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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- EU-WISH (EU4Health Joint Action)
EU-WISH (EU4Health Joint Action)
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EU-WISH (EU-Wastewater Integrated Surveillance for Public Health) is a Join Action under the EU4Health programme which supports the policy priority of strengthening the capacity to prevent, prepare for and rapidly respond to serious cross-border health threats. - Reproduction, partner disruption and health
Reproduction, partner disruption and health
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The main aim of the project is to understand the health consequences of changes in fertility patterns and partner disruption.
- Risk of breast cancer in persons born after assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
Risk of breast cancer in persons born after assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
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This research project is funded by the Norwegian Cancer Society and the Breast Cancer Society with funds from the Pink Ribbon campaign.
- BIOSFER - Untangling biologic and social causes of low fertility in modern societies
BIOSFER - Untangling biologic and social causes of low fertility in modern societies
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- Prevention and control of rodents – Sustainable rodent management
Prevention and control of rodents – Sustainable rodent management
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- Understanding the link between cardio-metabolic diseases and severe psychiatric disorders - a national multigenerational register study
Understanding the link between cardio-metabolic diseases and severe psychiatric disorders - a national multigenerational register study
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- The impact of quality in kindergarten for better mental health in children: a Norwegian survey-registry linkage study (MoBaKinder)
The impact of quality in kindergarten for better mental health in children: a Norwegian survey-registry linkage study (MoBaKinder)
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In MoBaKinder we will find out how kindergartens can promote good mental health and quality of life in children. - Enabling environments for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk reduction in Ethiopia
Enabling environments for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk reduction in Ethiopia
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ENABLE aims to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by reducing the life-long prevalence of major NCD risk factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia.
- Protein glycosylation and glycan diversity in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis (PROGLYC)
Protein glycosylation and glycan diversity in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis (PROGLYC)
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PROGLYC aims to unravel protein glycosylation diversity and dynamics, and establish the role(s) of the O-linked protein glycosylation system in meningococcal carriage and disease. - Safety of Covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy
Safety of Covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy
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The main objective in this project is to study the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy - YoungWork: Young adults’ mental health and labor market exclusion - causes, consequences, and trends
YoungWork: Young adults’ mental health and labor market exclusion - causes, consequences, and trends
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The main aim of this project is to provide a comprehensive analysis of changes in the bidirectional relationships between young adults' mental health (ages 15-29), educational attainment, and labor market participation. - ESPAD - European School Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
ESPAD - European School Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs
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FHI is responsible for collecting Norwegian data for ESPAD. To date, six data collections have been carried out; 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. - National surveillance of the HPV immunisation programme (project description)
National surveillance of the HPV immunisation programme (project description)
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The national surveillance programme was established to monitor the vaccine uptake, effectiveness and safety of the HPV immunisation programme.
- 262030: Norwegian Burden of Disease Study 2017-2019: regional and socioeconomic patterns in Norway and Nordic comparison studies
262030: Norwegian Burden of Disease Study 2017-2019: regional and socioeconomic patterns in Norway and Nordic comparison studies
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The Global Burden of Disease project is now established as a research centre. - Improving Services’ Proactive Efforts: The Impact of Covid-19 and Vulnerability on Exclusion from Health and Welfare (CoV-clusion)
Improving Services’ Proactive Efforts: The Impact of Covid-19 and Vulnerability on Exclusion from Health and Welfare (CoV-clusion)
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- Changing lives, changing brains
Changing lives, changing brains
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We will study life-course effects of and interactions between family and work in adulthood for risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and cognitive impairment in older adults. - Alternatives to animal testing: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)
Alternatives to animal testing: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)
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Our focus lies in revolutionising toxicological assessment through the development of innovative New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) and advancing our understanding of environmental chemicals and their impact on human health. - Survey of healthcare needs among refugees from Ukraine
Survey of healthcare needs among refugees from Ukraine
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The aim of the survey is to measure self-reported health and healthcare needs in a sample of Ukrainian refugees in Norway.
- The Norwegian Environmental Biobank
The Norwegian Environmental Biobank
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- Children with incomplete vaccine uptake in Norway
Children with incomplete vaccine uptake in Norway
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This project is part of a broader ongoing work to assess attitudes to vaccination in Norway, and to identify risk factors for declining vaccine uptake. - Intrauterine environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes
Intrauterine environmental exposures and pregnancy outcomes
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This project will investigate whether various intrauterine environmental factors have a causal effect on pregnancy complications by using genetic markers as instrumental variables. - Best prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes
Best prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes
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We aim to estimate the association between perinatal death and alternative measures of standardized birthweight using large sample sets. - CoMeCT
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CoMeCT (Coordination Mechanism for Cohorts and Trials) is an ambitious new EU-funded project for coordinating clinical and public health research on infectious diseases with epidemic potential. - Exposure to heat and air pollution in EUrope – cardiopulmonary impacts and benefits of mitigation and adaptation (EXHAUSTION)
Exposure to heat and air pollution in EUrope – cardiopulmonary impacts and benefits of mitigation and adaptation (EXHAUSTION)
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The EXHAUSTION project aims to quantify the changes in cardiopulmonary mortality and morbidity due to extreme heat and air pollution (including from wildfires) under selected climate scenarios - Comprehensive evaluation of creating public open spaces for enhancing health in local communities (CO-CREATING PUBLIC HEALTH)
Comprehensive evaluation of creating public open spaces for enhancing health in local communities (CO-CREATING PUBLIC HEALTH)
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This project follows the development of public open spaces for physical and social activities in local communities from idea to completion, and for up to two years after establishment in seven municipalities in Eastern Norway.