Projects
Here is an overview of projects at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. You can sort or search among ongoing or concluded projects.
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Evaluation of free school fruit on childhood growth and obesity: a natural experiment
This project will examine to which extent free fruit in schools may influence weight development in schoolchildren.
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Evidence-base for shared decision making tools.
The NIPH collaborates with the "Samvalgssenter" by publishing reports about the documentation on the effectiveness of treatment for their national shared-decision making tools.
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Exposure of the father and implications for the child: Analysis of genetic and epigenetic changes in triads-a case-control study
Our ambition is to identify paternal factors of major importance for the health of the child, thereby preventing health risk of new generations.
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Glucose tolerance test in pregnancy: A systematic mapping review
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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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Health personnel's communication of children’s weight status: What is effective and what are the childrens and parents’ experiences and preferences? A mixed methods systematic review
We were commissioned to conduct a mixed methods systematic review of empirical research about communication of children’s underweight, overweight or obese status to children and their parents.
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Health Technology Assessment of medicines used for multiple sclerosis
The present Health Technology Assessment (HTA) have added two new medicines for the indication and removed a group of medicines (interferons) due to low priority use.
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Health Technology Assessment of medicines, including rituximab, used for primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)
We aim to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of RRMS medicines in the treatment of patients with primary progressive MS.
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HEV vaksinestudie hos fertile kvinner i Bangladesh og risikofaktorer for alvorlig HEV
The project aims to evaluate the protection against hepatitis E virus (HEV) disease in pregnant women by immunization with the HEV vaccine (Hecolin).
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Hip fractures in Norway: Predictors, incidence and survival. Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS)
The aim of the project is to explore the possible causes for the high incidence of hip fractures in Norway.
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for osteonecrosis - project plan
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has been commissioned to assess the effects, safety and cost-effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for osteonecrosis.
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i4C - Strengthening global health international collaboration
"Strengthening International Collaboration for Capitalizing on Cost-Effective and Life-Saving Commodities (i4C)" project is evaluating eight different policy interventions.
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Immune cell profiles in patients with unknown mechanism of allergic reactions to food
This project will identify the characteristic immune cell profiles for two patient groups with allergic reactions with or without specific IgE in serum, also compared with healthy controls.
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Injuries in Norway: incidence, consequences, demographic and individual risk factors
The project aims to study trends in injury incidence in Norway and to provide knowledge of potential risk factors for injuries, and consequences of non-fatal injuries.
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Inpatients’ experiences with interdisciplinary treatment for substance dependence: measurement, application and use of data
The project will test the psychometric properties of the questionnaire used in the surveys of inpatients in interdisciplinary treatment for substance dependence.
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Intrauterine infections and risk of stillbirth and delayed language development
The project studies the complications of intrauterine infections like cytomegalovirus and parvovirus B19.
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Language-8: Developmental trajectories of childhood language impairment; Understanding the role of behavioral and biological markers
The overall aim of this project is to expand our knowledge about groups of children with Developmental Language Disorder.
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Lifestyle interventions alone or in combination with drugs for adults with overweight or obesity.
In this scoping review, we will identify and categorize studies about lifestyle interventions that has a duration of one year or longer, and that involves adults with a BMI ≥25.
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Local councils’ oversight of the Alcohol Act
A study of the municipalities' administration of alcohol legislation is conducted every year.
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Long and shorter effect of prenatal exposure to maternal anxiety on child behaviour
The primary objective is to examine the underlying mechanism of prenatal maternal anxiety on child behaviour.
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