International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 3, 2007, pp. 264-275
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Presents a set of recommendations which are related to research opportunities to help give the development of future health research in circumpolar neuroscience and behaviour.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 2, 2006, pp. 162-168
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Study to examine the incidence and prevalence of liver discharge diagnosis with focus on cirrhosis among hospital-admitted patients in Greenland and Denmark.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 3, 2006, pp. 219-227
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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.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 4-6
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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.
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 1, 2007, pp. 77-79
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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.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 5, 2006, pp. 463-465
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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.
Coverage includes historical and contemporary leaders, governance, and political activism in Canada, the United States, Circumpolar region, Australia and New Zealand.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Migration, 2007, pp. 26-31
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Looks at urbanization as a strategy to create a more self-determined Greenland with fewer ties to Denmark.
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Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 15-23
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Overview of collecting, research and teaching, and exhibitions in Canada, United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Germany, etc.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Focuses on the risk factors: socio-demographic, upbringing, social relations, lifestyle, school/leisure time, traumatic experiences, and physical and mental health.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, Problématiques des sexes / Gender issues, 2006, pp. 123-133
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Discusses what gender roles look like through Inuit eyes and presents the three models of couplehood in the region: traditional, detached, and reversed.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 65, no. 3, June 2006, pp. 243-252
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Study to predict the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and the associated burden to the health care system in Greenland, due to complications from the disease, which is expected to double by 2014.
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 93, no. 1, January 2007, pp. 1-25
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Summarizes the trends and areas of fallout in Canada, Alaska and Greenland. Tracks concentrations in the Caniapiscau herd of central Québec and discusses the potential impact on health.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 393-394
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Review of The Southernmost People of Greenland: Dialects and Memories = Qavaat – Oqalunneri Eqqaamassaallu by Maliâraq Vebæk ; edited by Birgitte Sonne and with a contribution on phonology by Birte H. Christensen.
Review in French.
Looks at challenges, successes, total size and production of the market, and examines socio-economic trade-offs between subsistence and commercial markets.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 3, 2007, pp. 257-263
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Reports a high rate of sexual assults where there is often a close relationship between victims and offenders, and, excessive alcohol abuse or binge drinking.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 30-37
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Looks at statistical data to determine suicide rates are higher among young Inuit men than women, of the same age, and of their peers in Denmark, southern Canada and United States.
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The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2007, pp. 479-501
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Studies found that suicide is multi-determined and that there are no simple answers to the youth epidemic experienced worldwide. However, colonialism, and the residual effects of it, are cited as a common factor in all worldwide studies of suicide rates among Indigenous Peoples.
Provides a summary of suicide by Greenland and Alaska Indigenous youth and how social determinants can effect those numbers.
Chapter in Children and Youth in Greenland - An Anthology edited by W Kahlig & N Banerjee