• Alcohol and suicide in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia 

      Sumarokov, Yury; Brenn, Tormod; Kudryavtsev, Alexander Valerievich; Sidorenkov, Oleg; Nilssen, Odd (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-23)
      Background. High suicide rates in the Russian North are coupled with high alcohol consumption in the described populations. Objective. To investigate the potential role of alcohol consumption on suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) in 2002 2012 and to compare this information with corresponding data from the neighboring Arkhangelsk Oblast (AO). Design. Retrospective population-based ...
    • Disparities amidst plenty: a health portrait of Indigenous peoples in circumpolar regions 

      Young, T. Kue; Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild; Sumarokov, Yury; Bjerregaard, Peter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-30)
      This paper describes the extent and variation in health disparities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people within Alaska, Greenland and the northern regions of Canada, Russia and the Nordic countries. We accessed official health statistics and reviewed research studies. We selected a few indicators of health status, health determinants and health care to demonstrate the health disparities that ...
    • Rising Sun: Prioritized outcomes for suicide prevention in the Arctic 

      Collins, Pamela Y.; Delgado, Roberto A.; Apok, Charlene; Baez, Laura; Bjerregaard, Peter; Chatwood, Susan; Chipp, Cody; Crawford, Allison; Crosby, Alex; Dillard, Denise; Driscoll, David; Ericksen, Heidi; Hicks, Jack; Larsen, Christina Viskum Lytken; McKeon, Richard; Partapuoli, Per Jonas; Phillips, Anthony; Pringle, Beverly; Rasmus, Stacy; Sigurðardóttir, Sigrún; Silviken, Anne; Stoor, Jon Petter Anders; Sumarokov, Yury; Wexler, Lisa (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-24)
      The Arctic Council, a collaborative forum among governments and Arctic communities, has highlighted the problem of suicide and potential solutions. The mental health initiative during the United States chairmanship, Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups: Strengths United Through Networks (RISING SUN), used a Delphi methodology complemented by face-to-face stakeholder discussions to ...
    • Socio-demographic Characteristics of Suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwestern Russia. 

      Sumarokov, Yury; Brenn, Tormod; Kudryavtsev, Alexander Valerievich; Nilssen, Odd (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2015-03-28)
    • Suicides in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Northwestern Russia, and associated socio-demographic characteristics 

      Sumarokov, Yury; Brenn, Tormod; Kudryavtsev, Alexander Valerievich; Nilssen, Odd-Ragnar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. 

      Sumarokov, Yury (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2016-10-25)
      This is a study of suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO), a region with a large proportion of indigenous Nenets. To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the problem of suicide in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations of the Russian Arctic. Our study aim was to assess suicide rates in the indigenous and non-indigenous populations of the NAO, as well as the socio-demographic ...