Responsibilities
Global health; Maternal and Child Health; Gestational diabetes; Non-communicable diseases; Health services research; Digital health interventions; eRegistries
Background
Bachelor in Physiotherapy; MPhil International Community Health; PhD Public health
Projects and publications
- Building Stronger Public Health Institutions and Systems (BIS)
- Harmonized Reproductive Health Registry Communication Strategies: Using Health Data to Empower Women and Health Systems (eRegCom)
- HEALTHMPOWR— A New Paradigm for Public Health Surveillance: Unlocking thePotential of Data to Empower Women and Health Systems
- Tuhin Biswas, Nick Townsend, Rajat Das Gupta, Arpita Ghosh, Lal B. Rawal, Kjersti Mørkrid, Abdullah Mamun, (2023). Clustering of metabolic and behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among the adult population in South and Southeast Asia: findings from WHO STEPS data. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia s. 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100164
- Tuhin Biswas, Nick Townsend, M. Mamun Huda, Joemer Maravilla, Tahmina Begum, Sonia Pervin, Arpita Ghosh, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Shariful Islam, Novera Anwar, Rukaiya Rifhat, Kerim Munir, Rajat Das Gupta, Andre M.N. Renzaho, Helda Khusun, Luh Ade Ari Wiradnyani, Tim Radel, Janeen Baxter, Lal B. Rawal, David McIntyre, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Abdullah Mamun, (2022). Prevalence of multiple non-communicable diseases risk factors among adolescents in 140 countries: A population-based study. EClinicalMedicine doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101591
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Zaher Nazzal, Buthaina Ghanem, Reham Khraiwesh, Eatimad Abbas, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Taghreed Hijaz, Mervett Isbeih, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Christopher James Rose, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2022). eRegTime—Time Spent on Health Information Management in Primary Health Care Clinics Using a Digital Health Registry Versus Paper-Based Documentation: Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research doi: 10.2196/34021
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Buthaina Ghanem, Eatimad Abbas, Khadija Abu Khader, Itimad Abu Ward, Tamara Awwad, Mohammad Baniode, Michael James Frost, Taghreed Hijaz, Mervett Isbeih, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Christopher James Rose, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2022). A digital health registry with clinical decision support for improving quality of antenatal care in Palestine (eRegQual): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised, controlled, superiority trial. The Lancet Digital Health s. e126-e136. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00269-7
- Binyam Bogale Bungudo, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Brian O'Donnell, Buthaina Ghanem, Itimad Abu Ward, Khadija Abu Khader, Mervett Isbeih, Michael James Frost, Mohammad Baniode, Taghreed Hijaz, Tamara Awwad, Yousef Rabah, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2021). Development of a targeted client communication intervention for pregnant and post-partum women: a descriptive study. The Lancet doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01504-X
- Binyam Bungudo, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Eatimad Abbas, Itimad Abu Ward, Firas Anaya, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Mervett Isbeih, Sally Issawi, Zaher A.S. Nazzal, Sharif E. Qaddomi, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2021). The effect of a digital targeted client communication intervention on pregnant women's worries and satisfaction with antenatal care in Palestine-A cluster randomized controlled trial. PLOS ONE s. 1-13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249713
- Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Binyam Bungudo, Eatimad Abbas, Khadija Abu Khader, Itimad Abu Ward, Amjad Attalh, Tamara Awwad, Mohammad Baniode, Kimberly Frost, Michael James Frost, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Mervett Isbeih, Sally Issawi, Zaher A.S. Nazzal, Brian O’Donnell, Sharif E. Qaddomi, Yousef Rabah, Mahima Venkateswaran, Jahn Frederik Alexander Claude Frøen, (2021). eRegCom—Quality Improvement Dashboard for healthcare providers and Targeted Client Communication to pregnant women using data from an electronic health registry to improve attendance and quality of antenatal care: study protocol for a multi-arm cluster randomized trial. Trials s. 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04980-1
- Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Binyam Bungudo, Itimad Abu Ward, Eatimad Abbas, Amjad Attalh, Khadija Abu Khader, Ghanem Buthaina, Michael James Frost, Kimberly Frost, Brian O'Donnell, Issawi Sally, Mervett Isbeih, Awwad Tamara, Taghreed Hijaz, Baniode Mohammad, Yousef Rabah, Zaher Nazzal, Sharif Qaddomi, Mahima Venkateswaran, Jahn Frederik Frøen, (2020). eRegCom – Quality Improvement Dashboard for healthcare providers and Targeted Client Communication to pregnant women using data from an electronic health registry to improve attendance and quality of antenatal care: study protocol for a multi-arm cluster randomized trial. Trials doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-25173/v2
- Binyam Bungudo, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Brian O'Donnell, Buthaina Ghanem, Itimad Abu Ward, Khadija Abu Khader, Mervett Isbeih, Michael James Frost, Mohammad Baniode, Taghreed Hijaz, Tamara Awwad, Yousef Rabah, Jahn Frederik Frøen, (2020). Development of a targeted client communication intervention to women using an electronic maternal and child health registry: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making doi: 10.1186/s12911-019-1002-x
- Marie Hella Lindberg, Mahima Venkateswaran, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Frederik Frøen, (2019). eRegTime, Efficiency of Health Information Management Using an Electronic Registry for Maternal and Child Health: Protocol for a Time-Motion Study in a Cluster Randomized Trial. JMIR Research Protocols doi: 10.2196/13653
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Binyam Bungudo, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Frederik Frøen, (2019). Effective coverage of essential antenatal care interventions: A cross-sectional study of public primary healthcare clinics in the West Bank. PLOS ONE s. 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212635
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Khadija Abu Khader, Tamara Awwad, Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Buthaina Ghanem, Taghreed Hijaz, Frederik Frøen, (2018). Comparing individual-level clinical data from antenatal records with routine health information systems indicators for antenatal care in the West Bank: A cross-sectional study. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207813
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Buthaina Ghanem, Eatimad Abbas, Itimad Abuward, Mohammad Baniode, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Frederik Frøen, (2018). eRegQual-an electronic health registry with interactive checklists and clinical decision support for improving quality of antenatal care: Study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Trials s. 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2386-5
- Line Sletner, Anne Karen Jenum, Chittaranjan S Yajnik, Kjersti Mørkrid, Britt Nakstad, Odd H. Jensen, Kåre I. Birkeland, Siri Vangen, (2017). Fetal growth trajectories in pregnancies of European and South Asian mothers with and without gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172946
- Kåre Rønn Richardsen, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Anne Karen Jenum, Kjersti Mørkrid, Egil Wilhelm Martinsen, Yngvar Ommundsen, Sveinung Berntsen, (2016). Predicting who fails to meet the physical activity guideline in pregnancy: a prospective study of objectively recorded physical activity in a population-based multi-ethnic cohort. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0985-x
- Frederik Frøen, Sonja Myhre, Michael James Frost, Doris Chou, Garrett Mehl, Lale Say, Socheat Cheng, Ingvild Fjeldheim, Ingrid Friberg, Steve French, Jagrati Jani-Bølstad, Jane Kaye, John Lewis, Ane Kathrine Lunde, Kjersti Mørkrid, Victoria Nankabirwa, Linda Nyanchoka, Hollie Stone, Mahima Venkateswaran, Aleena M. Wojcieszek, Marleen Temmerman, Vicki J. Flenady, (2016). eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-0801-7
- Christin Waage, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Christine Sommer, Kjersti Mørkrid, Kåre Rønn Richardsen, Anne Bergljot Bærug, Nilam Shakeel, Kåre I. Birkeland, Anne Karen Jenum, (2016). Ethnic differences in postpartum weight retention: a Norwegian cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology s. 699-708. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13321
- Christine Sommer, Line Sletner, Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Karen Jenum, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2015). Effects of early pregnancy BMI, mid-gestational weight gain, glucose and lipid levels in pregnancy on offspring's birth weight and subcutaneous fat: A population-based cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-015-0512-5
- Christine Sommer, Anne Karen Jenum, Christin Waage, Kjersti Mørkrid, Line Sletner, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2015). Ethnic differences in BMI, subcutaneous fat, and serum leptin levels during and after pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes. European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE) s. 649-656. doi: 10.1530/EJE-15-0060
- Line Sletner, Anne Karen Jenum, Kjersti Mørkrid, Siri Vangen, Ingar Morten K Holme, Kåre I. Birkeland, Britt Nakstad, (2014). Maternal Life Course Socio-Economic Position and Offspring Body Composition at Birth in a Multi-Ethnic Population. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology s. 445-454. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12137
- Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Karen Jenum, Sveinung Berntsen, Line Sletner, Kåre Rønn Richardsen, Siri Vangen, Ingar Morten K Holme, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2014). Objectively recorded physical activity and the association with gestational diabetes. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports s. e389-e397. doi: 10.1111/sms.12183
- Christine Sommer, Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Karen Jenum, Line Sletner, Annhild Mosdøl, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2014). Weight gain, total fat gain and regional fat gain during pregnancy and the association with gestational diabetes: a population-based cohort study. International Journal of Obesity s. 76-81. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.185
- Sveinung Berntsen, Kåre Rønn Richardsen, Kjersti Mørkrid, Line Sletner, Kåre I. Birkeland, Anne Karen Jenum, (2014). Objectively recorded physical activity in early pregnancy: A multiethnic population-based study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports s. 594-601. doi: 10.1111/sms.12034
- Line Sletner, Britt Nakstad, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik, Kjersti Mørkrid, Siri Vangen, Mari H Vårdal, Ingar Morten K Holme, Kåre I. Birkeland, Anne Karen Jenum, (2013). Ethnic differences in neonatal body composition in a multi-ethnic population and the impact of parental factors: a population-based cohort study. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073058
- Anne Karen Jenum, Kåre Rønn Richardsen, Sveinung Berntsen, Kjersti Mørkrid, (2013). Gestational diabetes, insulin resistance and physical activity in pregnancy in a multi-ethnic population - a public health perspective. Norsk Epidemiologi s. 45-54. doi: 10.5324/nje.v23i1.1602
- Anne Karen Jenum, Christine Sommer, Line Sletner, Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Bergljot Bærug, Annhild Mosdøl, (2013). Adiposity and hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and related health outcomes in European ethnic minorities of Asian and African origin: a review. Food & Nutrition Research (FNR) doi: 10.3402/fnr.v57i0.18889
- Christine Sommer, Line Sletner, Anne Karen Jenum, Kjersti Mørkrid, Lene Frost Andersen, Kåre I. Birkeland, Annhild Mosdøl, (2013). Ethnic differences in maternal dietary patterns are largely explained by socioeconomic score and integration score: a population-based study. Food & Nutrition Research (FNR) doi: 10.3402/fnr.v57i0.21164
- Daniel Sachse, Line Sletner, Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Karen Jenum, Kåre I. Birkeland, Frode Rise, Armin Piehler, Jens Petter Berg, (2012). Metabolic Changes in Urine during and after Pregnancy in a Large, Multiethnic Population-Based Cohort Study of Gestational Diabetes. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052399
- Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Karen Jenum, Line Sletner, Mari H Vårdal, Christin Waage, Britt Nakstad, Siri Vangen, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2012). Failure to increase insulin secretory capacity during pregnancy-induced insulin resistance is associated with ethnicity and gestational diabetes. European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE) s. 579-588. doi: 10.1530/EJE-12-0452
- Kari Bø, Guro Pauck Øglund, Line Sletner, Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Karen Jenum, (2012). The prevalence of urinary incontinence in pregnancy among a multi-ethnic population resident in Norway. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology s. 1354-1360. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03435.x
- Anne Karen Jenum, Kjersti Mørkrid, Line Sletner, Siri Vangen, Johan Torper, Britt Nakstad, Nanna Voldner, Odd H. Rognerud-Jensen, Sveinung Berntsen Stølevik, Annhild Mosdøl, Torild Skrivarhaug, Mari H Vårdal, Ingar Morten K Holme, Chittaranjan S Yajnik, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2012). Impact of ethnicity on gestational diabetes identified with the WHO and the modified International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups criteria: a population-based cohort study. European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE) s. 317-324. doi: 10.1530/EJE-11-0866
- Anne Karen Jenum, Line Sletner, Nanna Voldner, Siri Vangen, Kjersti Mørkrid, Lene Frost Andersen, Britt Nakstad, Torild Skrivarhaug, Odd H. Jensen, Borghild Roald, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2010). The STORK Groruddalen Research Program: A population based cohort study of gestational diabetes, physical activity and obesity in pregnancy in a multiethnic population. Rationale, methods, study population and participation rates. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health s. 60-70. doi: 10.1177/1403494810378921
- Kjersti Mørkrid, Liaquat Ali, Akhtar Hussain, (2010). Risk factors and prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: A study of type 2 diabetic outpatients in Bangladesh. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries s. 11-17. doi: 10.4103/0973-3930.60004
- Mahima Venkateswaran, Jahn Frederik Frøen, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, (2019). Attributes and consequences of health information systems data for antenatal care. Health status, health system performance and policy
- Tamara Awwad, Mahima Venkateswaran, Marie Hella Lindberg, Khadija Abu Khader, Taghreed Hijaz, Buthaina Ghanem, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Asad Ramlawi, Salman Rand, Frederik Frøen, (2019). Use of the national electronic maternal and child health registry (MCH eRegistry) in primary care clinics in occupied Palestinian territory: a pilot time-motion study. The Lancet s. 18-18. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30604-X
- Tamara Awwad, Mahima Venkateswaran, Marie Hella Lindberg, Khadija Abu Khader, Taghreed Hijaz, Buthaina Ghanem, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Asad Ramlawi, Rand Salman, Frederik Frøen, (2018). Use of the national electronic maternal and child health registry (MCH eRegistry) in primary care clinics in Palestine: a pilot time-motion study.
- Binyam Bungudo, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Kimberly Frost, Michael James Frost, Mahima Venkateswaran, Ghanem Buthaina, Khadija Abu Khader, Taghreed Hijaz, Asad Ramlawi, Awwad Tamara, Baniode Mohammad, Itimad Al Madhoun, Rand Salman, Frederik Frøen, (2018). eRegCom: Communication strategies from the maternal and child health eRegistry to health care providers and women: A cluster randomized controlled trial protocol.
- Ingrid Kristina Friberg, Michael James Frost, Buthaina Ghanem, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Anisur Rahman, Frederik Frøen, (2017). eRegistries: clinical registries to support women's and children's health.
- Kåre Rønn Richardsen, Anne Karen Jenum, Kjersti Mørkrid Blom-Bakke, Line Sletner, Kåre I. Birkeland, Sveinung Berntsen, (2013). Changes in walking steps during pregnancy. A multi-ethnic population-based study.
- Christine Sommer, Kjersti Mørkrid, Annhild Mosdøl, Line Sletner, Anne Karen Jenum, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2012). Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by WHO and IADPSG criteria in women with four major dietary patterns: The STORK Groruddalen study.
- Christine Sommer, Kjersti Mørkrid, Annhild Mosdøl, Anne Karen Jenum, Line Sletner, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2012). Dietary patterns are associated with gestational diabetes and socio-demographic factors: The STORK Groruddalen study.
- Line Sletner, Britt Nakstad, Chittaranjan S Yajnik, Kjersti Mørkrid, Siri Vangen, Kåre I. Birkeland, Anne Karen Jenum, (2011). Ethnic differences in neonatal body composition in a multiethnic population in Oslo, Norway. The STORK-Groruddalen Study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease s. S143-S143.
- Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Karen Jenum, Line Sletner, Siri Vangen, Kåre I. Birkeland, (2011). Gestational diabetes identified by the IADPSG- and WHO-criteria in a multiethnic population in Oslo, Norway: the Stork Groruddalen Research Program. Diabetologia s. S42-S42.
- Line Sletner, Kjersti Mørkrid, Britt Nakstad, Kåre I. Birkeland, Anne Karen Jenum, (2010). Levels of 25-OH-vitamin D in early pregnancy in women from five ethnic groups with and without gestational diabetes. Diabetologia s. S149-S149.