Browsing Vitenskapelige publikasjoner (HV) by Journals "BMC Public Health"
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COVID-19 lockdown – who cares? The first lockdown from the perspective of relatives of people with severe mental illness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Informal care is vital to many people with severe mental illness under normal circumstances. Little is known about how extraordinary circumstances affect relatives with a family member with mental illness. This ... -
Differences in comprehending and acting on pandemic health risk information: a qualitative study using mental models
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)Abstract Background A worldwide pandemic of a new and unknown virus is characterised by scientific uncertainty. However, despite this uncertainty, health authorities must still communicate complex health risk information ... -
Effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance in 14-year old adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial – the School in Motion study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Background School-based physical activity interventions evaluating the effect on academic performance usually includes children. We aimed to investigate the effect of a nine-month, school-based physical activity intervention ... -
Health authorities’ health risk communication with the public during pandemics: a rapid scoping review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Background Responses from the H1N1 swine flu pandemic and the recent COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic provide an opportunity for insight into the role of health authorities’ ways of communicating health risk information to ... -
Increasing similarities between young adults' smoking and snus use in Norway: a study of the trends and stages of smoking and snus epidemic from 2010 to 2018
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)Background The prevalence of smoking has been decreasing in Norway for decades. In contrast, the prevalence of snus use has recently increased substantially, especially among females. While there is a clear social gradient ... -
Initiation and maintenance of lifestyle changes among participants in a healthy life centre: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Since the early 2000s, Healthy Life Centres have been established in Norway to promote physical and mental health. Yet to date, little is known about the efficacy of Healthy Life Centres in promoting health ... -
Physically active academic lessons; Acceptance, barriers and facilitators for implementation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03)Background To improve health and academic learning in schoolchildren, the Active School programme in Stavanger, Norway has introduced physically active academic lessons. This is a teaching method combining physical activity ... -
Revisiting the continuum of resistance model in the digital age: a comparison of early and delayed respondents to the Norwegian counties public health survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)Background The continuum of resistance model’s premise is that delayed respondents to a survey are more similar to non-respondents than early respondents are. For decades, survey researchers have applied this model in ... -
Sociodemographic characteristics associated with alcohol consumption and alcohol-related consequences, a latent class analysis of The Norwegian WIRUS screening study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background For alcohol, the association with socioeconomic status (SES) is different than for other public health challenges – the associations are complex, and heterogeneous between socioeconomic groups. Specifically, ... -
The associations between employees' risky drinking and sociodemographics, and implications for intervention needs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Harmful alcohol consumption is a major risk factor for ill-health on an individual level, a global public health challenge, and associated with workplace productivity loss. This study aimed to explore the ...