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Changes in BMI-distribution from 1966–69 to 1995–97 in adolescents. The Young-HUNT study, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-10-04)Background: The aim of this study was to explore changes in the BMI-distribution over time among Norwegian adolescents. Methods: Height and weight were measured in standardised ways and BMI computed in 6774 adolescents ... -
Changes in contamination-related obsessions and compulsions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Norwegian longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic have been associated with increasing obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS), but less is known regarding these symptoms’ long-term trajectories. The aim of this study was to ... -
Changes in diet through adolescence and early adulthood: longitudinal trajectories and association with key life transitions.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-09-10)Background: Early adulthood is a period associated with poor diet and rapid weight gain. This is also an age of transition, including environmental, social and lifestyle changes which may be associated with changes in diet. ... -
Changes in hippocampal neurogenesis throughout early development
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-01)Adult hippocampal neurogenesis drastically diminishes with age but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, age-related influences on the hippocampal early neuroprogenitor cell (NPC) pool was examined by quantifying ... -
Changes in mental health problems and suicidal behaviour in students and their associations with COVID-19-related restrictions in Norway: A national repeated cross-sectional analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on higher education, with the closure of student campuses. The aim of this study was to examine changes and prevalence of mental health problems, suicidal ... -
Changes in optimal childcare practices in Kenya: Insights from the 2003, 2008-9 and 2014 demographic and health surveys
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-17)Objective(s): Using nationally representative surveys conducted in Kenya, this study examined optimal health promoting childcare practices in 2003, 2008–9 and 2014. This was undertaken in the context of continuous ... -
Changes in Quality of Life, Gaming Behavior, and Physical Activity and Their Interrelationships During the Initial Stages of the Pandemic – A Longitudinal Study Among Norwegian University Students
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)There is limited knowledge about longitudinal trends and the interrelations between problematic gaming, physical activity, and quality of life among university students during the Covid-19 pandemic. As society was faced ... -
Changes in the Work Schedule of Nurses Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Relationship with Sleep and Turnover Intention
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-17)Background: This study aimed to investigate whether different types of changes in the work schedule of nurses working rotating shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with sleep duration, sleep quality, and ... -
Changes Over Time and Predictors of Online Gambling in Three Norwegian Population Studies 2013–2019
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives: To investigate changes over time and identify predictors of online gambling among gamblers by using three Norwegian representative samples covering a 6-year (2013–2019) period. We also aimed to identify different ... -
The changing alcohol drinking patterns among older adults show that women are closing the gender gap in more frequent drinking: the Tromsø study, 1994–2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background As the population of older adults continues to grow, changes in alcohol consumption are important to monitor because an increase may have public health consequences. Rates of alcohol use vary with geographical ... -
Character strengths, life satisfaction and orientations to happiness - a study of the Nordic countries
(Master thesis, 2011-12-14)Health promotion and positive psychology both focus on the positive aspects of health, and share a view in which the prevention of health problems are as important as repairing damage. Whereas much is known about how to ... -
Child begging as a manifestation of child Labour in Dagbon of Northern Ghana, the perspectives of mallams and parents
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-05)The existence of begging in Ghana is a historical phenomenon. In the past, it was interpreted in religious and geographical terms where the beggars in the capital city of Accra were said to be destitute Muslims coming from ... -
Child Care Practices, Resources for Care, and Nutritional Outcomes in Ghana: Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-19)Introduction: The overarching empirical question of this study is this: how are children growing in Ghana and how is childcare related to child growth? Child health is a fundamental public health issue, for children's sake ... -
Child health and child care of very young children in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-05-31)With the global progress in reduction of child mortality, an increasing concern for the health, development and well-being of the surviving child has emerged. It is estimated that 250 million children are not reaching their ... -
Child Physical Growth and Care Practices in Kenya: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-18)Background: The aims of this dissertation were to describe trends in child undernutrition in Kenya manifest as poor physical growth, along with trends in feeding care practices, and to examine socio-demographic correlates ... -
Child Protection in Upper Manya District of Ghana: Caregivers Perspectives
(Master thesis, 2014-05-19)Abstract Introduction and Objectives: Ghana was one of the first countries to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and has since then nationalised it into a local law known as the Children's ... -
Child trafficking in Tanzania: Experiences of Trafficked Girls in Dar es Salaam
(Master thesis, 2011-05-13)This study focuses on the experiences of trafficked children in Tanzania. Trafficking of children deprives them of human rights and freedoms; it may also pose a public health risk. Migration of children who are fostered ... -
Child undernutrition in Kenya: trend analyses from 1993 to 2008-09
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-13)Background: Research on trends in child undernutrition in Kenya has been hindered by the challenges of changing criteria for classifying undernutrition, and an emphasis in the literature on international comparisons of ... -
Childfreedom as Climate Action. Experiences of Pronatalist Pressures and Gendered Expectations Among Members of the BirthStrike Movement.
(Master thesis, 2021-12-14)Childfreedom is becoming an increasingly important topic of research worldwide, particularly since it is understood as a deviation from dominant pronatalist culture. Still, childfree choices related to climate change remains ... -
A Childhood at Refuges. Children with multiple relocations at refuges for abused women
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-06-20)Domestic violence interrupts the home environment and relations of many families, causing thousands of mothers and children yearly to flee home and seek protection in refuges for abused women.1 Some children may experience ...