Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
Recent Submissions
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Psychometric Properties of the Norwegian Version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)To examine the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), randomly selected individuals from a larger registry study were invited. We assessed the reliability and validity of ... -
Parents' lived experiences of parental needs for support at a burn centre
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Purpose: A burn injury to a child is a traumatic event and the parent’s emotional reactions and coping strategies affect the child’s adaptive outcome. It is therefore important that parents get the right support. The aim ... -
Access to and interest in assistive technology for home-dwelling people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic (PAN.DEM)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The COVID-19 restrictions affect daily living in Norway, including home-dwelling people with dementia, and researchers conducting clinical trials in dementia care. In this paper, we 1) describe the development of a pandemic ... -
The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Oesophageal cancer is a common and often fatal cancer that has two main histological subtypes: oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma and oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Updated statistics on the incidence and mortality ... -
Substituted decision making and the dispositional choice account
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)There are two main ways of understanding the function of surrogate decision making in a legal context: the Best Interests Standard and the Substituted Judgment Standard. First, we will argue that the Best Interests Standard ... -
Multilevel analyses of related public health indicators: The European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT) Public Health Indicators
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Public health organisations use public health indicators to guide health policy. Joint analysis of multiple public health indicators can provide a more comprehensive understanding of what they are intended to ... -
Modern contraceptive use among postpartum women living with HIV attending mother baby care points in Kabarole District, Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-22)Background: Preventing unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV is important for improving maternal and child health outcomes. Despite multiple contacts between postpartum women and healthcare providers at health ... -
Predicting the Unpredictable - Harder than Expected
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction: An earthquake is a hazard that may cause urgent needs requiring international assistance. To ensure rapid funding for such needs-based humanitarian assistance, swift decisions are needed. However, data to ... -
Factors associated with undernutrition among 20 to 49 year old women in Uganda: a secondary analysis of the Uganda demographic health survey 2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-03)Background: Women are at risk of undernutrition due to biological, socio-economic, and cultural factors. Undernourished women have higher risk of poor obstetric outcomes. We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors ... -
“Back to Eden”: An explorative qualitative study on traditional medicine use during pregnancy among selected women in Lusaka Province, Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background and purpose: No qualitative study on traditional medicine use among Zambian pregnant women has ever been conducted. Accordingly, this study was performed to explore the perceptions, motivations and experiences ... -
Photobiomodulation therapy does not decrease pain and disability in people with non-specific low back pain: a systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Question: In people with non-specific low back pain (LBP), what are the effects of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) on pain, disability and other outcomes when compared with no intervention, sham PBMT and other treatments, ... -
Vaginal colonisation of women in labour with potentially pathogenic bacteria: A cross sectional study at three primary health care facilities in Central Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-31)Background: Potentially pathogenic bacteria that colonise the lower genital tract of women in labour can be passed to the baby during birth. While many babies become colonised with these bacteria after delivery, a few ... -
How do decision-makers use evidence in community health policy and financing decisions? A qualitative study and conceptual framework in four African countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Various investments could help countries deliver on the universal health coverage (UHC) goals set by the global community; community health is a pillar of many national strategies towards UHC. Yet despite resource mobilization ... -
Does linear equating improve prediction in mapping? Crosswalking MacNew onto EQ‑5D‑5L value sets
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose: Preference-based measures are essential for producing quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) that are widely used for economic evaluations. In the absence of such measures, mapping algorithms can be applied to estimate ... -
Pulse oximeter with integrated management of childhood illness for diagnosis of severe childhood pneumonia at rural health institutions in Southern Ethiopia: Results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective To assess whether pulse oximetry improves health workers’ performance in diagnosing severe childhood pneumonia at health centres in Southern Ethiopia. Design Parallel cluster-randomised trial. Setting Government ... -
Patient-reported outcome measures in follow-up care after bariatric surgery
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-01-14)Background: Bariatric Surgery (BS) is acknowledged as an effective long-term treatment for patients with obesity. Even though most patients experience significant improvements in comorbidities and health-related quality ... -
The Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition scale (PAIC15): A multidisciplinary and international approach to develop and test a meta-tool for pain assessment in impaired cognition, especially dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Over the last decades, a considerable number of observational scales have been developed to assess pain in persons with dementia. The time seems ripe now to build on the knowledge and expertize implemented in ... -
‘Cleaning the womb’: perspectives on fertility control and menstruation among students in Antananarivo, Madagascar
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article discusses students’ perspectives on fertility control, including induced abortion, in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The study draws on a total of nine weeks of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 2016 and 2017. ... -
Estimating health adjusted age at death (HAAD)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-14)Objectives: At any point in time, a person’s lifetime health is the number of healthy life years they are expected to experience during their lifetime. In this article we propose an equity-relevant health metric, Health ... -
Reform influences location of death: Interrupted time-series analysis on older adults and persons with dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-04)Background: Norway instituted a Coordination Reform in 2012 aimed at maximizing time at home by providing in-home care through community services. Dying in a hospital can be highly stressful for patients and families. ...
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