Blar i Senter for velferds- og arbeidslivsforskning (SVA) på tidsskrift "Scandinavian Journal of Public Health"
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Addressing the social determinants of health at the local level: Opportunities and challenges
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Vol 46, Issue 20, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-19)Aims: The gradient in health inequalities reflects a relationship between health and social circumstance, demonstrating that health worsens as you move down the socio-economic scale. For more than a decade, the Norwegian ... -
Educational inequalities in hospital care for mortally ill patients in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Aims: Health care should be allocated fairly, irrespective of patients’ social standing. Previous research suggests that highly educated patients are prioritized in Norwegian hospitals. This study examines this contentious ... -
The gender difference in sickness absence: Do managers evaluate men and women differently with regard to the appropriateness of sickness absence?
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Aims: Women have much higher rates of sickness absence than men, but the causes of the difference are not well understood. This study examines whether managers have more lenient attitudes toward women’s than toward men’s ... -
Health trends in the wake of the financial crisis—increasing inequalities?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Aim: The financial crisis that hit Europe in 2007–2008 and the corresponding austerity policies have generated concern about increasing health inequalities, although impacts have been less salient than initially expected. ... -
How do international medical graduates and colleagues perceive and deal with difficulties in everyday collaboration? A qualitative study
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Volume 45, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-01)Aim: Many medical doctors work outside their countries of origin. Consequently, language barriers and cultural differences may result in miscommunication and tension in the workplace, leading to poor performance and quality ... -
How is low parental socioeconomic status associated with future smoking and nicotine dependence in offspring? A population-based longitudinal 13-year follow-up
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;Volume 45, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02)Aims: Low socioeconomic status (SES) characterizes smoking and nicotine dependence in adult samples. However, less is known about how parental SES is linked to smoking in offspring and potential mechanisms at work. ... -
Indigenous groups and pandemics
(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. ... -
Influenza risk groups in Norway by education and employment status
(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 ... -
Intelligence, alcohol consumption, and adverse consequences: A study of young Norwegian men
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Research suggests that intelligence is positively related to alcohol consumption. However, some studies of people born around 1950, particularly from Sweden, have reported that higher intelligence is associated with lower ... -
Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants: An innovative, system-level, interdisciplinary approach is needed to improve public health
(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 ... -
Locked and lonely? A longitudinal assessment of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-01)Aims: There are concerns that lockdown measures taken during the current COVID-19 pandemic lead to a rise in loneliness, especially in vulnerable groups. We explore trends in loneliness before and during the pandemic and ... -
Nordic research on health inequalities: A scoping review of empirical studies published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2000–2021
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06-22)Aims: An important task for the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is to address health inequality topics. This scoping review characterises Nordic empirical studies within this research field, published 2000–2021 by ... -
Protocol for a systematic review to understand the long-term mental-health effects of influenza pandemics in the pre-COVID-19 era
(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 ... -
Socioeconomic inequalities in health during the Great Recession: A scoping review of the research literature
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-10)Aims: The so-called “Great Recession” in Europe triggered widespread concerns about population health, as reflected by an upsurge in empirical research on the health impacts of the economic crisis. A growing body of empirical ...