Children in Greenland: disease patterns and contacts to the health care system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies of Greenlandic children's disease pattern and contacts to the health care system are sparse and have focused on the primary health care sector.

Objective

We aimed to identify the disease pattern and use of health care facilities of children aged 0-10 in two Greenlandic cohorts.

Methods and design

In a retrospective, descriptive follow-up of the Ivaaq (The Greenland Child Cohort) and the CLEAR (climate changes, environmental contaminants and reproductive health) birth cohorts (total n=1,000), we reviewed medical records of children aged 6-10 in 2012 with residence in Nuuk or Ilulissat (n=332). Data on diseases and health care system contacts were extracted. Diagnoses were validated retrospectively. Primary health care contacts were reviewed

SUBMITTER: Klovgaard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5148806 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature