Experiences from three community health promotion projects in Greenland.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:Three community health promotion projects have been implemented in Greenland in the municipalities of Upernavik, Ittoqqortoormiit and Qasigiannguit. Based on project reports and other written material, this paper describes experiences from the three projects and discusses the implications of the differences in project design and organization for potential outcomes. RESULTS:None of the three projects were formally evaluated. They all experienced problems and have only been partially successful in reaching their goals. The Upernavik and the Ittoqqortoormiit projects were organised with strong leadership and a central organisation, whereas the Qasigiannguit project was designed as a community project with population participation in all phases of the project. The two former projects have probably had a greater direct change impact on the community, whereas the latter has strengthened aspects of community capacity building. CONCLUSION:We need to learn more about how to employ the resources of communities, how to achieve better partnerships and how to support people in their efforts in order to secure population participation at all project stages. It is important to build coalitions with broad representation in the community and to secure population participation in order to disseminate the efforts and reach the needs of the whole community.

authors

Curtis T,Olesen I,Kjeldsen AB,Bjerregaard P

doi

10.3402/ijch.v64i3.17993

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-06-01 00:00:00

pages

260-8

issue

3

eissn

1239-9736

issn

2242-3982

journal_volume

64

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Systemic reactions of haemostasis, haemodynamics, blood lipids and thrombocyte membrane state in watch labour in the trans-polar region.

    abstract::Various types of system reactions of men's organism to industrial migrations (Tyumen--in latitude 57 degrees north and Kharasavey in latitude 71 degrees north) and the influence of climate stress are determined. Type I reaction is characterised by a moderate increase of the watch and its subsequent normalisation. Thus...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Kolpakov VV,Fateeva NM,Rybtsova TN

    更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00

  • Diabetes-related weight change in a Canadian First Nation cohort.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1340548

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

    更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00

  • Educating medical students for Alaska.

    abstract::Because Alaska does not have its own medical school, it has become part of WAMI (Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), an educational agreement with the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM). Each year, 10 Alaskans are accepted into the entering class of UWSM and spend their first year at the University of...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Fortuine R,Dimino MJ

    更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00

  • Dietary fat and disease patterns in Chukotka Native adults.

    abstract::It is well documented that dietary patterns have been changing for northern indigenous peoples as they adapt to a contemporary lifestyle. Recent dietary research among Chukotka Native adults showed a higher intake of saturated fatty acids (15% of energy) and sugar, and lower content of polyunsaturated fatty acids (5%)...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Mamleeva FR,Efendieva JB,Nikitin YP

    更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00

  • Management of patients with metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) in a rural part of North Norway with a scattered population: does living near the department of oncology translate into a different pattern of care and survival?

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1080/22423982.2019.1620086

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

    更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00

  • Has the curve been broken? Trends between 1994 and 2006 in smoking and alcohol use among Greenlandic school children.

    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

    authors: Niclasen B,Schnohr C

    更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00

  • Washeteria closures, infectious disease and community health in rural Alaska: a review of clinical data in Kivalina, Alaska.

    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

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

    更新日期:2013-08-05 00:00:00

  • Indigenous women's reproductive health in the Arctic zone of Western Siberia: challenges and solutions.

    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

    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

  • Assessing clinical support and inter-professional interactions among front-line primary care providers in remote communities in northern Canada: a pilot study.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3402/ijch.v75.32159

    authors: Young SK,Young TK

    更新日期:2016-09-14 00:00:00

  • Zoonotic infections in Alaska: disease prevalence, potential impact of climate change and recommended actions for earlier disease detection, research, prevention and control.

    abstract::Over the last 60 years, Alaska's mean annual temperature has increased by 1.6°C, more than twice the rate of the rest of the United States. As a result, climate change impacts are more pronounced here than in other regions of the United States. Warmer temperatures may allow some infected host animals to survive winter...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.19562

    authors: Hueffer K,Parkinson AJ,Gerlach R,Berner J

    更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00

  • Daylight availability: a poor predictor of depression in Iceland.

    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

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

    更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00

  • The prevalence of selected pregnancy outcome risk factors in the life-style and medical history of the delivering population in north-western Russia.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:A population-based birth registry has been set up for the Arctic town of Moncegorsk in north-western Russia. This investigation describes the health status of the delivering population, including pregnancy history and the prevalence of obesity, infections, smoking and alcohol abuse during the pregnancy perio...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3402/ijch.v63i1.17647

    authors: Vaktskjold A,Paulsen EE,Talykova L,Nieboer E,Odland JØ

    更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00

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

    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

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

    更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00

  • Diabetes is related to fatty acid imbalance in Eskimos.

    abstract::The reasons for the rapidly increasing prevalence of diabetes (NIDDM) among Alaskan Eskimos are only partly understood. This study examines the association of fatty acid metabolism in 68 Alaskan Eskimos with NIDDM or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and 386 with normal glucose tolerance > 24 years old. The prevalence ...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Ebbesson SO,Kennish J,Ebbesson L,Go O,Yeh J

    更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00

  • Children and adolescents with developmental disorders and violence.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3402/ijch.v61i0.17502

    authors: Ebeling H,Nurkkala H

    更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00

  • Sami yoik, Sami history, Sami health: a narrative review.

    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

    pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1080/22423982.2018.1454784

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

    更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00

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

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:Community based physiotherapy services are an integral component of the recent implementation of a medical rehabilitation program in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. Since the year 2000, the Inuit people of Canada's central Arctic have had direct access to physiotherapy in their home communities. STUDY DESIG...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3402/ijch.v63i0.17866

    authors: Achtemichuk M,McKenzie B,Fricke M,Cooper J,Macaulay A,Durcan A

    更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00

  • Serum concentrations of thyroid and adrenal hormones and TSH in men after repeated 1 h-stays in a cold room.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Korhonen I,Hassi J,Leppäluoto J

    更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00

  • Developing a validated Alaska Native food frequency questionnaire for western Alaska, 2002-2006.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to develop a dietary instrument (food frequency questionnaire [FFQ]) that measured total dietary intake over 1 year among Alaska Native people in 2 regions. Ways of assessing diet are needed in order to accurately evaluate how the diets of Alaska Natives relate to their health. ...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3402/ijch.v68i2.18319

    authors: Johnson JS,Nobmann ED,Asay E,Lanier AP

    更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00

  • Investigating cancer clusters.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Cobb N

    更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00

  • Agreement between self-reported and central cancer registry-recorded prevalence of cancer in the Alaska EARTH study.

    abstract::Reliance on self-reported health status information as a measure of population health can be challenging due to errors associated with participant recall. We sought to determine agreement between self-reported and registry-recorded site-specific cancer diagnoses in a cohort of Alaska Native people. We linked cancer hi...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1080/22423982.2019.1571383

    authors: Nash SH,Day G,Hiratsuka VY,Zimpelman GL,Koller KR

    更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00

  • A survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards skin and soft tissue infections in rural Alaska.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus infections are common to south-western Alaska and have been associated with traditional steambaths. More than a decade ago, recommendations were made to affected communities that included preventive skin care, ...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3402/ijch.v75.30603

    authors: Raczniak GA,Gaines J,Bulkow LR,Kinzer MH,Hennessy TW,Klejka JA,Bruce MG

    更新日期:2016-02-23 00:00:00

  • Discrepancies in data reporting of zoonotic infectious diseases across the Nordic countries - a call for action in the era of climate change.

    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

    authors: Omazic A,Berggren C,Thierfelder T,Koch A,Evengard B

    更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00

  • Changing patterns of mortality seasonality among the western James Bay Cree.

    abstract::Anglican Church of Canada burial records from 1851-1964 for the Moose Factory First Nation are analysed for mortality seasonality. The 113-year study period is subdivided into three death cohorts (1851-1906, 1914-1945 and 1946-1964) that broadly reflect the late 19th century, early 20th century, and the post-WWII peri...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Herring DA,Hoppa RD

    更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00

  • Dependence of cold-related coronary and respiratory symptoms on age and exposure to cold.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究

    doi:

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

    更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00

  • A descriptive quantitative study of 7- and 8-year-old children's outdoor recreation, cold exposure and symptoms in winter in Northern Finland.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:In Finland, children spend a lot of time outdoors in winter. Outdoor recreation in winter has a wide variety of effects on children's well-being. Although children are a subgroup that is vulnerable to cold exposure, remarkably little research has been done on the subject. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1298883

    authors: Rasi H,Kuivila H,Pölkki T,Bloigu R,Rintamäki H,Tourula M

    更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00

  • Prevalence of problems with alcohol, marijuana and gambling among patients in a Regional Hospital in Northern Greenland: investigating the potential for brief interventions in a hospital setting.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1080/22423982.2020.1771950

    authors: Sørensen IK,Barfod S,Niclasen BV,Becker U,Penninga L,Larsen CVL

    更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00

  • Winter swimming improves general well-being.

    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

    authors: Huttunen P,Kokko L,Ylijukuri V

    更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00

  • Enhancing diagnostic ultrasound programs utilizing wide-area image management technology.

    abstract::Diagnostic ultrasound in remote sites is limited by attendant delay in interpretation and reporting. Technology advances were incorporated in an ultrasound program based in Churchill, Manitoba, and designed to meet the needs of the Central Canadian Arctic. Still-frame ultrasound images are digitized via a sonographer'...

    journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:

    authors: Martin BD,Levi C,Kelly JL

    更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00

  • Assessment of consumption of marine food in Greenland by a food frequency questionnaire and biomarkers.

    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

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18361

    authors: Jeppesen C,Jørgensen ME,Bjerregaard P

    更新日期:2012-05-17 00:00:00