Transfer of Inuit qaujimajatuqangit in modern Inuit society

Inuit leaders announce national Inuit suicide-prevention strategy.

Circumpolar Inuit health systems

BACKGROUND The Inuit are an indigenous people totalling about 160,000 and living in 4 countries across the Arctic - Canada, Greenland, USA (Alaska) and Russia (Chukotka). In essence, they are one people living in 4 countries. Although there have been significant improvements in Inuit health and survival over the past 50 years, stark differences persist between the key health indicators for Inui...

Higher blood pressure among Inuit migrants in Denmark than among the Inuit in Greenland.

STUDY OBJECTIVE Previous studies of blood pressure among the Inuit have given inconsistent results and studies comparing Inuit migrants with those living in traditional Inuit areas are absent. The purpose of the study was to compare the blood pressure of the Inuit in Greenland with that of Inuit migrants in Denmark. DESIGN Questionnaire, interview, and clinical examination in a cross sectiona...

Polysynthesis in the acquisition of Inuit languages

Intake of traditional Inuit diet vary in parallel with inflammation as estimated from YKL-40 and hsCRP in Inuit and non-Inuit in Greenland.

BACKGROUND Chronic low-grade inflammation is involved in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease. This was rare in pre-western Inuit who lived on a diet that consisted mainly of marine mammals rich in n-3 fatty acids. OBJECTIVES To assess the association between biomarkers of inflammation and the intake of traditional Inuit diet in addition to Inuit ethnic...