Lavoie, Josée G Clark, Wayne McDonnell, Leah Nickel, Nathan Dutton, Rachel Kanayok, Janet Fowler-Woods, Melinda Anawak, Jack Brown, Nuqaalaq Voisey Clark, Grace
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International journal of circumpolar health
We document community responses to the COVID-19 pandemic among Inuit living in the province of Manitoba, Canada. This study was conducted by the Manitoba Inuit Association and a Council of Inuit Elders, in partnership with researchers from the University of Manitoba. We present findings from 12 health services providers and decision-makers, collect...
Eliassen, Marianne Sørensen, Bodil A Hartviksen, Trude A Holm, Solrun Zingmark, Magnus
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International journal of circumpolar health
Reablement aims to enable older persons with functional decline to re-engage in meaningful activities. The benefits of engagement in outdoor activities are significant; however, reablement services primarily target function in indoor environments whereas descriptions of outdoor activities are sparse. The aim of this study was to create a model that...
Bjerregaard, Peter Larsen, Christina Viskum Lytken Olesen, Ingelise Ottendahl, Charlotte Brandstrup Backer, Vibeke Senftleber, Ninna Christensen, Marie Mathilde Bjerg Larsen, Trine Jul Byberg, Stine Hansen, Torben
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International journal of circumpolar health
Since 1993, regular population health surveys in Greenland have supported and monitored the public health strategy of Greenland and have monitored cardiometabolic and lung diseases. The most recent of these surveys included 2539 persons aged 15+ from 20 communities spread over the whole country. The survey instruments included personal interviews, ...
Moisan, Caroline Bélanger, Richard Fraser, Sarah Muckle, Gina
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International journal of circumpolar health
Better understanding attitudes toward pregnancy - a potent predictor of adolescent pregnancy - could help explain the high adolescent pregnancy rate in Nunavik, Canada. The objective of this study was to assess the distribution of different attitudes toward pregnancy and the factors associated with high pregnancy likelihood attitudes (HPLA; favoura...
Mcdonnell, Leah Lavoie, Josée G Clark, Wayne Dutton, Rachel Anawak, Caroline Anawak, Jack Brown, Levinia Clark, Grace Evaluardjuk-Palmer, Maata Ford, Frederick
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International journal of circumpolar health
Scientific publications predominantly focus on research outcomes. Increasingly, community partnerships and relationships are mentioned, especially in research conducted with Indigenous communities. In partnership-based research, Indigenous communities expect researchers to contribute in a multitude of ways that go beyond doing research. This articl...
Syurin, Sergei A Kovshov, Aleksandr A Odland, Jon Ø Talykova, Lyudmila V
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International journal of circumpolar health
For many years in Russia, apatite ore mining has been associated with high levels of occupational morbidity. The aim of the study was to retrospectively assess occupational disease trends in Russian Arctic apatite miners. We analysed data from routine health screening of 2 649 underground apatite miners in 2007 and data of social-hygienic monitorin...
Jentz, Christian Heilmann, Parnuna Nathanielsen, Naaja Upfold, Casey Kleist, Inaluk Sørensen, Lisbeth Uhrskov
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International journal of circumpolar health
This nationwide cross-sectional study of the lifetime prevalence and determinants of suicide attempts includes 90% of Greenlandic forensic psychiatric patients. Retrospective data were collected from electronic patient files, court documents, and forensic psychiatric assessments using a coding form from a similar study. We used unpaired t-tests and...
Ness, Tove Mentsen Munkejord, Mai Camilla
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International journal of circumpolar health
The aim of this study first aims to forward our empirical knowledge of how older Sami experience healthcare encounters in Norway and what they expect in terms of future care services, and second, to forward our understanding of how more culturally safe services could be offered to the Sami population, 30 years after they were officially recognised ...
Arnadottir, Solveig A Einarsdottir, Lara Sigurdardottir, Arun K
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International journal of circumpolar health
The objective of this research was to investigate late-life physical functioning and lifetime history of physical activity (PA) among older adults in rural and urban Arctic communities. Data was collected in a cross-sectional, population-based study among 65 to 92-year-old community-dwelling Icelanders (N = 175, 41% ≥75-year-old, 43% women, 40% rur...
Eggenberger, Lauren Cruz, Sheila Moffitt, Pertice
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International journal of circumpolar health
Historically, there is a documented lack of support for women leaving their communities to give birth. Due to an over-emphasis on risk discourse (no distinction between low- or high-risk pregnancies with options to birth at home, the large geographical distances to regional centres within circumpolar regions, remoteness of communities, lack of qual...
