Self-Rated Health among Greenlandic Inuit and Norwegian Sami Adolescents: Associated Risk and Protective Correlates
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Rita Spein
Cecilia Petrine Pedersen
Anne Cathrine Silviken
Marita Melhus
Siv Eli Kvernmo
Peter Bjerregaard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 72, 2013, p. article no. 19793
Description
Findings from over 700 youth indicated a majority of the respondents reported good health. The rate of self-reported poor/fair heath was three times higher among the Inuit subjects compared to the Sami.