Greenlandic family structure and communication with parents: influence on schoolchildren's drinking behaviour.

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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate how commonly child-psychiatric inpatients have experienced and seen violence, and whether children with developmental disorders are at an increased risk for such traumatic events. METHODS:The sample consisted of 41 patients, 29 boys and 12 girls, with a m...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ebeling H,Nurkkala H

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：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：:Drawing on census data and psychiatric hospital records, this paper examines the impact of rapid socioeconomic change on the mental health of residents in Northwestern Ontario resource-dependent communities. This research investigates whether residents in economically growing and declining communities experience more ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Park J,Nelson CH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Characterize and examine the prevalence of food insecurity in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland, and identify stressors affecting the food system. STUDY DESIGN:A mixed-methods study using quantitative food security surveys and semi-structured interviews. METHODS:Food security surveys (n=61) were conducted with a ran...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Goldhar C,Ford JD,Berrang-Ford L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ongomiizwin - Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing at the University of Manitoba's Rady Faculty of Health Sciences (RFHS) was launched in June of 2017 with a mandate to provide leadership and advance excellence in research, education and health services to achieve health and wellness for Indigenous peoples and t...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Cook C,MacKinnon M,Anderson M,Whetter I

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article is based on a pilot study of Finnmark University College's off-campus bachelor programme (BA) for nurses, organised in rural areas. The objectives were to explore whether these courses had contributed to reduced vacancies; whether the learning outcome of the off-campus courses was the same as th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Nilsen G,Huemer J,Eriksen L

更新日期：2012-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The US commercial fishing industry is hazardous, as measured by mortality data. However, research on non-fatal injuries is limited. Non-fatal injuries constitute the majority of occupational injuries and can result in workers' lowered productivity and wages, lost quality of life, and disability. In the Unite...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Syron LN,Lucas DL,Bovbjerg VE,Bethel JW,Kincl LD

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study deals with the effects of regular winter swimming on the mood of the swimmers. METHODS:Profile of Mood State (POMS) and OIRE questionnaires were completed before (October) and after (January) the four-month winter swimming period. RESULTS:In the beginning, there were no significant differences i...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Huttunen P,Kokko L,Ylijukuri V

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the rate and causes of preterm (before 37 weeks gestation) and very preterm (before 32 weeks gestation) delivery among a population of Inuit living in Canada. STUDY DESIGN:Three-year retrospective cross-sectional review of charts for patients delivering in the Baffin Region of Canada. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Muggah E,Way D,Muirhead M,Baskerville B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cochlear implant (CI) treatment was introduced to the world in the 1980s and has become a routine treatment for congenital or acquired severe-to-profound hearing loss. CI treatment requires access to a highly skilled team of ear, nose and throat specialists, audiologists and speech-language pathologists for e...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Homøe P,Andersen T,Grøntved A,Percy-Smith L,Bille M

更新日期：2013-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We set out to find out in which way seasonal changes of environmental luminosity could affect melatonin secretion in humans. STUDY DESIGN:For an entire year we collected every two months nocturnal urine samples from 20 male outdoor workers who lived and worked in an area of the circumpolar region from which...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Leppäluoto J,Sikkilä K,Meyer-Rochow VB,Hassi J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between cell-mediated immunity and alcohol intake was studied in an Antarctic wintering group. Cell-mediated immune responses have previously been shown to be significantly lowered on the Antarctic Continent. The cause for this is yet to be elucidated. The cutaneous CMI Multitest was used to assess ce...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Thom O,Lugg DJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：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：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：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：:The Canadian First Nations population is disproportionately burdened by diabetes and diabetes complications. Body weight management is purported to be important in the prevention and management of diabetes. In this study, we sought to describe weight change in a First Nation cohort according to diabetes status and man...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Riediger ND,Lukianchuk V,Roulette J,Lix LM,Elliott L,Bruce SG

更新日期：2017-01-01 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:We studied the association and agreement between questionnaire data and biomarkers of marine food among Greenland Inuit. DESIGN:Cross sectional study. METHODS:The study population comprised 2,224 Inuit, age 18+ (43% men); data collected 2005-2008 in Greenland. Using a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), we...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Jeppesen C,Jørgensen ME,Bjerregaard P

更新日期：2012-05-17 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

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) has made gonorrhoea control and treatment more complex globally. In Greenland, the incidence of gonorrhoea is high and there is a need for continued surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility.This study investigated gonococcal isolates obtained in Greenland's ca...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Berntsen S,Mulvad G,Jensen JS,Poulsen P,Hansen HL,Pedersen ML

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report on a participatory research process in southwest Alaska focusing on youth involvement as a means to facilitate health promotion. We propose youth-guided community-based participatory research (CBPR) as way to involve young people in health promotion and prevention strategizing as part of translatio...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ford T,Rasmus S,Allen J

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the method, data collection procedure and participation in The Population-based Study on Health and Living Conditions in Areas with both Sami and Norwegian Settlements - the SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional and semi-longitudinal. METHODS:In 2012, all inhabitants aged ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Brustad M,Hansen KL,Broderstad AR,Hansen S,Melhus M

更新日期：2014-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the age specific prevalence of diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Greenland in 2008, and to evaluate the influence of electronic database access on the quality of the clinical management of the disease. STUDY DESIGN:Observational and cross-sectional study, review of medical records and...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Pedersen ML

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Changing Directions, Changing Lives, the Mental Health Strategy for Canada, prioritizes the development of coordinated continuums of care in mental health that will bridge the gap in services for Inuit populations. OBJECTIVE:In order to target ways of improving the services provided in these contexts to ind...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Lessard L,Fournier L,Gauthier J,Morin D

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To survey snowmobile injury events treated in Longyearbyen hospital, Svalbard and to report the injury distribution and characteristics for Svalbard residents and visitors driving snowmobiles. DESIGN:Prospective injury recording. SETTING:The Norwegian arctic archipelago, Svalbard during three years fr...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ytterstad B,Norheim J

更新日期：2001-11-01 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: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