Greenland

Looks at the success of programs that are community-based and involve active partnerships across sectors.

Book review of: Daily Life of the Inuit by Pamela R. Stern.

Argues that an immediate, concerted effort to develop policies is necessary to enhance the resilience and reduce vulnerability of the Inuit population .

Book reviews of: Danish Greenland by Henrik Rink with a new introduction by Helge Larsen. Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo by Henrik Rink with a new introduction by Helge Larsen.

Looks at location of stations, terrestrial magnetism, radio transmission to Denmark and problems with the transmissions and distribution of synoptic stations.

Discusses the colonization, decolonization and healing experiences of Indigenous peoples in four countries.

Book Review of: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century by Axel Kjaer Sørensen.

Main objective of the study was to describe the survey design and methodology. Findings showed a much higher response rate in Greenland and Alaska than Norway.

Discusses the history of Greenland's system for marketing country foods.

In a study of 917 adults, family history, diet and sedentary lifestyle were found to be contributing factors.

Article reviews the ongoing effectiveness of a national Diabetes monitoring program implemented in Greenland in 2008. Findings indicate that the program improved diagnosis and care; authors suggest model might be effective for use in other settings with widely distributed populations.

Article reviews the ongoing effectiveness of a national Diabetes monitoring program implemented in Greenland in 2008. Findings indicate that the program improved diagnosis and care; authors suggest model might be effective for use in other settings with widely distributed populations.

Describes the process which led to a review of the possible aggravating effects of pollutants on lifestyle-related metabolic disorders.

Article follows up on a small ethnographic survey conducted in 2011-2012; examines the ideas of cultural citizenship and social mobility as they are expressed by students from Greenland who are studying in Denmark.

Study to compare exposure in several groups.

Study to examine the incidence and prevalence of liver discharge diagnosis with focus on cirrhosis among hospital-admitted patients in Greenland and Denmark.

Reports on language use after Grade 10 and prior to university and warns of possible future problems resulting from conflicts between the Danish and Greenlandic languages. Some comparisons are drawn with Nunavut.

Study found that international research on climate sensitive infectious disease and zoonotic infections is impeded by incompatible reporting systems and differences in regulation; advises international standardization.

Argues that the transformation from Thule to Inuit culture was a result of contact with Europeans and repeated disease outbreaks.

Studies socioeconomic status in relation to hospital admissions and mortality rates.

Describes and analyzes the characteristic style of tip fluting points in the Early and Middle Dorset.

Due to the strong non-Inuit nature of nursing instruction, Inuit nurses are well versed in both languages and cultures.

Looks at the intuitive belief that resource development results in wealth and well-being for region when in fact it often leads to a decrease and other problems (resource curse).

Study designed to document the prevalence of alcoholic liver disease in Greenlanders with a high alcohol intake, and to describe and compare the populations of patients with alcohol addiction in Greenland and Denmark.

Reports on developments using e-mail to enhance patient-physician contact in order to improve health care delivery in Greenland.

Discusses songs recorded by phonograph with the earliest being the Aivilingmiut and Qaernermiut in Canada and Alaska.

Reports on the Early Arctic Small Tool tradition site and the relationships between the various techno-complexes that make up the Early Arctic Small Tool tradition.

Studied the occurrence of human, dog, and bird lice. Through analysis of distribution of remains and Inughuit myths and legends, concludes that patterns are a result of delousing practices. Discusses the potential for studying Inuit hygiene.

Book review of: Eastern Arctic Kayaks by John D. Heath and Eugene Arima.

Economics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2002.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laval University, 2010. Text in French, includes abstract in English.

Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on major oil and gas developmental projects in the arctic and how the lives and lands of the Indigenous people are affected. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.

Introduction to journal articles raising awareness about Indigenous youth. To access this article, scroll to page 4.

Explorer's journals provide the most detailed known account of practices as they existed before the introduction of Christianity.

Comments on both the risks and benefits of consuming traditional foods of northern indigenous people which may contain multiple organochlorine, heavy-metal, and radionuclide contaminants.

Reports that the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) recommends the consumption of traditional Arctic food to continue despite some environmental contamination of the food.

Concludes that seal meat may contain Trichinella, and indicates that risk factors found to be associated with seropositivity include: people over 40, a high intake of traditional food, living in hunting areas, and having an occupation as a fisherman or hunter.

Assesses and compares rates of childhood epilepsy between Greenland and Denmark.

Gives an overview of some of the current concerns in Eskimo-Aleut linguistics. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Book review of: Eskimo Architecture by Molly Lee and Gregory A. Reinhardt. Text in French.

Comments on differences in artistic ability depending on geographical location.

Notes a running dog likeness scratched on rock found on Kutdlek Island.

Book review of: Eskimos in Europe by Rene Bonnerjea.

Material included falls into several categories: protocols and guidelines; health, land-use and conservation plans; permitting processes; position papers; research projects and reports; and organizational documents.

Overview of documents published in Canada, Greenland, Australia and New Zealand focusing on provisions related to collective consent, guidelines for storing human biological material and other data, and Indigenous peoples' rights to this data.

Recommends that Greenland has approached the stage where a medical ethics committee is urgently required.