Browsing Publikasjoner fra CRIStin by Journals "BMC Public Health"
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The association between physical fitness and mental health in Norwegian adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05)Background Studies indicate that health-related components of physical fitness are associated with mental health outcomes. However, research is scarce concerning this relationship in young adolescents in general and ... -
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 ... -
Feasibility and acceptability of peer-delivered HIV self-testing and PrEP for young women in Kampala, Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) account for 29% of new HIV infections in Uganda despite representing just 10% of the population. Peer support improves AGYW linkage to HIV care and medication adherence. ... -
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 ... -
‛It’s not because we don’t believe in it…’: Headteachers` perceptions of implementing physically active lessons in school
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12)Introduction Implementation of school-based physical activity (PA) programmes has proven to be difficult, particularly due to schools’ focus on academic performance and lack of organisational support for PA interventions. ... -
Job demands and decision control predicted return to work: the rapid-RTW cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02)Background: In order to help workers with long-term sickness absence return to work (RTW), it is important to understand factors that either impede or facilitate employee’s reintegration into the labour force. The aim of ... -
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, ... -
Suicide among people treated for drug use disorders: A Danish national record-linkage study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01)Background Substance use disorders are a major risk factor for suicide. However, less is known about specific risk factors for suicide in people with substance use disorders. Methods This population cohort study assessed ... -
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 ...