Research groups
Research projects
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Optimising health literacy amongst parents with immigrant backgrounds (OPAL)
The aim of the OPAL project is to develop knowledge about the health literacy of parents with immigrant backgrounds, as well as design and evaluate solutions to promote their health literacy.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Bennetter, Karin Elisabeth; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Jenum, Anne Karen; Robinson, Hilde Stendal; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Waage, Christin
(2023).
Associations between social support and physical activity in postpartum: a Norwegian multi-ethnic cohort study.
BMC Public Health.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15507-z
Waage, Christin; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Stigum, Hein; Jenum, Anne Karen; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Shakeel, Nilam; Michelsen, Trond Melbye; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Sletner, Line
(2022).
Lipid and lipoprotein concentrations during pregnancy and associations with ethnicity.
12 p.
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04524-2
Fragoso-Bargas, Nicolas; Opsahl, Julia Onsrud; Kiryushchenko, Nadezhda; Böttcher, Yvonne; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Waage, Christin; Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Groop, Leif C.; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Sommer, Christine
(2021).
Cohort profile: Epigenetics in Pregnancy (EPIPREG) – Population-based sample of European and South Asian pregnant women with epigenome-wide DNA methylation (850k) in peripheral blood leukocytes.
PLOS ONE.
Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256158
Kinnunen, Tarja I.; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Sletner, Line; Torgersen, Leila; Sommer, Christine; Waage, Christin Wiegels; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Jenum, Anne Karen
(2019).
Ethnic differences in body mass index trajectories from 18 years to postpartum in a population-based cohort of pregnant women in Norway.
9 p.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022640
Bærug, Anne Bergljot; Sletner, Line; Laake, Petter; Fretheim, Atle; Løland, Beate Fossum; Waage, Christin; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Jenum, Anne Karen
(2018).
Recent gestational diabetes was associated with mothers stopping predominant breastfeeding earlier in a multi-ethnic population.
Acta Paediatrica.
Vol. 107.
https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.14274
Eggemoen, Åse Ruth; Waage, Christin; Sletner, Line; Gulseth, Hanne Løvdal; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Jenum, Anne Karen
(2018).
Vitamin D, gestational diabetes, and measures of glucose metabolism in a population-based multiethnic cohort.
12 p.
Journal of Diabetes Research.
Vol. 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8939235
Waage, Christin; Jenum, Anne Karen; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Berg, Jens Petter; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Birkeland, Kåre I.
(2017).
Associations between gestational diabetes mellitus and elevated HbA1c early postpartum in a multi-ethnic population.
8 p.
Primary Care Diabetes.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2016.09.007
Kinnunen, Tarja I.; Waage, Christin; Sommer, Christine; Sletner, Line; Raitanen, Jani; Jenum, Anne Karen
(2016).
Ethnic Differences in Gestational Weight Gain: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Norway.
Maternal and Child Health Journal.
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-016-1947-7
Waage, Christin; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Jenum, Anne Karen; Michelsen, Trond Melbye; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Sletner, Line
(2016).
Ethnic differences in blood pressure from early pregnancy to postpartum: A Norwegian cohort study.
Journal of Hypertension.
Vol. 34.
https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000918
Waage, Christin; Falk, Ragnhild Sørum; Sommer, Christine; Mørkrid, Kjersti; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Bærug, Anne Bergljot; Shakeel, Nilam; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Jenum, Anne Karen
(2016).
Ethnic differences in postpartum weight retention: a Norwegian cohort study.
10 p.
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Vol. 123.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.13321