Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Title

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    • Carrying on life at home or moving to a nursing home: frail older people’s experiences of at-homeness 

      Søvde, Bente Egge; Sandvoll, Anne Marie; Natvik, Eli; Drageset, Jorunn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Aims and objectives The aim was to explore frail older people’s lived experiences of managing life at home on the verge of moving to a nursing home. Background As people age, their reserve capacity decreases, increasingthe ...

    • Carrying the weight of uncertainty: Patients' long-term experiences after bariatric surgery 

      Natvik, Eli (Doctoral thesis, 2015-10-09)
      The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity has increased rapidly in Norway since the 1980’s. Severe obesity is a medically introduced term for large body weight that is connected to health risk and impaired quality of ...

    • Case definitions for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME): a systematic review 

      Brurberg, Kjetil Gundro; Fønhus, Marita Sporstøl; Larun, Lillebeth; Flottorp, Signe; Malterud, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-07)
      Objective: To identify case definitions for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), and explore how the validity of case definitions can be evaluated in the absence of a reference standard. Design: ...

    • Case stories in general practice: a focus group study 

      Abildsnes, Eirik; Flottorp, Signe; Stensland, Per (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-08)
      Objectives: To explore the interactive process of sharing case stories in small-group activity in general practice. Design: Qualitative focus group study. Setting: Peer-group meetings of doctors attending specialist training ...

    • Case-control vaccine effectiveness studies: Data collection, analysis and reporting results 

      Verani, Jennifer R.; Baqui, Abdullah H.; Broome, Claire V.; Cherian, Thomas; Cohen, Cheryl; Farrar, Jennifer L.; Feikin, Daniel R.; Groome, Michelle J.; Hajjeh, Rana A.; Johnson, Hope L.; Madhi, Shabir A.; Mulholland, Kim; O'Brien, Katherine L.; Parashar, Umesh D.; Patel, Manish M.; Rodrigues, Laura C.; Santosham, Mathuram; Scott, J. Anthony; Smith, Peter G.; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Tate, Jacqueline E.; Victor, J. Chris; Whitney, Cynthia G.; Zaidi, Anita K.; Zell, Elizabeth R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)
      The case-control methodology is frequently used to evaluate vaccine effectiveness post-licensure. The results of such studies provide important insight into the level of protection afforded by vaccines in a ‘real world’ ...

    • Case-control vaccine effectiveness studies: Preparation, design, and enrollment of cases and controls 

      Verani, Jennifer R.; Baqui, Abdullah H.; Broome, Claire V.; Cherian, Thomas; Cohen, Cheryl; Farrar, Jennifer L.; Feikin, Daniel R.; Groome, Michelle J.; Hajjeh, Rana A.; Johnson, Hope L.; Madhi, Shabir A.; Mulholland, Kim; O'Brien, Katherine L.; Parashar, Umesh D.; Patel, Manish M.; Rodrigues, Laura C.; Santosham, Mathuram; Scott, J. Anthony; Smith, Peter G.; Sommerfelt, Halvor; Tate, Jacqueline E.; Victor, J. Chris; Whitney, Cynthia G.; Zaidi, Anita K.; Zell, Elizabeth R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)
      Case-control studies are commonly used to evaluate effectiveness of licensed vaccines after deployment in public health programs. Such studies can provide policy-relevant data on vaccine performance under ‘real world’ ...

    • Casual blood glucose and subsequent cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality among 159 731 participants in Cohort of Norway (CONOR) 

      Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Igland, Jannicke; Sulo, Gerhard; Graue, Marit; Haltbakk, Johannes; Tell, Grethe Seppola; Iversen, Marjolein Memelink (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Introduction: Our aim was to assess the association between casual blood glucose level and subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality among community-dwelling adults without a diagnosis of diabetes. Research ...

    • Cattle and climate in Africa: How climate variability has influenced national cattle holdings from 1961–2008 

      Lunde, Torleif Markussen; Lindtjørn, Bernt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-03-19)
      The role of cattle in developing countries is as a source of high-quality food, as draft animals, and as a source of manure and fuel. Cattle represent important contribution to household incomes, and in drought prone areas ...

    • Cause-specific excess mortality after hip fracture: the Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS) 

      Holvik, Kristin; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Solbakken, Siri Marie; Finnes, Trine Elisabeth; Talsnes, Ove; Grimnes, Guri; Tell, Grethe Seppola; Søgaard, Anne-Johanne; Meyer, Haakon Eduard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-31)
      Background: Information on cause of death may help appraise the degree to which the high excess mortality after hip fracture reflects pre-existing comorbidities or the injury itself. We aimed to describe causes of death ...

    • Cause-specific neonatal mortality in a neonatal care unit in Northern Tanzania: a registry based cohort study 

      Mmbaga, Blandina T.; Lie, Rolv Terje; Olomi, Raimos; Mahande, Michael Johnson; Kvåle, Gunnar; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08)
      Background: The current decline in under-five mortality shows an increase in share of neonatal deaths. In order to address neonatal mortality and possibly identify areas of prevention and intervention, we studied causes ...

    • Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings 

      Mertens, Andrew; Benjamin-Chung, Jade; Colford, John M.; Coyle, Jeremy; van der Laan, Mark J.; Hubbard, Alan E.; Rosete, Sonali; Malenica, Ivana; Hejazi, Nima; Sofrygin, Oleg; Cai, Wilson; Li, Haodong; Nguyen, Anna; Pokpongkiat, Nolan N.; Djajadi, Stephanie; Seth, Anmol; Jung, Esther; Chung, Esther O.; Jilek, Wendy; Subramoney, Vishak; Hafen, Ryan; Häggström, Jonas; Norman, Thea; Brown, Kenneth H.; Christian, Parul; Arnold, Benjamin F.; Abbeddou, Souheila; Adair, Linda S.; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Ali, Asad; Ali, Hasmot; Ashorn, Per; Bahl, Rajiv; Barreto, Mauricio L.; Becquey, Elodie; Begín, France; Bessong, Pascal Obong; Bhan, Maharaj Kishan; Bhandari, Nita; Bhargava, Santosh K.; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Black, Robert E.; Bodhidatta, Ladaporn; Carba, Delia; Checkley, William; Christian, Parul; Crabtree, Jean E.; Dewey, Kathryn G.; Duggan, Christopher P.; Fall, Caroline H. D.; Faruque, Abu Syed Golam; Fawzi, Wafaie W.; da Silva Filho, José Quirino; Gilman, Robert H.; Guerrant, Richard L.; Haque, Rashidul; Hasan, S. M. Tafsir; Hess, Sonja Y.; Houpt, Eric R.; Humphrey, Jean H.; Iqbal, Najeeha Talat; Jimenez, Elizabeth Yakes; John, Jacob; John, Sushil Matthew; Kang, Gagandeep; Kosek, Margaret; Kramer, Michael S.; Labrique, Alain; Lee, Nanette R.; Lima, Aldo Ângelo Moreira; Mahopo, Tjale Cloupas; Maleta, Kenneth; Manandhar, Dharma S.; Manji, Karim P.; Martorell, Reynaldo; Mazumder, Sarmila; Mduma, Estomih; Mohan, Venkata Raghava; Moore, Sophie E.; Ntozini, Robert; Nyathi, Mzwakhe Emanuel; Olortegui, Maribel Paredes; Ouédraogo, Césaire T.; Petri, William A.; Premkumar, Prasanna Samuel; Prentice, Andrew M.; Rahman, Najeeb; Ramirez-Zea, Manuel; Sachdev, Harshpal Singh; Sadiq, Kamran; Sarkar, Rajiv; Sarmin, Monira; Saville, Naomi M.; Shaikh, Saijuddin; Shrestha, Bhim P.; Shrestha, Sanjaya; Soares, Alberto Melo; Sonko, Bakary; Stein, Aryeh D.; Svensen, Erling; Syed, Sana; Umrani, Fayaz; Ward, Honorine D.; West, Keith P.; Wu, Lee Shu Fune; Yang, Seungmi; Yori, Pablo Penataro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Growth faltering in children (low length for age or low weight for length) during the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to 2 years of age) influences short-term and long-term health and survival1,2. Interventions ...

    • Causes and management of sleepiness among pilots in a Norwegian and an Austrian air ambulance service—a comparative study 

      Zakariassen, Erik; Waage, Siri; Harris, Anette; Gatterbauer-Trischler, Pia; Lang, Bernd; Voelckel, Wolfgang Georg Cornelius; Pallesen, Ståle; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)
      Objective We compared subjectively reported sleepiness and fatigue as well as causes and management strategies for combating sleepiness among pilots working in 2 different helicopter emergency medical services operating ...

    • Causes of death in children with congenital anomalies up to age 10 in eight European countries 

      Rissmann, Anke; Tan, Joachim; Glinianaia, Svetlana V; Rankin, Judith; Pierini, Anna; Santoro, Michele; Coi, Alessio; Garne, Ester; Loane, Maria; Given, Joanne; Reid, Abigail; Aizpurua, Amaia; Akhmedzhanova, Diana; Ballardini, Elisa; Barisic, Ingeborg; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara; De Walle, Hermien E K; Gatt, Miriam; Gissler, Mika; Heino, Anna; Jordan, Sue; Urhoj, Stine Kjaer; Klungsøyr, Kari; Lutke, Renee; Mokoroa, Olatz; Neville, Amanda Julie; Thayer, Daniel S; Wellesley, Diana G; Yevtushok, Lyubov; Zurriaga, Oscar; Morris, Joan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Congenital anomalies (CAs) increase the risk of death during infancy and childhood. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of using death certificates to estimate the burden of CAs on mortality for children ...

    • Causes of perinatal death at a tertiary care hospital in Northern Tanzania 2000--2010: a registry based study 

      Mmbaga, Blandina T.; Lie, Rolv Terje; Olomi, Raimos; Mahande, Michael Johnson; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti; Olola, Oneko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-12)
      Background: Perinatal mortality reflects maternal health as well as antenatal, intrapartum and newborn care, and is an important health indicator. This study aimed at classifying causes of perinatal death in order to ...

    • Cement dust exposure and acute lung function: A cross shift study 

      Zeleke, Zeyede K.; Moen, Bente E.; Bråtveit, Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-04-14)
      Background: Few studies have been carried out on acute effects of cement dust exposure. This study is conducted to investigate the associations between current "total" dust exposure and acute respiratory symptoms and ...

    • Cerebral palsy among children of immigrants in Denmark and the role of socioeconomic status 

      Petersen, Tanja Gram; Forthun, Ingeborg; Lange, Theis; Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted; Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie; Uldall, Peter; Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05)
      Background Children of immigrants in Denmark have excess risk for some of the most well-established risk factors for cerebral palsy (CP). Objectives To study differences in risk of CP between children of immigrants and ...

    • Cervical cancer in women under 30 years of age in Norway: a population-based cohort study 

      Gravdal, Brit Helene; Lönnberg, Stefan; Skare, Gry Baadstrand; Sulo, Gerhard; Bjørge, Tone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background We compared women with incident cervical cancer under the age of 30 with older women with regard to stage, morphology, screening history and cervical cancer mortality in a population-based cohort study. Methods We ...

    • Cervical cancer screening among immigrants in Norway : Challenges, possibilities and the effect of an intervention 

      Møen, Kathy Ainul (Doctoral thesis, 2019-11-28)
      The aims of this thesis were: (i) to determine immigrants’ participation rate to CCS compared to non-immigrants and predictors to take the CCS-test, (ii) to obtain knowledge of HCPs perceptions regarding CCS test among ...

    • Cervical cancer screening among immigrantwomen in Norway- The healthcare providers’perspectives 

      Møen, Kathy Ainul; Terragni, Laura; Kumar, Bernadette. N; Diaz, Esperanza (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Objective: To explore health care providers’ (HCPs) experiences regarding cervical cancer screening (CCS) among immigrant women, their strategies to facilitate these consultations and their need for further information. ...

    • CervicalScreen Norway – A screening programme in transition 

      Bjørge, Tone; Engesæter, Birgit Øvstebø; Skare, Gry Baadstrand; Trope, Ameli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      An organised screening programme for cervical cancer (CervicalScreen Norway) was implemented in Norway in 1995. The overall aim of the programme is to reduce the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer, and the screening ...