• A scoping review of early childhood caries, poverty and the first sustainable development goal 

  El Tantawi, Maha; Attia, Dina; Virtanen, Jorma; Feldens, Carlos Alberto; Schroth, Robert J.; Al-Batayneh, Ola B.; Arheiam, Arheiam; Foláyan, Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Poverty is a well-known risk factor for poor health. This scoping review (ScR) mapped research linking early childhood caries (ECC) and poverty using the targets and indicators of the Sustainable Development ...

• Biofilter and degasser performance at different alkalinity levels in a brackish water pilot scale recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for post-smolt Atlantic salmon 

  Jafari, Leila; Montjourides, Marie Aline; Hosfeld, Anne-Camilla Diesen; Attramadal, Kari Johanne Kihle; Fivelstad, Sveinung; Dahle, Håkon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Maintaining pH stability in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) is essential, as it has a direct impact on the toxicity of ammonia, CO2, and other metabolite compounds, as well as the efficiency of critical processes ...

• Can the sustainable development goal 9 support an untreated early childhood caries elimination agenda? 

  Foláyan, Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn; Amalia, Rosa; Kemoli, Arthur; Sun, Ivy Guofang; Duangthip, Duangporn; Abodunrin, Olunike; Virtanen, Jorma; Masumo, Ray; Vukovic, Ana; Al-Batayneh, Ola B.; Mfolo, Tshepiso; Schroth, Robert J.; El Tantawi, Maha (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Early childhood caries (ECC) is a global public health challenge that requires innovation, infrastructure, and health system influences to bolster initiatives for its management and control. The aim of this ...

• Oral Health Educational Intervention for Primary Healthcare Providers Using the Flipped Approach 

  Bonabi, Maedeh; Mohebbi, Simin Z.; Yazdani, Reza; Rabiei, Sepide; Virtanen, Jorma (Journal article, 2024)

  Objectives: This study evaluated the effect of a flipped oral health educational program for primary healthcare providers (PHCPs) on their knowledge, attitude, and practice. Materials and Methods: This field trial was ...

• Practical recommendations for biochemical and genetic diagnosis of the porphyrias 

  Aarsand, Aasne Karine; To-Figueras, Jordi; Whatley, Sharon; Sandberg, Sverre; Schmitt, Caroline (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The porphyrias are a group of rare inborn errors of metabolism associated with various clinical presentations and long-term complications, making them relevant differential diagnoses to consider for many clinical specialities, ...

• Study protocol for a stepped-wedge implementation study investigating the intersectoral collaboration of implementering the TREAT INTERACT intervention for primary school teachers and the mhGAP for health care workers for child mental health promotion in Uganda 

  Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Braathu, Nora; Aber, Harriet; Bækkelund, Harald; Kühl, Melf-Jakob; Mukisa, Marjorie; Nalugya, Joyce Sserunjogi; Skokauskas, Norbert; Skylstad, Vilde; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore; Babirye, Juliet Ndimwibo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Mental and neuropsychological disorders make up approximately 14% of the total health burden globally, with 80% of the affected living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) of whom 90% cannot access mental ...

• Equity considerations for the implementation of health insurance benefit package in Ethiopia: result of expert Delphi exercise 

  Memirie, Solomon Tessema; Argaw, Muluken; Tolla, Mieraf Taddesse; Abebe, Frehiwot; Dagnaw, Wubaye Walelgne; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Yigezu, Amanuel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: Efficiency, equity and financial risk protection are key health systems objectives. Equitable distribution of health care is among the priority strategic initiative of the government of Ethiopia. However, data ...

• Prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications and fetal growth: a population-based cohort study from the Nordic countries 

  Christensen, Jakob; Zoega, Helga; Leinonen, Maarit; Gilhus, Nils Erik; Gissler, Mika; Igland, Jannicke; Sun, Yuelian; Tomson, Torbjörn; Alvestad, Silje; Bjørk, Marte-Helene; Dreier, Julie Werenberg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: The short- and long-term consequences of restricted fetal growth cause considerable concern, and how prenatal exposure to different antiseizure medications (ASMs) affects fetal growth remains uncertain. Methods: ...

• Guidelines for Treatment of Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Implementation in Clinical Practice in Norway: A Descriptive Study 

  Erdal, Hilde; Holst, Lone; Heitmann, Kristine; Volløyhaug, Ingrid; Torkildsen, Erik Andreas; Andreasen, Stine; Kjelstad, Katja Barlinn; Bakkebø, Judit Bolette; Trovik, Jone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background: The severe pregnancy complication hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) requires intravenous fluids, antiemetics, and nutrition to prevent maternal and fetal complications. Several guidelines exist for the treatment of ...

• The ion channel Anoctamin 10/TMEM16K coordinates organ morphogenesis across scales in the urochordate notochord 

  Liang, Zonglai; Dondorp, Daniel; Chatzigeorgiou, Marios (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  During embryonic development, tissues and organs are gradually shaped into their functional morphologies through a series of spatiotemporally tightly orchestrated cell behaviors. A highly conserved organ shape across ...

• Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort 

  Pan, Holly; Jarvis, Debbie; Potts, James; Casas, Lidia Montull; Nowak, Dennis; Heinrich, Joachim; Aymerich, Judith Garcia; Urrutia, Isabel; Martinez-Moratalla, Jesus; Gullón, José-Antonio; Pereira-Vega, Antonio; Raherison, Chantal; Chanoine, Sebastien; Demoly, Pascal; Leynaert, Bénédicte; Gislason, Thorarinn; Probst, Nicole; Abramson, Michael J.; Jõgi, Rain; Norbäck, Dan; Sigsgaard, Torben; Olivieri, Mario; Svanes, Cecilie; Fuertes, Elaine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Background Gas cooking is an important source of indoor air pollutants, and there is some limited evidence that it might adversely be associated with respiratory health. Using repeated cross-sectional data from the ...

• “Whatever is bad goes back to the woman”: The gendered blame game of sickle cell disease in Malawi and Uganda 

  Svege, Sarah; Rujumba, Joseph; Robberstad, Bjarne; Lange, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Mothers are commonly blamed for the ill-health of their children, and this is well documented in research. However, few studies have considered gendered patterns of blame for hereditary conditions caused by mutations from ...

• Impacts of Norway's extended free choice reform on waiting times and hospital visits 

  Ge, Ge; Iversen, Tor; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin; Snilsberg, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Norway's extended free choice (EFC) reform extends the patient's choice of publicly funded hospitals for treatment to authorized private institutions (EFC providers). We study the effects of the reform on waiting times, ...

• Health literacy among people at risk or with type 2 diabetes in Norwegian primary care—A cross sectional study 

  Vågenes, Silje Therese; Graue, Marit; Igland, Jannicke; Kolltveit, Beate-Christin Hope; Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Aims This study aims to describe health literacy for people at risk of type 2 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes using the HLS-EU-Q12, and further examine the association between sociodemographic and clinical ...

• Janus-faced discourse in contemporary Norwegian policy framing for tackling educational inequality? A critical analysis of contemporary tensions and contradictions 

  Jensen, Joakim; Skrobanek, Jan; Jobst, Solvejg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  This paper focuses on contemporary tensions and contradictions in current Norwegian educational policy discourse. Based on critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Norwegian governmental white papers our analysis reveals that ...

• Stress and coping strategies among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study 

  Lehmann, Stine; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim; Bjørknes, Ragnhild; Haug, Ellen Merethe Melingen; Fadnes, Lars Thore; Mæland, Silje; Haugland, Bente Storm Mowatt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  The COVID-19 pandemic caused a worldwide health- and societal crisis. Youth were exposed to enduring stressors. We examined types and load of stressors faced by youth, and their use of coping strategies. A population-based ...

• Between ‘block course relationships’ and abstinence: cultures of sexuality among students at Addis Ababa University 

  Zenebe, Mulumebet; Haukanes, Haldis; Blystad, Astrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Inspired by African and other feminist scholarship on gender, sexuality and agency, this article studies narrations of norms and practices in sexual relationships between university students. A main aim of the article is ...

• Moral distress among physicians in Norway: a longitudinal study 

  Miljeteig, Ingrid; Førde, Reidun; Isaksson Rø, Karin Elisabet; Bååthe, Fredrik; Bringedal, Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Objectives To explore and compare physicians’ reported moral distress in 2004 and 2021 and identify factors that could be related to these responses. Design Longitudinal survey. Setting Data were gathered from the ...

• Acute effects of light during daytime on central aspects of attention and affect: A systematic review 

  Bjerrum, Louise; Nordhus, Inger Hilde; Sørensen, Lin; Wulff, Katharina; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Flo-Groeneboom, Elisabeth; Visted, Endre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  Light regulates both image- and various non-image forming responses in humans, including acute effects on attention and affect. To advance the understanding of light’s immediate effects, this systematic review describes ...

• Hallmark Molecular and Pathological Features of POLG Disease are Recapitulated in Cerebral Organoids 

  Chen, Anbin; Yangzom, Tsering; Hong, Yu; Lundberg, Bjørn Christian; Sullivan, Gareth John; Tzoulis, Charalampos; Bindoff, Laurence Albert; Liang, Xiao (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)

  In this research, a 3D brain organoid model is developed to study POLG-related encephalopathy, a mitochondrial disease stemming from POLG mutations. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from patients with these ...

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