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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To assess changes in plasma 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations after ingestion of
journal_name
Int J Circumpolar Healthjournal_title
International journal of circumpolar healthauthors
Brustad M,Sandanger T,Wilsgaard T,Aksnes L,Lund Edoi
10.3402/ijch.v62i1.17527subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-03-01 00:00:00pages
40-53issue
1eissn
1239-9736issn
2242-3982journal_volume
62pub_type
临床试验,杂志文章abstract::Recent reports have found a rise in Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in reproductive age women in the USA. Surveillance data suggests one group that is at increased risk of HCV infection is the American Indian and Alaska Native population (AI/AN). Using the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) birth certifica...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2019.1608139
更新日期:2019-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17899
更新日期:2004-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v66i1.18219
更新日期:2007-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v74.27186
更新日期:2015-05-14 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Despite a growing number of studies and reports indicating a very high and increasing prevalence of trauma exposure in Greenlandic adolescents, the knowledge on this subject is still very limited. The purpose of the present study was twofold: To estimate the lifetime prevalence of potentially traumatic event...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18378
更新日期:2012-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v69i5.17688
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Iceland is sparsely populated but social justice and equity has been emphasised within healthcare. The aim of the study is to examine healthcare services in Fjallabyggð, in rural northern Iceland, from users' perspective and evaluate social justice, access and quality of healthcare in an age of austerity. Mixed-method...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1347476
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v75.29798
更新日期:2016-01-12 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v73.23859
更新日期:2014-07-24 00:00:00
abstract::We examined whether dietary supplementation with seal oil influenced the risk factors of atherosclerosis in healthy volunteers. Two intervention studies were carried out as preliminary steps in a larger project which aim at elucidating the disease preventive potential of seal oil. In study I ten healthy volunteers add...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21233
更新日期:2013-08-05 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2020.1855913
更新日期:2021-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v68i4.17365
更新日期:2009-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v63i2.17700
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Our research in high latitudes has allowed the identification of a special class of deadaptive disorders, northern cardiometeopathies, which integrates cardiovascular functional violations connected to biologically significant modifications of meteorological, geomagnetic, electrical, gravitational, rhythmological and ...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1388104
更新日期:2017-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1314415
更新日期:2017-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2020.1805254
更新日期:2020-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v61i4.18210
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Over the last decades, reindeer-herding management has experienced dramatic changes, e.g. increased motorization and socio-economic pressure. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether these changes have increased the risk of fatal, work-related accidents and suicide between 1961 and 2000. STUDY...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17941
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Emerging infections have in recent years caused enormous health problems. About 70% of these infections are zoonotic e.g. arise from natural foci in the environment. As climate change impacts ecosystems there is an ongoing transition of infectious diseases in humans. With the fastest changes of the climate occurring i...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2019.1601991
更新日期:2019-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v67i2-3.18271
更新日期:2008-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v69i5.17693
更新日期:2010-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v63i3.17736
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::People with Sami and Norwegian background are frequent users of traditional folk medicine (TM). Traditional healing, such as religious prayers of healing (reading) and the laying on of hands, are examples of commonly used modalities. The global aim of this study is to examine whether health personnel's knowledge, atti...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1398010
更新日期:2017-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20974
更新日期:2013-08-05 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess the distribution of blood lipids, lipoprotein and apoB/apoA-1 ratio in a multi-ethnic population of Sami, Kvens and Norwegians in Norway. Study design. A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in 2003-2004 in an area with a mixed Sami, Kvens/Finns and Norwegian population, the SAMIN...
journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-02-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1998-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v67i4.18344
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00