Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Title
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First responder resuscitation teams in a rural Norwegian community: sustainability and self-reports of meaningfulness, stress and mastering
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-05-04)Background: Training of lay first responder personnel situated closer to the potential victims than medical professionals is a strategy potentially capable of shortening the interval between collapse and start of cardiopulmonary ... -
A first-level customization study of SAPS II with Norwegian Intensive Care and Pandemic Registry (NIPaR) data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Severity scores and mortality prediction models (MPMs) are important tools for benchmarking and stratification in the intensive care unit (ICU) and need to be regularly updated using data from a local and ... -
Five Myths about the HIV Epidemic in Asia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-10-03)It is widely recognised that the huge population sizes of many Asian countries mean that although national HIV prevalence levels are still very low, very large absolute numbers of people are being infected each year with ... -
Five-year Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life after Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05-31)Background: Long-term data of health-related quality of life (HRQL) after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPDDS) procedure are lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in HRQL from baseline ... -
A flexible formula for incorporating distributive concerns into cost-effectiveness analyses: Priority weights
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-10)Background Cost effectiveness analyses (CEAs) are widely used to evaluate the opportunity cost of health care investments. However, few functions that take equity concerns into account are available for such CEA methods, ... -
Folate and reproductive health. An epidemiologic study of folic acid supplement use and its relation to birth outcomes in Norwegian pregnant women
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-04-23)Background: Randomized trials and observational studies have consistently shown that maternal intake of folic acid supplements before and early in pregnancy reduces the risk of neural tube defects in infants. These reports ... -
Folate Status as a Nutritional Indicator among People with Substance Use Disorder; A Prospective Cohort Study in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Substance use disorder (SUD) is associated with poor nutrition. Vitamin B9, or folate, is an important micronutrient for health. The aim of this prospective longitudinal cohort study was to assess serum folate levels among ... -
Folic acid in pregnancy and subsequent cancer risk in mothers and their children: An epidemiologic study in Norway, 1999–2010
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-06-24)Background: Observational studies and randomized trials have shown that maternal folic acid supplementation before and during early pregnancy decreases the risk of neural tube defects in offspring. Hence, women of fertile ... -
Folic acid supplementation, dietary folate intake during pregnancy and risk for spontaneous preterm delivery: a prospective observational cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-02)Background: Health authorities in numerous countries recommend periconceptional folic acid supplementation to prevent neural tube defects. The objective of this study was to examine the association of dietary folate intake ... -
Food Insecurity among International Migrants during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-27)The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and the measures imposed to control it have impacted food security globally, particularly among vulnerable populations. Food insecurity, in turn, has repercussions on health, exacerbating ... -
Food insecurity and its association with mental health among Syrian refugees resettled in Norway: A cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Refugees are at a higher risk of food insecurity than the general population in high-income resettling countries. Simultaneously, the prevalence rates of mental ill health among refugees surpasses the general ... -
Forced treatment and care in home-dwelling persons with dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: The use of forced treatment and care of home-dwelling persons with dementia is a universally important topic. These patients are completely dependent on care from others to continue living at home. Aim: This ... -
Fordeling av gaver og oppgaver : En praxeologisk studie av hjelpe- og utvekslingspraksiser mellom eldre med hjelpebehov, familien og ansatte i kommunal eldreomsorg
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-02-07)This thesis examines how elderly people in need of care and their families make adjustments in their everyday lives, and how they interact and negotiate with employees in municipal elderly care. Care for elderly and ill ... -
Forearm bone density is not elevated in Inuit women with impaired fasting glucose or type 2 diabetes mellitus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk are elevated in adults with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). This study aimed to compare bone health among Inuit women with IFG, T2D and ... -
Forensic autopsies in Norway 1996–2017: A retrospective study of factors associated with deaths undergoing forensic autopsy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Aims: Forensic autopsies are important for the investigation of deaths with a legal or public-health interest, as well as being a source for cause-of-death statistics. The aim of this study was to investigate the use of ... -
The forgotten agenda of wasting in Southeast Asia: Burden, determinants and overlap with stunting: A review of nationally representative cross-sectional demographic and health surveys in six countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Childhood wasting is among the most prevalent forms of undernutrition globally. The Southeast Asia region is home to many wasted children, but wasting is not recognized as a public health problem and its epidemiology is ... -
Forskning og praksis: En kvalitativ studie om hvordan sykepleiere forholder seg til sykepleieforskning som kunnskapsgrunnlag for praksis og pasientomsorg
(Master thesis, 2017)Since nursing science was established as a university discipline in Norway in the 1980s, there has been a significant increase in the generation of nursing research. Today, it is an explicit aim that nursing is to develop ... -
Fra sosialproblem til helseproblem? En praxeologisk analyse av narkotikapolitikken i Norge
(Master thesis, 2017-06-21)I denne oppgaven søker jeg å beskrive narkotikafeltets utvikling i Norge, gjennom registrantanalyse av stortingsmeldinger og andre statlige dokumenter fra 1960-tallet og frem til 2012. Jeg forsøker å avdekke feltets struktur, ... -
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide among cement factory workers: a cross sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05)Background: It has been suggested that dust exposure causes airway inflammation among cement factory workers. However, there is limited information on the mechanisms of this effect. We explored any associations between ... -
Frailty and survival in elderly intensive care patients in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Today, 10%-15% of Norwegian intensive care patients are ≥80 years. This proportion will increase significantly over the next 20 years, but it is unlikely that resources for intensive care increase correspondingly. ...