Acculturation and self-rated health among Arctic indigenous peoples: a population-based cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Eliassen, Bent-Martin, Braaten, Tonje, Melhus, Marita, Hansen, Ketil, Broderstad, Ann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
• Subjects: Self-rated health; Acculturation; Kalaallit; Iñupiat; Sami; Inuit; Indigenous peoples; Living conditions; SLiCA; Arctic; Greenland; Norway; Sila; greenlandic; inuit; kalaallit; sami; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/948

Abstract Background Acculturation is for indigenous peoples related to the process of colonisation over centuries as well as the on-going social transition experienced in the Arctic today. Changing living conditions and lifestyle affect health in numerous ways in Arctic indigenous populations. Self-...