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A scoping review of early childhood caries, poverty and the first sustainable development goal
(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 ... -
Guidelines for Treatment of Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Implementation in Clinical Practice in Norway: A Descriptive Study
(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 ... -
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
(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 ... -
Daily snuff use during pregnancy, gestational length and birth weight; register-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-10-04)Background: Snuff is a smokeless source of nicotine that is common in Scandinavia and increasingly used by women of fertile age. Persistent use of snuff during pregnancy has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. ... -
Equity considerations for the implementation of health insurance benefit package in Ethiopia: result of expert Delphi exercise
(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 ... -
Can the sustainable development goal 9 support an untreated early childhood caries elimination agenda?
(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
(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
(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, ... -
Mentorship as an overlooked dimension of research capacity strengthening: how to embed value-driven practices in global health
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Mentorship in global health remains an overlooked dimension of research partnerships. Commitment to effective mentorship models requires value-driven approaches. This includes having an understanding of (1) what mentorship ... -
Oral health and quality of life among patients born with cleft lip and/or palate in Bergen, Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2025-01-31)Leppe-kjeve-ganespalte (LKG) er en medfødt misdannelse som forekommer blant 1,8/1000 fødsler i Norge. Behandling i Norge utføres og administreres av to nasjonale tverrfaglige medisinske grupper, en på Rikshospitalet i Oslo ... -
Prenatal exposure to antiseizure medications and fetal growth: a population-based cohort study from the Nordic countries
(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: ... -
Risk of Perinatal and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality among Pregnant Women with Epilepsy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Importance: Maternal epilepsy is associated with adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. A better understanding of this condition and the associated risk of mortality and morbidity at the time of delivery could help reduce ... -
Update of statistical analysis plan for: Integration of smoking cessation into standard treatment for patients receiving opioid agonist therapy who are smoking tobacco: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (ATLAS4LAR)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-06)This protocol paper presents an updated statistical analysis plan of the protocol of a randomised controlled trial. The randomised controlled trial investigates the effect of integrating smoking cessation interventions at ... -
Distinct Longitudinal Brain White Matter Microstructure Changes and Associated Polygenic Risk of Common Psychiatric Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease in the UK Biobank
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: During the course of adulthood and aging, white matter (WM) structure and organization are characterized by slow degradation processes such as demyelination and shrinkage. An acceleration of such aging processes ... -
Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
Between ‘block course relationships’ and abstinence: cultures of sexuality among students at Addis Ababa University
(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
(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 ...
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