Centre for Fertility and Health
A Norwegian Centre of Excellence. Our scientific goal is to advance our understanding of health implications of changes in patterns of fertility and family structure.
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About
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People
Scientific and administrative organisation of the centre.
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Research
Our scientific goal is to greatly advance the understanding of health implications of changes in patterns of fertility and family structure.
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Publications
An overview of papers published in the Centre for Fertility and Health.
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Events
Overview of next events and past events in the Centre.
Next events
CeFH lunch seminar: Income and mortality
CeFH Biostatistical seminar: Estimating the treatment effect on the treated under time-dependent confounding
News
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Getting pregnant shortly after a stillbirth poses no risks
Getting pregnant within 12 months after a stillbirth does not increase the risk of pregnancy complications, according to a new international study.
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Child’s age at parental divorce can affect antidepressant use in adulthood
Children who were aged 15-19 when their parents divorced are less likely to use antidepressants as adults than children who were under four-years-old when their parents divorced.
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Maternal history of miscarriages and measures of fertility in relation to childhood asthma
Children of parents who have had difficulty conceiving, or who are the result of assisted reproduction, are at increased risk of asthma according to a Norwegian study.
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Our activities
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An interview with Robyn Wootton
A short interview with visiting scientist Robyn Wootton as she wraps up her stay at the Centre
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New funding for the Centre
CeFH has been awarded three new research projects
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The increasing mortality advantage of the married
Marital status is increasingly important for life expectancy. Our research investigates the reasons for this change.
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Adolescence and the next generation
Investing in adolescents as the parents of the next generation is important for the well-being of both current and future generations.
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The Gro Harlem Brundtland Visiting Scholarship
The visiting scholar program hosts young researchers from Norway and abroad.
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Perspectives
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Why we need interdisciplinarity when studying fertility and health
In this statement, Vegard Skirbekk make the case for interdisciplinary research in the study of fertility and health.
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Is low fertility a problem?
A brief discussion by Øystein Kravdal of what kind of individual-level arguments that might be relevant
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Projects
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Project
Health Gap: Health, maturity, and gender gap in education
The project aims to understand the health consequences of gender differences in school performance and examine whether they are explained by differences in timing of physical maturity.
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Which birthweight growth percentile charts and thresholds best predict still birth, neonatal and infant mortality
We aim to estimate the association between perinatal death and alternative measures of standardized birthweight using large sample sets.
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Reproduction, partner disruption and health
The main aim of the project is to understand the health consequences of changes in fertility patterns and partner disruption.
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