Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care: Recent submissions

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    • Brukerinvolvering i utvikling av behandlingstilbud til voksne personer med fedme - En scoping review 

      Bårdli, Nora (Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      SAMMENDRAG Bakgrunn: De siste tiårene har brukerinvolvering på alle nivå i helsetjenestene fått større betydning, også i forskning. Fedme er et stadig økende helseproblem. Årsaker er sammensatte, og behandling er ...

    • Totally changed, yet still the same: patients' lived experiences 5 years beyond bariatric surgery 

      Natvik, Eli; Gjengedal, Eva; Råheim, Målfrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Bariatric surgery provides sustainable weight loss and increased quality of life for most, but not all patients. To increase the knowledge of this complex patient group and their needs during follow-up, we aimed to describe ...

    • Exploring experiences and perceptions of medical overuse among migrant health professionals in Norway: A qualitative study 

      Pruitt, Justin Kent (Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      Medical overuse is an issue gaining increasing attention by governments, health sectors, and researchers globally. It is known to occur in countries of varying economic standings and in all domains of medicine. Management ...

    • Prevalence of Occupational Injuries in selected Coir Industries in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study 

      Onni, Anindita Tasnim; Perera, D.A.K.; Bråtveit, Magne; Moen, Bente Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Introduction: The coir industry processes fibers from coconuts and is important for a high number of people in Sri Lanka. Coir workers handle several dangerous machines. This project has studied occupational injuries among ...

    • Association between social media as a stress factor and drug use among young people. Findings from the "LifeOnSoMe"-study. 

      Brobakke, Susann Krogenes (Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      Objectives: To investigate associations between experiencing own use of social media as stressful and use of illegal drugs among young people. Methods: This study is based on data from the school-based "LifeOnSoMe"-study, ...

    • Effects of Physiotherapy Interventions for adult patients with Parkinson’s Disease – A Systematic Review 

      Maheen, Ferdausi (Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      Background: Parkinson's Disease (PD) stands out as one of the most widespread neurological disorders resulting in physical disabilities and movement impairments. A multidisciplinary approach involving physical therapies ...

    • Where Is Equity in HiAP? Comment on “A Realist Explanatory Case Study Investigating How Common Goals, Leadership, and Committed Staff Facilitate Health in All Policies Implementation in the Municipality of Kuopio, Finland” 

      Amri, Michelle; Bump, Jesse Boardman (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Health equity is no longer a central feature of Health in All Policies (HiAP) approaches despite its presence in select definitions of HiAP. In other words, HiAP is not just about considering health, but also health equity. ...

    • Pantothenic acid – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 

      Freese, Riitta; Aarsland, Tonje Eiane; Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Pantothenic acid, also referred to as vitamin B5, is a water-soluble vitamin that has essential functions in the body as a component of coenzyme A (CoA) and acyl carrier protein (ACP). It is widely distributed in animal ...

    • Den gylne regel for prioritering av rusbehandling og psykisk helsevern – en kvalitativ studie 

      Melberg, Andrea; Miljeteig, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      BAKGRUNN Det har i mange år vært bred politisk enighet om å prioritere rusbehandling og psykisk helsevern i spesialisthelsetjenesten. Mellom 2014 og 2021 gjaldt «den gylne regel», som innebar at det skulle være en høyere ...

    • Zinc - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 

      Strand, Tor Arne; Mathisen, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Zinc is essential for several biological processes including those critical for the immune system, DNA synthesis, cell division, and growth. Zinc is involved in the pathophysiology of chronic diseases and protects proteins ...

    • Prognostic value of different anthropometric indices over different measurement intervals to predict mortality in 6-59-month-old children 

      Briend, André; Myatt, Mark; Berkley, James A; Black, Robert E; Boyd, Erin; Garenne, Michel; Lelijveld, Natasha; Isanaka, Sheila; McDonald, Christine M; Mwangwome, Martha; O'Brien, Kieran S; Schwinger, Catherine; Stobaugh, Heather; Taneja, Sunita; West, Keith P; Khara, Tanya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objective: To compare the prognostic value of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) for predicting death over periods of 1, 3 and 6 months follow-up in ...

    • The role of universal health coverage and global health security nexus and interplay on SARS-CoV-2 infection and case-fatality rates in Africa : a structural equation modeling approach 

      Biadgilign, Sibhatu; Hailu, Alemayehu; Gebremichael, Bereket; Letebo, Mekitew; Berhanesilassie, Etsub; Shumetie, Arega (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 infections remains a significant health challenge worldwide. There is paucity of evidence on the influence of the universal health coverage (UHC) and ...

    • Post-discharge malaria chemoprevention in children admitted with severe anaemia in malaria-endemic settings in Africa: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials 

      Phiri, Kamija S.; Khairallah, Carole; Kwambai, Titus Kimutai; Bojang, Kalifa; Dhabangi, Aggrey; Opoka, Robert; Idro, Richard; Stepniewska, Kasia; Hensbroek, Michael Boele van; Chandy, John; Robberstad, Bjarne; Greenwood, Brian; ter Kuile, Feiko O (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background Severe anaemia is associated with high in-hospital mortality among young children. In malaria-endemic areas, surviving children also have an increased risk of mortality or readmission after hospital discharge. ...

    • Antiracism in leading public health universities, journals and funders: commitments, accountability and the decision-makers 

      Rahman-Shepherd, Afifah; Erondu, Ngozi A; Anwar, Bakht; Boro, Ezekiel; Chau, Thuy Duyen; Guinto, Renzo R; Hollmann, Lara; Mejarito, Jerome Alan; Rasheed, Muneera Abdul; Khan, Mishal (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Introduction Two years since the murder of George Floyd, there has been unprecedented attention to racial justice by global public health organisations. Still, there is scepticism that attention alone will lead to real ...

    • Magnitude and Determinants of Double Burden of Overweight and Anaemia Among Adolescents in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study 

      Kimaryo, Christina Judathadei (Master thesis, 2024-05-15)
      Background: Adolescence is a critical period of growth and development marked by increased nutritional requirements. In Tanzania, adolescents comprise 20% of the population. Adolescents are vulnerable to becoming overweight ...

    • Mandatory health insurance for the informal sector in Tanzania—has it worked anywhere! 

      Mori, Amani Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa are struggling to expand voluntary health insurance schemes to raise finances toward achieving universal health coverage. With more than three-quarters of the population without any ...

    • Eit viktig kompetanseløft for heile den kommunale helse- og omsorgstenesta Kommunale helse- og omsorgsleiarar sine erfaringar frå deltaking i eit legevaktprosjekt 

      Hovland, Gro; Halding, Anne-Grethe; Kyrkjebø, Dagrun; Kleiven, Ole Tormod; Zakariassen, Erik; Ytrehus, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Helsedirektoratet initierte prosjektet «Pilot legevakt», ein ny modell for akuttmedisinske tenester i rurale strøk som har vanskar med å sikre akuttmedisinsk ekspertise. På legevaktsatelitten gjennomfører sjukepleiaren ...

    • Births in freestanding midwifery-led units in Norway: What women view as important aspects of care 

      Nørstebø, Heidi Strand; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika; Blix, Ellen; Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Eri, Tine Schauer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objective: To describe what women view as important aspects of care when giving birth in freestanding midwifery-led units in Norway. Methods: Data from four open-ended questions in the Babies Born Better survey, Version ...

    • The Global, Regional, and National Burden of Adult Lip, Oral, and Pharyngeal Cancer in 204 Countries and Territories: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Cunha, Amanda Ramos Da; Compton, Kelly; Xu, Rixing; Mishra, Rashmi; Drangsholt, Mark Thomas; Antunes, Jose Leopoldo Ferreira; Kerr, Alexander R.; Acheson, Alistair R.; Lu, Dan; Wallace, Lindsey E.; Kocarnik, Jonathan M.; Fu, Weijia; Dean, Frances E.; Pennini, Alyssa; Henrikson, Hannah Jacqueline; Alam, Tahiya; Ababneh, Emad; Abd-Elsalam, Sherief; Abdoun, Meriem; Abidi, Hassan; Abubaker Ali, Hiwa; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman; Adane, Tigist Demssew; Addo, Isaac Yeboah; Ahmad, Aqeel; Ahmad, Sajjad; Ahmed Rashid, Tarik; Akonde, Maxwell; Al Hamad, Hanadi; Alahdab, Fares; Alimohamadi, Yousef; Alipour, Vahid; Al-Maweri, Sadeq Ali; Alsharif, Ubai; Ansari-Moghaddam, Alireza; Anwar, Sumadi Lukman; Anyasodor, Anayochukwu Edward; Arabloo, Jalal; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y.; Aruleba, Raphael Taiwo; Asaad, Malke; Ashraf, Tahira; Athari, Seyyed Shamsadin; Attia, Sameh; Azadnajafabad, Sina; Azangou-Khyavy, Mohammadreza; Badar, Muhammad; Baghcheghi, Nayereh; Banach, Maciej; Bardhan, Mainak; Barqawi, Hiba Jawdat; Bashir, Nasir Z.; Bashiri, Azadeh; Benzian, Habib; Bernabe, Eduardo; Bhagat, Devidas S.; Bhojaraja, Vijayalakshmi S.; Bjørge, Tone; Bouaoud, Souad; Braithwaite, Dejana; Briko, Nikolay Ivanovich; Calina, Daniela; Carreras, Giulia; Chakraborty, Promit Ananyo; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Chaurasia, Akhilanand; Chen, Meng Xuan; Cho, William C. S.; Chu, Dinh Toi; Chukwu, Isaac Sunday; Chung, Eunice; Cruz-Martins, Natália; Dadras, Omid; Dai, Xiaochen; Dandona, Lalit; Dandona, Rakhi; Daneshpajouhnejad, Parnaz; Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani, Reza; Darwesh, Aso Mohammad; Debela, Sisay Abebe; Derbew Molla, Meseret; Dessalegn, Fikadu Nugusu; Dianati-Nasab, Mostafa; Digesa, Lankamo Ena; Dixit, Shilpi Gupta; Dixit, Abhinav; Djalalinia, Shirin; El Sayed, Iman; El Tantawi, Maha; Enyew, Daniel Berhanie; Erku, Daniel Asfaw; Ezzeddini, Rana; Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis; Falzone, Luca; Fetensa, Getahun; Fukumoto, Takeshi; Gaewkhiew, Piyada; Gallus, Silvano; Gebrehiwot, Mesfin; Ghashghaee, Ahmad; Gill, Paramjit Singh; Golechha, Mahaveer; Goleij, Pouya; Gomez, Ricardo Santiago; Gorini, Giuseppe; Guimaraes, Andre Luiz Sena; Gupta, Bhawna; Gupta, Sapna; Gupta, Veer Bala; Gupta, Vivek Kumar; Haj-Mirzaian, Arvin; Halboub, Esam S.; Halwani, Rabih; Hanif, Asif; Hariyani, Ninuk; Harorani, Mehdi; Hasani, Hamidreza; Hassan, Abbas M.; Hassanipour, Soheil; Hassen, Mohammed Bheser; Hay, Simon I.; Hayat, Khezar; Herrera-Serna, Brenda Yuliana; Holla, Ramesh; Horita, Nobuyuki; Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi; Hussain, Salman; Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen; Ilic, Irena M.; Ilic, Milena D.; Isola, Gaetano; Jaiswal, Abhishek; Jani, Chinmay T.; Javaheri, Tahereh; Jayarajah, Umesh; Jayaram, Shubha; Joseph, Nitin; Kadashetti, Vidya; Kandaswamy, Eswar; Karanth, Shama D.; Karaye, Ibraheem M.; Kauppila, Joonas H.; Kaur, Harkiran; Keykhaei, Mohammad; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Khajuria, Himanshu; Khanali, Javad; Khatib, Mahalaqua Nazli; Khayat Kashani, Hamid Reza; Khazeei Tabari, Mohammad Amin; Kim, Min Seo; Kompani, Farzad; Koohestani, Hamid Reza; Kumar, G. Anil; Kurmi, Om P.; La Vecchia, Carlo; Lal, Dharmesh Kumar; Landires, Iván; Lasrado, Savita; Ledda, Caterina; Lee, Yo Han; Libra, Massimo; Lim, Stephen S.; Listl, Stefan; Lopukhov, Platon D.; Mafi, Ahmad R.; Mahumud, Rashidul Alam; Malik, Ahmad Azam; Mathur, Manu Raj; Maulud, Sazan Qadir; Meena, Jitendra Kumar; Mehrabi Nasab, Entezar; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Mirfakhraie, Reza; Misganaw, Awoke; Misra, Sanjeev; Mithra, Prasanna; Mohammad, Yousef; Mohammadi, Mokhtar; Mohammadi, Esmaeil; Mokdad, Ali H.; Moni, Mohammad Ali; Moraga, Paula; Morrison, Shane Douglas; Mozaffari, Hamid Reza; Mubarik, Sumaira; Murray, Christopher J. L.; Nair, Tapas Sadasivan; Narasimha Swamy, Sreenivas; Narayana, Aparna Ichalangod; Nassereldine, Hasan; Natto, Zuhair S.; Nayak, Biswa Prakash; Negru, Serban Mircea; Nggada, Haruna Asura; Nouraei, Hasti; Nuñez-Samudio, Virginia; Oancea, Bogdan; Olagunju, Andrew T.; Omar Bali, Ahmed; Padron-Monedero, Alicia; Padubidri, Jagadish Rao; Pandey, Anamika; Pardhan, Shahina; Patel, Jay; Pezzani, Raffaele; Piracha, Zahra Zahid; Rabiee, Navid; Radhakrishnan, Venkatraman; Radhakrishnan, Raghu Anekal; Rahmani, Amir Masoud; Rahmanian, Vahid; Rao, Chythra R.; Rao, Sowmya J.; Rath, Goura Kishor; Rawaf, David Laith; Rawaf, Salman; Rawassizadeh, Reza; Razeghinia, Mohammad Sadegh; Rezaei, Nazila; Rezaei, Negar; Rezaei, Nima; Rezapour, Aziz; Riad, Abanoub; Roberts, Thomas J.; Romero-Rodríguez, Esperanza; Roshandel, Gholamreza; Manjula, S.; Chandan, S.N.; Saddik, Basema; Saeb, Mohammad Reza; Saeed, Umar; Safaei, Mohsen; Sahebazzamani, Maryam; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Salek Farrokhi, Amir; Samy, Abdallah M.; Santric-Milicevic, Milena M.; Sathian, Brijesh; Satpathy, Maheswar; Šekerija, Mario; Senthilkumaran, Subramanian; Seylani, Allen; Shafaat, Omid; Shahsavari, Hamid R.; Shamsoddin, Erfan; Sharew, Mequannent Melaku; Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Shetty, Jeevan K.; Shivakumar, K.M.; Shobeiri, Parnian; Shorofi, Seyed Afshin; Shrestha, Sunil; Siddappa Malleshappa, Sudeep K.; Singh, Paramdeep; Singh, Jasvinder A.; Singh, Garima; Sinha, Dhirendra Narain; Solomon, Yonatan; Suleman, Muhammad; Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Rizwan; Taheri Abkenar, Yasaman; Talaat, Iman M.; Tan, Ker-Kan; Tbakhi, Abdelghani; Thiyagarajan, Arulmani; Tiyuri, Amir; Tovani-Palone, Marcos Roberto; Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran; Vo, Bay; Volovat, Simona Ruxandra; Wang, Cong; Westerman, Ronny; Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Darshana; Xiao, Hong; Yu, Chuanhua; Yuce, Deniz; Yunusa, Ismaeel; Zadnik, Vesna; Zare, Iman; Zhang, Zhi-Jiang; Zoladl, Mohammad; Force, Lisa M.; Hugo, Fernando N. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Importance Lip, oral, and pharyngeal cancers are important contributors to cancer burden worldwide, and a comprehensive evaluation of their burden globally, regionally, and nationally is crucial for effective policy ...

    • Therapists’ experiences with providing guided internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for patients with mild to moderate depression: a thematic analysis 

      Børtveit, Line; Nordgreen, Tine; Nordahl-Hansen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Introduction: Guided internet-delivered therapy has shown promising results for patients with mild and moderate depressive disorder, but several challenges with the format have been reported. The aim of this qualitative ...