Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals - influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life.

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：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: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

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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the background, approach and general results of the Center for Alaska Native Health Research (CANHR) study. STUDY DESIGN:This was a cross-sectional Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) study with one tribal group to assess risk and protection for obesity and the risk factors related to ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Mohatt GV,Plaetke R,Klejka J,Luick B,Lardon C,Bersamin A,Hopkins S,Dondanville M,Herron J,Boyer B,Center for Alaska Native Health Research.

更新日期：2007-02-01 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 review the current status of health care access and utilization among Indigenous people in the North America, Australia and New Zealand. STUDY DESIGN:Literature review. METHODS:A systematic search and critical review of relevant studies using online searches of electronic databases (PubMed, PsychINFO, M...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Marrone S

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：: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: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

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

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

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 ...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Curtis T,Olesen I,Kjeldsen AB,Bjerregaard P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prevalence study methodology developed for use in rural and frontier settings is described. The general method was developed over a 15 year period and has been successfully adapted and used in studies of 14 different childhood onset developmental disorders. Subjects were the 168,000 school aged children from North D...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Burd L,Kerbeshian J,Klug MG,McCulloch K

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：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

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：BACKGROUND:In preparation for the initial offering of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Interior-Aleutians Campus Rural Nutrition Services (RNS) program, a literature review was conducted to establish the need for the proposed program and to substantiate the methodology for delivering integrated, culturally tai...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： McConnell S

更新日期：2013-08-05 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：: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

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

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

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

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

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：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：: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：: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：:The Eeyouch are a First Nations (Cree) population that live above 49.6°N latitude in Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec. Eeyouch rely on traditional foods (TF) hunted, fished or gathered from the land. The overarching aim of this study was to achieve an understanding of the factors associated with TF intake among Eeyouc...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Noreen W,Johnson-Down L,Jean-Claude M,Lucas M,Robinson E,Batal M

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：: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：: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: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：: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：:The article describes national, regional and community-level activities that contributed to the Manitoba First Nation partnership in maternal and child health programming. The activities reveal a potential for health change that is possible through working together across jurisdictional boundaries. Although we are onl...

journal_title：International journal of circumpolar health

authors： Eni R,Phillips-Beck W

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00