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Greenland Population Health Survey 2014

General Info

Original or alternative title 
Befolkningsundersøgelsen i Grønland 2014 (B2014)
Provider 
National Institute of Public Health (Denmark)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Greenland (GRL)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2014 - November, 2014
Data type
Survey: Cross-sectional - Exam - Facility (non-health) - Individual - Interview - Nationally representative
Summary 

This population health survey of Greenland, also called Population Investigation in Greenland: Living Conditions, Lifestyle, and Health, is a follow-up to the population surveys done in 1993-1994, 1999-2001, and 2005-2010. The purpose was to gather information on health, morbidity, living conditions, and lifestyle, to analyze and compare with previous survey results. Data were collected with interviews, self-completed questionnaires, clinical studies, anthropometric measurements, and blood tests. The following data collection instruments were included in the data collection process: CAGE, long IPAQ, revised Food Frequency Questionnaire, and GHQ-12.  Diet, smoking, alcohol, and physical activity were given special focus as subjects included in Inuuneritta II, the Greenland Public Health Program 2013-2019. There were a total of 2,122 participants. 

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Alcohol use disorders, Anthropometry, Anxiety, Blood pressure, Blood tests, Body mass index, Cancers, Cardiovascular and circulatory diseases, Childhood sexual violence, Cholesterol, Cholesterol tests, Chronic respiratory diseases, Dairy products, Diabetes, Education, Employment, Fatigue, Fish, Fishing, Fruits, Health care use, Height, IPAQ, Illicit drug use, Income, Infectious diseases, Injuries, Leisure activities, Meat, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mental health symptoms, Metabolic disorders, Musculoskeletal diseases, Obesity, Physical activity, Processed foods, Self-inflicted injuries, Skin diseases, Socioeconomic risk factors, Starchy vegetables, Sugar-sweetened beverages, Tobacco smoking, Vegetables, Violence, Weight

Citation

Contributors 
National Institute of Public Health (Denmark)
Steno Diabetes Center (Denmark)
Funders 
Ministry of Health (Greenland)
Suggested citation 

National Institute of Public Health (Denmark). Greenland Population Health Survey 2014.


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