Nuuk

Looks at the link between weight and dental cavities in children born between 2005-2007.

Study of 31 adolescents aged 12-16; used semi-structured interviews to investigate how Greenlandic adolescents perceive gambling, and to pilot test the Lie/Bet screening-instrument.

Discussion of a thesis which found that the HIV infected population in Greenland was middle aged, living in Nuuk and Sisimiut, and mainly infected by heterosexual contact.

Study concluded that the coverage rates in the immunisation programme for children older than 12 months were lower than those recommended by the World Health Organization.

Shows Greenlandic Inuit had higher levels of liver lead content than the Caucasian Danes and Inuit men had higher lead content than Inuit women.

Defines a city’s “primacy” as having three factors: a large population in comparison to other cities in the country, economic preeminence, and symbolic of a national cultural identity and assesses how well Nuuk fulfills those criteria.

Study examines samples of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (GC), looking for antibiotic resistant strains. Findings indicate that there are 150 GC strains present on Nuuk, all of which were fully susceptible to the antibiotic ceftriaxone, and 49% to ciprofloxacin.

Study uses electronic medical records data to compare the weight status of Nuuk children beginning school with that of the rest of Greenland children born in 2011. An analysis of body mass index (BMI) data indicated a higher rate of obesity in the general population of children than in those living in Nuuk.