Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care: Recent submissions

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    • Life expectancy can increase by up to 10 years following sustained shifts towards healthier diets in the United Kingdom 

      Fadnes, Lars T.; Celis-Morales, Carlos; Økland, Jan-Magnus; Parra-Soto, Solange; Livingstone, Katherine M.; Ho, Frederick K.; Pell, Jill P.; Balakrishna, Rajiv; Javadi Arjmand, Elaheh; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Mathers, John C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Adherence to healthy dietary patterns can prevent the development of non-communicable diseases and affect life expectancy. Here, using a prospective population-based cohort data from the UK Biobank, we show that sustained ...

    • Global burden of peripheral artery disease and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Kim, Min Seo; Hwang, Jimin; Yon, Dong Keon; Lee, Seung Won; Jung, Se Yong; Park, Seoyeon; Johnson, Catherine Owens; Stark, Benjamin A.; Razo, Christian; Abbasian, Mohammadreza; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abhari, Amir Parsa; Aboyans, Victor; Adane, Denberu Eshetie Adane; Adebayo, Oladimeji M.; Alahdab, Fares; Almustanyir, Sami; Aly, Hany; Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Anderson, Jason A.; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Aryan, Zahra; Aujayeb, Avinash; Bagherieh, Sara; Baltatu, Ovidiu Constantin; Banach, Maciej; Bayileyegn, Nebiyou Simegnew; Bearne, Lindsay M.; Behnoush, Amir Hossein; Bensenor, Isabela M.; Bhaskar, Sonu; Bhat, Ajay Nagesh; Bhat, Vivek; Bikbov, Boris; Bintoro, Bagas Suryo; Burkart, Katrin; Cámera, Luis Alberto; Catapano, Alberico L.; Chandrasekar, Eeshwar K.; Charan, Jaykaran; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Chi, Gerald; Chukwu, Isaac Sunday; Chung, Sheng-Chia; Cirillo, Massimo; Coberly, Kaleb; Costa, Vera Marisa; Dadras, Omid; Dai, Xiaochen; Do, Thanh Chi; Doshi, Rajkumar; Ekholuenetale, Michael; Elgendy, Islam Y.; Elhadi, Muhammed; Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis; Feizkhah, Alireza; Fekadu, Ginenus; Gill, Paramjit Singh; Goldust, Mohamad; Golechha, Mahaveer; Guan, Shi-Yang; Gupta, Vivek Kumar; Hadei, Mostafa; Hadi, Najah R.; Hammoud, Ahmad; Hankey, Graeme J.; Harlianto, Netanja I.; Hasaballah, Ahmed I.; Hassan, Shoaib; Hassen, Mohammed Bheser; Heidari, Golnaz; Hostiuc, Mihaela; Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen; Iwagami, Masao; Jokar, Mohammad; Jonas, Jost B.; Joshua, Charity Ehimwenma; Jozwiak, Jacek Jerzy; Kazemian, Sina; Keykhaei, Mohammad; Khalaji, Amirmohammad; Khan, Moien A.B.; Khateri, Sorour; Kibret, Biruk Getahun; Korzh, Oleksii; Koulmane Laxminarayana, Sindhura Lakshmi; Krishan, Kewal; Kumar, Akshay; Kumar, Manoj; Kuttikkattu, Ambily; Laksono, Tri; Larijani, Bagher; Le, Thao Thi Thu; Lim, Stephen S.; Liu, Xuefeng; Lorkowski, Stefan; Magdy Abd El Razek, Hassan; Malhotra, Kashish; Manla, Yosef; Maugeri, Andrea; Mentis, Alexios-Fotios A.; Mestrovic, Tomislav; M. Gomide Nogueira de Sá, Ana Carolina; Mirica, Andreea; Mirrakhimov, Erkin M.; Misganaw, Awoke; Mishra, Manish; Mohammad, Yousef; Mokdad, Ali H.; Moni, Mohammad Ali; Montasir, Ahmed Al; Moradi, Yousef; Moraga, Paula; Morovatdar, Negar; Mousavi-Aghdas, Seyed Ali; Murray, Christopher J.L.; Naghavi, Mohsen; Nair, Tapas Sadasivan; Nassereldine, Hasan; Natto, Zuhair S.; Nguyen, Dang H.; Nguyen, Hien Quang; Nguyen, Van Thanh; Noubiap, Jean Jacques; Oancea, Bogdan; Oliveira, Gláucia Maria Moraes; Owolabi, Mayowa O.; Padron-Monedero, Alicia; Perico, Norberto; Petcu, Ionela-Roxana; Radfar, Amir; Rafferty, Quinn; Rahman, Mosiur; Rahman, Muhammad Aziz; Ram, Pradhum; Rashedi, Sina; Rashid, Ahmed Mustafa; Rawaf, Salman; Remuzzi, Giuseppe; Renzaho, Andre M.N.; Rezaee, Malihe; Roever, Leonardo; Saad, Aly M.A.; Saadatagah, Seyedmohammad; Sadeghi, Masoumeh; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Saleh, Mohamed A.; Samy, Abdallah M.; Santric-Milicevic, Milena M.; Sepanlou, Sadaf G.; Seylani, Allen; Sharfaei, Sadaf; Shorofi, Seyed Afshin; Singh, Jasvinder A.; Singh, Paramdeep; Spartalis, Michael; Sundström, Johan; Tan, Ker-Kan; Teramoto, Masayuki; Tharwat, Samar; Tyrovolas, Stefanos; Valadan Tahbaz, Sahel; Van den Eynde, Jef; Vart, Priya; Wang, Cong; Wang, Fang; Westerman, Ronny; Xia, Juan; Xu, Suowen; Yada, Dereje Y.; Yamagishi, Kazumasa; Yonemoto, Naohiro; Zahir, Mazyar; Zangiabadian, Moein; Zarrintan, Armin; Zastrozhin, Mikhail Sergeevich; Zastrozhina, Anasthasia; Zoladl, Mohammad; Hay, Simon I.; Shin, Jae Il; Roth, Gregory A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Peripheral artery disease is a growing public health problem. We aimed to estimate the global disease burden of peripheral artery disease, its risk factors, and temporospatial trends to inform policy and ...

    • Esophageal and Head and Neck Cancer Patients Attending Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Tanzania from 2019 to 2021: An Observational Study 

      Mwelange, Luco Patson; Mamuya, Simon H.D.; Mwaiselage, Julius; Bråtveit, Magne; Moen, Bente Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: Cancer in Africa is an emerging public health problem that needs urgent preventive measures, particularly in workplaces where exposure to carcinogens may occur. In Tanzania, the incidence rate of cancer and ...

    • Cancer risk in the siblings of individuals with major birth defects: a large Nordic population-based case-control study 

      Daltveit, Dagrun Slettebø; Klungsøyr, Kari; Engeland, Anders; Ekbom, Anders; Gissler, Mika; Glimelius, Ingrid; Grotmol, Tom; Madanat-Harjuoja, Laura; Ording, Anne Gulbech; Sørensen, Henrik Toft; Troisi, Rebecca; Bjørge, Tone (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: Individuals with major birth defects are at increased risk of developing cancer, indicating a common aetiology. However, whether the siblings of individuals with birth defects are also at an increased risk of ...

    • Impact of long-term exposure to ambient ozone on lung function over a course of 20 years (The ECRHS study): a prospective cohort study in adults 

      Zhao, Tianyu; Markevych, Iana; Fuertes, Elaine; de Hoogh, Kees; Accordini, Simone; Boudier, Anne; Casas, Lidia; Forsberg, Bertil; Garcia Aymerich, Judith; Gnesi, Marco; Holm, Mathias; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Deborah; Johannessen, Ane; Jörres, Rudolf A.; Karrasch, Stefan; Leynaert, Benedicte; Maldonado Perez, José Antonio; Malinovschi, Andrei; Martínez-Moratalla, Jesús; Modig, Lars; Nowak, Dennis; Potts, James; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Siroux, Valerie; Urrutia Landa, Isabel; Vienneau, Danielle; Villani, Simona; Jacquemin, Bénédicte; Heinrich, Joachim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background While the adverse effects of short-term ambient ozone exposure on lung function are well-documented, the impact of long-term exposure remains poorly understood, especially in adults. Methods We aimed to ...

    • Evaluation of the pilot wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway, June 2022 – March 2023 

      Amato, Ettore; Hyllestad, Susanne; Heradstveit, Petter; Langlete, Petter; Moen, Line Victoria; Rohringer, Andreas; Pires, Joao; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Bragstad, Karoline; Feruglio, Siri Laura; Aavitsland, Preben; Madslien, Elisabeth Henie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-04)
      Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based surveillance gained great international interest as an additional tool to monitor SARS-CoV-2. In autumn 2021, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health decided to ...

    • Health workers’ experience of providing second-trimester abortion care in Ethiopia: a qualitative study 

      Mclean, Emily; Blystad, Astrid; Mirkuzie, Alemnesh Hailemariam; Miljeteig, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Second-trimester abortions are less common than abortions in the first trimester, yet they disproportionately account for a higher burden of abortion-related mortality and morbidity worldwide. Health workers ...

    • New strides towards fair processes for financing universal health coverage 

      Kurowski, Christoph; Evans, David B.; Ottersen, Trygve; Gopinathan, Unni; Dale, Elina; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Fair processes in health financing decisions should not be undervalued or perceived as secondary to the goals of universal health coverage. By integrating fair-process principles and criteria into health financing decisions, ...

    • The association between different sleep health dimensions and sex, age, education, circadian preference, and chronic insomnia: a representative population-based study 

      Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Buysse, Daniel J.; Saxvig, Ingvild W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objectives The aims were to explore multidimensional sleep health and the different dimensions of sleep health in the adult Norwegian population in relation to sex, age, education, circadian preference, and chronic ...

    • Intimate Partner Violence and Children Under 5 Morbidities and Mortality in Afghanistan: Findings From a National Survey 

      Dadras, Omid; Hazratzai, Mohammadsediq; Dadras, Fateme (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Limited knowledge exists concerning the prevalence and drivers of intimate partner violence (IPV) against Afghan women and its association with child morbidity and mortality in Afghanistan. The study used data from the ...

    • Quality improvement dashboard for healthcare providers and targeted client communication to pregnant women to improve timely attendance and quality of antenatal care: A multi-arm cluster randomized trial (the eRegCom trial) 

      Blom-Bakke, Kjersti Mørkrid; Ghanem, Buthaina; Abbas, Eatimad; Khader, Khadija Abu; Ward, Itimad Abu; Ataallah, Amjad; Baniode, Mohammad; Bogale, Binyam; Hijaz, Taghreed; Frost, Kimberly; Frost, Michael James; Isbeih, Mervett; Issawi, Sally; Nazzal, Zaher A.S.; O’Donnell, Brian; Papadopoulou, Eleni Zoumpoulia; Qaddomi, Sharif; Rabah, Yousef; Rose, Christopher James; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Frøen, Jahn Frederik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: Digital health interventions can strengthen coverage and quality of care. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of targeted client communication (TCC) to pregnant women via text messages, health care provider ...

    • Safety profile of herbal medicines submitted for marketing authorization in Tanzania: a cross-sectional retrospective study 

      Mssusa, Alambo Kanduru; Holst, Lone; Kagashe, Godeliver; Maregesi, Sheila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background The popular use of herbal medicines necessitates national regulatory authorities to have efficient mechanisms for the control of these products including marketing authorization (MA) and safety follow-up. ...

    • Cultural beliefs and practices on perinatal death: a qualitative study among the Lango community in Northern Uganda 

      Arach, Anna Agnes Ojok; Nakasujja, Noeline; Rujumba, Joseph; Mukunya, David; Odongkara, Beatrice; Musaba, Milton W.; Napyo, Agnes Kasede; Tumwine, James K; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Kiguli, Juliet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Perinatal death has profound psychosocial effects on women and their families. Sociocultural contexts influence the burden, rituals and bereaved’s support. Little is known about cultural beliefs and practices ...

    • A systematic review of sarcopenia prevalence and associated factors in people living with human immunodeficiency virus 

      SeyedAlinaghi, SeyedAhmad; Ghayomzadeh, Morteza; Mirzapour, Pegah; Maroufi, Seyed Farzad; Pashaei, Zahra; Ali, Zoha; Tantuoyir, Marcarious M.; Aghaie, Narjes; Vahedi, Farzin; Salmani, Roghayeh; MohsseniPour, Mehrzad; Qaderi, Kowsar; Shahidi, Ramin; Peyman, Akram; Varshochi, Sanaz; Afzalian, Arian; Maroufi, Seyede Parmis; Mehraeen, Esmaeil; Dadras, Omid; Hackett, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWH) appear to be at an increased risk of sarcopenia, which can have a devastating effect on their life due to consequences such as physical disability, poor quality ...

    • Severe Congenital Heart Defects and Cerebral Palsy 

      Garne, Ester; Goldsmith, Shona; Barisic, Ingeborg; Braz, Paula; Dakovic, Ivana; Gibson, Catherine; Hansen, Michele; Hoei-Hansen, Christina E.; Hollung, Sandra Julsen; Klungsøyr, Kari; Smithers -Sheedy, Hayley; Virella, Daniel; Badawi, Nadia; Watson, Linda; McIntyre, Sarah (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objective: To report the prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) in children with severe congenital heart defects (CHD) and the outcome/severity of the CP. Methods: Population-based, data-linkage study between cerebral palsy ...

    • Healthcare utilization and catastrophic health expenditure in rural Tanzania: does voluntary health insurance matter? 

      Kagaigai, Alphoncina; Anaeli, Amani; Grepperud, Sverre Ole; Mori, Amani Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Over 150 million people, mostly from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) suffer from catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) every year because of high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments. In Tanzania, OOP payments ...

    • Infection with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth: a Scandinavian registry study 

      Magnus, Maria Christine; Örtqvist, Anne K.; Urhoj, Stine Kjaer; Aabakke, Anna; Mortensen, Laust Hvas; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybø; Stephansson, Olof; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: A few studies indicate that women infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy might have an increased risk of stillbirth. Our aim was to investigate the risk of stillbirth according to infection with SARS-CoV-2 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Daily variation in physical activity during mechanical ventilation and stay in the intensive care unit 

      Lehmkuhl, Lene; Olsen, Hanne Tanghus; Brønd, Jan Christian; Rothmann, Mette Juel; Dreyer, Pia; Jespersen, Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Early mobilisation of mechanically ventilated patients during their stay at an intensive care unit (ICU) can improve physical recovery. Yet, an objective and specified description of physical activities while ...

    • Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Momtazmanesh, Sara; Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi; Ghamari, Seyyed-Hadi; Rad, Elaheh Malakan; Rezaei, Negar; Shobeiri, Parnian; Aali, Amirali; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen ; Abbasi-Kangevari, Zeinab ; Abdelmasseh, Michael ; Abdoun, Meriem ; Abdulah, Deldar Morad ; Abdullah, Abu Yousuf Md; Abedi, Aidin ; Abolhassani, Hassan ; Abrehdari-Tafreshi, Zahra ; Achappa, Basavaprabhu ; Adane, Denberu Eshetie Adane; Adane, Tigist Demssew ; Addo, Isaac Yeboah ; Adnan, Mohammad ; Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah; Ahmad, Sajjad ; Ahmadi, Ali ; Ahmadi, Keivan ; Ahmed, Ali ; Ahmed, Ayman ; Rashid, Tarik Ahmed ; Hamad, Hanadi Al; Alahdab, Fares ; Alemayehu, Astawus ; Alif, Sheikh Mohammad; Aljunid, Syed Mohamed ; Almustanyir, Sami ; Altirkawi, Khalid A.; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Dehkordi, Javad Aminian ; Amir-Behghadami, Mehrdad; Ancuceanu, Robert; Andrei, Catalina Liliana ; Andrei, Tudorel ; Antony, Catherine M.; Anyasodor, Anayochukwu Edward ; Arabloo, Jalal ; Arulappan, Judie ; Ashraf, Tahira; Dadras, Omid; Kisa, Adnan; Kisa, Sezer; Ostojic, Sergej (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Updated data on chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are vital in their prevention, control, and treatment in the path to achieving the third UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a one-third reduction in ...