Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care

Research groups

The department is engaged in research and teaching wihtin a range of fields related to public health and primary health care.

Important areas of interest are among others:

The study of prevalence of healthrelated issues in the population
The identification of causes for disease in the population as specified by age, gender, work factors, social factors, etc
The study of the public health system, and how society deals with health issues
The study of how individuals deal with illness and poor health
The evaluation of preventive health measures designed to promote good health

NEW PUBLICATION

Metabolic risk factors and ovarian cancer in the Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer project
Poster Award GlobVac

Blandina awarded best poster at GlobVac conference

PhD candidate Blandina Mmbaga won the prize for best poster at the conference “Contributions to Global Health Research, Capacity Building and Governance”.
NEW PUBLICATION

Biomarkers related to one-carbon metabolism as potential risk factors for distal colorectal adenomas

Stefan De Vogel has published an article at the journal of Cancer, biomarkers & prevention where he shows that high plasma concentrations of methionine and betaine, and vitamins B2 and B6 may reduce risk of developing colorectal adenomas. In addition to B-vitamins, methyl group donors such as methionine and betaine may play a role in colorectal carcinogenesis.
New publication

Immigrant GPs important for the Norwegian health care system

Immigrant GPs draw upon personal experience from their home country and as immigrants themselves, to better help immigrant patients with medical issues. A new article shows that this cultural competence is an important resource in clinical practice.