• 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. ...
    • 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 ...
    • Intelligence, alcohol consumption, and adverse consequences: A study of young Norwegian men 

      Rogne, Adrian Farner; Pedersen, Willy; Von Soest, Tilmann (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 

      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 ...
    • Locked and lonely? A longitudinal assessment of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway 

      Hansen, Thomas; Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius; Yu, Baeksan; Knapstad, Marit; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Vedaa, Øystein; Nes, Ragnhild Bang (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 ...
    • Long-term social assistance recipients’ experiences with an increased monthly payment: a qualitative pilot study 

      Torbjørnsen, Astrid; Utne, Inger; Løyland, Borghild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aims: Ten long-term social assistance recipients in a Norwegian municipality received a greater-than-average fixed monthly payment for 12 months. This study aimed to explore whether these recipients with reduced administrative ...
    • Nordic research on health inequalities: A scoping review of empirical studies published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2000–2021 

      Elstad, Jon Ivar; Heggebø, Kristian; Dahl, Espen (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 ...
    • Parental alienation – a valid experience? 

      Meland, Eivind; Furuholmen, Dag; Jahanlu, David (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background: The phenomenon of ‘parental alienation’ is controversial and little explored in the Nordic countries. We wanted to investigate whether parental alienation is a valid concept and how it is perceived in a Nordic ...
    • 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 ...