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 Greenland. Trends in the prevalence of the categories never having smoked, non-smoking, daily smoking, never tried alcohol, never been drunk and been drunk 4 times or more were calculated for children and youth aged 11, 13 and 15. In the data from 2006, the age trends for daily smoking and getting drunk 4 or more times, the assessment of risks attributed to substance use and the perception of how easy it was to access cigarettes and alcohol were analysed. RESULTS:A decrease in daily smokers and in children having been drunk 4 or more times and an increase in non-smokers and in children that had never been drunk was found in both genders among children and youth aged 13 and 15. Among youth aged 15 to 17 years, both cigarettes and alcohol were reported as easy to access. Risk assessment was different for alcohol and cigarettes, as well as between genders. CONCLUSIONS:A decline in the use of tobacco and alcohol among Greenlandic school children was ascertained. Due to the children's evaluation of easy access and risk regarding smoking and alcohol use, some general recommendations regarding future focus areas of prevention were proposed.
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Int J Circumpolar Healthjournal_title
International journal of circumpolar healthauthors
Niclasen B,Schnohr Cdoi
10.3402/ijch.v67i4.18344subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-09-01 00:00:00pages
299-307issue
4eissn
1239-9736issn
2242-3982pii
32journal_volume
67pub_type
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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: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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v69i3.17616
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v62i3.17562
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21078
更新日期:2013-08-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
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doi:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18418
更新日期:2012-04-25 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v64i3.17993
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v69i5.17693
更新日期:2010-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v70i5.17860
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v68i2.18319
更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v75.30965
更新日期:2016-07-22 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v75.30169
更新日期:2016-02-19 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2019.1601991
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.19551
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2018.1445938
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v70i2.17805
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-08-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of circumpolar health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2020.1805254
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/22423982.2018.1454785
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3402/ijch.v75.29798
更新日期:2016-01-12 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00