Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på tidsskrift "PLoS ONE"
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Effect of Bednets and Indoor Residual Spraying on Spatio-Temporal Clustering of Malaria in a Village in South Ethiopia: A Longitudinal Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-10-12)Background: Understanding the spatio-temporal pattern of malaria transmission where prevention and control measures are in place will help to fine-tune strategies. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of ... -
Effects of complementary feeding on attained height among lower primary school-aged children in Eastern Uganda: A nested prospective cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-07)Background: Despite the fact that Uganda has been a signatory to the global strategy for Infant and Young Children Feeding practices (IYCF) for nearly a decade, the prevalence of stunting among children under five years ... -
Effects of school-based educational interventions for enhancing adolescents' abilities in critical appraisal of health claims: a systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-24)Background and Objective: Adolescents are frequent media users who access health claims from various sources. The plethora of conflicting, pseudo-scientific, and often misleading health claims in popular media makes critical ... -
Efficacy of processed amaranth-containing bread compared to maize bread on hemoglobin, anemia and iron deficiency anemia prevalence among two-to-five yearold anemic children in Southern Ethiopia: A cluster randomized controlled trial
(Journal article, 2020-09-28)Background: Few studies have evaluated iron-rich plant-based foods, such as amaranth grain, to reduce anemia and iron deficiency anemia. Amaranth is rich in nutrients, but with high level of phytate. The objective of this ... -
Epidemiology of limb reduction defects as registered in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, 1970-2016: Population based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-17)Background: Following the Thalidomide disaster, the Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN) was established in 1967, with epidemiological surveillance of congenital anomalies as one main aim. Limb reduction defects (LRD) ... -
Exploring drivers for safe male circumcision: Experiences with health education and understanding of partial HIV protection among newly circumcised men in Wakiso, Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03-31)Introduction: About 2.5 million men have voluntarily been circumcised since Uganda started implementing the WHO recommendation to scale up safe male circumcision to reduce HIV transmission. This study sought to understand ... -
Factors explaining variation in self-esteem among persons with type 1 diabetes and elevated HbA1c
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08-10)Objectives To investigate associations between perceived autonomy support from health-care professionals, autonomy-driven motivation, diabetes self-perceived competence and self-esteem in adults (age 18–55 yrs) with ... -
Financial risk protection at the bedside: How Ethiopian physicians try to minimize out-of-pocket health expenditures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02-12)Background: Out-of-pocket health expenditures can pose major financial risks, create access-barriers and drive patients and families into poverty. Little is known about physicians’ role in financial protection of patients ... -
A flexible formula for incorporating distributive concerns into cost-effectiveness analyses: Priority weights
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-10)Background Cost effectiveness analyses (CEAs) are widely used to evaluate the opportunity cost of health care investments. However, few functions that take equity concerns into account are available for such CEA methods, ... -
Genome-wide analysis of parent-of-origin interaction effects with environmental exposure (PoOxE): An application to European and Asian cleft palate trios
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-12)Cleft palate only is a common birth defect with high heritability. Only a small fraction of this heritability is explained by the genetic variants identified so far, underscoring the need to investigate other disease ... -
High birth weight and perinatal mortality among siblings. A register based study in Norway, 1967-2011
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-02-28)Background: Perinatal mortality according to birth weight has an inverse J-pattern. Our aim was to estimate the influence of familial factors on this pattern, applying a cohort sibling design. We focused on excess mortality ... -
Household costs and time to seek care for pregnancy related complications: The role of results-based financing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-21)Results-based financing (RBF) schemes–including performance based financing (PBF) and conditional cash transfers (CCT)-are increasingly being used to encourage use and improve quality of institutional health care for ... -
Impact of a Multifaceted and Clinically Integrated Training Program in Evidence-Based Practice on Knowledge, Skills, Beliefs and Behaviour among Clinical Instructors in Physiotherapy: A Non-Randomized Controlled Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-20)Background and Purpose: Physiotherapists practicing at clinical placement sites assigned the role as clinical instructors (CIs), are responsible for supervising physiotherapy students. For CIs to role model evidence- based ... -
Increased access to care and appropriateness of treatment at private sector drug shops with integrated management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea: A quasi-experimental study in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12-26)Introduction: Drug shops are a major source of care for children in low income countries but they provide sub-standard care. We assessed the feasibility and effect on quality of care of introducing diagnostics and pre-packaged ... -
Intensive-phase treatment outcomes among hospitalized multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients: Results from a nationwide cohort in Nigeria
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-10)Background: Nigeria is faced with a high burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients registered across the globe have been ... -
An international contrast of rates of placental abruption: An age-period-cohort analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-27)Background: Although rare, placental abruption is implicated in disproportionately high rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Understanding geographic and temporal variations may provide insights into possible amenable ... -
Intimate partner violence and maternal depression during pregnancy: A community-based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is regarded an important public health and human rights issue, characterized by physical, sexual or emotional abuse. Globally more than one in three women report physical or ... -
Intrauterine growth patterns in rural Ethiopia compared with WHO and INTERGROWTH-21st growth standards: A community-based longitudinal study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction Children’s well-being is highly influenced by their fetal growth. Adequate intrauterine growth (IUG) is a basic feature of a healthy pregnancy. The aim of our study was to assess IUG patterns in a rural and ... -
Lipid levels after childbirth and association with number of children: A population-based cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-24)Objective Low parity women are at increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Unfavourable lipid profiles have been found in one-child mothers years before they conceive. However, it remains unclear whether unfavourable ... -
Long-term cardiovascular morbidity following hyperemesis gravidarum: A Norwegian nationwide cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-12)Objective: To investigate whether exposure to hyperemesis gravidarum (hyperemesis) is associated with subsequent maternal cardiovascular morbidity. Design: Nationwide cohort study. Setting: Medical Birth Registry of Norway ...