Title: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

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Olsson, H. (1999), Is there a Scandinavian psychology? A bibliometric note on the publication profiles of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 40 (4), 235-239.

Full Text: S\Sca J Psy40, 235.pdf

Abstract: This note presents a quantitative bibliometric analysis based on information obtained from the PsycINFO database concerning publication patterns in different subfields of Scandinavian psychology for the years 1984 to 1997. A cluster analysis shows that the publication profiles of the Scandinavian countries are more similar to each other than to both the profile of the USA and a norm profile based on all countries except the USA and Scandinavia. The main differences are that the relative proportions of articles dealing with psychological disorders are higher and the relative proportions of articles dealing with educational psychology are lower for Scandinavia than for the rest of the world. Within the Scandinavian countries, Finland and Sweden form one cluster with higher relative proportions of psychophysiological articles, and Denmark and Norway form one cluster with higher relative proportions of articles dealing with psychological disorders.

Keywords: Scandinavian Psychology, Publication Profiles, Bibliometric Studies

Hjørland, B. (2002), Review. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 43 (1), 93-96.

Full Text: S\Sca J Psy43, 93.pdf

Title: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

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? Arntzen, A. and Andersen, A.M.N. (2004), Social determinants for infant mortality in the Nordic countries, 1980-2001. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 32 (5), 381-389.

Abstract: Aim: Social equity in health is an important goal of public health policies in the Nordic countries. Infant mortality is often used as an indicator of the health of societies, and has decreased substantially in the Nordic welfare states over the past 20 years. To identify social patterns in infant mortality in this context the authors set out to review the existing epidemiological literature on associations between social indicators and infant mortality in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden during the period 1980-2000. Methods: Nordic epidemiological studies in the databases ISI Web of Science, PUBMED, and OVID, published between 1980 and 2000 focusing on social indicators of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality, were identified. The selected keywords on social indicators were: education, income, occupation, social factors, socioeconomic status, social position, and social class. Results: Social inequality in infant mortality was reported from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and it was found that these increased during the study period. Post-neonatal mortality showed a stronger association with social indicators than neonatal mortality. Some studies showed that neonatal mortality was associated with social indicators in a non-linear fashion, with high rates of mortality in both the lowest and highest social strata. The pattern differed, however, between countries with Finland and Sweden showing consistently less social inequalities than Denmark and Norway. While the increased inequality shown in most studies was an increase in relative risk, a single study from Denmark demonstrated an absolute increase in infant mortality among children born to less educated women. Conclusions: Social inequalities in infant mortality are observed in all four countries, irrespective of social indicators used in the studies. It is, however, difficult to draw inferences from the comparisons between countries, since different measures of social position and different inclusion criteria are used in the studies. Nordic collaborative analyses of social gradients in infant death are needed, taking advantage of the population-covering registers in longitudinal designs, to explore the mechanisms behind the social patterns in infant mortality.

Keywords: Authors, Birth-Weight, Children, Databases, Death, Determinants, Education, Epidemiology, Finland, Health, Income, Inequalities, Infant Mortality, ISI, Isi Web of Science, Literature, Maternal Education, Methods, Mortality, Nordic Countries, Occupation, Policies, Pregnancy, Public Health, Pubmed, Relative Risk, Review, Risk, Science, Social, Social Class, Social Inequality, Socioeconomic Status, Socioeconomic-Factors, Stillbirth, Sweden, Web of Science, Women

? Niclasen, B.V.L. and Bjerregaard, P. (2007), Child health in Greenland. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 35 (3), 313-322.

Abstract: Aim: To review the knowledge on child health and child health problems in Greenland. Method: The review was based on theses, national statistics, national and international reports, and a search in Pub Med, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and WHOLIB databases from 1985 to 2005. The resulting articles were sorted by topic, type, quality of study, and relevance for child health today, providing 47 articles. Results: Children in Greenland have become taller and have improved their general health. The morbidity found in Greenlandic children is similar to that found elsewhere even though the magnitude of problems might differ. The child mortality is relatively high and unevenly distributed. The acute disease pattern is dominated by infections, mostly airway infections. Otitis and its sequelae is a problem. An increase in chronic conditions such as atopy, asthma, obesity, and disabilities has taken place. Overweight and obesity have tripled in 20 years and are a health threat as well as constituting negative health behaviour. Social ill health, socioeconomic inequity, and sociocultural changes also influence health but their consequences are not well investigated in children. Conclusions: A relatively high child mortality but the same morbidity pattern as in other Western societies was found. Negative health behaviour is frequent in schoolchildren. The influence of rapid cultural changes, and familial and societal factors related to social ill health, together with socioeconomic inequity, are of major importance to the health of children in Greenland. More accurate data on child health are necessary in the future to secure better prioritization. It is suggested to construct a set of reliable indicators of child health in Greenland to monitor the health of children on a national and regional basis.

Keywords: Acute, Adolescents, Airway, Asthma, Child, Child Health, Children, Databases, Disease, Disease Pattern, Greenland, Health Behaviour, Inequity, Inuit, Knowledge, Morbidity, Mortality, Obesity, Pub Med, Review, Science, Social, Social Ill-Health, Statistics, Web of Science