Ruth Montgomery-Andersen
Biographic Data
| ID | 168238 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Montgomery-Andersen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Montgomery-Andersen |
| SIGNATURE | MONTGOMERY-ANDERSEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ilisimatusarfik |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Today we are not good at talking about these things”: A mixed methods study of Inuit parent/guardian-youth sexual health communication in Greenland
Some of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are reported in the Arctic. For example, the Inuit youth of Greenland have the highest STI rates in the circumpolar region. In this study, we used a mixed method approach to examine parent/guardian–youth communication about STIs and other sexual health topics. The quantitative component of the study involved the parents/guardians completing a brief questionnaire while the qualita…
Ethical Challenges and Lessons Learned from Inuulluataarneq — “Having the Good Life” Study: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project in Greenland
We present the ethical challenges and lessons learned over the course of a four-year community-based participatory research (CBPR) project conducted on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Greenland. Specifically discussed is Inuulluataarneq-the "Having the Good Life" study. Inuulluataarneq is an interdisciplinary international, collaborative CBPR study involving the University of Toronto in Canada, the Greenlandic Medical Research Council, …
Songlines and Touchstones: A study of perinatal health and culture in Greenland
This paper aims to focus on how family and community in Greenland perceive support-giving during the perinatal period. It explores Greenlanders use of storytelling as a health-promoting tool in the perinatal period. It is research set in Greenland, but analysed in a larger context. Using an ethnographic approach to subject matter, the paper is based on a series of qualitative interviews and focus groups conducted between 2003 and 2011 with mother…
There was no other way things could have been.' Greenlandic women's experiences of referral and transfer during pregnancy
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that referral practices along with midwifery care are a means of heightening the quality of perinatal care and lessening perinatal mortality and morbidity. In 2002, in response to high perinatal mortality and morbidity, a referral system was instituted nationally in Greenland, transferring all at-risk pregnancies to its national referral hospital. Little or no current research has focused on evaluati…
Ethical Challenges and Lessons Learned from Inuulluataarneq — “Having the Good Life” Study: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project in Greenland
We present the ethical challenges and lessons learned over the course of a four-year community-based participatory research (CBPR) project conducted on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Greenland. Specifically discussed is Inuulluataarneq-the "Having the Good Life" study. Inuulluataarneq is an interdisciplinary international, collaborative CBPR study involving the University of Toronto in Canada, the Greenlandic Medical Research Council, …
Songlines and Touchstones: A study of perinatal health and culture in Greenland
This paper aims to focus on how family and community in Greenland perceive support-giving during the perinatal period. It explores Greenlanders use of storytelling as a health-promoting tool in the perinatal period. It is research set in Greenland, but analysed in a larger context. Using an ethnographic approach to subject matter, the paper is based on a series of qualitative interviews and focus groups conducted between 2003 and 2011 with mother…
There was no other way things could have been.' Greenlandic women's experiences of referral and transfer during pregnancy
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that referral practices along with midwifery care are a means of heightening the quality of perinatal care and lessening perinatal mortality and morbidity. In 2002, in response to high perinatal mortality and morbidity, a referral system was instituted nationally in Greenland, transferring all at-risk pregnancies to its national referral hospital. Little or no current research has focused on evaluati…
Ethical Challenges and Lessons Learned from Inuulluataarneq — “Having the Good Life” Study: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project in Greenland
We present the ethical challenges and lessons learned over the course of a four-year community-based participatory research (CBPR) project conducted on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Greenland. Specifically discussed is Inuulluataarneq-the "Having the Good Life" study. Inuulluataarneq is an interdisciplinary international, collaborative CBPR study involving the University of Toronto in Canada, the Greenlandic Medical Research Council, …
Songlines and Touchstones: A study of perinatal health and culture in Greenland
This paper aims to focus on how family and community in Greenland perceive support-giving during the perinatal period. It explores Greenlanders use of storytelling as a health-promoting tool in the perinatal period. It is research set in Greenland, but analysed in a larger context. Using an ethnographic approach to subject matter, the paper is based on a series of qualitative interviews and focus groups conducted between 2003 and 2011 with mother…
“Today we are not good at talking about these things”: A mixed methods study of Inuit parent/guardian-youth sexual health communication in Greenland
Some of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are reported in the Arctic. For example, the Inuit youth of Greenland have the highest STI rates in the circumpolar region. In this study, we used a mixed method approach to examine parent/guardian–youth communication about STIs and other sexual health topics. The quantitative component of the study involved the parents/guardians completing a brief questionnaire while the qualita…
Indigenous Studies and Ecology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Focus group (2 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Anger (1 works)