Resource Tag: GREENLAND

Background: Between 1980 and 2018 Greenland has had one of the highest suicide rates in the world with an average rate of 96 suicides per 100,000 people annually. The aim of this study is to investigate suicide rates in Greenland according to age, birth cohort, period, sex, place of residence and suicide method from 1970 until […]

Since the 1970s, suicide has been a major public health issue in Greenland. The World Health Organization has emphasised the importance of the identification of both risk and protective factors in relation to suicide. The aim of this paper was to identify scientific literature on risk and protective factors for suicide and suicidal behaviour among […]

Background Between 1980 and 2018 Greenland has had one of the highest suicide rates in the world with an average rate of 96 suicides per 100,000 people annually. The aim of this study is to investigate suicide rates in Greenland according to age, birth cohort, period, sex, place of residence and suicide method from 1970 […]

Between 1980 and 2018 Greenland has had one of the highest suicide rates in the world with an average rate of 96 suicides per 100.000 person-years. The aim of this study is to investigate suicide rates in Greenland according to age, birth cohort, period, sex, place of residence and suicide method from 1970 until 2018. […]

BACKGROUND: Suicide is a tremendous public health issue and worldwide the second leading cause of death among young people. In 2015, Greenland had the highest burden of disease due to self-harm with loss of 2,952.97 disability-adjusted life years per 100,000 inhabitants, more than six times as many as Denmark. AIMS: What are possible reasons for […]

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This report is based on extensive interviews with relevant service providers, government officials, & young people in communities across Greenland. The report examines suicide & suicide prevention from an Arctic perspective & discusses what has been working & what has not worked so well. Recommendations are made for PAARISA (the Ministry of Health) as well […]

This seminar was the second gathering of suicide prevention professionals working in Arctic regions. The seminar examined what is working in suicide prevention & what makes it works – as well as generating attention to the importance of mental & physical well-being in the Arctic. This report has 7 sections: background; understanding the problem; best […]

This chapter presents a short summary of what is known (& not known, in a scientific way) about suicide by Greenlandic youth, & situates the present youth suicide situation in Greenland in historical & circumpolar perspective. (12 notes, 9 refs.) Contact us for a copy of this article, or view online at https://alaskaindigenous.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/hicks-sucide-in-greenland.pdf

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The author addresses the problem of suicide in the Inuit population of Greenland, particularly among women. It is argued that increasing rates of suicide among this population are closely linked with the social problems associated with acculturation generated by processes of modern development. (7 refs)

In the present study, information on the psycho-social background of suicides in Greenland is provided based on a review of death certificates & police reports for the period 1993-1995. The role of dysfunctional social networks in relation to suicide is discussed, & temporal trends in suicide rates are described for the different regions of Greenland. […]

This article reports on the rates of suicide in Greenland from 1900 to 1985. The work is based on police reports on completed suicides accompanying death certificates. In all cases the death was without doubt self-inflicted. A comparison of deaths from all causes throughout this period reveals that the rate of death from unnatural causes […]

This article describes the efforts of the Greenland Council on Health Promotion to decrease Greenland’s suicide rate. Information regarding the research projects the council is funding & implications on suicide prevention these results may have are presented. The author hypothesizes that suicide in Greenland is connected with the acculturative stress caused by the rapid development […]

The classical methodological problem of suicidology is reliability of official statistics. In this article, some contributions to the debate, particularly concerning the increased problem of suicide among Inuit, are reviewed. Secondly, the suicide statistics of Greenland are analyzed, with the conclusion that the official statistics, as published by the Danish Board of Health, are generally […]

This paper resulted from the Symposium on Psychiatric Epidemiology & Suicidology Among Children & Adults in the far North, Oulu, Finland, June 10-12, 1980.

Workshop held in Iqaluit, Nunavut, March 14 & 15, 2003.