• Identifying obesity and COVID-19 overlapping risk-factors: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Pereira, Margarida; Bakkeli, Nan Zou; Dimka, Jessica; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Journal of Public Health Research;Volume 11, Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-23)
      This systematic review main goal is to identify the common risk factors of obesity and COVID-19 overall, and highlight the ones related to urban settings specifically, using a syndemic framework. COVID-19 highlighted the ...
    • Indigenous communities and influenza: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Alves, Daniele Evelin; Røgeberg, Ole; Sattenspiel, Lisa; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Several studies have documented that specific Indigenous groups have been disproportionately affected by previous pandemics. The objective of this paper is to describe the protocol to be used in a review and ...
    • Indigenous groups and pandemics 

      Alves, Daniele Evelin; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Dimka, Jessica; Simonsen, Lone; Mølbak, Mathias; Ørskov, Søren; Sattenspiel, Lisa; Tripp, Lianne; Noymer, Andrew; Chowell-Puente, Gerardo; Dahal, Sushma; van Doren, Taylor P.; Wissler, Amanda; Heffernan, Courtney; Short, Kirsty Renfree; Battles, Heather; Baker, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-12)
      In addition to posing a major threat to global health, pandemics impact economic activity, as witnessed during the spread of COVID-19 around the globe. The disease risks, however, are not uniform for major pandemic threats. ...
    • Individual and organizational well-being when workplace conflicts are on the agenda. A mixed methods study 

      Enehaug, Heidi; Helmersen, Migle; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03)
      Previous studies have shown that direct involvement in workplace conflicts may have a significant impact on individual well-being. We used survey and interview data from a large nongovernmental organization (NGO) to ...
    • Influenza risk groups in Norway by education and employment status 

      Klüwer, Birgitte; Rydland, Kjersti Margrethe; Laake, Ida; Todd, Megan; Juvet, Lene Kristine; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-20)
      Aims: This study aimed to estimate the size of the risk group for severe influenza and to describe the social patterning of the influenza risk group in Norway, defined as everyone ⩾65 years of age and individuals of any ...
    • Inkluderingskompetanse i NAV - Evaluering av forsøket Kjerneoppgaver i NAV 

      Spjelkavik, Øystein; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Schafft, Angelika (AFI-Rapport 2016:05, Research report, 2016)
      «Kjerneoppgaver i NAV–kontor» (2012 – 2016) var et forsøk ved fem NAV-kontor der NAV gjennomfører avklarings- og oppfølgingstjenester i egen regi som alternativ til kjøp av slike tjenester i form av tiltak fra eksterne ...
    • Investigating COVID-19 transmission and mortality differences among Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Mexico 

      Sushma, Dahal; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Luo, Ruiyan; Sattenspiel, Lisa; Self-Brown, Shannon; Chowell, Gerardo (International Journal of Infectious Diseases;Volume 122, September 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-07)
      Objectives: Indigenous populations have been disproportionately affected during pandemics. We investigated COVID-19 mortality estimates among indigenous and non-indigenous populations at national and sub-national levels ...
    • Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants: An innovative, system-level, interdisciplinary approach is needed to improve public health 

      Diaz Perez, Esperanza; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Eid, Jarle; Aasen, Henriette Sinding; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin; Cox, Rebecca Jane; Gloppen, Siri; Beyer, Anders; Kumar, Bernadette. N (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are amplified among socially vulnerable groups, including international migrants, in terms of both disease transmission and outcomes and the consequences of mitigation measures. Migrants ...
    • A Missed Summer Wave of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic: Evidence From Household Surveys in the United States and Norway 

      Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Haneberg, Bjørn; Mjaaland, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-16)
      Background . Reanalysis of in fl uenza survey data from 1918 to 1919 was done to obtain new insights into the geographic and host factors responsible for the various waves. Methods . We analyzed the age- and sex-speci fi ...
    • Mortality in Norway and Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 – 22: A comparative study 

      Zahl, Per-Henrik; Hemstrøm, Ørjan; Johansen, Rune; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Norway and Sweden picked two different ways to mitigate the dissemination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Norway introduced the strictest lockdown in Europe with strict border controls and intense virus tracking of ...
    • NAVs formidlings- og rekrutteringstjenester 

      Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Widding, Steinar (AFI Rapport 2014:14, Research report, 2014)
      Man vet i dag lite om hvordan arbeidssøkere kommer i jobb og hvorvidt de vurderer NAVs formidlings­bistand som nyttig. Det er kunnskap om dette og om den bistanden som gis til arbeidsgivere som ønsker å rekruttere ny ...
    • Not the great equalizers: Covid-19, 1918–20 influenza, and the need for a paradigm shift in pandemic preparedness 

      Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Dimka, Jessica (Population Studies;Volume 75, 2021 - Issue sup1: 75 years of Population Studies: A diamond anniversary special issue, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-13)
      Despite common perceptions to the contrary, pandemic diseases do not affect populations indiscriminately. In this paper, we review literature produced by demographers, historians, epidemiologists, and other researchers on ...
    • On the willingness to and consequences of reporting research misconduct: The role of power relations 

      Horbach, Serge; Breit, Eric; Halffman, Willem; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Science and Engineering Ethics;Published 26 February 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-15)
      While attention to research integrity has been growing over the past decades, the processes of signalling and denouncing cases of research misconduct remain largely unstudied. In this article, we develop a ...
    • Organisational responses to alleged scientific misconduct: Sensemaking, sensegiving and sensehiding 

      Horbach, Serge; Breit, Eric; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Science and Public Policy; Volume 46, Issue 3, June 2019, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-04)
      While a substantive literature has emerged on the prevalence, causes, and consequences of scientific misconduct, little is known about the organisational perspective in cases of (alleged) misconduct. We address this knowledge ...
    • Profiling a Pandemic. Who were the victims of the Spanish flu? 

      Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      At the end of May 1918, the Spanish government was one of the first to admit that a new disease had emerged in their country. The newswire from Reuters reported that King Alfonso XIII, the prime minister, and ...
    • Protocol for a systematic review to understand the long-term mental-health effects of influenza pandemics in the pre-COVID-19 era 

      Dimka, Jessica; Schneider, Benjamin; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aims: This protocol describes a forthcoming systematic review of the question: ‘What are the long-term effects of historical influenza pandemics on mental health, resulting either from illness itself or the social or ...
    • Race and 1918 influenza pandemic in the United States: A review of the literature 

      Økland, Helene; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;Volume 16, Issue 14, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-12)
      During epidemics, the poorest part of the population usually suffers the most. Alfred Crosby noted that the norm changed during the 1918 influenza pandemic in the US: The black population (which were expected to have higher ...
    • Short-term Birth Sequelae of the 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic in the United States: State-Level Analysis 

      Chandra, Siddharth; Christensen, Julia; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Nigel, Paneth (American Journal of Epidemiology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-28)
      This paper illuminates short-term birth sequelae of the influenza pandemic of 1918–20 in the USA using monthly data on births and all-cause deaths for 19 US states in conjunction with data on maternal deaths, stillbirths, ...
    • Social and demographic patterns of influenza vaccination coverage in Norway, influenza seasons 2014/15 to 2020/21 

      Klüwer, Birgitte; Rydland, Kjersti Margrethe; Gleditsch, Rebecca; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Laake, Ida (Vaccine;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aims: To examine influenza vaccination coverage among risk groups (RG) and health care workers (HCW), and study social and demographic patterns of vaccination coverage over time. Methods: Vaccination coverage was estimated ...
    • Social disparities in adopting non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 

      Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Dimka, Jessica; Bakkeli, Nan Zou (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In the absence of vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 governments had to respond by rely on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Socioeconomic inequalities likely influenced the uptake of NPIs. Using ...