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Health anxiety and risk of ischaemic heart disease: A prospective cohort study linking the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) with the Cardiovascular Diseases in Norway (CVDNOR) project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background: The risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is largely influenced by lifestyle. Interestingly, cohort studies show that anxiety in general is associated with increased risk of IHD, independent of established risk ... -
Health care provided to recent asylumseeking and non-asylum-seeking pediatric patients in 2016 and 2017 at a Swiss tertiary hospital - a retrospective study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Asylum-seeking children represent an increasing and vulnerable group of patients whose health needs are largely unmet. Data on the health care provision to asylum-seeking children in European contexts is scarce. ... -
Health care workers’ perspectives on the challenges and possibilities of music therapy within medication-free treatment services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Introduction In 2015, the Norwegian Regional Health Authorities introduced the possibility for people with psychotic disorders to choose medication-free services, with music therapy as a treatment option. This study aimed ... -
Health care-seeking patterns for female genital mutilation/cutting among young Somalis in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04-18)Background: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a great concern, considering all the potential health implications. Use of health care services related to FGM/C by women who have been subjected to FGM/C in Norway ... -
Health complaints after a malodorous chemical explosion: a longitudinal study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background: Physical and psychological symptoms are prevalent in populations recently affected by industrial accidents. Follow-up studies of human health effects are scarce, and as most of them focus on residents, little ... -
Health equity impact of community-initiated kangaroo mother care: a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Kangaroo mother care (KMC) can substantially enhance overall survival of low birthweight babies. In a large randomized controlled trial, we recently showed that supporting mothers to provide community initiated ... -
Health Extension Workers Improve Tuberculosis Case Detection and Treatment Success in Southern Ethiopia: A Community Randomized Trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-05-08)Background: One of the main strategies to control tuberculosis (TB) is to find and treat people with active disease. Unfortunately, the case detection rates remain low in many countries. Thus, we need interventions to find ... -
Health facility readiness to screen, diagnose and manage substance use disorders in Mbale district, Uganda
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Substance use disorders (SUD) pose a significant public health problem in Uganda. Studies indicate that integrating mental health services into Primary Health Care can play a crucial role in alleviating the ... -
Health gains and financial protection from pneumococcal vaccination and pneumonia treatment in Ethiopia: results from an extended cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-09)Background: Pneumonia and pneumococcal disease cause a large disease burden in resource-constrained settings. We pursue an extended cost-effectiveness analysis (ECEA) of two fully publicly financed interventions in Ethiopia: ... -
Health gains and financial protection provided by the Ethiopian Mental Health Strategy: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04)Background: Mental and neurological (MN) health care has long been neglected in low-income settings. This paper estimates health and non-health impacts of fully publicly financed care for selected key interventions in the ... -
Health gains and financial risk protection afforded by public financing of selected interventions in Ethiopia: An extended cost-effectiveness analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05)Background: The way in which a government chooses to finance a health intervention can affect the uptake of health interventions and consequently the extent of health gains. In addition to health gains, some policies such ... -
Health gains and financial risk protection afforded by public financing of selected malaria interventions in Ethiopia: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Malaria is a public health burden and a major cause for morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia. Malaria also places a substantial financial burden on families and Ethiopia’s national economy. Economic evaluations, ... -
Health in the aftermath of a malodorous chemical explosion: Subjective health complaints and post-traumatic stress symptoms among workers
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-02-02)Background: A chemical explosion in an oil tank took place in an industrial harbour area in Norway, in May 2007. Nobody was killed in the accident, but a malodorous environmental pollution was emitted, and spread in the ... -
Health inequalities in Ethiopia: modeling inequalities in length of life within and between population groups
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-07-11)Background and objectives: Most studies on health inequalities use average measures, but describing the distribution of health can also provide valuable knowledge. In this paper, we estimate and compare within-group and ... -
Health managers’ views on the status of national and decentralized health systems for child and adolescent mental health in Uganda: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12-08)Background: Robust health systems are required for the promotion of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH). In low and middle income countries such as Uganda neuropsychiatric illness in childhood and adolescence represent ... -
Health of international migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and control measures adopted have had a disproportionate impact on workers, with migrants being a group specifically affected but poorly studied. This scoping review aims to ... -
Health related quality of life after extremely preterm birth: a matched controlled cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-05-23)Background: The majority of infants born before the last trimester now grow up. However, knowledge on subsequent health related quality of life (HRQoL) is scarce. We therefore aimed to compare HRQoL in children born extremely ... -
Health related quality of life after gastric bypass or intensive lifestyle intervention: a controlled clinical study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-02-13)Background: There is little robust evidence relating to changes in health related quality of life (HRQL) in morbidly obese patients following a multidisciplinary non-surgical weight loss program or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y ... -
The health related quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa - a literature review and focus group study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-04-16)Background: While health outcomes of HIV/AIDS treatments in terms of increased longevity has been the subject of much research, there appears to be very limited research on the improved health related quality of life (HRQL) ... -
Health rights litigation and access to medicines: Priority classification of successful cases from Costa Rica’s constitutional chamber of the supreme court
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)Although Costa Rica has no explicit constitutional right to health, its constitutional chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) has become increasingly central to the resolution of many health care decisions. Some argue that ...