Objective. Self-reported ethnic discrimination has been associated with a range of health outcomes. This study builds on previous efforts to investigate the prevalence of self-reported ethnic discrimination in the indigenous (Sami) population, and how such discrimination may be associated with key health indicators. Study design. The study relies on data from the 2003/2004 (n=4,389) population-based ...

Background: This study was part of the international research project “Circumpolar Indigenous Pathways to Adulthood” (CIPA).<p> Objectives: To explore ethnic identity negotiation, an unexplored theme, among indigenous North Sami youth living in a majority Sami community context in Arctic Norway.<p> Methods: A qualitative design was followed using open-ended, in-depth interviews conducted in ...

Background: A healthy diet throughout the life course improves health and reduces the risk of disease. There is a need for new knowledge of the relation between diet and health, but existing methods to collect information on food and nutrient intake have their limitations. Evaluations of new tools to assess dietary intake are needed, especially in old people, where the introduction of new technology ...

Machine Learning (ML) methods have become important for enhancing the performance of decision-support predictive models. However, class imbalance is one of the main challenges for developing ML models, because it may bias the learning process and the model generalization ability. In this paper, we consider oversampling methods for generating synthetic categorical clinical data aiming to improve the ...

Dette er første evalueringsrapport for følgeevalueringen av Handlingsplan for allmennlegetjenesten 2020-2024. De samlede funnene i evalueringen, basert på analyser av registerdata, spørreskjemaundersøkelser og intervjuundersøkelser, tyder på at det fortsatt er betydelige rekrutteringsutfordringer og behov for å utvikle fastlegeordningen. Tiltakene i handlingsplanen synes å være relevante, og ...

Fra 1. april 2018 prøves primærhelseteam ut som en organisasjonsform med teamorganisering og to alternative finansieringsmodeller ved 13 fastlegekontor i ni kommuner. Forsøket administreres av Helsedirektoratet og skal pågå i tre år. Forsøket evalueres av en samarbeidskonstellasjon av forskere fra Universitetet i Oslo, Universitetet i Tromsø og Oslo Economics. I denne rapporten beskriver vi status ...

Primærhelseteam (PHT) i fastlegekontor består av fastleger, sykepleiere og helsesekretærer, og teamet ledes av en fastlege. Formålet med organiseringen er å tilby bedre fastlegetjenester til pasienter som trenger det mest, blant annet i form av en mer systematisk oppfølging. Forsøket med PHT omfatter også utprøving av to nye finansieringsmodeller. Det er 17 legekontor som inngår i PHT-forsøket. ...

<i>Background</i> - Alcohol drinking is an increasingly recognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, there are few studies of the impact of harmful and hazardous drinking on biomarkers of myocardial health. We conducted a study in Russia to investigate the impact of heavy drinking on biomarkers of cardiac damage and inflammation.<p><p> <i>Methods and Results</i> - The Know Your ...

Background: Here, we explore the association between excess weight during early to mid-adulthood and survival in patients diagnosed with breast and colorectal cancer, using a pooled analysis of five cohort studies and study participants from 11 countries.<p> <p>Methods: Participant-level body mass index (BMI) trajectories were estimated by fitting a growth curve model using over 2 million repeated ...

<p><i>Background</i>: Excess body weight and weight gain have been reported to independently increase the risk of several cancers. There are few published studies in nationally representative populations of women on specific, ‘obesity-related’ cancers in relation to prior weight change and relevant confounders.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: Based on self-reported anthropometry, we prospectively assessed ...