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Health literacy and self-management of people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or type 2 diabetes in Greenland: a qualitative interpretive description study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24431-3

Published Online: 2025-09-24

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Authors

Nielsen, Maja Hykkelbjerg https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1373-7661
Seibæk, Lene https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2396-8669
Pedersen, Michael Lynge https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8059-9188
Jensen, Annesofie Lunde https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2025-6663
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF20SA0064190, NNF20SA0064190)
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Article History

Received: 8 February 2024

Accepted: 12 August 2025

First Online: 24 September 2025

Declarations

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: The ethical procedures of the study comply with the Helsinki Declaration II []. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Scientific Research in Greenland (ref. no. 2022-13) and by the Agency for Health and Prevention in Greenland. All informants were informed orally about the study in either Greenlandic or Danish. All informants gave written informed consent to participate and for results to be published. Person-sensitive data has been handled in accordance with the Data Protection Act for Greenland [].

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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