Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Aarø, Leif Edvard"
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Assessment of Chronic Social Stress and Related Psychological Distress at the Community Level
Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Henriksen, Sigrún Gudlaugsdóttir; Siqveland, Johan; Torsheim, Torbjørn; Aarø, Leif Edvard (HEMIL-report; 5-2001, Research report, 2001)This is a technical report from a research programme at the University of Bergen, on the influence of the near social environment on individuals’ physical and mental health. The aim of the report is to provide background ... -
Attitudes towards smoking restrictions and tobacco advertisement bans in Georgia
Bakhturidze, George; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Peikrishvili, Nana T. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Objectives: This study aims to provide data on a public level of support for restricting smoking in public places and banning tobacco advertisements. Design: A nationally representative multistage sampling design, with ... -
Built Environment Accessibility and Disability as Predictors of Well-Being among Older Adults: A Norwegian Cross-Sectional Study
Forster, Grace Katharine; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Alme, Maria Nordheim; Hansen, Thomas; Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius; Vedaa, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-20)Knowledge about the influence environmental factors have on well-being is important to deliver policies supporting healthy ageing and sustainable health equity. An under-researched question is whether and how the built ... -
Changes from 1986 to 2006 in reasons for liking leisure-time physical activity among adolescents
Wold, Bente; Littlecott, H.; Tynjala, J; Samdal, Oddrun; Moore, L; Roberts, C; Kannas, L; Villberg, J; Aarø, Leif Edvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Reasons for participating in physical activity (PA) may have changed in accordance with the general modernization of society. The aim is to examine changes in self-reported reasons for liking leisure-time physical activity ... -
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania
Namisi, Francis Sande; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Kaaya, Sylvia; Onya, Hans E.; Wubs, Annegreet; Mathews, Catherine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09-23)Background: Fostering adolescents’ communication on sexuality issues with their parents and other significant adults is often assumed to be an important component of intervention programmes aimed at promoting healthy ... -
Dimensionality and measurement invariance in the Satisfaction with Life Scale in Norway
Clench-Aas, Jocelyne; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Dalgard, Odd Steffen; Aarø, Leif Edvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-02-10)Purpose Results from previous studies examining the dimensionality and factorial invariance of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) are inconsistent and often based on small samples. This study examines the factorial ... -
Distal and proximal family predictors of adolescents' smoking initiation and development: A longitudinal latent curve model analysis
Tjora, Tore; Hetland, Jørn; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Øverland, Simon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12-09)Background: Studies on adolescent smoking indicate that the smoking behaviours of their parents, siblings and friends are significant micro-level predictors. Parents’ socioeconomic status (SES) is an important ... -
Effect of the PREPARE intervention on sexual initiation and condom use among adolescents aged 12-14: A cluster randomised controlled trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mmbaga, Elia John; Kajula, Lusajo; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Kilonzo, Mrema; Wubs, Annegreet Gera; Eggers, Sander Matthijs; de Vries, Hein; Kaaya, Sylvia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04-17)Background: Unsafe sexual practices continue to put adolescents at risk for a number of negative health outcomes in Tanzania. While there are some effective theory-based intervention packages with positive impact on important ... -
Effectiveness of Prompt Mental Health Care, the Norwegian Version of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Knapstad, Marit; Lervik, Linn Vathne; Sæther, Solbjørg Makalani Myrtveit; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Smith, Otto Robert Frans (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The innovative treatment model Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and its Norwegian adaptation, Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC), have been evaluated by cohort studies only. Albeit yielding ... -
Effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme: Results from a randomized controlled trial
Brekke, Idunn; Smith, Otto Robert Frans; Skjønsberg, Eia Elena; Holt, Tonje; Helland, Maren Sand; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Røysamb, Espen; Røsand, Gun-Mette Brandsnes; Torgersen, Leila; Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim; Aase, Heidi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP), a group-based parenting programme used internationally and implemented nationally in Norway. We used a cluster randomized ... -
Employment status and perceived health in the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Glozier, Nicholas; Mæland, John Gunnar; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Mykletun, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2006-08-29)Background: Most western countries have disability benefit schemes ostensibly based upon requiring (1) a work inhibiting functional limitation that (2) can be attributed to a diagnosable condition, injury or disease. The ... -
Evaluering av myndighetenes samlede innsats for å forebygge tobakksrelaterte sykdommer i perioden 2003 til 2007
Aarø, Leif Edvard; Lund, Karl Erik; Vedøy, Tord Finne; Øverland, Simon (Research report, 2009)Etter oppdrag fra Helsedirektoratet har Statens institutt for rusmiddelforskning (SIRUS) i samarbeid med HEMIL-senteret, Universitetet i Bergen gjennomført en evaluering av den statlige innsatsen mot tobakksskadene for ... -
Fra spørreskjemakonstruksjon til multivariat analyse av data: En innføring i survey-metoden
Aarø, Leif Edvard (HEMIL-report; 2-2007, Research report, 2007)Leseren skal få en forståelse av hvordan surveys kan planlegges og gjennomføres. Leseren skal også få en forholdsvis grundig innføring i den elementære statistikken og en del smakebiter på multivariat statistikk.Innledni ... -
Measuring mental well-being in Norway: validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)
Smith, Otto Robert Frans; Alves, Daniele Evelin; Knapstad, Marit; Haug, Ellen; Aarø, Leif Edvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-12)Background: Mental well-being is an important, yet understudied, area of research, partly due to lack of appropriate population-based measures. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) was developed to meet ... -
Nordic adolescents responding to demanding survey scales in boring contexts: Examining straightlining
Aarø, Leif Edvard; Fismen, Anne-Siri; Wold, Bente; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Torsheim, Torbjørn; Már Arnarsson, Ársæll; Lyyra, Nelli; Löfstedt, Petra; Eriksson, Charli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Introduction Straightlining, or identical responses across all items within a multi-item scale, is often taken as an indication that responses to all items in a questionnaire are of poor quality. The purpose of this study ... -
Predicting Primary and Secondary Abstinence Among Adolescent Boys and Girls in the Western Cape, South Africa
Eggers, Sander M.; Mathews, Catherine; Aarø, Leif Edvard; McClinton-Appollis, Tracy; Bos, Arjan E.R.; de Vries, Hein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05)Two of the most effective health behaviours with regard to HIV prevention are condom use and sexual abstinence. While determinants of condom use among sub-Saharan African adolescents have been studied extensively, factors ... -
Promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in southern and eastern Africa (PREPARE): project design and conceptual framework
Aarø, Leif Edvard; Mathews, Catherine; Kaaya, Sylvia; Katahoire, Anne Ruhweza; Onya, Hans E.; Abraham, Charles; Klepp, Knut-Inge; Wubs, Annegreet; Eggers, Sander Matthijs; de Vries, Hein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-18)Background: Young people in sub-Saharan Africa are affected by the HIV pandemic to a greater extent than young people elsewhere and effective HIV-preventive intervention programmes are urgently needed. The present article ... -
The public's attitudes towards tobacco sales prohibitions: Evidence from a nationally representative survey in the former Soviet state of Georgia
Bakhturidze, George; Peikrishvili, Nana T.; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Aarø, Leif Edvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)BACKGROUND: In the Caucasus region country of Georgia, no data on public opinion regarding tobacco sales restrictions have been available until now. The aim of the study is to provide data from a nationally representative ... -
Reaching the hard to reach: longitudinal investigation of adolescents' attendance at an after-school sexual and reproductive health programme in Western Cape, South Africa
Mathews, Catherine; Eggers, Sander Matthijs; de Vries, Petrus; Mason-Jones, Amanda; Townsend, Loraine; Aarø, Leif Edvard; de Vries, Hein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-04)Background: Adolescents need access to effective sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions, but face barriers accessing them through traditional health systems. School-based approaches might provide accessible, ... -
Resource-oriented music therapy for psychiatric patients with low therapy motivation : protocol for a randomised controlled trial [NCT00137189]
Gold, Christian; Rolvsjord, Randi; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Aarre, Trond; Tjemsland, Lars; Stige, Brynjulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2005-10)Background: Previous research has shown positive effects of music therapy for people with schizophrenia and other mental disorders. In clinical practice, music therapy is often offered to psychiatric patients with low ...