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 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
Skarstein, Siv; Lien, Lars; Abebe, Dawit Shawel
(2022).
The burden of somatic diseases among people with alcohol- and drug use disorders are influenced by mental illness and low socioeconomic status. A registry-based cohort study in Norway.
7 p.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
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Vol. 165.
https://app.cristin.no/projects/show.jsf?id=607125
Hynek, Kamila Angelika; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Liefbroer, Aart C.; Hauge, Lars Johan; Straiton, Melanie Lindsay (2022). The association between early marriage and mental disorder among young migrant and non-migrant women: a Norwegian register-based study. 11 p. BMC Women's Health . Vol. 22.
Hynek, Kamila Angelika; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Hollander, Anna-Clara; Liefbroer, Aart C.; Hauge, Lars Johan; Straiton, Melanie Lindsay
(2022).
The association between persistent low parental income during preschool age and mental disorder in adolescence and early adulthood: a Norwegian register-based study of migrants and non-migrants.
BMC Psychiatry
.
Vol. 22.
https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/1...
Jonassen, Rune; Hilland, Eva; Harmer, Catherine J.; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Bergem, Anne Kristine; Skarstein, Siv (2021). Over-the-counter analgesics use is associated with pain and psychological distress among adolescents: a mixed effects approach in cross-sectional survey data from Norway. BMC Public Health . Vol. 21.
Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Lien, Lars; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav
(2021).
Effects of age and gender on the relationship between alcohol use disorder and somatic diseases: a national register study in Norway.
8 p.
BMJ Open
.
Vol. 11.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2832955
Roer, Grethe Emilie; Solbakken, Heidi Hurlen; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Aaseth, Jan; Bolstad, Ingeborg; Lien, Lars
(2021).
Inpatients experiences about the impact of traumatic stress on eating behaviors: an exploratory focus group study.
Journal of Eating Disorders
.
Vol. 9.
https://jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1...
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. 8 p. Journal of Nutritional Science (JNS) . Vol. 10.
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.
20 p.
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) . Vol. 10.
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
.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-0...
