Community based physiotherapy services in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut, Canada.

abstract：:The most important risk factors and findings of acute accidental hypothermia and concomitant local frostbites are reviewed. Both external and internal risk factors are usually present when exposure to cold is leading to death. The external factors are alcohol and psychic drugs, too light a clothing for the circumstanc...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Hirvonen J

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:The Aboriginal nations of Canada have higher incidences of chronic diseases, coinciding with profound changes in their environment, lifestyle and diet. Traditional foods can protect against the risks of chronic disease. However, their consumption is in decline, and little is known about the complex mechanism...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Gaudin VL,Receveur O,Walz L,Girard F,Potvin L

更新日期：2014-11-27 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：: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：: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：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：: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：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: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：: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：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

authors： Hassler S,Sjölander P,Johansson R,Grönberg H,Damber L

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:High suicide rates in the Russian North are coupled with high alcohol consumption in the described populations. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential role of alcohol consumption on suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) in 2002-2012 and to compare this information with corresponding data from the ne...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Sumarokov YA,Brenn T,Kudryavtsev AV,Sidorenkov O,Nilssen O

更新日期：2016-07-22 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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the Tromstannen-Oral Health in Northern Norway (TOHNN) study was to investigate oral health and dental-related diseases in an adult population. This article provides an overview of the background of the study and a description of the sample characteristics and methods employed in data collection. ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Holde GE,Oscarson N,Tillberg A,Marstrander P,Jönsson B

更新日期：2016-02-19 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

authors： Nystod T,Utsi E,Selmer R,Brox J,Melhus M,Lund E

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Cold causes cardiopulmonary stress often perceived as shortness of breath or chest pain, and causes exacerbation of these symptoms in persons suffering heart or lung disease. We investigated the prevalence of these symptoms and their association with sex, age and cold exposure in a population-based sample of 1,785 per...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Hassi J,Remes J,Kotaniemi JT,Kettunen P,Näyhä S

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Infertility is an increasing problem for both individuals and societies. The number of couples seeking treatment for infertility is increasing each year, and public interest seems to be rising along with the new treatment methods and the improving results. Male infertility is also of great interest now that several st...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Raitio A,Järvelin MR,Joffe M,Martikainen H,Hartikainen AL

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:To determine how residents of the Inuit community of Nain, Nunatsiavut, Canada would like research results disseminated to their community. STUDY DESIGN:Qualitative study using focus groups and key informant interviews. METHODS:As part of a larger study on food safety, one focus group was conducted with hu...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Pufall EL,Jones AQ,McEwen SA,Lyall C,Peregrine AS,Edge VL

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：AIM:The aim of this study was to analyse how changes in housework over the course of adulthood are related to somatic health in Swedish men and women. METHODS:Data were drawn from 2 waves of the Northern Swedish Cohort Study, response rate 94.3%, N=1,001. A subsample of cohabiting individuals was selected (n=328 women...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Landstedt E,Harryson L,Hammarström A

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Human health is now a critical component of the Arctic Council's sustainable development program. The newly formed Arctic Human Health Expert Group (AHHEG), a subsidiary body of experts within the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), will focus on identifying human health priorities that will improve the heal...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Parkinson AJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：: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

authors： Nolen LD,O'Malley JC,Seeman SS,Bruden DJT,Apostolou A,McMahon BJ,Bruce MG

更新日期：2019-12-01 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