Canadian Inuit community engagement in suicide prevention.

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

authors： Langås-Larsen A,Salamonsen A,Kristoffersen AE,Hamran T,Evjen B,Stub T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With a low breast cancer incidence and low population density, Greenland is geographically and organisationally challenged in implementing a cost effective breast cancer screening programme where a large proportion of the Greenlandic women will have to travel far to attend. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the cos...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Christensen MK,Niclasen BV,Iburg KM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

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

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

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of research on Alaska Natives and their views on whether or not they believe they will age successfully in their home and community. There is limited understanding of aging experiences across generations. OBJECTIVE:This research explores the concept of successful aging from an urban Alask...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Lewis J

更新日期：2013-08-05 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：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to predict the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and the associated burden to the health care system in Greenland posed by diabetic complications by 2014. The predictions were based on changes in demographic variables and obesity. STUDY DESIGN:Projection model based on two cross-...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Martinsen N,Jørgensen ME,Bjerregaard P,Krasnik A,Carstensen B,Borch-Johnsen K

更新日期：2006-06-01 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

abstract：:In this article we review the thirty-year-old person from the viewpoint of the development psychology, life span, physical health and family life. In his psychological development a person has at this stage become adult, but he still uses some psychic mechanisms and coping strategies which are typical for the adolesce...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Isohanni M,Tervo A,Wahlberg KE

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arctic residents can be exposed to a wide range of contaminants through consumption of traditional (country) foods (i.e. food from wild animals and plants that are hunted, caught or collected locally in the Arctic). Yet these foods provide excellent nutrition, promote social cohesion, meet some spiritual nee...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Krümmel EM,Gilman A

更新日期：2016-12-13 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: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

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

更新日期：2004-09-01 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 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：BACKGROUND:This study was part of the international research project "Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood" (CIPA). OBJECTIVES:To explore ethnic identity negotiation, an unexplored theme, among indigenous North Sami youth living in a majority Sami community context in Arctic Norway. METHODS:A qualitative desi...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Nystad K,Spein AR,Balto AM,Ingstad B

更新日期：2017-01-01 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

authors： Laitinen J,Korkiakangas E,Alahuhta M,Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S,Rajala U,Timonen O,Jokelainen T,Keränen AM,Remes J,Ruokonen A,Hedberg P,Taanila A,Husman P,Olkkonen S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Engaging community partners to work as co-researchers and research assistants for research involving Inuit communities or regions helps to ensure the equitable recognition of community and researcher priorities, mutual trust and respect, participation by local participants, inclusion of local knowledge and local uptak...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Ferrazzi P,Christie P,Jalovcic D,Tagalik S,Grogan A

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：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：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：:The study was aimed at ascertaining the prevalence of diffuse liver lesions and associated factors in the general population of Novosibirsk, Western Siberia. A representative sample of 362 men and 870 women aged 25-64 years was investigated using ultrasound examination and blood tests for liver-derived enzymes (AST, A...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kurilovich SA,Reshetnikov OV,Rybiakov AN,Shakhmatov SG,Malytina SK,Ivanova MV

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

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

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

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rickets was first described in the 17th century and vitamin D deficiency was recognized as the underlying cause in the early 1900s. Despite this long history, vitamin D deficiency remains a significant health concern. Currently, vitamin D supplementation is recommended in Canada for breast fed infants. There...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Gross ML,Tenenbein M,Sellers EA

更新日期：2013-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate the age- and gender-specific consultation rates of patients who availed primary health care service in Greenland and to analyse contact patterns among patients in Nuuk. DESIGN:Observational and cross-sectional register study using data captured from the medical records. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Pedersen ML,Rolskov A,Jacobsen JL,Lynge AR

更新日期：2012-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to review the current literatures on breast cancer (BC) in the Arctic, especially the trends in incidence during the last decades and the possible explanations. The design of this study is a literature review. The scientific literature concerning BC were reviewed, especially focusing on th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Fredslund SO,Bonefeld-Jørgensen EC

更新日期：2012-08-16 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：:Arctic peoples are spread over eight countries and comprise 3.74 million residents, of whom 9% are indigenous. The Arctic countries include Canada, Finland, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States. Although Arctic peoples are very diverse, there are a variety of environmental and hea...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Smith HS,Bjerregaard P,Chan HM,Corriveau A,Ebbesson SO,Etzel RA,Fabsitz RR,Hakonarson H,Hild C,Nobmann ED,Reading J,Tereshchenko L,Young TK,Howard BV

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：: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: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