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Dawit Shawel Abebe

Dawit Shawel Abebe

Job title
  • Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 32, 0166 Oslo
  • Office number: N050.125
E-mail
  • dawit.abebe@oslomet.no
Affiliation
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Department of Nursing and Health Promotion
  • Head of Studies - Area of responsibility 8

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

Ethiopia   Norway

Research groups

Research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Ekeberg, Karoline; Abebe, Dawit Shawel (2022). Kulturens rolle i diagnostisering av psykiske lidelser. Lundgren, Charlotte (Ed.). Psykisk oppvekst. Barn og unges psykiske helse fra 0-25 år. Kapittel 6. p. 315-319.

Hynek, Kamila Angelika; Abebe, Dawit Shawel (2022). Psykisk helse hos barn med innvandrerbakgrunn i Norge. Lundgren, Charlotte (Ed.). Psykisk oppvekst. Barn og unges psykiske helse fra 0-25 år.

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://hdl.handle.net/11250/2996033

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...

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 . 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 . Vol. 3.
https://www.idunn.no/norsk_sosiologisk_tidsskrift/...

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Helseth, Sølvi; Andenæs, Randi (2019). Socio-Economic Gradients and Disability During The Transition to Young Adulthood: A Longitudinal Survey and Register Study in Norway. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education . Vol. 66.

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Elstad, Jon Ivar; Lien, Lars (2018). Utilization of somatic specialist services among psychiatric immigrant patients: the Norwegian patient registry study. BMC Health Services Research . Vol. 18:852.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2589061

Toft, Helge Prytz; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav; Lien, Lars; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Wampold, Bruce E.; Tilden, Terje; Hestad, Knut; Neupane, Sudan Prasad (2018). PTSD patients show increasing cytokine levels during treatment despite reduced psychological distress. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment . Vol. 14.
https://www.dovepress.com/ptsd-patients-show-incre...

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Hafstad, Gertrud Sofie; von Soest, Tilmann (2018). Eating Problems From Childhood to Young Adulthood. Mathiesen, Kristin Schjelderup; Sanson, Ann; Karevold, Evalill Bølstad (Ed.). Tracking Opportunities and Problems From Infancy to Adulthood. Chapter 9. p. 105-113. Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.

Feng, Tingting; Abebe, Dawit Shawel (2017). Eating behaviour disorders among adolescents in a middle school in Dongfanghong, China. Journal of Eating Disorders . Vol. 5.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/61961

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Lien, Lars; Elstad, Jon Ivar (2017). Immigrants’ utilization of specialist mental healthcare according to age, country of origin, and migration history: a nation-wide register study in Norway. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology .
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2487163

Helseth, Sølvi; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Andenæs, Randi (2016). Mental health problems among individuals with persistent health challenges from adolescence to young adulthood: a population-based longitudinal study in Norway. BMC Public Health . Vol. 16:983.

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Tøge, Anne Grete; Dahl, Espen (2016). Individual-level changes in self-rated health before and during the economic crisis in Europe. International Journal for Equity in Health . Vol. 15.
http://hdl.handle.net/10642/3030

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Frøyland, Lars Roar; Bakken, Anders; von Soest, Tilmann (2016). Municipal-level differences in depressive symptoms among adolescents in Norway: Results from the cross-national Ungdata study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health . Vol. 44.

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; von Soest, Tilmann; Holle, Ann von; Zerwas, Stephanie; Torgesen, Leila; Bulik, Cynthia M. (2015). Developmental Trajectories of Postpartum Weight 3 Years After Birth: Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Maternal and Child Health Journal . Vol. 19.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/296517

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Hafstad, Gertrud Sofie; Brunborg, Geir Scott; Kumar, Bernadette. N; Lien, Lars (2014). Binge drinking, cannabis and tobacco use among ethnic Norwegian and ethnic minority adolescents in Oslo, Norway. 10 p. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health .

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Torgersen, Leila; Lien, Lars; Hafstad, Gertrud Sofie; von Soest, Tilmann (2014). Predictors of Disordered Eating in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A Population-Based, Longitudinal Study of Females and Males in Norway. International Journal of Behavioral Development . Vol. 38.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/286347

Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Lien, Lars; Hjelde, Karin Harsløf (2014). What We Know and Don't Know About Mental Health Problems Among Immigrants in Norway. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health . Vol. 16.
http://hdl.handle.net/10642/2444

Hafstad, Gertrud Sofie; Abebe, Dawit Shawel; Torgersen, Leila; von Soest, Tilmann (2013). Picky eating in preschool children: The predictive role of the child's temperament and mother's negative affectivity. Eating Behaviors . Vol. 14.



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