Greenland

Reports on the state of health care in Greenland and how regional variations in lifestyle impact health care delivery.

Looks at disparities in health care practices across circumpolar countries and regions.

Paper gives a starting point, from the ground up, on how to establish a competent and efficient public health system.

Book review of, Health Transitions in Arctic Populations edited by T. Kue Young and Peter Bjerregaard.

Found that long term hearing gain can be achieved with mobile ear surgery.

Study concluded that Helicobacter Pylori (HP) antigen in feces is a helpful diagnostic tool.

Presents abstract and conclusions from earlier study.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001.

Study recommends that all females of Inuit origin receive genetic counselling and screening for the p.Cys39Gly mutation.

Results from the study of 139 patients found that the vast majority were undiagnosed.

Study of the prevalence of angina pectoris, self-reported myocardial infarction, and ECG defined myocardial infarction.

Findings revealed that the overall suicide rate was high particularly among adolescent women. Policies to improve living conditions are highly recommended.

Study revealed higher blood pressure persisted even after adjusting for age, gender, body mass index, education and smoking.

Looks at the United States North Polar Expedition in 1871-72, British Arctic Expedition 1875-76, United States Lady Franklin Bay Expedition 1881-84, Danish 2nd Thule Expedition 1917-18, and Danish Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition 1920-23 to Robeson Channel.

Studied 171 cases of HIV to determine sources of infection.

Compares scope and depth of literature developed within the three geographic areas, identifies key themes from findings, highlight gaps, and suggests areas for further investigation.

Book review of: Honouring Our Elders edited by William W. Fitzhugh, Stephen Loring and Daniel Odess.

Looks at the recommendations that were generated by youth, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in four workshops during the seminar. "November 7-8, 2009. Conference Report"

Outlines a model of the household in mixed, subsistence-based economies; model is based factors including measurements of hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering.

Describes attempts to increase student engagement through the technology of a GIS program.

Findings are difficult to quantify due to the relatively small sample size of participants, more study is recommended.

Research conducted to determine whether Inuit ethnicity protects the obese from type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Field study findings revealed that individuals consumed less cigarettes when having more do to.

A scoping literature review selected 43 articles published between 2005 and 2016; findings address 4 main themes relating to compromised access to healthcare: (1) the influence of physical geography, (2) healthcare provider-related barriers, (3) the importance of culture and language and (4) the impact of systemic factors.

Interviews residents from the Upernavik district about their lives as hunters and the pressure to protect their traditional way of living and thoughts on oil exploration and residents working in the industry.

Book review of: Idioms of Sámi Health and Healing. Volume 2 edited by Barbara Helen Miller.

Book review of: Imaging the Arctic edited by J. C. H. King and Henrietta Lidchi.

Presents an outline of the various topics discussed at a conference held at the Museum of Mankind (British Museum), London, in April 1996. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 44.

Article discusses links between parental alcohol disorders and familial needs of children.

Looks at assessing the current status of water, sanitation services and health through the Arctic Council's Sustainable Development Working Group.

Discussion of the role of the Arctic Human Health Expert Group (AHHEG), including identifying human health priorities in the Arctic.

Report finds that the stroke incidence rate of survivors is within the broad range compared to Western Europe.

Findings showed that myocardial infarctions (heart attacks) are rare among Greenlanders but cerebral infarctions (strokes) are four times as frequent.

Compared data finding that pancreatic cancer rate in Greenland is 138% higher than in Denmark.

Concludes that being overweight did not correlate with either traditional or western food, and that obesity had adverse health effects on several health indicators.

Information on the: Tlingit, Haida, Eyak, Northern Cree, Montagnais-Naskapi, Sami, Chukchis, Dolgans, Gilyaks, Kamchadals, Ostyaks, Samoyeds, Ipiutak, and Inuit. Digitized copy of typescript is part of the unpublished reference work on the Northern Arctic and subarctic regions. Project ran from 1947-1951.

Virtual exhibit features over 900 examples of material culture. Main focus is Canada, but also includes some items from United States, Siberia and Greenland.

Discusses elements of traditional governance that should be considered in current governance processes to accommodate cultural differences.

Looks at high rates of infectious and chronic diseases in Inuit populations compared to Western societies.

Coverage includes historical and contemporary leaders, governance, and political activism in Canada, the United States, Circumpolar region, Australia and New Zealand.

Polar Law Thesis (M.A.)--University of Akureyri, 2017

Reports on challenges and proposals emerging from workshop groups at the first Nordic Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Dementia. The challenges identified in terms of provision of services in municipalities were: insufficient knowledge of rights and what they entail, lack of linguistic and cultural expertise, lack of tools for day-to-day work and development of operations, and developing collaborations between Nordic countries.

Uses this example to examine global models of nature and indigeneity, how they were developed, and how they impact on political administration, management of natural resources, and the representation of identity.

Advocates for a focus on life style improvements with emphasis on preventative medicine.

Looks at the Arctic holding 22 per cent of the world's undiscovered, technically recoverable, conventional oil and natural gas resources.

Looks at urbanization as a strategy to create a more self-determined Greenland with fewer ties to Denmark. To access this article, scroll down to page 26.