Search Results - "Westin, Steinar"

School dropout: a major public health challenge: a 10-year prospective study on medical and non-medical social insurance benefits in young adulthood, the Young-HUNT 1 Study (Norway) by De Ridder, Karin A A, Pape, Kristine, Johnsen, Roar, Westin, Steinar, Holmen, Turid Lingaas, Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon

“…Background School and work participation in adolescence and young adulthood are important for future health and socioeconomic status. The authors studied the…”
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Adolescent health and high school dropout: a prospective cohort study of 9000 Norwegian adolescents (the Young-HUNT) by De Ridder, Karin A A, Pape, Kristine, Johnsen, Roar, Holmen, Turid Lingaas, Westin, Steinar, Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon

“…High school dropout is of major concern in the western world. Our aims were to estimate the risk of school dropout in adolescents following chronic somatic…”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: the population-based HUNT3 survey by Vikum, Eirik, Krokstad, Steinar, Westin, Steinar

“…In this study we investigated the distribution of self-reported health care utilisation by education and household income in a county population in Norway, in…”
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Surgery for herniated lumbar disc in private vs public hospitals: A pragmatic comparative effectiveness study by Madsbu, Mattis A., Salvesen, Øyvind, Carlsen, Sven M., Westin, Steinar, Onarheim, Kristian, Nygaard, Øystein P., Solberg, Tore K., Gulati, Sasha

“…Background There is limited evidence on the comparative performance of private and public healthcare. Our aim was to compare outcomes following surgery for…”
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Social determinants of disability pension: a 10-year follow-up of 62 000 people in a Norwegian county population by Krokstad, Steinar, Johnsen, Roar, Westin, Steinar

“…Background Non-medical factors may be important determinants for granting disability pension (DP) even though disability is medically defined, as in Norway…”
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Disability in society—medical and non-medical determinants for disability pension in a Norwegian total county population study by Krokstad, Steinar, Westin, Steinar

“…The objective of this study was to describe sociomedical determinants and developments for the medically based disability pension in Norway by linking…”
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Education-based health inequalities in 18,000 Norwegian couples: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) by Nilsen, Sara Marie, Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon, Ernstsen, Linda, Krokstad, Steinar, Westin, Steinar

“…Education-based inequalities in health are well established, but they are usually studied from an individual perspective. However, many individuals are part of…”
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National Health Service – jubilant i dyp krise by Westin, Steinar

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Reading and writing difficulties in adolescence and later risk of welfare dependence. A ten year follow-up, the HUNT Study, Norway by Pape, Kristine, Bjørngaard, Johan H, Westin, Steinar, Holmen, Turid L, Krokstad, Steinar

“…Welfare dependence and low work participation among young people have raised concern in many European countries. Reading and writing difficulties (RWD) might…”
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Can social epidemiology contribute to a better world? by WESTIN, STEINAR

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Meeting Sir Michael Marmot – another ‘Marmot Review’ by WESTIN, STEINAR

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Pension reform at the expense of the health of older people by Wergeland, Ebba, Westin, Steinar

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The National Health Service – deep in crisis on its anniversary by Westin, Steinar

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Epidemiology and health policy: How to avoid becoming prisoners of the proximate by Westin, Steinar

“…It goes without saying, epidemiology – the science of distribution of diseases and risk factors in populations– is the basis for all sound and rational health…”
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Welfare for all—or only for the needy? by Westin, Steinar

“…Welfare States and public health is long, technically complicated, and might not attract a wide readership.3 In the short version presented today, the authors…”
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Pension reform at the expense of the health of older people by Wergeland, Ebba, Westin, Steinar

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Decennial trends and inequalities in healthy life expectancy: The HUNT Study, Norway by STORENG, SIRI H., KROKSTAD, STEINAR, WESTIN, STEINAR, SUND, ERIK R.

“…Aims: Norway is experiencing a rising life expectancy combined with an increasing dependency ratio – the ratio of those outside over those within the working…”
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Et manifest fra Helsetjenesteaksjonen by Westin, Steinar

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Adolescents’ health-related dietary patterns by parental socio-economic position, The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) by Nilsen, Sara Marie, Krokstad, Steinar, Holmen, Turid Lingaas, Westin, Steinar

“…Background: Nutrition is among the important determinants of diseases, and the social patterning of early eating habits may offer keys to prevention. We…”
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Do diseases have a prestige hierarchy? A survey among physicians and medical students by Album, Dag, Westin, Steinar

“…Surveys have shown that the prestige of medical specialities is ordered hierarchically. We investigate whether similar tacit agreement in the medical community…”
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