The future of successful aging in Alaska.

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

authors： Bonefeld-Jørgensen EC,Møller SM,Hansen JC

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the contribution of student co-researchers to a community-based participatory Photovoice investigation of Indigenous children's food-related lived experience. We examine co-researchers' contributions to the research process, their role in knowledge co-generation and dissemination, and factors that ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Genuis SK,Willows N,Alexander First Nation.,Jardine CG

更新日期：2015-07-27 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：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: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

authors： Tsang RS,Li YA,Mullen A,Baikie M,Whyte K,Shuel M,Tyrrell G,Rotondo JA,Desai S,Spika J

更新日期：2016-01-12 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：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

authors： Gaski M,Abelsen B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Fortuine R,Dimino MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 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

authors： Widström E,Koposova N,Nordengen R,Bergdahl M,Eriksen H,Fabrikant E

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To review suicide patterns among Inuit in Canada and highlight new developments in Inuit-driven and community-based suicide prevention. Study design. Narrative overview of suicide among Inuit in Canada, strides towards Inuit autonomy, and community and government action towards suicide prevention. METHODS:R...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Kral Mj,Wiebe PK,Nisbet K,Dallas C,Okalik L,Enuaraq N,Cinotta J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To trace the historical development of the Rankin Inlet Birthing Centre since its inception in 1993 in the context of plans to make it the nucleus of a system of community birthing centres throughout Nunavut. STUDY DESIGN:This is an analytical historical study using a combination of oral history interviews,...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Douglas VK

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

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

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

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper describes the overall aims and design of the Social Transitions in the North study. The objective of the STN study was to assess how epidemiological, demographic and domestic changes have affected Northern communities. STUDY DESIGN:Sixteen communities in the Russian Far East and Alaska were compar...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Mason R

更新日期：2004-01-01 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 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：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

authors： Haapsamo H,Ebeling H,Soini H,Joskitt L,Larinen K,Penninkilampi-Kerola V,Carter A,Moilanen I

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tobacco use rates are exceptionally high among indigenous people in North America. Alaska Native, low socio-economic status (SES) and rural communities are high-priority populations for Alaska's Tobacco Control program. DESIGN:For the purpose of better informing tobacco control interventions, we conducted a...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Dilley JA,Peterson E,Bobo M,Pickle KE,Rohde K

更新日期：2013-08-05 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：BACKGROUND:The US commercial fishing industry is hazardous, as measured by mortality data. However, research on non-fatal injuries is limited. Non-fatal injuries constitute the majority of occupational injuries and can result in workers' lowered productivity and wages, lost quality of life, and disability. In the Unite...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Syron LN,Lucas DL,Bovbjerg VE,Bethel JW,Kincl LD

更新日期：2016-01-14 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:Current evidence shows that type 2 diabetes (T2D) can be prevented by life-style changes and medication. To meet the menacing diabetes epidemic, there is an urgent need to translate the scientific evidence regarding prevention of T2D into daily clinical practice and public health. In Finland, a national prog...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Saaristo T,Peltonen M,Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S,Vanhala M,Saltevo J,Niskanen L,Oksa H,Korpi-Hyövälti E,Tuomilehto J,FIN-D2D Study Group.

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the rate and causes of preterm (before 37 weeks gestation) and very preterm (before 32 weeks gestation) delivery among a population of Inuit living in Canada. STUDY DESIGN:Three-year retrospective cross-sectional review of charts for patients delivering in the Baffin Region of Canada. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Muggah E,Way D,Muirhead M,Baskerville B

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

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

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drawing on census data and psychiatric hospital records, this paper examines the impact of rapid socioeconomic change on the mental health of residents in Northwestern Ontario resource-dependent communities. This research investigates whether residents in economically growing and declining communities experience more ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Park J,Nelson CH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted to learn from snow crab plants workers and others involved in the industry their knowledge and beliefs of health issues and potential solutions. STUDY DESIGN:This is a survey in four communities with different crab plant designs in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. METHODS:At the ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Jong M,Neis B,Cartier A,Horth-Susin L,Howse D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00