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    • Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 

      Wang, Haidong; Abajobir, Amanuel Alemu; Abate, Kalkidan Hassen; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbas, Kaja M.; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abera, Semaw Ferede; Abraha, Haftom Niguse; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M. E.; Adedeji, Isaac Akinkunmi; Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji; Adetifa, Ifedayo Morayo O.; Adetokunboh, Olatunji; Afshin, Ashkan; Aggarwal, Rakesh; Agrawal, Anurag; Agrawal, Sutapa; Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad; Ahmed, Muktar Beshir; Aichour, Amani Nidhal; Aichour, Ibthiel; Aichour, Miloud Taki Eddine; Aiyar, Sneha; Akanda, Shafqat; Akinyemiju, Tomi F.; Akseer, Nadia; Al-Eyadhy, Ayman; Al Lami, Faris Hasan; Alabed, Samer; Alahdab, Fares; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; Alam, Noore; Alasfoor, Deena; Aldridge, Robert William; Alene, Kefyalew Addis; Alhabib, Samia; Ali, Raghib; Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza; Aljunid, Syed M.; Alkaabi, Juma M.; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Alla, Francois; Allam, Shalini D.; Allebeck, Peter; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa; Alsharif, Ubai; Altirkawi, Khalid A.; Martin, Elena Alvarez; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Amare, Azmeraw T.; Ameh, Emmanuel A.; Amini, Erfan; Ammar, Walid; Amoako, Yaw Ampem; Anber, Nahla; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Androudi, Sofia; Ansari, Hossein; Ansha, Mustafa Geleto; Antonio, Carl Abelardo T.; Anwari, Palwasha; Arnlöv, Johan; Arora, Megha; Al Artaman, A.; Aryal, Krishna Kumar; Asayesh, Hamid; Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal; Asghar, Rana Jawad; Assadi, Reza; Atey, Tesfay Mehari; Atre, Sachin R.; Avila-Burgos, Leticia; Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel G. Arthur; Awasthi, Ashish; Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala; Babalola, Tesleem Kayode; Bacha, Umar; Badawi, Alaa; Balakrishnan, Kalpana; Balalla, Shivanthi; Barac, Aleksandra; Barber, Ryan M.; Barboza, Miguel A.; Barker-Collo, Suzanne L.; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Htet, Aung Soe; Knudsen, Ann Kristin; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Vollset, Stein Emil; Weiderpass, Elisabete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09)
      Background: Detailed assessments of mortality patterns, particularly age-specific mortality, represent a crucial input that enables health systems to target interventions to specific populations. Understanding how all-cause ...

    • Go to work or report sick? A focus group study on decisions of sickness presence among offshore catering section workers 

      Krohne, Kariann; Magnussen, Liv Heide (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-03-18)
      Background: To identify and explore the factors promoting sickness presenteeism among offshore catering section workers. Methods: Twenty men and women, working in the offshore catering section onboard three offshore oil ...

    • Gonartrose og manuellterapi: "Vil manuellterapeutisk mobilisering redusere smerter og øke funksjon hos en fysisk svært aktiv pasient med unilateral gonartrose?" 

      Lorentsen, Audun Smeby (Master thesis, 2012-10-30)
      Background: Knee osteoarthritis is considered the most common disease in the world to affect synovial joints. There is moderate to strong evidence for using individually tailored exercise therapy as main intervention. ...

    • Good clinical outcomes from a 7-year holistic programme of fistula repair in Guinea 

      Delamou, Alexandre; Diallo, Moustapha; Beavogui, Abdoul Habib; Delvaux, Thérèse; Millimono, Sita; Kourouma, Mamady; Beattie, Karen; Barone, Mark; Barry, Thierno Hamidou; Khogali, Mohamed; Edginton, Mary; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; Ruminjo, Joseph; Zhang, Wei-Hong; De Brouwere, Vincent (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-06)
      Objectives. Female genital fistula remains a public health concern in developing countries. From January 2007 to September 2013, the Fistula Care project, managed by EngenderHealth in partnership with the Ministry of Health ...

    • Government-led initiative increased the effective use of Kangaroo Mother Care in a region of North India 

      Jadaun, Arun S.; Dalpath, Suresh K.; Trikha, Sonia; Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash; Bhandari, Nita; Punia, Jaswant Singh; Rawal, Manoj; Martines, Jose Carlos; Bahl, Rajiv; Agarwal, Ramesh; Mazumder, Sarmila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aim To learn how to achieve high-quality, effective coverage of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), defined as 8 hours or more of skin-to-skin contact per day and exclusive breastfeeding in district Sonipat in North India, and ...

    • GP consultations for common mental disorders and subsequent sickness certification: register-based study of the employed population in Norway 

      Holmås, Tor Helge; Gjesdal, Sturla; Hetlevik, Øystein; Monstad, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-17)
      Background. Challenges related to work are in focus when employed people with common mental disorders (CMDs) consult their GPs. Many become sickness certified and remain on sick leave over time.   Objectives. To investigate ...

    • GP utilisation by education level among adults with COPD or asthma: A cross-sectional register-based study 

      Hetlevik, Øystein; Melbye, Hasse; Gjesdal, Sturla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-09)
      There is a marked socioeconomic gradient in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, but a large proportion of patients remain undiagnosed. It is a challenge for general practitioners (GPs) ...

    • GPs' negotiation strategies regarding sick leave for subjective health complaints 

      Nilsen, Stein; Malterud, Kirsti; Werner, Erik L.; Mæland, Silje; Magnussen, Liv Heide (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Objectives. To explore general practitioners’ (GPs’) specific negotiation strategies regarding sick-leave issues with patients suffering from subjective health complaints. Design. Focus-group study. Setting. Nine focus-group ...

    • Greenness exposure: beneficial but multidimensional 

      Johannessen, Ane; Xu, Shanshan; Abbah, Achenyo Peace; Janson, Christer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Many studies have shown that greenness has beneficial health effects, particularly on psychological and cardiovascular outcomes. In this narrative review, we provide a synthesis of knowledge regarding greenness exposure ...

    • The Growing Burden of Tuberculosis in Nigeria: trends of the disease prevalence and treatment outcome in Enugu state 

      Dim, Cyril Chukwudi (Master thesis, 2010-06-03)
      Background: The burden of tuberculosis in Nigeria is the third highest in the world. The data from the TB programme of the States' ministries of health are usually unpublished which possibly contributes to the prevailing ...

    • Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial 

      Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S.; Jackson, Debra; Fadnes, Lars Thore; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Diallo, Abdoulaye Hama; Doherty, Tanya Mark; Lombard, Carl; Swanevelder, Sonja; Nankunda, Jolly; Ramokolo, Vundli; Sanders, David; Wamani, Henry; Meda, Nicolas; Tumwine, James K.; Ekström, Eva-Charlotte; Van de Perre, Philippe; Kankasa, Chipepo; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Tylleskär, Thorkild; on behalf of the PROMISE EBF-study group (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-21)
      Background: In this multi-country cluster-randomized behavioural intervention trial promoting exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in Africa, we compared growth of infants up to 6 months of age living in communities where peer ...

    • Growth in children conceived by ART 

      Magnus, Maria Christine; Wilcox, Allen J.; Fadum, Elin Anita; Gjessing, Håkon; Opdahl, Signe; Juliusson, Petur Benedikt; Romundstad, Liv Bente; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      STUDY QUESTION Is the growth pattern of children conceived by ART different compared to naturally conceived children. SUMMARY ANSWER Both ART and underlying parental subfertility may contribute to differences in early ...

    • Growth of HIV-exposed and HIV–unexposed children in South Africa. Anthropometric nutritional status and growth rates 

      Ramokolo, Vundli (Doctoral thesis, 2017-12-04)
      Background and objectives South Africa is characterised by colliding epidemics of non-communicable and communicable diseases. Additionally, the prevalence of stunting, which affects almost a third of children under-five, ...

    • Growth velocity of young children in two low-resource settings. Patterns and abilities to predict negative health outcomes 

      Schwinger, Catherine (Doctoral thesis, 2017-12-12)
      Introduction Measuring child growth repeatedly over time has theoretical advantages over measuring growth at a single time point, such as the early detection of deviations in growth. A timely identification of children at ...

    • Growth, clinical and neurodevelopmental outcomes at school age are similar for children who received 1‑year lamivudine or lopinavir/ritonavir HIV prophylaxis in early life 

      Nagot, Nicolas; Singata-Madliki, Mandisa; Cournil, Amandine; Nalugya, Joyce; Tassembedo, Soleymane; Quillet, Catherine; Tonga, Melany W.; Tumwine, James K; Meda, Nicolas; Kankasa, Chipepo; Mwiya, Mwiya; Bangirana, Paul; Peries, Marianne; Batting, Joanne; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Van de Perre, Philippe; Ndeezi, Grace; Molès, Jean-Pierre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In the ANRS 12174 trial, HIV-exposed uninfected African neonates who received lopinavir-ritonavir (LPV/r) prophylaxis for 1 year exhibited slower growth from birth to week 50 compared with those receiving lamivudine (3TC). ...

    • Growth, immune and viral responses in HIV infected African children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: a prospective cohort study 

      Musoke, Philippa M.; Mudiope, Peter; Barlow-Mosha, Linda N.; Ajuna, Patrick; Bagenda, Danstan; Mubiru, Michael M.; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Fowler, Mary G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-08-06)
      Background: Scale up of paediatric antiretroviral therapy in resource limited settings continues despite limited access to routine laboratory monitoring. We documented the weight and height responses in HIV infected Ugandan ...

    • Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): the inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis 

      Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Baltussen, Rob; Johri, Mira; Chisholm, Dan; Nord, Erik; Brock, Dan W.; Carlsson, Per; Cookson, Richard; Daniels, Norman; Danis, Marion; Fleurbaey, Marc; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Kapiriri, Lydia; Littlejohns, Peter; Mbeeli, Thomas; Rao, Krishna D.; Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres; Wikler, Dan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-29)
      This Guidance for Priority Setting in Health Care (GPS-Health), initiated by the World Health Organization, offers a comprehensive map of equity criteria that are relevant to health care priority setting and should be ...

    • Guided Internet-Delivered Treatment for Depression: Scoping Review 

      Børtveit, Line; Dechsling, Anders; Sütterlin, Stefan; Nordgreen, Tine; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background: Studies on guided internet-delivered treatment have demonstrated promising results for patients with depressive disorder. Objective: The aim of this study was to provide an overview of this research area ...

    • Guidelines and clinical priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic – Norwegian doctors’ experiences 

      Bringedal, Berit; Isaksson Rø, Karin Elisabet; Bååthe, Fredrik; Miljeteig, Ingrid; Magelssen, Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background In the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, strong measures were taken to avoid anticipated pressure on health care, and this involved new priorities between patient groups and changing working conditions for ...

    • Habitual Sleep Patterns and Chronic Sleep Problems in Relation to Sex, Age, and Circadian Preference in a Population-Based Sample of Norwegian Adults 

      Saxwig, Ingvild West; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Sleep patterns and problems vary in relation to internal (e.g., sex, age, circadian preference) and external (e.g., social structures) factors. The main aim of the present study was to describe habitual sleep patterns and ...