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Early cessation of breastfeeding amongst women inSouth Africa: an area needing urgent attention toi mprove child health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-07-24)Background: Breastfeeding is a critical component of interventions to reduce child mortality. Exclusive breastfeeding practice is extremely low in South Africa and there has been no improvement in this over the past ten ... -
Early child stimulation, linear growth and neurodevelopment in low birth weight infants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Children with low birth weight (LBW) are at risk of linear growth faltering and developmental deficits. Evidence suggests that early child stimulation and care reflected as responsive caregiving and opportunities ... -
Early childhood head circumference: Reference ranges for Ethiopian population
(Master thesis, 2014-05-25)Background: Hydrocephalus is a condition of increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid commonly associated with impaired brain function. It is more common in developing countries and mostly frequently in children. One can ... -
Early diagnosis of sepsis in emergency departments, time to treatment, and association with mortality: An observational study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01-22)Background: Early recognition of sepsis is critical for timely initiation of treatment. The first objective of this study was to assess the timeliness of diagnostic procedures for recognizing sepsis in emergency departments. ... -
Early infant feeding practices in three African countries: the PROMISE-EBF trial promoting exclusive breastfeeding by peer counsellors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-18)Background: Immediate and exclusive initiation of breastfeeding after delivery has been associated with better neonatal survival and child health and are recommended by the WHO. We report its impact on early infant feeding ... -
Early interruption of exclusive breastfeeding: results from the eight-country MAL-ED study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-01)We report the infant feeding experiences in the first month of life for 2,053 infants participating in “Malnutrition and Enteric Infections: Consequences for Child Health and Development” (MAL-ED). Eight sites (in Bangladesh, ... -
Early life course factors, early childhood caries and oral health related quality of life among five-year-olds – a prospective and intergenerational study from eastern Uganda
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-11-11)Background: The Early childhood caries, ECC, literature considering children in low income countries is limited to a few cross-sectional studies. Longitudinal studies using causal diagrams (DAGs) with intergenerational ... -
Early life exposures contributing to accelerated lung function decline in adulthood – a follow-up study of 11,000 adults from the general population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background We aimed to assess whether exposure to risk factors in early life from conception to puberty continue to contribute to lung function decline later in life by using a pooled cohort comprising approx. 11,000 adults ... -
Early Nutritional Interventions with Zinc, Selenium and Vitamin D for Raising Anti-Viral Resistance Against Progressive COVID-19
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives: The novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) conveys a serious threat globally to health and economy because of a lack of vaccines and specific treatments. A common factor for conditions that predispose for serious ... -
Early Puberty Is Associated With Higher Academic Achievement in Boys and Girls and Partially Explains Academic Sex Differences
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-29)Purpose On average, boys have lower academic achievement than girls. We investigated whether the timing of puberty is associated with academic achievement, and whether later puberty among boys contributes to the sex ... -
Early rehabilitation of cancer patients - a randomized controlled intervention study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-01-07)Background: Faced with a life-threatening illness, such as cancer, many patients develop stress symptoms, i.e. avoidance behaviour, intrusive thoughts and worry. Stress management interventions have proven to be effective; ... -
Early supported discharge after stroke in Bergen (ESD Stroke Bergen): a randomized controlled trial comparing rehabilitation in a day unit or in the patients’ homes with conventional treatment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10)Rationale: As a result of demographic changes with a presumed rapidly increasing number of older people during the coming decades, a strong increase in the incidence and prevalence of stroke should be expected. Early ... -
Early supported discharge after stroke in Bergen (ESD Stroke Bergen): three and six months results of a randomised controlled trial comparing two early supported discharge schemes with treatment as usual
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-21)Background: Stroke causes lasting disability and the burden of stroke is expected to increase substantially during the next decades. Optimal rehabilitation is therefore mandatory. Early supported discharge (ESD) has ... -
Early Supported Discharge after stroke in Bergen. Effects on functional outcome and outcome predictors studied in a three-armed randomised controlled trial comparing rehabilitation in a day unit and in the patients’ homes with treatment as usual
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-11-02)Stroke is a leading cause of lasting disability. Also, the numbers of new strokes as well as persons living with functional disability after stroke are expected to increase further during the coming decades. Efficient and ... -
Early suppression policies protected pregnant women from COVID-19 in 2020: A population-based surveillance from the Nordic countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Introduction The Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19) pandemic reached the Nordic countries in March 2020. Public health interventions to limit viral transmission varied across different countries both in timing and in ... -
Early versus late BCG vaccination in HIV-1-exposed infants in Uganda: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03-31)Background: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination may have nonspecific effects, i.e., effects on childhood morbidity and mortality that go beyond its effect on the risk of childhood tuberculosis (TB). Though the ... -
Early Years Movement Skills Checklist - En studie på norske treåringer
(Master thesis, 2010-05-12)Background: Early Years Movement Skills Checklist (EYMSC) was constructed in England to identify and assess movement difficulties in children aged three to five years. The checklist was recently translated into Norwegian ... -
Early-onset preeclampsia in the balance of Immunology and Pregnancy: Risk factors, the Role of Allergy, and potential protection by Antihistamine use
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-12-15)Bakgrunn: Preeklampsi er delt inn i en tidlig og en sen variant. Dagens kunnskap om kjente risikofaktorer og deres sammenheng mellom de to variantene av preeklampsi er begrenset. Mål: Vårt overordnede mål var å undersøke ... -
Earthquake exposure and post-traumatic stress among nepalese mothers after the 2015 earthquakes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-02)Introduction: Nepal suffered from major earthquakes in April 2015 resulting in great damage to the society. The objective of the current study is to describe the earthquake exposure, the impact on family’s daily life and ... -
Eating disorders, pregnancy, and the postpartum period: findings from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)This review summarizes studies on eating disorders in pregnancy and the postpartum period that have been conducted as part of the broader Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Prior to the 2000s, empirical ...