title: The Social Transition in the North: collection and data access protocols.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  These protocols were designed to provide access to the Social Transition in the North (STN) collection and data set.
  
  
  METHODS
  Staff at the (UAA) Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS) reviewed, organized, inventoried, and cataloged the STN collection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the materials in the collection are available from the UAA Archives and Manuscripts Department, Consortium Library. Documents and data containing sensitive information are maintained by ICHS to assure confidentiality of research participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These access protocols allow researchers to obtain access to this valuable data set consistent with US research policy while protecting the integrity of the data and the confidentiality of the participants.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies (ICHS), University of Alaska Anchorage, 99508, USA.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Means
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D001110:Arctic Regions / Q000453:epidemiology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006306:Health Surveys; D019456:Health Transition; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012922:Social Change