About
Dawit Shawel Abebe is a Professor of Public Health at the Faculty of Health, Department of Nursing and Health Promotion. Dawit has a Ph.D. in Public Health/Epidemiology (2014) from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. He also received M.Phil in International Community Health (2009) from the University of Oslo and a Master in Nutrition (2006) from the University of Gent, Belgium. His research focuses on immigrant health, development of mental wellbeing, comorbidities between mental disorders and somatic diseases, and global health. His research is based on quantitative research methods.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Community medicine, social medicine
Subject areas
Youth Migration health Immigrant health Eating problems Youth and mental health Public health
Countries
Research groups
Research projects
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Negotiating Early Job Insecurity and Labour Market Exclusion in Europe (NEGOTIATE)
NEGOTIATE is a research project examining the long- and short-term consequences of job insecurity and labour market exclusion of young people.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Gebru, Nardos Wondafrash; Gebreyesus, Seifu Hagos; Hassen, Hamid Yimam; Habtemariam, Esete; Abebe, Dawit Shawel (2021). Cultural adaptation and validation of the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire in Ethiopia. Journal of Nutritional Science (JNS) .
Jonassen, Rune; Hilland, Eva; Harmer, Catherine; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Bergem, Anne Kristine; Skarstein, Siv
(2021).
Use of Over-The-Counter Analgesics for Pain and Psychological Distress Among Adolescents: A Mixed Effects Approach in Cross-Sectional Survey Data From Norway BMC Public Health (under review).
BMC Public Health
.
https://oxfordhealth-nhs.archive.knowledgearc.net/...
Gebru, Nardos Wondafrash; Hagos, Seifu; Habtemariam, Esete; Yirgu, Robel; Abebe, Dawit Shawel (2021). Caregivers' feeding practices in Ethiopia: association with caregiver and child characteristics. Journal of Nutritional Science (JNS) .
Ekeberg, Karoline; Abebe, Dawit Shawel
(2020).
Mental disorders among young adults of immigrant background: a nationwide register study in Norway.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-0...
Gebru, Nardos Wondafrash; Hagos, Seifu; Yirgu, Robel; Habtemariam, Esete; Abebe, Dawit Shawel (2020). The relationship between caregivers’ feeding practices and children’s eating behaviours among preschool children in Ethiopia. Appetite .
Hynek, Kamila Angelika; Straiton, Melanie Lindsay; Hauge, Lars Johan; Corbett, Karina; Abebe, Dawit Shawel
(2020).
Use of outpatient mental healthcare services and upper-secondary school completion in young women with migrant background – A population-based study.
8 p.
SSM - Population Health
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Vol. 11.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2728043
Tuffa, Tigest; Hagos, Seifu H; Endris, Bilal Shikur; Getnet, Yalemwork; Abebe, Dawit Shawel (2020). Unhealthy weight control behaviors among Ethiopian female adolescents. International Journal of Eating Disorders . Vol. 53.
Toft, Helge Prytz; Lien, Lars; Neupane, Sudan Prasad; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Tilden, Terje; Wampold, Bruce E.; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav
(2020).
Cytokine concentrations are related to level of mental distress in inpatients not using anti-inflammatory drugs.
9 p.
Acta Neuropsychiatrica
.
Vol. 32.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/acta-neuro...
Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Hyggen, Christer (2019). Moderators of unemployment and wage scarring during the transition to young adulthood: evidence from Norway. Hvinden, Bjørn; O'Reilly, Jacqueline; Schoyen, Mi Ah; Hyggen, Christer (Ed.). Negotiating Early Job Insecurity Well-being, Scarring and Resilience of European Youth. 6. p. 115-137. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bakken, Anders; Andersen, Patrick Lie; Frøyland, Lars Roar; Abebe, Dawit Shawel
(2019).
Rekkefølgeeffekter i spørreundersøkelser blant ungdom. Resultater fra et split-ballot-eksperiment.
Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
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Vol. 3.
https://www.idunn.no/norsk_sosiologisk_tidsskrift/...
