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dc.contributor.authorSpein, Anna Rita
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Cecilia P
dc.contributor.authorSilviken, Anne Cathrine
dc.contributor.authorMelhus, Marita
dc.contributor.authorKvernmo, Siv
dc.contributor.authorBjerregaard, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-24T08:37:22Z
dc.date.available2014-03-24T08:37:22Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractObjectives. Self-rated health (SRH) and associated risk and protective correlates were investigated among two indigenous adolescent populations, Greenlandic Inuit and Norwegian Sami. Design. Cross-sectional data were collected from ‘‘Well-being among Youth in Greenland’’ (WBYG) and ‘‘The Norwegian Arctic Adolescent Health Study’’ (NAAHS), conducted during 2003 2005 and comprising 10th and 11th graders, 378 Inuit and 350 Sami. Methods. SRH was assessed by one single item, using a 4-point and 5-point scale for NAAHS and WBYG, respectively. Logistic regressions were performed separately for each indigenous group using a dichotomous measure with ‘‘very good’’ (NAAHS) and ‘‘very good/good’’ (WBYG) as reference categories. We simultaneously controlled for various socio-demographics, risk correlates (drinking, smoking, violence and suicidal behaviour) and protective correlates (physical activity, well-being in school, number of close friends and adolescent parent relationship). Results. A majority of both Inuit (62%) and Sami (89%) youth reported ‘‘good’’ or ‘‘very good’’ SRH. The proportion of ‘‘poor/fair/not so good’’ SRH was three times higher among Inuit than Sami (38% vs. 11%, p50.001). Significantly more Inuit females than males reported ‘‘poor/fair’’SRH(44% vs. 29%, p50.05),while no gender differences occurred among Sami (12% vs. 9%, p50.08). In both indigenous groups, suicidal thoughts (risk) and physical activity (protective) were associated with poor and good SRH, respectively. Conclusions. In accordance with other studies of indigenous adolescents, suicidal thoughts were strongly associated with poorer SRH among Sami and Inuit. The Inuit Sami differences in SRH could partly be due to higher ‘‘risk’’ and lower ‘‘protective’’ correlates among Inuit than Sami. The positive impact of physical activity on SRH needs to be targeted in future intervention programs.en
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health (2013), vol. 72:19793en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1027402
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.19793
dc.identifier.issn1239-9736
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/6073
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_5775
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherCoAction Publishingen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en
dc.titleSelf-rated health among Greenlandic Inuit and Norwegian Sami adolescents: associated risk and protective correlatesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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