UNLABELLED The study deals with infant mortality (IMR) that is one of the most important aspects of indigenous vulnerability. BACKGROUND The Sami are one of very few indigenous peoples with an experience of a positive mortality transition. OBJECTIVE Using unique mortality data from the period 1750-1900 Sami and the colonizers in northern Sweden are compared in order to reveal an eventual in...

OBJECTIVES To examine the relationship between "traditional Sami" dietary pattern and mortality in a general northern Swedish population. STUDY DESIGN Population-based cohort study. METHODS We examined 77,319 subjects from the Västerbotten Intervention Program (VIP) cohort. A traditional Sami diet score was constructed by adding 1 point for intake above the median level of red meat, fatty f...

Sara Erol1, Banu Aydın1, Dilek Dilli1, Barış Malbora2, Serdar Beken1, Hasibe Gökçe Çınar3, Ayşegül Zenciroğlu1, nurullah Okumuş1 1Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Training and Research Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ankara, Turkey 2Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Training and Research Hospital, Pediatric Hematology Unit, Ankara, Turkey 3Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children Tra...

AIM To present a summary of the lifestyle, genetic origin, diet, and disease in the population of Sami, indigenous people of northern Fennoscandia. METHOD A survey of the available scientific literature and preliminary results from our own study of the Swedish Sami population. RESULTS The Sami probably have a heterogeneous genetic origin, with a major contribution of continental or Eastern ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the health of young Sami in Sweden and the relationship between health and experience of negative societal treatment due to ethnicity, as well as socio-demographic background factors. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional population-based questionnaire study. METHODS A total of 876 persons aged 18-28 and involved in Sami associated activities were addressed, and 516 (59%) r...

Background A study of disability among the indigenous Sami people in Norway presented a number of ethical and methodological challenges rarely addressed in the literature. Objectives The main study was designed to examine and understand the everyday life, transitions between life stages and democratic participation of Norwegian Sami people experiencing disability. Hence, the purpose of this art...

AMA Abdelmoety A, Elhassafy M, Omar Said R, Elsheaita Mahmoud M. The role of UCA1 and WRAP53 in diagnosis hepatocellular carcinoma: A single-center case-control study. Clinical Experimental Hepatology - Manuscripts Accepted. 2023. doi:10.5114/ceh.2023.127569. APA Abdelmoety, A., Elhassafy, M., Said, R., Elsheaita, & Mahmoud, (2023). https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2023.127569 Chicago Amr Aly, Moham...

OBJECTIVES The Northern Norway Regional Health Authority trust aims to offer a high quality specialist health care to all inhabitants. The objective of this study was to document the consumption of medical imaging [conventional radiography (CR), computerised tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), ultrasound (US)]. METHODS The eight municipalities in northern Norway included in the administ...

Background Internationally, studies have shown that childhood violence is associated with chronic pain in adulthood. However, to date, this relationship has not been examined in any indigenous population. Objective The main objectives of this study were to investigate the association between childhood violence and reported chronic pain, number of pain sites and the intensity of pain in adulthoo...