Review Article: Child health in Greenland

Niclasen, Birgit; Bjerregaard, Peter

doi:10.1080/14034940600975781

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“…Vigorous physical activity explicitly encompasses a dimension of physical activity as a recreational pursuit or hobby. A confirmatory factor analysis among adolescent girls indicated that the measures express different behavioural patterns and may even have different outcomes (4).…”

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Trends in physical activity in Greenlandic schoolchildren, 1994–2006

Vindfeld

Schnohr

Niclasen

2009

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. To describe trends in self-reported physical activity among Greenlandic schoolchildren from 1994 to 2006, and to analyse associations between physical activity and quality of life, health, academic achievement, school satisfaction and substance use. Study design. Trend analysis of the Greenlandic data reported in the Health Behaviour in SchoolAged Children (HBSC) survey on , , and 5 years olds in 994, 998, 00 and 006. Methods. Analyses of associations data on all participating children in Greenland who were to 7 years old in 006 were used. Results. Only about 30% of all children aged 11, 13 and 15 years fulfilled the national recommendations of being moderately physically active for 60 minutes a day. A higher proportion of children were highly physically active in 006 compared with earlier years while no trend was seen in the proportion of inactive children. Fewer children were moderately active as they aged, but at the same time more children seemed to become more physically active with increasing age. Fewer children in the settlements were highly physically active compared with children living in the towns and the capital. Physically active children had good academic achievement, good selfrated health and smoked less on a daily basis when compared with inactive children. Conclusions.The results indicate that an increase in the level of physical activity among schoolchildren instead of a general decrease has taken place from 994 to 006. A high level of physical activity was associated with a positive rating of health, good quality of life and good academic achievement. The low number of highly physically active children living in the settlements is of concern.

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Trends in physical activity in Greenlandic schoolchildren, 1994–2006

Vindfeld

Schnohr

Niclasen

2009

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…Earlier on, perinatal complications, acute and chronic infectious diseases and injuries dominated as causes of morbidity (1,3,5,7). Today, chronic and lifestyle-induced diseases and disabilities dominate morbidity despite the fact that the "old" diseases have not dropped to the low levels found in most Western countries (1,3,5,6,11).…”

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“…Today, chronic and lifestyle-induced diseases and disabilities dominate morbidity despite the fact that the "old" diseases have not dropped to the low levels found in most Western countries (1,3,5,6,11). In addition, the burden of poor health related to social conditions does not appear to be decreasing (1,21).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The literature includes reviews (5,7,8), books (1), theses (3), reports from health surveys (4,9), official statistics (2,(10)(11)(12), governmental reports (6,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19) and a literature search in the scientific database on medical journals, PubMed.…”

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“…Substantial differences are found between the capital, the larger towns along the west coast, and the more remote, often sparsely populated towns and villages in the south, north and east regarding lifestyle, living conditions, occupational structure, educational achievement, economic status and access to cultural and shopping facilities (3)(4)(5)(6). The economic conditions in a village are often less favourable than those found in the nearest town (2).…”

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Health care and health care delivery in Greenland

Niclasen

Mulvad

2010

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Objectives. To describe the health care system and health care delivery in Greenland. Study design and method. This was a literature study that included literature and articles searched in PubMed published from 1989 to 2009 about health care in Greenland. Results. The health care system is a publicly financed governmental responsibility. Its major challenges are limited economic resources, Greenland's demographic structure, rapid epidemiological changes, increased public demand for specialized treatment, difficulty in recruiting professionals and the economic burden imposed by around-the-clock maintenance of specialized staff in sparsely populated areas. To meet these challenges, a public health program focusing on health promotion and prevention, educational initiatives to improve recruitment and a system reorientation moving towards larger health care regions is proposed to be gradually implemented from 2010. One fundamental component of this plan is tying the system together with a telemedicine system and in the future also with a joint electronic patient file system. The importance of better surveillance and monitoring of health has been recognized, while securing best clinical practice and implementing better steering instruments on resource allocation and quality are areas needing focus in the future. Conclusion. Many of the challenges for the Greenlandic health care system are being addressed with promising strategies, but only the future will show whether they are successful.

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