Leif Edvard Aarø
Senior Researcher
Contact
Send email {model.translations.sendEmailTo} LeifEdvard.Aaro@fhi.no
Department
Responsibilities
Social psychologist, behavioural epidemiology
Projects and publications
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Marit Knapstad, Otto Robert Frans Smith, (2025). Positive mental wellbeing or symptoms of depression? Discriminant validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. BMC Psychiatry doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06922-0
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Otto Robert Smith, Mogens Trab Damsgaard, Anne-Siri Fismen, Marit Knapstad, Nelli Lyyra, Oddrun Samdal, Einar Baldvin Thorsteinsson, Charli Eriksson, (2025). Four scales measuring mental wellbeing in the Nordic countries: do they tell the same story?. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes s. 1-23. doi: 10.1186/s12955-025-02351-5
- Otto R. F. Smith, Marit Knapstad, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2025). Minimizing patient burden in outcome monitoring: The case for abbreviated versions of PHQ-9, GAD-7 and WSAS. Journal of Affective Disorders s. 237-244. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.12.089
- Børge Sivertsen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Anne Reneflot, Marit Knapstad, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Leif Edvard Aarø, Benedicte Kirkøen, Bengt Oscar Lagerstrøm, Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, (2024). Assessing Diagnostic Precision: Adaptations of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-5/10/25) Among Tertiary-Level Students in Norway. Clinical Psychology in Europe doi: 10.32872/cpe.13275
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Marit Knapstad, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Tony Mathias Leino, Ingunn Agnete Riise, Rune Johansen, Liv Grøtvedt, Øystein Vedaa, Ole Trygve Stigen, Anne Reneflot, Hanne Løvdal Gulseth, Knut Inge Klepp, (2024). The Norwegian Counties Public Health Survey (NCPHS): a design study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health doi: 10.1177/14034948241287853
- Anne-Siri Fismen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Einar Thorsteinsson, Kristiina Ojala, Oddrun Samdal, Arnfinn Helleve, Charli Eriksson, (2024). Associations between eating habits and mental health among adolescents in five nordic countries: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20084-w
- Viktor Schønning, Anders Dovran, Mari Hysing, Gertrud Sofie Hafstad, Sondre Aasen Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Børge Sivertsen, (2024). Mental health in Norwegian children and adolescents exposed to childhood maltreatment: a comparison to a general population sample. Nordic Psychology doi: 10.1080/19012276.2024.2390428
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Eyvind Ohm, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Marit Knapstad, Øystein Vedaa, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Benjamin Matthew Clarsen, Knut Inge Klepp, (2023). A cross-sectional study of the relationship between injuries and quality of life, psychological distress, sleeping problems, and global subjective health in adults from three Norwegian counties. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes s. 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12955-023-02191-1
- Otto Robert Frans Smith, Leif Edvard Aarø, Marit Knapstad, (2023). The Importance of Symptom Reduction for Functional Improvement after Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression: A Causal Mediation Analysis. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics s. 193-202. doi: 10.1159/000530650
- Grace Katharine Forster, Leif Edvard Aarø, Maria Nordheim Alme, Thomas Hansen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Øystein Vedaa, (2023). Built Environment Accessibility and Disability as Predictors of Well-Being among Older Adults: A Norwegian Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) s. 1-15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20105898
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Tony Mathias Leino, Øystein Vedaa, Marit Knapstad, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Mats Svalebjørg, Knut Inge Klepp, (2023). Behavioural precautions to avoid transmission of the COVID-19 virus – low educated groups are not always lagging behind. Journal of Health Inequalities s. 16-28. doi: 10.5114/jhi.2022.123437
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Lamprini Veneti, Øystein Vedaa, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Birgitte Freiesleben De Blasio, Bjarne Robberstad, (2022). Visiting crowded places during the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel study among adult Norwegians. Frontiers in Public Health doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1076090
- Idunn Brekke, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Eia Elena Skjønsberg, Tonje Holt, Maren Sand Helland, Leif Edvard Aarø, Espen Røysamb, Gun-Mette Brandsnes Røsand, Leila Torgersen, Ane-Marthe Solheim Skar, Heidi Aase, (2022). Effectiveness of the International Child Development Programme: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Child & Family Social Work s. 1-15. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12973
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Anne-Siri Fismen, Bente Wold, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Torbjørn Torsheim, Ársæll Már Arnarsson, Nelli Lyyra, Petra Löfstedt, Charli Eriksson, (2022). Nordic adolescents responding to demanding survey scales in boring contexts: Examining straightlining. Journal of Adolescence s. 829-843. doi: 10.1002/jad.12066
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Eugene L. Davids, Catherine Mathews, Annegreet Gera Wubs, Robert Smith, Petrus J. de Vries, (2022). Internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and prosocial behavior - three dimensions of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ): A study among South African adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology s. 415-425. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12815
- Gry Anette Sælid, Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski, Leif Edvard Aarø, John Roger Andersen, Thormod Idsøe, Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Arne Holte, (2022). Effects of a school-based intervention on levels of anxiety and depression: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of the MindPower program in ten high schools in Norway. BMC Psychology s. 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00721-y
- Viktor Schønning, Anders Dovran, Mari Hysing, Gertrud Sofie Hafstad, Kristin Stokke, Leif Edvard Aarø, Stian Tobiassen, John Are Bjerge Jonassen, Øystein Vedaa, Børge Sivertsen, (2021). Study protocol: the Norwegian Triple-S Cohort Study - establishing a longitudinal health survey of children and adolescents with experiences of maltreatment. BMC Public Health s. 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11125-9
- Benjamin Matthew Clarsen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2021). Revisiting the continuum of resistance model in the digital age: a comparison of early and delayed respondents to the Norwegian counties public health survey. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10764-2
- Viktor Schønning, Leif Edvard Aarø, Jens Christoffer Skogen, (2020). Central themes, core concepts and knowledge gaps concerning social media use, and mental health and well-being among adolescents: a protocol of a scoping review of published literature. BMJ Open s. 1-5. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031105
- Viktor Schønning, Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland, Leif Edvard Aarø, Jens Christoffer Skogen, (2020). Social Media Use and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents – A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Psychology doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01949
- Marit Knapstad, Linn Vathne Lervik, Solbjørg Makalani Myrtveit Sæther, Leif Edvard Aarø, Otto Robert Frans Smith, (2019). Effectiveness of prompt mental health care, the Norwegian version of improving access to psychological therapies: A randomized controlled trial. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics s. 90-105. doi: 10.1159/000504453
- Marit Knapstad, Børge Sivertsen, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Leif Edvard Aarø, Kari Jussi Lønning, Jens Christoffer Skogen, (2019). Trends in self-reported psychological distress among college and university students from 2010 to 2018. Psychological Medicine doi: 10.1017/S0033291719003350
- Jens Christoffer Skogen, Marit Knapstad, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Grethe S. Tell, Rolv T. Lie, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2019). Hvordan bør rekrutteringen til folkehelseundersøkelsene gjennomføres?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) s. 1462-1467. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0054
- Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Cecily Banura, Wilson Winstons Muhwezi, Sheri Bastien, Annegreet Gera Wubs, Knut Inge Klepp, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2019). Effects of a school-based intervention on frequency and quality of adolescent-parent/caregiver sexuality communication: Results from a randomized-controlled trial in Uganda. Aids and Behavior s. 91-104. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2249-4
- Børge Sivertsen, Øystein Vedaa, Allison G. Harvey, Nick Glozier, Ståle Pallesen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Kari Jussi Lønning, Mari Hysing, (2018). Sleep patterns and insomnia in young adults: a national survey of Norwegian university students. Journal of Sleep Research doi: 10.1111/jsr.12790
- Liv Grøtvedt, Karl Erik Lund, Tord Finne Vedøy, Leif Edvard Aarø, Stein Emil Vollset, (2018). Røyking og snusbruk.
- P J de Vries, E L Davids, C Mathews, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2018). Measuring adolescent mental health around the globe: psychometric properties of the self-report Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in South Africa, and comparison with UK, Australian and Chinese data. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences (EPS) s. 369-380. doi: 10.1017/S2045796016001207
- Mari Vaage Wang, Leif Edvard Aarø, Eivind Ystrøm, (2018). Language Delay and Externalizing Problems in Preschool Age: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology s. 923-933. doi: 10.1007/s10802-017-0391-5
- Leif Edvard Aarø, (2017). EEA and Norway Grants – reducing social and economic disparities in Europe. Editorial.. Journal of Health Inequalities s. 3-4. doi: 10.5114/jhi.2017.69154
- Elia John Mmbaga, Lusajo Kajula, Leif Edvard Aarø, Mrema Kilonzo, Annegreet Gera Wubs, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Hein de Vries, Sylvia Kaaya, (2017). Effect of the PREPARE intervention on sexual initiation and condom use among adolescents aged 12-14: A cluster randomised controlled trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4245-4
- Jens Christoffer Skogen, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2017). The factor structure of the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-25) in a student population: A cautionary tale. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health s. 357-365. doi: 10.1177/1403494817700287
- Sander M. Eggers, Catherine Mathews, Leif Edvard Aarø, Tracy McClinton-Appollis, Arjan E.R. Bos, Hein de Vries, (2017). Predicting primary and secondary abstinence among adolescent boys and girls in the Western Cape, South Africa. Aids and Behavior s. 1417-1428. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1438-2
- Otto Robert Frans Smith, Daniele Evelin Alves, Marit Knapstad, Ellen Haug, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2017). Measuring mental well-being in Norway: validation of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS). BMC Psychiatry doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1343-x
- Kristin Gärtner Askeland, Børge Sivertsen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Annette M. La Greca, Grethe S. Tell, Leif Edvard Aarø, Mari Hysing, (2017). Alcohol and drug use among internationally adopted adolescents: Results from a Norwegian population-based study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry s. 226-235. doi: 10.1037/ort0000231
- Marc T Braverman, Lisa A Hoogesteger, Jessica A Johnson, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2017). Supportive of a smoke-free campus but opposed to a 100% tobacco-free campus: Identification of predictors among university students, faculty, and staff. Preventive Medicine s. 20-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.10.021
- Jocelyne Clench-Aas, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2017). The perceived constraints subscale of the Sense of Mastery Scale: dimensionality and measurement invariance. Quality of Life Research s. 127-138. doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1359-6
- Kristin Gärtner Askeland, Mari Hysing, Annette M. La Greca, Leif Edvard Aarø, Grethe S. Tell, Børge Sivertsen, (2016). Mental health in internationally adopted adolescents: a meta-analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry s. 203-213.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.12.009
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Joanna Mazur, Witold Anton Zatonski, Oddrun Samdal, (2016). Trends in smoking among Polish and Norwegian youth 1986-2014.. Journal of Health Inequalities s. 44-51. doi: 10.5114/jhi.2016.61420
- Gry Anette Sælid, Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski, Arne Holte, Kristian Tambs, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2016). Positive mental health effects of the Coping With Strain (CWS) course on employees: a four-year longitudinal randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion s. 158-175. doi: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1196231
- Marc T Braverman, Robert S Stawski, Oddrun Samdal, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2016). Daily smoking and subjective health complaints in adolescence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research s. 102-110. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw133
- Gry Anette Sælid, Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski, Arne Holte, Kristian Tambs, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2016). Coping With Strain (CWS) course – its effects on depressive symptoms: A four-year longitudinal randomized controlled trial. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology s. 321-327. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12289
- Xi Jing Chen, Helen Leith, Leif Edvard Aarø, Terje Manger, Christian Gold, (2016). Music therapy for improving mental health problems of offenders in correctional settings: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Experimental Criminology s. 209-228. doi: 10.1007/s11292-015-9250-y
- Catherine Mathews, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Loraine Townsend, Leif Edvard Aarø, Petrus J. de Vries, Amanda J. Mason-Jones, Petra de Koker, Tracy McClinton Appollis, Yolisa Y. Mtshizana, Joy Koech, Annegreet Gera Wubs, Hein de Vries, (2016). Effects of PREPARE, a Multi-component, School-Based HIV and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Programme on Adolescent Sexual Risk Behaviour and IPV: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. Aids and Behavior s. 1821-1840. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1410-1
- Ole Melkevik, Lars Johan Hauge, Pernille Bendtsen, Anne Reneflot, Arnstein Mykletun, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2016). Associations between delayed completion of high school and educational attainment and symptom levels of anxiety and depression in adulthood. BMC Psychiatry doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-0765-1
- Bente Wold, H. Littlecott, J Tynjala, Oddrun Samdal, L Moore, C Roberts, L Kannas, J Villberg, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2016). Changes from 1986 to 2006 in reasons for liking leisure-time physical activity among adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports s. 951-959. doi: 10.1111/sms.12528
- Sander M. Eggers, Leif Edvard Aarø, Arjan E.R. Bos, Catherine Mathews, Sylvia F. Kaaya, Hans Onya, Hein de Vries, (2016). Sociocognitive Predictors of Condom Use and Intentions Among Adolescents in Three Sub-Saharan Sites. Archives of Sexual Behavior s. 353-365. doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0525-1
- Hannah Devine-Wright, Charles Abraham, Hans Onya, Susan Ramatsea, Mahlapahlapana Themane, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2015). Correlates of condom use and condom-use motivation among young South Africans. Journal of Applied Social Psychology s. 674-683. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12328
- Kristin Gärtner Askeland, Mari Hysing, Leif Edvard Aarø, Grethe Seppola Tell, Børge Sivertsen, (2015). Mental health problems and resilience in international adoptees: results from a population-based study of Norwegian adolescents aged 16-19 years. Journal of Adolescence s. 48-56. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.07.001
- Catherine Mathews, Sander Matthijs Eggers, Petrus J. De Vries, Amanda J. Mason-Jones, Loraine Townsend, Leif Edvard Aarø, Hein de Vries, (2015). Reaching the hard to reach: Longitudinal investigation of adolescents' attendance at an after-school sexual and reproductive health programme in Western Cape, South Africa. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1963-3
- Annegreet Gera Wubs, Leif Edvard Aarø, Sylvia F. Kaaya, Hans Onya, Catherine Mathews, (2015). Social cognition variables and victimization as predictors of sexual debut among adolescents in South Africa and Tanzania: a multi-group SEM analysis. Aids and Behavior s. 2141-2151. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1087-x
- Francis Sande Namisi, Leif Edvard Aarø, Sylvia Kaaya, Lusajo Joel Kajula, Gad P. Kilonzo, Hans Onya, Annegreet Gera Wubs, Catherine Mathews, (2015). Adolescents' communication with parents, other adult family members and teachers on sexuality: effects of school-based interventions in South Africa and Tanzania. Aids and Behavior s. 2162-2176. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1019-9
- Anna K. Forsman, Kristian Wahlbeck, Leif Edvard Aarø, Jordi Alonso, Margaret M Barry, Matthias Brunn, Graça Cardoso, Mima Cattan, Giovanni de Girolamo, Malin Eberhard-Gran, Sara Evans-Lacko, Andrea Fiorillo, Lars Hansson, Josep Maria Haro, Jean-Baptiste Hazo, Ulrich Hegerl, Heinz Katschnig, Susanne Knappe, Mario Luciano, Marta Miret, Merete Nordentoft, Carla Obradors-Tarragó, David Pilgrim, Torleif Ruud, Hans Joachim Salize, Sarah L. Stewart-Brown, Kristinn Tómasson, Christina M. van der Feltz-Cornelis, Daniel B.J. Ventus, Jukka Vuori, Airi Värnik, (2015). Research priorities for public mental health in Europe: recommendations of the ROAMER project. European Journal of Public Health s. 249-254. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cku232
- Mari Vaage Wang, Ratib Lekhal, Leif Edvard Aarø, Synnve Schjølberg, (2014). Co-occuring development of early childhood communication and motor skills: results from a population-based longitudinal study. Child: Care, Health and Development s. 77-84. doi: 10.1111/cch.12003
- Mari Vaage Wang, Ratib Lekhal, Leif Edvard Aarø, Arne Holte, Synnve Schjølberg, (2014). The developmental relationship between language and motor performance from 3 to 5 years of age: a prospective longitudinal population study. BMC Psychology doi: 10.1186/s40359-014-0034-3
- Tore Tjora, Jørn Hetland, Leif Edvard Aarø, Bente Wold, Nora Wiium, Simon Nygaard Øverland, (2014). The association between smoking and depression from adolescence to adulthood. Addiction s. 1022-1030. doi: 10.1111/add.12522
- Marit Knapstad, Ingebjørg Louise Rockwell Djupedal, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Øystein Vedaa, (2025). Livskvalitet, subjektiv helse, sosiale relasjoner og funksjonsnivå blant eldre i Bergen 2024: En digital og postal spørreskjemaundersøkelse .
- Øystein Vedaa, Marit Knapstad, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Lema Hussaini, Truc Trung Nguyen, Thor Indseth, (2025). Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Oslo 2024: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Marit Knapstad, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Victor Daniel Lode, Ingunn Agnete Riise, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2024). Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Rogaland 2023: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Marit Knapstad, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Victor Daniel Lode, Ingunn Agnete Riise, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2024). Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Agder 2023: fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Knut Inge Klepp, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2023). Ungdom, livsstil og helsefremmende arbeid.
- Tony Mathias Leino, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Victor Daniel Lode, Marit Knapstad, (2023). Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Innlandet 2023: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Tony Mathias Leino, Leif Edvard Aarø, Marit Knapstad, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Øystein Vedaa, (2022). Opplevd tiltaksbyrde under koronapandemien: Resultater fra fire fylker desember 2021..
- Marit Knapstad, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Tony Mathias Leino, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2022). Folkehelseundersøkinga i Vestland 2022: Framgangsmåte og utvalde resultat .
- Marit Knapstad, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Tony Mathias Leino, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2022). Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Viken 2021: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Marit Knapstad, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Tony Mathias Leino, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2022). Folkehelseundersøkelsen – Helse og trivsel i Vestfold og Telemark 2021: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Idunn Brekke, Eia Elena Skjønsberg, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Gun-Mette Brandsnes Røsand, Tonje Holt, Leif Edvard Aarø, Maren Sand Helland, Espen Røysamb, Ingrid Grimstad, Heidi Aase, (2021). Effektevaluering av International Child Development Programme (ICDP). En randomisert kontrollert studie.
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Øystein Vedaa, Tone Bruun, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Rune Johansen, Marit Knapstad, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Knut Inge Klepp, (2021). Koronaatferd og landbakgrunn i fire fylker. Etterlevelse og holdninger til offisiellesmittevernråd, opplevd engstelse, psykiske plager og endringer i sosiale kontakter etter landbakgrunn. Resultater fra undersøkelser i fire fylker under koronapandemien.
- Marit Knapstad, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Adrian Schønning, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Jens Christoffer Skogen, (2021). Folkehelseundersøkinga i Møre og Romsdal 2021: Framgangsmåte og utvalde resultat.
- Marianne A Riise Bergsaker, Bernt Bratsberg, Anita Odveig Daae, Signe Agnes Flottorp, Frode Forland, Ellen Furuseth, Anna Aasen Godøy, Rannveig Kaldager Hart, Njål Høstmælingen, Thor Indseth, Marit Knapstad, Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, Angela Susan Labberton, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Thomas Nilsen, Heid Nøkleby, Trygve Ottersen, Bjørn-Atle Reme, Christina Lill Rolfheim-Bye, John-Arne Røttingen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Pål Suren, Kjetil Elias Telle, Øystein Vedaa, Jonathan Wörn, Leif Edvard Aarø, Hilde Marie Tvedten, Eirik Frønæs Vikum, Merete Kile Holtermann, Vilde Bergstad Larsen, (2021). Folkehelserapportens temautgave 2021. Folkehelsen etter covid-19. Pandemiens konsekvenser for ulike grupper i befolkningen.
- Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Rune Johansen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Marte Karoline Råberg Kjøllesdal, Thor Indseth, (2021). Holdninger til vaksine, og etterlevelse av råd om sosial distansering og hygiene blant innvandrere i forbindelse med koronapandemien.
- Jens Christoffer Skogen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Bodil Elisabeth Valstad Aasan, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Leif Edvard Aarø, Øystein Vedaa, (2020). Fylkeshelseundersøkelsen i Nordland: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Jens Christoffer Skogen, Øystein Vedaa, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Andreas Tallaksen, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2020). Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Agder: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Jens Christoffer Skogen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland, Marit Knapstad, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Leif Edvard Aarø, Øystein Vedaa, (2020). Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Rogaland 2020: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Ragnhild Bang Nes, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Lars Johan Hauge, Maja Eilertsen, Kristin Gustavson, Leif Edvard Aarø, Espen Røysamb, (2020). Fra nord til sør: Livskvalitet i Norge 2019.
- Marit Knapstad, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2019). Folkehelseundersøkinga i Sogn og Fjordane: Framgangsmåte og utvalde resultat .
- Jens Christoffer Skogen, Øystein Vedaa, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2019). Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Troms og Finnmark: Fremgangsmåte og utvalgte resultater.
- Jens Christoffer Skogen, Otto Robert Frans Smith, Leif Edvard Aarø, Johan Siqveland, Simon Nygaard Øverland, (2018). Mental health among children and adolescents. Health-promoting and preventive public health interventions. A summary of evidence about effects.
- Anne Reneflot, Leif Edvard Aarø, Heidi Aase, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Kristian Tambs, Simon Nygaard Øverland, (2018). Psykisk helse i Norge.
- Knut Inge Klepp, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2017). Ungdom, livsstil og helsefremmende arbeid.
- Linn Bøhler, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen, Leif Edvard Aarø, Maren Sand Helland, Berit Granum, Eyvind Ohm, Hanna Hånes, Katrine Mari Owe, Ragnhild Hovengen, Anna Månsson Biehl, Susanne Hyllestad, Carl Fredrik Nordheim, Wenche Fonahn, Marit Låg, Magne Refsnes, Gunn Marit Aasvang, Else-Karin Grøholt, (2016). Barn, miljø og helse: Risiko- og helsefremmende faktorer.
- Xi Jing Chen, Helen Leith, Leif Edvard Aarø, Terje Manger, Christian Gold, (2015). Music therapy for improving mental health in offenders: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Annegreet Gera Wubs, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2015). Intimate partner violence among adolescents in South Africa and Tanzania.
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Arne Holte, Mari Vaage Wang, (2014). Language, motor skills and behavior problems in preschool years.
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Marit Knapstad, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Øystein Vedaa, Knut Inge Klepp, (2024). The Norwegian Counties Public Health Survey (NCPHS). European Journal of Public Health s. iii821-iii821. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.2118
- Anne-Siri Fismen, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2023). The association between eating habits and mental health among Nordic adolescents.
- Otto Robert Frans Smith, Marit Knapstad, Daniele Evelin Alves, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2017). Initial results of prompt mental health care, the Norwegian version of improving access to psychological therapies. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics s. 382-384. doi: 10.1159/000477668
- Leif Edvard Aarø, (2016). Polish-Norwegian collaboration in the field of public health..
- Leif Edvard Aarø, (2016). Tobacco control in one country: Norway..
- Leif Edvard Aarø, (2016). From deception to partnership - Comments on Citizen Science..
- Annegreet Gera Wubs, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2015). Prediction of sexual debut among adolescents in Tanzania and South Africa: a multi-group SEM analysis.
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Catherine Mathews, Charles Abraham, Sylvia F. Kaaya, Hans Onya, Annegreet Gera Wubs, Torbjørn Torsheim, (2014). Do subjective norms predict attitudes towards condom use prospectively? A study among adolescents in Western Cape, South Africa..
- Leif Edvard Aarø, Catherine Mathews, Hans Onya, Anne Ruhweza Katahoire, Annegreet Gera Wubs, (2014). Promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in southern and eastern Africa (PREPARE).
- Annegreet Gera Wubs, Leif Edvard Aarø, (2014). Prediction of intimate partner violence among adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa, results PREPARE study.