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

• Published in: BMC Public Health
• Main Authors: Eliassen Bent-Martin, Braaten Tonje, Melhus Marita, Hansen Ketil, Broderstad Ann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2012
• Subjects: Self-rated health; Acculturation; Kalaallit; Iñupiat; Sami; Inuit; Indigenous peoples; Living conditions; SLiCA; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Greenland; Norway; Sila; greenlandic; inuit; kalaallit; sami; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-948; https://doaj.org/article/2d2c5ec4ee4f42698f1f24111272a146

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-...