R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alaska Native people are disproportionately impacted by tobacco-related diseases in comparison to non-Native Alaskans. DESIGN:We used Alaska's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to describe tobacco use among more than 4,100 Alaska Native adults, stratified by geographic region and demographi...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Dilley JA,Peterson E,Hiratsuka VY,Rohde K

更新日期：2013-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We exposed six healthy men to 1-h cold air (10 degrees C) daily for 11 days and measured adrenal and thyroid hormones and TSH in serum before and after the cold air exposure on days 0, 5 and 10. We observed that on days 0, 5 and 10 the resting levels and the levels after the cold exposure in serum adrenaline, thyroid ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Korhonen I,Hassi J,Leppäluoto J

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the background, approach and general results of the Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR) study. STUDY DESIGN:This was a cross-sectional Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) study with one tribal group to assess risk and protection for obesity and the risk factors related to ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Mohatt GV,Plaetke R,Klejka J,Luick B,Lardon C,Bersamin A,Hopkins S,Dondanville M,Herron J,Boyer B,Center for Alaska Native Health Research.

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the extent and variation in health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people within Alaska, Greenland and the northern regions of Canada, Russia and the Nordic countries. We accessed official health statistics and reviewed research studies. We selected a few indicators of health sta...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Young TK,Broderstad AR,Sumarokov YA,Bjerregaard P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00