Urbanization, migration and alcohol use in a population of Greenland Inuit

Madsen, Marie Henriette; Grønbæk, Morten; Bjerregaard, Peter; Becker, Ulrik

doi:10.3402/ijch.v64i3.17987

Cited by 17 publications

(15 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Previous studies have largely found that migrants face significant psychological and social stress due to unstable living conditions, changes in lifestyle, social alienation, insecure employment, poor working conditions, long working hours, and adapting to a new environment; Both population and laboratory based studies confirm that these social stresses are linked to health risk behaviors, particularly an increased urge to smoke and drink [2, 3, 4–6]. As a result, it was found that migrants engage in higher levels of risky behaviors, including alcohol use [7–12] and smoking [2, 13], when compared to rural inhabitants or the urban born population.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Higher levels of smoking and drinking are also associated with higher levels of personal disposable income - especially among adolescents [2, 23–26], social isolation or a lack of support from families and friends [2, 10], and marriage or living arrangement [11, 27, 28]. Studies from a range of countries have consistently found males to be more likely to drink and to have a higher risk of becoming alcoholic than females [12, 19, 28–30]. Previous studies have also revealed a strong influence of peer behavior on the smoking and drinking behavior of young people [31–33].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Cigarette Smoking and Drinking Behavior of Migrant Adolescents and Young Adults in Hanoi, Vietnam

Nguyen

Rahman

Emerson

et al. 2012

Journal of Adolescent Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background There has been a large migration from rural to urban areas in much of the developing world. In the past this was less true in Vietnam, which remains largely agricultural; however, since the 1990’s, economic reforms and loosening of government policies that had previously limited movement have led to a large increase in this rural to urban population movement. Risky health behaviors have been found among migrants in many other settings. The purpose of this research is to determine whether migrant adolescents and young adults in the city of Hanoi are more or less likely than local ones to engage in cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking health risk behaviors, to identify factors associated with these behaviors and to suggest interventions to reduce these health risk behaviors among the study population. Methods A cross-sectional survey of 4550 adolescents and young adults aged 15–24 was conducted in urban Hanoi in 2006. This study examines current use of cigarettes and alcohol by migration status using multivariate logistic regressions. Results Cigarette smoking and drinking alcohol are male phenomena. The prevalence of cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking is high among adolescents and young adults in Hanoi, and is more common among migrants who came from rural areas of other provinces than non-migrants in the city. However, multivariate analysis revealed that migrants were neither more likely to smoke cigarettes nor drink alcohol than non-migrants after controlling for other factors such as age, full-time worker status, depression, and having close friends who smoke and/or drink. Conclusion The results suggest that interventions aiming at smoking and/or drinking reduction should pay more attention to adolescents, especially males, changing health risk behaviors at school and at work, and peer influence than their migration status.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cigarette Smoking and Drinking Behavior of Migrant Adolescents and Young Adults in Hanoi, Vietnam

Nguyen

Rahman

Emerson

et al. 2012

Journal of Adolescent Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Studies from Greenland have shown associations between alcohol drinking patterns and social position (Jeppesen and Larsen, 2008), migration and urbanization (Madsen et al, 2005), and Sense of Coherence (Rossau and Svendsen, 2008). The present study shows that genetics must be added to the complicated list of causes of alcohol drinking patterns.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Genetic variation in alcohol metabolizing enzymes among Inuit and its relation to drinking patterns

Bjerregaard

Mikkelsen

Becker

et al. 2014

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…The data are subject to a number of limitations:

First of all, the number of alcohol-related deaths from natural causes in absolute terms is small and volatile.

Furthermore, total consumption of pure alcohol ignores differences and changes in consumption patterns. Alcohol intake is more concentrated in Greenland than in Denmark (2), but consumption has become more evenly distributed over time and across groups of the population, social and geographical. Thus, gender differences are diminishing in Denmark; there are no data for alcohol consumption of women and men separately in Greenland (23), but consumption for women and men is converging towards a common pattern (1).

…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Alcohol habits in Greenland differ from those in Scandinavian and European countries (2, 3), and the pattern of alcohol-related causes of death also differs. Cirrhosis of the liver is less prevalent whilst alcohol psychosis, alcoholism and alcohol poisoning are more prevalent than in Denmark (4).…”

mentioning

confidence: 97%

Alcohol in Greenland 1951–2010: consumption, mortality, prices

Aage

2012

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundFluctuations in alcohol consumption in Greenland have been extreme since alcohol became available to the Greenland Inuit in the 1950s, increasing from low levels in the 1950s to very high levels in the 1980s – about twice as high as alcohol consumption in Denmark. Since then, consumption has declined, and current consumption is slightly below alcohol consumption in Denmark, while alcohol prices are far above Danish prices.ObjectiveDescription of historical trends and possible causal connections of alcohol prices, alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in Greenland 1951–2010 as a background for the evaluation of the impact of various types of policy.DesignTime series for Greenland 1951–2010 for alcohol prices, consumption and mortality are compiled, and variation and correlations are discussed in relation to various policies aimed at limiting alcohol consumption. Corresponding time series for Denmark 1906–2010 are presented for comparison.ResultsThe trends in alcohol prices and consumption followed each other rather closely until the 1990s in Greenland and the 1980s in Denmark. At this time, consumption stabilised while prices decreased further, but the effect of prices upon consumption is strong, also in recent years. A trend in Greenlandic mortality similar to consumption is discernible, but not significant. Among alcohol-related deaths cirrhosis of the liver is less prevalent whilst accidents are more prevalent than in Denmark.ConclusionsThe effect of alcohol excise taxes and rationing upon consumption is evident. The stabilisation and subsequent decline in consumption since the mid-1990s, while alcohol prices decreased persistently, does not preclude continued effects of prices. On the contrary, price effects have been neutralised by other stronger causes. Whether these are government anti-alcohol campaigns or a cultural change is not clear.

show abstract

Urbanization, migration and alcohol use in a population of Greenland Inuit

Abstract: Our findings suggest that the alcohol intake among Inuit, living in Denmark and in Greenland respectively, differs in relation to total intake, drinking patterns and a measure of alcohol dependence. Whether this may be attributed to urbanization, or to migration, is not clear.

Cited by 17 publications

References 7 publications

Cigarette Smoking and Drinking Behavior of Migrant Adolescents and Young Adults in Hanoi, Vietnam

Cigarette Smoking and Drinking Behavior of Migrant Adolescents and Young Adults in Hanoi, Vietnam

Genetic variation in alcohol metabolizing enzymes among Inuit and its relation to drinking patterns

Alcohol in Greenland 1951–2010: consumption, mortality, prices

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About