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GREENLAND

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
Associate Professor Dr Ina Borup, Nordic School of Public Health, Göteborg, Sweden

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

Niclasen B, Schnohr C, (In Press) Greenlandic school children’s compliance with national dietary guidelines. Public Health Nutrition

Due P, Damsgaard MT, Rasmussen M, Holstein BE, Wardle J, Merlo J, Currie C, Ahluwalia N, Sørensen TI, Lynch J, HBSC obesity writing group, Borraccino A, Borup I, Boyce W, Elgar F, Gabhainn SN, Krølner R, Svastisalee C, Matos MC, Nansel T, Al Sabbah H, Vereecken C, Valimaa R (2009) Socioeconomic position, macroeconomic environment and overweight among adolescents in 35 countries. International Journal of Obesity (Lond). 2009; 10: 1084-93

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.