Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy

Professor, Centre for International Health; Deputy director CISMAC

Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

E-mailIngvild.Sandoy@uib.no
Phone+47 55 58 85 54+47 454 36 843
Visitor Address
Overlege Danielssens hus, 5 floor, Årstadveien 21

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537
Postal Address
Postboks 7804

5020 Bergen

Global public health

Sexual and reproductive health in LMICs

Social epidemiology

Epidemiology and prevention

Epidemiology

Evidence-based HIV prevention, HIV epidemiology

Health systems

Social inequalities in health

Evidence-based public health

Health effects of war and violence

Data analysis in Stata and SPSS

Social security

Systematic literature review

Show author(s) (2022). Preventing teenage pregnancies in Zambia - promoting equality,value of multidisciplinary research and lessons learned.
Show author(s) (2022). Interviewing adolescent girls about sexual and reproductive health: a qualitative study exploring how best to ask questions in structured follow-up interviews in a randomized controlled trial in Zambia. Reproductive Health. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Examining the association between HIV prevalence and socioeconomic factors among young people in Zambia: Do neighbourhood contextual effects play a role? PLOS ONE. 19 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Effects of economic support, comprehensive sexuality education and community dialogue on sexual behaviour: Findings from a cluster-RCT among adolescent girls in rural Zambia. Social Science and Medicine.
Show author(s) (2022). Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents’ sexuality in rural Zambia. International Journal for Equity in Health. 13 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Application of community dialogue approach to prevent adolescent pregnancy, early marriage and school dropout in Zambia: a case study. Reproductive Health. 9 pages.

Show author(s) (2021). The effectiveness of economic support, sexuality education and community dialogue to prevent early childbearing and increase grade 9 completion in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2021). The effectiveness of economic support, sexuality education and community dialogue to prevent early childbearing and increase grade 9 completion in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2021). The effectiveness of economic support and community dialogue on early childbearing in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2021). THE EFFECT OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ON ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY RATES: A CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIAL IN A RURAL ZAMBIAN CONTEXT.
Show author(s) (2021). Revisjon av de nasjonale læringsutbyttebeskrivelsene for samfunnsmedisin i legestudiet. Michael. 348-361.
Show author(s) (2021). Pandemiens klasseforskjeller. Forskning.no.
Show author(s) (2021). Norms and sexual relations among adolescents in the context of an intervention trial in rural Zambia. Global Public Health. 14 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). Medisinen mot barneekteskap. Bergens Tidende.
Show author(s) (2021). Experiences of teachers and community health workers implementing sexuality and life skills education in youth clubs in Zambia. Global Public Health. 926-940.
Show author(s) (2021). Empowering girls: effects on childbearing and education.
Show author(s) (2021). Empowering girls: effects on childbearing and education.
Show author(s) (2021). Effects of economic support and community dialogue on early marriage in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2021). Economic support, education and sexual decision making among female adolescents in Zambia: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health.

Show author(s) (2020). Vanilla bisquits and lobola bridewealth: Parallel discourses on early pregnancy and schooling in rural Zambia. BMC Public Health. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2020). Patient and health system costs of managing pregnancy and birth-related complications in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. Health Economics Review. 1-15.
Show author(s) (2020). Parent-child communication about sexual issues in Zambia: a cross sectional study of adolescent girls and their parents. BMC Public Health. 1120.
Show author(s) (2020). Effects of economic support and community dialogue on adolescent sexual behaviour: findings from a cluster RCT in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2020). Can sexual health interventions make community-based health systems more responsive to adolescents? A realist informed study in rural Zambia. Reproductive Health. 1.
Show author(s) (2020). Acceptability of youth clubs focusing on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in rural Zambian schools: a case of Central Province. BMC Health Services Research. 9 pages.

Show author(s) (2019). The challenge of community engagement and informed consent in rural Zambia: an example from a pilot study. BMC Medical Ethics. 45.
Show author(s) (2019). Socioeconomic factors associated with HIV Prevalence among young people in Zambia .
Show author(s) (2019). Economic support and community dialogue to prevent early pregnancy and child marriage in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2019). Contrasting HIV prevalence trends among young women and men in Zambia in the past 12 years: data from demographic and health surveys 2002–2014. BMC Infectious Diseases. 1-9.
Show author(s) (2019). Community perspectives on randomisation and fairness in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Zambia. BMC Medical Ethics.
Show author(s) (2019). Acceptability of an economic support component to reduce early pregnancy and school dropout in Zambia: a qualitative case study. Global health action. 1-8.

Show author(s) (2018). Unconditional cash transfer, and school and community interventions to prevent early pregnancy and child marriage in Zambia: Preliminary findings from the Research Initiative to Support the Empowerment of girls (RISE) trial.
Show author(s) (2018). Findings from the process evaluation of the Research Initiative to Support the Empowerment of girls (RISE) trial.
Show author(s) (2018). Felles læringsutbyttebeskrivelser for samfunnsmedisinsk undervisning for medisinstudenter . Michael quarterly : publication series of the Norwegian Medical Society. 323-327.
Show author(s) (2018). Complications associated with adolescent childbearing in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review and metaanalysis. PLOS ONE. 1-21.
Show author(s) (2018). Community based interventions for strengthening adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights: how can they be integrated and sustained? A realist evaluation protocol from Zambia. Reproductive Health.

Show author(s) (2017). “Now that you are circumcised, you cannot have first sex with your wife”: post circumcision sexual behaviours and beliefs among men in Wakiso district, Uganda. Journal of the International AIDS Society.
Show author(s) (2017). Male circumcision, sexual risk behaviour and HIV infection in Uganda. A mixed methods study among men age 15-59 years.
Show author(s) (2017). Increasing HIV prevalence among young men but not among young women in Zambia in the past 12 years, Data from Demographic and Health Surveys .
Show author(s) (2017). High participation in cluster randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a girls’ empowerment programme in rural Zambia .
Show author(s) (2017). Exploring drivers for safe male circumcision: Experiences with health education and understanding of partial HIV protection among newly circumcised men in Wakiso, Uganda. PLOS ONE. 16 pages.
Show author(s) (2017). Cost-benefit and extended cost-effectiveness analysis of a comprehensive adolescent pregnancy prevention program in Zambia: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 1-10.
Show author(s) (2017). Complications associated with adolescent childbearing in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis .
Show author(s) (2017). Adolescent childbearing in Zambia: multilevel analysis of individual and community level factors.
Show author(s) (2017). ALLE GODE TING ER TO.

Show author(s) (2016). The effectivness of a girl empowerment programme on early childbearing marriage and school dropout in Zambia A cluster randomized trial.
Show author(s) (2016). Tenåringsgraviditeter, barneekteskap og skolefrafall i Zambia.
Show author(s) (2016). Tenåringsgraviditeter, barneekteskap og skolefrafall.
Show author(s) (2016). Sex differences in HIV prevalence persist over time: Evidence from 18 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2016). Reducing early childbearing, marriage and school dropout in rural Zambia A cluster randomized trial.
Show author(s) (2016). Mer kunnskap skal redusere tenåringsgraviditeter.
Show author(s) (2016). Measuring maternal mortality in a context of deficient vital registration systems: use of population census in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2016). Lifetime risk of pregnancy-related death among Zambian women: district-level estimates from the 2010 census. Journal of Population Research. 263-281.
Show author(s) (2016). En redning for jentene. Klassekampen.
Show author(s) (2016). Effectiveness of a girls’ empowerment programme on early childbearing, marriage and school dropout among adolescent girls in rural Zambia: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial. Trials. 15 pages.
Show author(s) (2016). Barneekteskap – hvor finnes løsningene? På Høyden ( UiBs nettavis).
Show author(s) (2016). A comparison of sexual risk behaviours and HIV seroprevalence among circumcised and uncircumcised men before and after implementation of the safe male circumcision programme in Uganda Global health. BMC Public Health.

Show author(s) (2015). Sexual risk behaviours and willingness to be circumcised among uncircumcised adult men in Uganda. PLOS ONE. 1-11.
Show author(s) (2015). Rural-urban differentials in pregnancy-related mortality in Zambia: Estimates using data collected in a census. Population Health Metrics.
Show author(s) (2015). Nedprioritert forskning. Bærekraft: Forskning og høyere utdanning er en klok måte å investere i den globale framtiden på.
Show author(s) (2015). Impact of Pregnancy-Related Deaths on Female Life Expectancy in Zambia: Application of Life Table Techniques to Census Data. PLOS ONE.

Show author(s) (2014). Trends in and socio-demographic factors associated with caesarean section at a Tanzanian referral hospital, 2000 to 2013. International Journal for Equity in Health.
Show author(s) (2014). Prevalence of peer violence among 13-15 year old adolescents in Sri Lankan Schools. Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka. 37-48.
Show author(s) (2014). Development of the Sri Lankan early teenagers' violence inventory: An instrument to measure peer violence in schools. BioMed Research International. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2014). Correlates of peer violence among 13-15 year olds in Gampaha district schools in Sri-Lanka: Findings from a comparison between violent and non-violent adolescents. Sage Open. 1-14.

Show author(s) (2013). The seven Cs of the high acceptability of home-based VCT: Results from a mixed methods approach in Zambia. Social Science and Medicine. 210-219.
Show author(s) (2013). The Recruitment, Sampling, and Enrollment Plan. 171-196. In:
- Show author(s) (2013). Epidemiology: Principles and Practical Guidelines. Springer.
Show author(s) (2013). Strong effects of home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing on acceptance and equity: A cluster randomised trial in Zambia. Social Science and Medicine. 9-16.
Show author(s) (2013). Measuring maternal mortality in a census: results of the Zambia 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Tropical medicine & international health. 184-185.
Show author(s) (2013). Measuring Maternal Mortality Via a Census: Results of the Zambia 2010 Census of Population and Housing.
Show author(s) (2013). Measuring Maternal Mortality Via a Census: Results of the Zambia 2010 Census of Population and Housing.
Show author(s) (2013). Managing the Informed Consent Process. 329-344. In:
- Show author(s) (2013). Epidemiology: Principles and Practical Guidelines. Elsevier.
Show author(s) (2013). Individual and community level factors predicting condom use at last sexual encounter in the general population of a rural Zambian district.
Show author(s) (2013). Effects of home-based Voluntary Counselling and Testing on HIV-related stigma: Findings from a cluster-randomized trial in Zambia. Social Science and Medicine. 18-25.
Show author(s) (2013). Decline in sexual risk behaviours among young people in Zambia (2000-2009): Do neighbourhood contextual effects play a role? PLOS ONE. 15 pages.

Show author(s) (2012). Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization. Evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia. BMC Public Health. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Risk factors, healthcare-seeking and sexual behaviour among patients with genital ulcers in Zambia. BMC Public Health.
Show author(s) (2012). Factors affecting voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health.
Show author(s) (2012). Etiological pattern of genital ulcers in Lusaka, Zambia: Has chancroid been eliminated? Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 787-791.
Show author(s) (2012). Effects of condom distribution and youth peer education in high risk places in Livingstone on condom utilization.
Show author(s) (2012). Declining syphilis trends in concurrence with HIV declines among pregnant women in Zambia: observations over fourteen years of national surveillance. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 173-181.
Show author(s) (2012). Declines in Sexual Risk Behaviours among Young People in Zambia (2000 – 2009): Do Neighbourhood Contextual Effects Play a Role?
Show author(s) (2012). Decline in HIV Prevalence among Young Women in Zambia: National-Level Estimates of Trends Mask Geographical and Socio-Demographic Differences. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2012). Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: a study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. BMC Public Health. 1030.

Show author(s) (2011). Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization. Evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia.
Show author(s) (2011). Syphilis trends in Zambia: a 14-year observation. Tropical medicine & international health. 63-63.
Show author(s) (2011). Reduction in HIV-related stigma: findings from a cluster-randomized trial in Zambia. Tropical medicine & international health. 158-159.
Show author(s) (2011). Lokal kompetanse naudsynt for å førebyggje hiv. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1910-1912.
Show author(s) (2011). Home-based voluntary HIV counseling and testing yields very high uptake compared to clinic-based: results from a cluster-randomized trial in Zambia. Tropical medicine & international health. 158-158.
Show author(s) (2011). Global helse: ulikhet, urettferdighet og sosiale helsedeterminanter. 14 pages.
Show author(s) (2011). Convincing HIV prevalence declines in Zambia among young people (15-24 years): analysis and review of different data sources. Tropical medicine & international health. 272-273.

Show author(s) (2010). “I will also tell my mother”: Clients’, lay and professional counsellors’ perspectives on consent procedures for HIV testing in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2010). Prevalence and correlates of concurrent sexual partnerships in Zambia. Aids and Behavior. 59-71.
Show author(s) (2010). Fairness and legitimacy of decisions during delivery of malaria services and ITN interventions in zambia. Malaria Journal.
Show author(s) (2010). Assessing Influences of ITN Availability on Trust in Malaria Prevention in Zambia.

Show author(s) (2009). Inreasing acceptability of participation in HIV research: the role of social mobilization in a trial in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2009). Effects of neighbourhood-level educational attainment on HIV prevalence among young women in Zambia. BMC Public Health. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2009). Accountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in developing countries. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2-11.

Show author(s) (2008). Lost opportunities in HIV prevention: programmes miss places where exposures are highest. BMC Public Health.
Show author(s) (2008). Investigating trends in HIV transmission and risk factors in Zambia.
Show author(s) (2008). Antenatal clinic HIV data found to underestimate actual prevalence declines: evidence from Zambia. Tropical medicine & international health. 171-179.

Show author(s) (2007). Associations between sexual behaviour change among young people and decline in HIV prevalence in Zambia. BMC Public Health.

Show author(s) (2006). Steep HIV prevalence declines among young people in selected Zambian communities: population-based observations (1995–2003). BMC Public Health. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2006). Marked HIV prevalence declines in higher educated young people: evidence from population-based surveys (1995-2003) in Zambia. AIDS (London). 1031-1038.
Show author(s) (2006). Antenatal clinic-based HIV prevalence in Zambia: Declining trends but sharp local contrasts in young women. Tropical medicine & international health. 917-928.

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Edited

Salvage J, Rowson M, Melf K and Sandøy I (eds). The Medical Peace Work textbook, 2nd edition, Course 4: Structural violence and the underlying causes of violent conflict. London, Medact. Available at www.medicalpeacework.org.

CISMAC (Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health) See https://www.cismac.org/

Research Initiative to Support the Empowerment of girls in Zambia

NORPART Strengthening Health systems and health care Implementation through Network based graduate training and research Education in Zambia (BERGUNZA-SHINE)

PhD, MD

Fields of competence