Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Author "Oshaug, Arne"
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Challenges of realising the human right to adequate food of slum dwellers of Banda parish - Kampala city
Kikomeko, Kato Peterson (Master thesis, 2010)The general objectives of this study were to determine whether the diet of slum dwellers of Banda Parish outside Kampala city is adequate in reference to the normative content of the human right to adequate food (RtF), and ... -
Data quality and practical challenges of thyroid volume assessment by ultrasound under field conditions - observer errors may affect prevalence estimates of goitre
Henjum, Sigrun; Oshaug, Arne; Strand, Tor A; Torheim, Liv E; Parr, Christine L (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: The ultrasonographic estimation of thyroid size has been advocated as being more precise than palpation to diagnose goitre. However, ultrasound also requires technical proficiency. This study was conducted among ... -
Endemic goitre and excessive iodine in urine and drinking water among Saharawi refugee children
Henjum, Sigrun; Barikmo, Ingrid Elisabet; Gjerlaug, Anne Karine; Abderrahman, Mohamed; Oshaug, Arne; Strand, Tor A; Torheim, Liv Elin (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-04-01)Objective: To assess the prevalence of enlarged thyroid volume (Tvol) in Saharawi refugee children, and their urinary iodine concentration (UIC), and to identify possible sources of excess iodine intake. Design: A ... -
Environmental implication of iodine in water, milk and other foods used in Saharawi refugees camps in Tindouf, Algeria
Barikmo, Ingrid; Henjum, Sigrun; Dahl, Lisbeth; Oshaug, Arne; Torheim, Liv Elin (Journal of Food Composition and Analysis;24(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)A cross-sectional survey among Saharawi refugees in four camps carried out in 2007 revealed enlarged thyroid volume and high urinary iodine concentration in women and school children. The purpose of this paper is to ... -
Food as a human right during disasters in Uganda
Rukundo, Peter Milton; Iversen, Per Ole; Oshaug, Arne; Omuajuanfo, Lovise Ribe; Rukooko, Byaruhanga; Kikafunda, Joyce; Andreassen, Bård Anders (Food Policy;49, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10-11)Natural and human induced disasters are a threat to food security, economic progress and livelihoods in Uganda. However, we have limited knowledge regarding the putative role of the human rights dimension to the impact ... -
Food variety consumption and household food insecurity coping strategies after the 2010 landslide disaster - the case of Uganda
Rukundo, Peter Milton; Oshaug, Arne; Andreassen, Bård A.; Kikafunda, Joyce; Rukooko, Byaruhanga; Iversen, Per Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)To evaluate the nutritional situation of the victims of the 2010 landslide disaster in Uganda, food varieties consumed and coping strategies were assessed. Cross-sectional. Food variety scores (FVS) were obtained as the ... -
Household food insecurity and diet diversity after the major 2010 landslide disaster in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.
Rukundo, Peter Milton; Andreassen, Bård A.; Kikafunda, Joyce; Rukooko, Byaruhanga; Oshaug, Arne; Iversen, Per Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)In 2010, a landslide in Bududa, Eastern Uganda, killed about 350 people and nearly 1000 affected households were resettled in Kiryandongo, Western Uganda. A cross-sectional survey assessed household food insecurity and ... -
Humans seem to produce arsenobetaine and dimethylarsinate after a bolus dose of seafood
Molin, Marianne; Ulven, Stine Marie; Dahl, Lisbeth; Telle-Hansen, Vibeke Helen; Holck, Marianne; Skjegstad, Grete S.; Ledsaak, Oddlaug; Sloth, Jens Jørgen; Oshaug, Arne; Alexander, Jan; Fliegel, Daniel; Ydersbond, Trond A.; Meltzer, Helle Margrete (Environmental Research;112, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-12-02) -
Iodine-induced goitre and high prevalence of anaemia among Saharawi refugee women
Henjum, Sigrun; Barikmo, Ingrid; Strand, Tor A.; Oshaug, Arne; Torheim, Liv Elin (Public Health Nutrition;15(8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Objective: The main objective was to assess iodine status (thyroid volume (Tvol) and urinary iodine concentration (UIC)) and their determinants in Saharawi refugee women. Design: A cross-sectional survey was performed ... -
Modeling and Validating the Cost and Clinical Pathway of Colorectal Cancer
Joranger, Pål; Nesbakken, Arild; Hoff, Geir; Sorbye, Halfdan; Oshaug, Arne; Aas, Eline (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-07-25) -
The Netherlands and the making of the voluntary guidelines on the right to food
Oshaug, Arne (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2009) -
Perceptions on the right to adequate food after a major landslide disaster: a cross-sectional survey of two districts in Uganda.
Rukundo, Peter Milton; Iversen, Per Ole; Andreassen, Bård Anders; Oshaug, Arne; Kikafunda, Joyce; Rukooko, Byaruhanga (BMC international health and human rights;15(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-25)Background: Despite the instruments on the right to adequate food adopted by the United Nations, there exists limited information on how this right is perceived. Following a major 2010 landslide disaster in the Bududa ... -
Planning and managing community nutrition work
Oshaug, Arne (Book, 1994)Improved nutrition is an important part of improved health, and therefore of target 16 of the 38 targets for health for all adopted by the Member States of the WHO European Region. During my travels in the Region, I often ... -
Planning, managing and leading public nutrition: Manual for persons involved in public (health) nutrition
Oshaug, Arne (Book, 2015)This book is intended to be a tool for personnel working in the field of public nutrition or related areas. Such personnel may be public nutritionists, community dieticians, physicians, nurses, mid-level managers and ... -
Progress in reducing hunger after the World Food Summit
Oshaug, Arne (Journal article, 2009)The World Food Summit (WFS) was held in November 1996. The WFS, as spelled out in its final document, clearly indicated what was needed and expected to be done. The WFS overall objective was "... to eradicate hunger in ... -
The realization of the human right to adequate food among women and children living in a slum area of Kampala city Uganda
Kungu, Joseph (MAEH;2012, Master thesis, 2012)The objective of this study was to assess the realization of the right to adequate food focusing on women and children living in one of the slums in Kampala City Uganda. Respondents of this study were categorised into right ... -
Safeguarding the right to adequate food in disaster preparedness and emergency response: Policy, legislation and institutions in Uganda
Ribe, Lovise Omoijuanfo (MAEH;2013, Master thesis, 2013)The rising frequency of natural disasters has impacts for the nutrition situation in Uganda. As State Party to the international Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Government of Uganda is obliged to ... -
Survival and costs of colorectal cancer treatment and effects of changing treatment strategies: a model approach
Joranger, Pål; Nesbakken, Arild; Sorbye, Halfdan; Hoff, Geir; Oshaug, Arne; Aas, Eline (European Journal of Health Economics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-09)New and emerging advances in colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment combined with limited healthcare resources highlight the need for detailed decision-analytic models to evaluate costs, survival and quality-adjusted life years. ... -
What is the food and drink industry doing in nutrition conferences?
Oshaug, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)