Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Nasir, Elwalid Fadul"
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Aspects of Oral Health Care Services in the context of HIV and AIDS in the Sudan
Nasir, Elwalid Fadul (Doctoral thesis, 2010-10-01)Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa is a home to 67% of all people living with HIV-infection. War and the resulting population movements, Sudan's long borders with countries which have high HIV-prevalence, all these conditions ... -
Attitudes toward brushing children's teeth—A study among parents with immigrant status in Norway
Mustafa, Manal; Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Early childhood caries (ECC) is a common chronic childhood disease with multifactorial etiology including poor parental dietary and hygiene behaviors. Aim This study aimed to assess toothbrushing‐related ... -
Change in Oral Impacts on Daily Performances (OIDP) with increasing age: testing the evaluative properties of the OIDP frequency inventory using prospective data from Norway and Sweden
Gülcan, Ferda; Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Ekbäck, Gunnar; Ordell, Sven; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-31)Background: Oral health-related quality of life, OHRQoL, among elderly is an important concern for the health and welfare policy in Norway and Sweden. The aim of the study was to assess reproducibility, longitudinal validity ... -
HIV and AIDS related knowledge, source of information, and reported need for further education among dental students in Sudan- a cross sectional study
Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; David, Jamil; Ali, Rouf W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-08-14)Background: Information on the HIV and AIDS-related knowledge among dental students provides a crucial foundation for efforts aimed at developing an appropriate dental curriculum on HIV and AIDS, and for attracting the ... -
HIV/AIDS-related attitudes and oral impacts on daily performances: a cross-sectional study of Sudanese adult dental patients
Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Marthinussen, Mihaela C.; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-08-26)Background Few studies have investigated the relationships between HIV-related knowledge, fear of contagion in dental environments and Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) among dental patients. Our objectives were to ... -
Norwegian Orthodontists’ Experience and Challenges With Treatment of Patients With Cleft Lip and Palate
Sæle, Paul K.; Åstrøm, Anne-Kristine N; Gjengedal, Harald; Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Mustafa, Manal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Patients born with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) have orthodontic treatment challenges due to maxilla deficiency, malocclusions, and dental abnormalities. In Norway, orthodontic treatment is done by centralized ... -
Oral Hygiene Practice among 18-year-old Norwegian Adolescents Using Health Belief Model: A Cross-Sectional Study
Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Vo, Johnny Hoai Dat (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives The aim was to compare oral hygiene practice (brushing/flossing) among 18 years old from two regions, Hordaland County, Norway, and possible perceptional correlates using the Health Belief Model. Materials ... -
Oral-health-related background factors and dental service utilisation among Sudanese children with and without a congenital heart defects
Mohamed Ali, Hiba; Mustafa, Manal; Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Lie, Stein Atle; Hasabalrasol, Siham; Elshazali, Osama Hafiz; Ali, Raouf Wahab; Skeie, Marit Slåttelid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-11-15)Background: Sudanese children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) were found to have poorer oral health than those without CHDs. The aims of this study were to: describe the patterns of oral-health-related background ... -
Perception of Health professions students of their role model status in Tombak cessation: A cross sectional study from Sudan
Almahdi, Hatim Mohammed; Ali, Rouf; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; Nasir, Elwalid Fadul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: Health professionals are to play an essential and effective role in tobacco control. Toombak is a popular form of smokeless tobacco, locally made and used among Sudanese. It is associated with oral and systemic ... -
Predicting intention to treat HIV-infected patients among Tanzanian and Sudanese medical and dental students using the theory of planned behaviour - a cross sectional study
Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; Nasir, Elwalid Fadul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-11-20)Background: The HIV epidemic poses significant challenges to the low income countries in sub Saharan Africa (SSA), affecting the attrition rate among health care workers, their level of motivation, and absenteeism from ... -
Presence of plaque, gingivitis and caries in Sudanese children with congenital heart defects
Mohamed Ali, Hiba; Mustafa, Manal; Hasabalrasol, Siham; Elshazali, Osama Hafiz; Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Ali, Raouf Wahab; Berggreen, Ellen; Skeie, Marit Slåttelid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05)Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess the presence of plaque, gingivitis, and caries in a group of Sudanese children with congenital heart defects CHDs (cases) and compare them to children without CHDs ... -
Utilization of dental health care services in context of the HIV epidemic- a cross-sectional study of dental patients in the Sudan
Nasir, Elwalid Fadul; Åstrøm, Anne Nordrehaug; David, Jamil; Ali, Raouf Wahab (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-11-16)Background: HIV infected patients should be expected in the Sudanese dental health care services with an increasing frequency. Dental care utilization in the context of the HIV epidemic is generally poorly understood. ...