• Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydrationtherapy coverage in low-income and middle-incomecountries, 2000–17 

      Kisa, Adnan; Reiner Jr, Robert C; Hay, Simon I.; Kisa, Sezer; Diarrhoea Collaborators, Local Burden of Disease (The Lancet Global Health;Volume 8, Issue 9, September 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-19)
      Background: Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is a form of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhoea that has the potential to drastically reduce child mortality; yet, according to UNICEF estimates, less than half of ...
    • Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017 

      Kisa, Sezer; Malnutrition Collaborators, LBD Double Burden (Nature Medicine;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-20)
      A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children ...
    • Mapping of outdoor food and beverage advertising around primary and secondary schools in Kampala city, Uganda 

      Dia, Erica Wie; Løvhaug, Anne Lene; Rukundo, Peter Milton; Torheim, Liv Elin (BMC Public Health;21, Article number: 707 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-12)
      Background: Marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages is recognized as a contributing factor to the global increase in overweight and obesity, particularly among children. Such marketing negatively affects children’s ...
    • Mapping routine measles vaccination inlow- and middle-income countries 

      Kisa, Adnan; Vaccine Coverage Collaborators, Local Burden of Disease; Sbarra, Alyssa N.; Rolfe, Sam; Nguyen, Jason Q.; Earl, Lucas; Galles, Natalie C.; Marks, Ashley; Kisa, Sezer; Abbas, Kaja M.; Hay, Simon I.; Lim, Stephen S.; Mokdad, Ali H. (Nature;589 (2021), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-16)
      The safe, highly efective measles vaccine has been recommended globally since 1974, yet in 2017 there were more than 17 million cases of measles and 83,400 deaths in children under 5 years old, and more than 99% of both ...
    • Mapping subnational HIV mortality in sixLatin American countries with incompletevital registration systems 

      Kisa, Adnan; Hay, Simon I.; Dwyer-Lindgren, Laura; Cork, Michael A; Henry, Nathaniel J.; Watson, Stefanie; Kisa, Sezer; HIV Collaborators, Local Burden of Disease; Croneberger, Andrew J; Baumann, Mathew; Yang, Mingyou; Serfes, Audrey L (BMC Medicine;19, Article number: 4 (2021), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-08)
      Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a public health priority in Latin America. While the burden of HIV is historically concentrated in urban areas and high-risk groups, subnational estimates that cover ...
    • Mapping the digital food environment: A scoping review protocol 

      Granheim, Sabrina Ionata; Opheim, Elin; Terragni, Laura; Torheim, Liv Elin; Thurston, Miranda (BMJ Open;volume 10, issue 4, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04-22)
      Introduction Food environments are the interface through which people interact with the broader food system. They are a key determinant of healthy and sustainable diets. The widespread use of digital technology in late ...
    • Marginalisation as a possible health issue: an exercise in practice-based ethical education 

      Myhrvold, Trine (Etikk i praksis;6(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      With the point of departure in the ongoing discussion of the professional and moral responsibility for those who are not equally included in the established health services, the question of how to include individuals and ...
    • Marine n-3 Fatty Acids and Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells 

      Ulven, Stine Marie (Current cardiovascular risk reports;8(11), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-27)
      Intake of marine n-3 fatty acids has been shown to have beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease. Gene expression analyses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are used to understand the underlying mechanisms ...
    • Masseskadetriage av pediatriske pasienter: hvordan kan den norske prosedyren optimaliseres? 

      Langerud, Geir Alexander Storvik; Strømland, Henrik (Bachelor thesis, 2017)
      Denne studien tar for seg ulike triagemodeller brukt mot pediatriske pasienter under en masseskadesituasjon. Studien er en litteraturstudie og samler sekundærdata rundt temaet. Det belyses relevant teori for å kunne vurdere ...
    • Mastektomi og endret kroppsbilde : betydningen av sykepleierens informerende ferdigheter 

      Dahlgren, Marthe (Bachelor thesis, 2017-03)
      Bakgrunn Temaet belyser endret kroppsbilde ved mastektomi, og hvordan sykepleiers informerende ferdigheter kan bidra til å mestre situasjonen. Temaet ble valgt på bakgrunn av en interessant forelesning om brystkreft og et ...
    • Maternal history of miscarriages and measures of fertility in relation to childhood asthma 

      Magnus, Maria Christine; Karlstad, Øystein; Parr, Christine Louise; Page, Christian; Nafstad, Per; Magnus, Per; London, Stephanie J; Wilcox, Allen J; Nystad, Wenche; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Thorax; Volume 74, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-04)
      Background: it remains unclear what underlies the greater risk of asthma reported among children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies (art). Objective: Our aim was to clarify the role of parental subfertility ...
    • Maternal iodine intake and offspring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Results from a large prospective cohort study 

      Abel, Marianne Hope; Ystrøm, Eivind; Caspersen, Ida Henriette; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Aase, Heidi; Torheim, Liv Elin; Askeland, Ragna Bugge; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Brantsæter, Anne Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Current knowledge about the relationship between mild to moderately inadequate maternal iodine intake and/or supplemental iodine on child neurodevelopment is sparse. Using information from 77,164 mother-child pairs in the ...
    • Maternal plasma levels of oxytocin during physiological childbirth – a systematic review with implications for uterine contractions and central actions of oxytocin 

      Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin; Berg, Marie; Ekström, Anette; Buckley, Sarah; Downe, Soo; Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni; Kielbratowska, Bogumila; Kotłowska, Alicja; Lengler, Luise; Leon-Larios, Fatima; Lindstrom, Bengt; Meier-Magistretti, Claudia; Pajalic, Zada; Dencker, Anna (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth;19, Article number: 285 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-17)
      Background:Oxytocin is a key hormone in childbirth, and synthetic oxytocin is widely administered to induce orspeed labour. Due to lack of synthetized knowledge, we conducted a systematic review of maternal plasma levelsof ...
    • Maternal psychological distress and placental circulation in pregnancies after a previous offspring with congenital malformation 

      Helbig, Anne; Kaasen, Anne; Malt, Ulrik Fredrik; Haugen, Guttorm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Introduction: Antenatal maternal psychological distress may be associated with reduced placental circulation, which could lead to lower birthweight. Studies investigating this in humans show mixed results, which may be ...
    • Måling av bruk av bredspektrede antibiotika i sykehus med etablerte og nye indikatorer 

      Skaare, Dagfinn; Hannisdal, Anja; Kalager, Mette; Berild, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      B A KG RU N N Målet om 30 % reduksjon i bruk av bredspektrede antibiotika i sykehus fra 2012 til 2020 ble ikke nådd målt med standardindikatoren definerte døgndoser (DDD) per 100 liggedøgn. Vi ønsket å undersøke ...
    • Meagre Hospitality”. Experiences With Food Among Asylum Seekers Living In Norwegian Reception Centres 

      Terragni, Laura; Henjum, Sigrun; Ida, Barbala; Haug, Helene; Hofset, Ann Helen; Dyrdal Nielsen, Peter; Stene, Trude (Anthropology of Food;S12 | 2018; People Moving with Food from and to Northern Europe, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Food is a powerful form of communication: our attitudes and food related practices can be regarded as a window into our most basic beliefs about the world, ourselves, and others. Knowledge about food consumption and how ...
    • The meal as a performance: food and meal practices beyond health and nutrition 

      Nyberg, Maria; Olsson, Viktoria; Örtman, Gerd; Pajalic, Zada; Andersson, Håkan S; Blücher, Anna; Lindborg, AnnLouise; Wendin, Karin; Westergren, Albert (Ageing & Society;Volume 38, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-30)
      The proportion of elderly people in the population is increasing, presenting a number of new challenges in society. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how elderly persons with motoric eating difficulties ...
    • The meaning of dignity when the patients' bodies are falling apart 

      Bruun Lorentsen, Vibeke; Nåden, Dagfinn; Sæteren, Berit (Nursing Open;Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-02)
      Background People with advanced cancer disease experience great bodily changes due to disease or treatment. They tend to feel ashamed when their bodies are subjected to such changes and they feel their dignity is ...
    • Measurement instruments for parental stress in the postpartum period: A scoping review 

      Øygarden, Anne-Martha Utne; Berg, Rigmor C.; Abudayya, Abdallah; Glavin, Kari; Strøm, Benedicte Sørensen (PLOS ONE;17 (3): e0265616, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-18)
      Background: Parenting stress is a particular type of stress that is conceptualized as a negative psychological response to the numerous obligations associated with raising children. Despite a considerable increase in ...
    • Measurement properties, feasibility and clinical utility of the Doloplus-2 pain scale in older adults with cognitive impairment: a systematic review 

      Rostad, Hanne Marie; Utne, Inger; Grov, Ellen Karine; Puts, Martine; Halvorsrud, Liv (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background: The Doloplus-2 is a pain assessment scale for assessing pain in older adults with cognitive impairment. It is used in clinical practice and research. However, evidence for its measurement properties, feasibility ...