Melanie Lindsay Straiton
Senior researcher
Contact
Send email {model.translations.sendEmailTo} MelanieLindsay.Straiton@fhi.no
Department
Responsibilities
Migrant health Mental health Health service use Barriers to health services Women's health Psychology, health psychology
Projects and publications
- Anne Reneflot, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kim Stene-Larsen, Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, Benedicte Kirkøen, Ingri Myklestad, (2025). Registered report protocol: domestic violence and mental disorders: gender differences and cumulative effects in a Norwegian population. Frontiers in Psychiatry doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1531033
- Dawit Shawel Abebe, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Lars Lien, Anca Maria Yttri, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2025). Inequalities in somatic comorbidities among immigrants and Norwegians with and without common mental disorders: a national register study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology doi: 10.1007/s00127-025-02892-6
- Naima Said Sheikh, Guido Philipp Emmanuel Biele, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Marte Karoline Råberg Kjøllesdal, (2025). Health among youth and young adults born in the nordic countries to immigrant parents- a scoping review. BMC Public Health s. 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21426-y
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Dawit Shawel Abebe, Lars Johan Hauge, (2024). Age of migration and common mental disorders among migrants in early adulthood: a Norwegian registry study. BMC Psychiatry doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-05963-1
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Alexander Nissen, (2023). Insomnia and post-migration stress among resettled Syrian refugees: a cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care s. 326-337. doi: 10.1108/IJMHSC-06-2022-0062
- Ingeborg Hess Elgersma, Rannveig Kaldager Hart, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Lars Johan Hauge, Anne Reneflot, (2023). Migrant background and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental healthcare consultations among children and adolescents in Norway: a nationwide registry study. BMC Health Services Research s. 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09666-3
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Aart C. Liefbroer, Anna-Clara Hollander, Lars Johan Hauge, (2023). Sickness absence around contact with outpatient mental health care services – differences between migrants and non-migrants: a Norwegian register study. BMC Psychiatry s. 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04874-x
- Alexander Nissen, Kamila Angelika Hynek, David Scales, Per Kristian Hilden, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2022). Chronic pain, mental health and functional impairment in adult refugees from Syria resettled in Norway: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry s. 1-16. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-04200-x
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Dawit Shawel Abebe, Aart C. Liefbroer, Lars Johan Hauge, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2022). The association between early marriage and mental disorder among young migrant and non-migrant women: a Norwegian register-based study. BMC Women's Health doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01836-5
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Karina Corbett, (2022). The risk of outpatient mental health care service use following departure from work: a cohort register study of migrant and non-migrant women. BMC Health Services Research doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08113-z
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Anna-Clara Hollander, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Aart C. Liefbroer, Lars Johan Hauge, (2022). The relationship between motherhood and use of mental health care services among married migrant and non-migrant women: a national register study. BMC Psychiatry doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-03848-9
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Dawit Shawel Abebe, Anna-Clara Hollander, Aart C. Liefbroer, Lars Johan Hauge, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2022). The association between persistent low parental income during preschool age and mental disorder in adolescence and early adulthood: a Norwegian register-based study of migrants and non-migrants. BMC Psychiatry s. 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-03859-6
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Anne Reneflot, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Aart C. Liefbroer, Lars Johan Hauge, (2022). Mental disorder and subsequent marital separation among migrant and non-migrant women. Health Care for Women International doi: 10.1080/07399332.2021.2007926
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Aart C. Liefbroer, Anna-Clara Hollander, Lars Johan Hauge, (2022). Outpatient mental health service use following contact with primary health care among migrants in Norway: A national register study. Social Science and Medicine s. 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114725
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Anne Reneflot, Lars Johan Hauge, (2022). Mental disorder and first-time marriage formation among non-Western migrant women: A national register study. SSM - Population Health doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101022
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Anna-Clara Hollander, Aart C. Liefbroer, Lars Johan Hauge, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2022). Change in work-related income following the uptake of treatment for mental disorders among young migrant and non-migrant women in Norway: A national register study. Frontiers in Public Health doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.736624
- Ingri Myklestad, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2021). The relationship between self-harm and bullying behaviour: results from a population based study of adolescents. BMC Public Health s. 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10555-9
- Sanjana Arora, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Astrid Bergland, Bernd Rechel, Jonas Debesay, (2020). Renegotiating formal and informal care while ageing abroad: Older Pakistani women's healthcare access, preferences and expectations in Norway. Journal of Migration and Health doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2020.100002
- Samera Azeem Qureshi, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Abdi Gele, (2020). Associations of socio-demographic factors with adiposity among immigrants in Norway: a secondary data analysis. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08918-9
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Lars Johan Hauge, Karina Corbett, Dawit Shawel Abebe, (2020). Use of outpatient mental healthcare services and upper-secondary school completion in young women with migrant background – A population-based study. SSM - Population Health doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100631
- Sanjana Arora, Bernd Rechel, Astrid Bergland, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Jonas Debesay, (2020). Female Pakistani carers’ views on future formal and informal care for their older relatives in Norway. BMC Health Services Research doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05468-z
- Marit Synnøve Berg, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Eirik Vikum, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Anders Skyrud Danielsen, Unni Gopinathan, (2020). Asylsøkeres helse og bruk av helsetjenester i Norge. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) s. 363-367. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0470
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Karina Corbett, Anna-Clara Hollander, Lars Johan Hauge, (2019). Outpatient mental healthcare service use among women with migrant background in Norway: a national register study. BMC Health Services Research doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4788-4
- Yvette Louise Schein, Brita Askeland Winje, Sonja Lynn Myhre, Ingunn Nordstoga, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2019). A qualitative study of health experiences of Ethiopian asylum seekers in Norway. BMC Health Services Research s. 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4813-7
- Naomi Anne Tschirhart, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Trygve Ottersen, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, (2019). “Living like I am in Thailand”: stress and coping strategies among Thai migrant masseuses in Oslo, Norway. BMC Women's Health s. 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12905-019-0836-9
- Sanjana Arora, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Bernd Rechel, Astrid Bergland, Jonas Debesay, (2019). Ethnic boundary-making in health care: Experiences of older Pakistani immigrant women in Norway . Social Science and Medicine doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112555
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Arild Kjell Aambø, Rune Johansen, (2019). Perceived discrimination, health and mental health among immigrants in Norway: the role of moderating factors. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6649-9
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Tone Jersin Ansnes, Naomi Anne Tschirhart, (2019). Transnational marriages and the health and well-being of Thai migrant women living in Norway. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care s. 107-119. doi: 10.1108/IJMHSC-01-2018-0002
- Sanjana Arora, Astrid Bergland, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Bernd Rechel, Jonas Debesay, (2018). Older migrants’ access to healthcare: a thematic synthesis. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care s. 425-438. doi: 10.1108/IJMHSC-05-2018-0032
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Hans Henrik Blystad, Anne Reneflot, (2018). Helse i innvandrerbefolkningen.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Heloise Marie Lee Ledesma, Tam T. Donnelly, (2018). "It has not occurred to me to see a doctor for that kind of feeling": A qualitative study of Filipina immigrants' perceptions of help seeking for mental health problems. BMC Women's Health doi: 10.1186/s12905-018-0561-9
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Sonja Myhre, (2017). Learning to navigate the healthcare system in a new country: a qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care s. 352-359. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2017.1397320
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Heloise Marie Lee Ledesma, Tam, T. Donnelly, (2017). A qualitative study of Filipina immigrants' stress, distress and coping: The impact of their multiple, transnational roles as women. BMC Women's Health doi: 10.1186/s12905-017-0429-4
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Anne Reneflot, Esperanza Diaz, (2016). Mental Health of Refugees and Non-refugees from War-Conflict Countries: Data from Primary Healthcare Services and the Norwegian Prescription Database. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0450-y
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Anne Reneflot, Esperanza Diaz, (2016). Socioeconomic status and primary health service use for mental health problems among immigrants with short and long lengths of stay. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care s. 85-98. doi: 10.1108/IJMHSC-01-2015-0001
- Svein Mossige, Lihong Huang, Melanie Straiton, Katrina Roen, (2016). Suicidal ideation and self-harm among youths in Norway: Associations with verbal, physical and sexual abuse. Child & Family Social Work s. 166-175. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12126
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kathryn Powell, Anne Reneflot, Esperanza Diaz, (2015). Managing mental health problems among immigrant women attending primary health care services. Health Care for Women International s. 118-139. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2015.1077844
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Janet Grant, Helen Winefield, Anne Taylor, (2014). Mental health in immigrant men and women in Australia: the North West Adelaide health study. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1111
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Anne Reneflot, Esperanza Diaz, (2014). Immigrants' use of primary health care services for mental health problems. BMC Health Services Research doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-341
- Melanie Straiton, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Tine Kristin Grimholt, Gudrun Klemetsdal Dieserud, (2013). Self-harm and conventional gender roles in women. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour s. 161-173. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12005
- Melanie Straiton, Katrina Roen, Gudrun Klemetsdal Dieserud, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, (2013). Pushing the boundaries: Understanding self-harm in a non-clinical population. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing s. 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2012.10.008
- Melanie Straiton, Katrina Roen, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, (2012). Gender roles, suicidal ideation, and self-harming in young adults. Archives of Suicide Research s. 29-43. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2012.640613
- Kari Dyregrov, Gudrun Klemetsdal Dieserud, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Melanie Straiton, Mette Lyberg Rasmussen, Birthe Loa Knizek, Antoon A. Leenaars, (2011). Meaning-making through psychological autopsy interviews: The value of participating in qualitative research for those bereaved by suicide. Death Studies s. 685-710. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2011.553310
- Kari Dyregrov, Gudrun Klemetsdal Dieserud, Melanie Straiton, Mette Lyberg Rasmussen, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Birthe Loa Knizek, AA Leenaars, (2010). Motivation for research participation among people bereaved by suicide. Omega - Journal of Death and Dying s. 149-168. doi: 10.2190/OM.62.2.d
- Marte Karoline Råberg Kjøllesdal, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Carine Øien-Ødegaard, Arild Kjell Aambø, Olaf Holmboe, Rune Johansen, Navnit Kaur Grewal, Thor Indseth, (2019). Helse blant innvandrere i Norge. Levekårsundersøkelsen blant innvandrere 2016.
- Anne Reneflot, Kim Stene-Larsen, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Carine Øien-Ødegaard, Ingri Myklestad, Lars-Johan Hauge, Per-Henrik Zahl, (2018). Folkehelserapporten: Selvmord i Norge.
- Anne Bergh, Sonja Myhre, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Ragnhild Magelssen, Charlott Nordström, Kjetil Berg Veire, Thor Indseth, Ram Eivind Gupta, Steve French, (2017). Informasjon om helse, helserettigheter og helsetjenester til beboere i ankomstsenter og transittmottak.
- Melanie Straiton, (2012). Understanding self-harm: perceptions, intentions, and the role of gender.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2024). Health of Thai migrant women in Norway.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2024). The Norwegian Welfare State and the health care system.
- Naima Said Sheikh, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Marte Karoline Råberg Kjøllesdal, (2024). Diagnoses of mental health disorders among Norwegian youth and young adults with immigrant parents. European Journal of Public Health doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.950
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, (2024). Bruk av psykisk helsetjenester blant kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn .
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2024). Sykefravær i perioden rundt kontakt med distrikt psykiatrisksentere.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2024). Bruk av distrikt psykiatrisksentere blant kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Dawit Shawel Abebe, Karoline Ekeberg, (2024). Bruk av psykiske helsetjenester blant personer med innvandrerbakgrunn – et fokus på kvinner.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2024). Bruk av DPS blant kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Alexander Frantz William Nissen, (2022). Insomnia and the role of postmigration stress among Syrian refugees.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2022). Outpatient mental health service use among migrants: An overview and following contact with primary care.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, (2022). Psykiske lidelser blant minoritetskvinner: risikofaktorer og konsekvenser i et livsløpsperspektiv.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2021). Hva vet vi om minoritetskvinners bruk av helsetjenester for psykiske plager?.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, (2021). Sosioøkonomisk status og bruk av psykisk helsevern blant innvandrerkvinner.
- Rune Johansen, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, (2021). Negative change in work situation due to covid-19 pandemic and mental health problems among Norwegians and European migrants – a cross sectional study.
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Dawit Shawel Abebe, Anna-Clara Hollander, Aart Liefbroer, Lars Johan Hauge, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2021). Early childhood low parental income and the risk of mental disorder in adolescence and early adulthood. A register study of migrants and non-migrants.
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Dawit Shawel Abebe, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2021). Inequalities in the risk of comorbidity between mental and somatic diseases among immigrants and Norwegians.
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Dawit Shawel Abebe, Anna-Clara Hollander, Aart Liefbroer, Lars Johan Hauge, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2021). Preschool persistent low parental income and mental disorder in adolescence and early adulthood .
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, (2021). Psykiske lidelser blant kvinner med og uten innvandrerbakgrunn: risikofaktorer og konsekvenser - en oversikt av prosjektet.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, (2021). Psykiske lidelser blant minoritetskvinner: risikofaktorer og konsekvenser i et livsløpsperspektiv.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Karina Corbett, (2021). Unemployment and the risk of mental disorder among migrant women.
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Dawit Shawel Abebe, Aart Liefbroer, Lars Johan Hauge, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2021). Early marriage and mental disorder among young migrant and non-migrant women .
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2021). Mental disorder and subsequent income loss among young women with and without migrant background in Norway.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2020). Use of outpatient mental healthcare service use among women with migrant background.
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Lars Johan Hauge, Karina Corbett, Dawit Shawel Abebe, (2020). Bruk av distriktspsykiatrisk senter og fullføring av videregående skole blant unge kvinner med innvandrerbakgrunn i Norge - en populasjonsbasert studie.
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Lars Johan Hauge, Karina Corbett, Dawit Shawel Abebe, (2020). Use of outpatient mental health services and upper-secondary school completion in young women with migrant background .
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2018). The working environment and the health of Polish migrants .
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2017). Barriers to professional help seeking for mental health problems among Thai immigrant women.
- Ingri Myklestad, Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2016). Selvskading blant ungdom i Norge..
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Esperanza Diaz, (2016). Hva vet vi om innvandreres bruk av primærhelsetjenesten for psykiske plager?. Utposten s. 28-30.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Sandor Fekete, Danute Gailiene, Onja Grad, Roman Koposov, Emina Music, Bedriye Öncu, Ellinor Salander Renberg, (2015). Do attitudes towards suicide relate to suicide rates? A study from regions in 9 European countries.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2015). Immigrant women's mental health and coping (Filipinas).
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2015). Filipina women in Norway: Sadness, stress, distress and coping.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, Anne Reneflot, Kathryn Powell, Esperanza Diaz, (2015). Managing mental health problems among immigrant women attending primary care services.
- Melanie Lindsay Straiton, (2014). Innvandreres bruk av helsetjenester ved psykisk plager.
- Melanie Straiton, Anne Reneflot, Esperanza Diaz, (2014). Managing mental health problems among immigrant women.
- Melanie Straiton, (2013). Immigrant women’s mental health and use of primary health care services: a mixed methods approach.
- Melanie Straiton, Anne Reneflot, Esperanza Diaz, (2013). Use of GP services for mental health problems: A comparison with Norwegians and immigrants.
- Melanie Straiton, Anne Reneflot, Esperanza Diaz, (2013). Use of GP services for mental health problems: A comparison with Norwegians and immigrants.
- Melanie Straiton, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Katrina Roen, (2011). Masculinity, femininity and suicidal behaviour.
- Melanie Straiton, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Katrina Roen, (2011). Masculinity, femininity and suicidal behaviour.
- Melanie Straiton, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Katrina Roen, (2011). Women, gender roles and self-harming.
- Melanie Straiton, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Katrina Røn, (2010). The cross-cultural validity of the Australia Sex Role Scale.
- Kari Dyregrov, Gudrun Klemetsdal Dieserud, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Melanie Straiton, Mette Lyberg Rasmussen, Birthe Loa Knizek, Antoon A. Leenaars, (2010). The value of participating in qualitative research for suicide survivors.
- Kari Dyregrov, Gudrun Dieserud, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Melanie Straiton, Mette Lyberg Rasmussen, Birthe Loa Knizek, Antoon A. Leenaars, (2009). The value of participating in qualitative research for suicide survivors.
- Kari Dyregrov, Gudrun Dieserud, Heidi Marie Hjelmeland, Melanie Straiton, Mette Lyberg Rasmussen, Birthe Loa Knizek, Antoon A. Leenaars, (2009). Etterlatte ved selvmord. Reaksjoner på kvalitative intervjuer.