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GREENLAND

National Publications

Principal Investigator:
Dr Birgit Niclasen

Address:
Lægeklinikken (District Medical Center)
Box 1001,
3900 Nuuk
Greenland

Tel: +344413
Fax: +344425
Email: niclasen@greennet.gl

Team member:
Ms Christina Schnohr, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Surveys Conducted:
1993/94, 1997/98, 2001/02, 2005/06

Areas of expertise:

Family life and culture
Adolescent substance use
Policy and adolescent smoking control
Mental health

National Publications:

Journal Articles
Reports
Books/Book chapters

Journal Articles

Granado Alcón MC, Pedersen JM, Carrasco González AM. (2003) Factores relacionados con la agresividad entre iguales en el entorno escolar: contexto familiar, educativo, grupo de iguales y conductas de riesgo para la salud. En: Encuentros en Psicología Social 2003; 1: 308-14.

Granado Alcón MC, Pedersen JM, Carrasco AM. (in press) Bullying behaviour in adolescence: perceived family support, peers relationships and school-related factors. Enseñanza e Investigación en Psicología.

Conference Proceedings

Schnohr C, Pedersen JM, Alcon MCG, Curtis T, Bjerregaard P (2004) Trends in the dietary patterns and prevalence of obesity among Greenlandic school children. International Journal of Circumpolar Health; 63(2):261-4

Reports

Niclasen B, Løngaard K, Laursen L, Schnohr C. (2007). Health on the Top. Results from the HBSC study in Greenland in 2006. [Original: Sundhed på Toppen. Resultater fra HBSC undersøgelsen i Grønland i 2006]. Inussuk Arctic Research Journal, 1:2007.

Pedersen JM. (2002) Den grønlandske folkeskole - et arbejdsmiljø for skolebørn. En sammenligning mellem Nuuk og det øvrige Grønland. Frederikssund.

Pedersen JM. (2001) Den grønlandske folkeskole - et arbejdsmiljø for skolebørn. [The Greenlandic Public school - a working environment for schoolchildren]. Inerisaavik, Nuuk.

Schnohr C, Pedersen M, Granado Alcón MC, Niclasen B (2004) "Health among Greenlandic school-children from 1994 to 2002" (Original: "Sundhed og helbred hos skolebørn I Grønland rfa 1994 til 2002"). Inussuk Arctic Research Journal 2.

Books/Book chapters

Granado MC, Pedersen JM, Carrasco A.M. (2003) Factores relacionados con la agresividad entre iguales en el entorno escolar: contexto familiar, educativo, grupo de iguales y conductas de riesgo para la salud. (Related factors with agressivity in school: family and educative context, peers and risk behaviours). Encuentros en Psicología Social, Luís Gómez Jacinto, Ediciones Aljibe, S.L., p 308-314

Pedersen JM. (2001) Grønlandske skolebørn ryger - en trussel for livet. [Greenlandic children smoke - a threat for life] I: Sundhed på vippen. Eds: Jørgensen PS, Holstein BE & Due P. Hans Reitzels Forlag. København September 2001.

Pedersen JM. (1997)Sundhedsadfærd blandt grønlandske skolebørn. [Health behaviour among Greenlandic schoolchildren]. DIKE's Grønlandsskrifter nr. 8, København, [Copenhagen], ISBN: 87-89662-90-3.