Blar i Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap på tidsskrift "Scandinavian Journal of Public Health"
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29 recommendations to combat social inequalities in health. The Norwegian Council on Social Inequalities in Health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)All political parties in Norway agree that social inequalities in health comprise a public health problem and should be reduced. Against this background, the Council on Social Inequalities in Health has taken action to ... -
Alienation: A useful concept for health inequality research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aims: While Marxist class analysis has strongly influenced the development of health inequality research, other aspects of Marx’s theory have received less attention. Among the most relevant of Marx’s theoretical contributions ... -
The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background: The welfare state distributes financial resources to its citizens – protecting them in times of adversity. Variations in how such social protection policies are administered have been attributed to important ... -
Gender empowerment, inequalities and the prevalence of adult female obesity: An empirical analysis using new data, 1990–2013
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aims: Do gender inequality and gender discrimination explain female obesity? Discrimination denies access to choose and constrains agency. Scope: Using the Global Burden of Disease data on overweight and obesity share of ... -
The Gender Pain Gap: gender inequalities in pain across 19 European countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aims: Chronic pain is increasingly considered to be an international public health issue, yet gender differences in chronic pain in Europe are under-examined. This work aimed to examine gender inequalities in pain across ... -
Health-system equity, egalitarian democracy and COVID-19 outcomes: An empirical analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spate of studies showing a close connection between inequitable access to health care, welfare services and adverse outcomes from the pandemic. Others have argued that democratic ... -
Migration and Health: Time for a new research agenda
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Non-communicable diseases and the social determinants of health in the Nordic countries: Findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Comparative studies examining non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and determinants of health in the Nordic countries are scarce, outdated and focus only on a limited range of NCDs and health determinants. This study is the ... -
Quality of life in primary school children: The Health Oriented Pedagogical Project (HOPP)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aims: The primary aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between parents’ level of education, measurements of physical attributes, and quality of life in a general sample of primary school children. ...