DrPH dissertations

Current and forthcoming public defences of doctoral dissertations at the Nordic School of Public Health are announced here

Thesis defence October 12, 2010

Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Living with Head and Neck Cancer: A Health Promotion Perspective – A Qualitative Study

Supervisor:
Professor Anneli Sarvimäki,  Age Institute, Finland

Co-supervisor:
Senior lecturer Agneta Berg, Kristianstad University, Sweden
Professor Bengt Fridlund, Halmstad University and Linnaeus University, Sweden

Thesis defence June 18, 2010

Thesis defence March 19, 2010

Co-supervisors:
Professor Johan Herlitz, Gothenburg University and University of Borås
Associate Professor Björn-Ove Suserud, University of Borås

Opponent:
Professor Bjørn Guldvog, Bergen University and Norwegian Directorate of Health

Examination board:
Professor Elina Hemminki, The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Professor Björn Biber, Gothenburg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Professor Åke Andrén-Sandberg, Lund University and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, Bergen University, Norway

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Thesis defence November 11, 2009

Ingrid Landgraff Østlie (NO) defends her DrPH-thesis on November 11 at 13.00

Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis from childhood to adult life
An 18 year follow-up study from the perspective of young adults

Supervisor:
Professor Anders Möller, NHV

Co-supervisor:
Professor Inger Johansson, Gjøvik University College, Norway

Opponent:
Professor Berit Rokne, Section of Nursing Science, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Bergen University, Norway

Examination board:
Professor emerita Elisabeth Hall, Aarhus University, Denmark
Associate Professor Ingemar Petersson, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
Associate Professor Lars-Olof Persson, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Gothenburg University, Sweden

Thesis defence November 6, 2009

Gunilla Kulla (FI) defends her DrPH-thesis on November 6 2009 at 13.00

Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Åldrande, hälsa, minoritet - äldre finlandssvenskar i Finland och Sverige

Supervisor:
Associate professor Anneli Sarvimäki, Age Institute, Finland

Co-supervisor:
Professor Sirkka-Liisa Ekman, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Opponent:
Associate professor Peter Öberg, Department of Caring Sciences and Sociology, University of Gävle, Sweden 

Examination board:
Associate professor Ania Willman, School of Health Science, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
Professor Bjørn Holstein, University of Copenhagen, Institute of Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Denmark
Associate professor Anni Vilkko, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland

Thesis defence October 21, 2009

Tone Kringeland (NO) defends her DrPH-thesis on October 21
2009 at 09.00

Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Perspective of risk in childbirth, women’s expressed wishes for mode of delivery and how they actually give birth

Supervisor:
Professor Anders Möller, NHV

Co-supervisor:
Professor Anne Kjersti Daltveit, Bergen University, Norway

Thesis defence October 16, 2009

Thesis defence May 15, 2009

Venue: Aulan, NHV

Thesis' title:
Folkesundhed i børnehøjde – indikatorer for børns sundhed og velbefindende i Grønland

Supervisor:
Professor emeritus Lennart Köhler, NHV

Co-supervisors:
Professor Peter Bjerregaard, Danish National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
Associate professor Max Petzold, NHV

Opponent:
Professor Staffan Janson, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, Department of Health and Environment, Karlstad University, Sweden

Examination board:
Associate professor Anneli Ivarsson, Umeå International School of Public Health, Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden
Professor Björn Holstein, Department of Social Medicine, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Professor Geir Gunnlaugsson, School of Health and Education, Reykjavik University, Iceland

 
Thesis defence May 15, 2009

Sirkka Elo (SE) defends her DrPH thesis on May 15 2009 at 13.00

Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Hälso- och sjukvårdens roll som informationskälla för hälsoläget i befolkningen och uppföljning av dess folkhälsoinriktade insatser

Supervisor:
Professor Ingvar Karlberg, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Gothenburg University

Co-supervisor:
Associate Professor Ina Borup, NHV

Opponent:
Associate Professor Margareta Kristenson, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community medicine, Social Medicine and Public Health Science, Linköping University

Thesis defence Mars 27, 2009

Ulla Wihlman (SE) defends her DrPH thesis on Mars 27 2009 at 13.00

Venue: NHV

Thesis' title:
Development of Interorganisational Integration - A Vocational Rehabilitation Project

Supervisor:
Professor Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, NHV

Co-supervisor:
Professor Runo Axelsson, NHV
Ass Professor Inger Holmström, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University

Opponent:
Professor Berth Danermark, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Örebro University

Examination board:
Professor emerita Kristina Schüldt Ekholm, Mid Sweden University
Ass Professor Elisabeth Fosse, Department of Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Psychology, Bergen University, Norway
Professor Mats Brommels, Department of Public Health, Helsinki University, Finland

Thesis defence January 16, 2009

GullBritt Rahm (SE) defends her doctoral thesis on January 16th 2009 at 13.00
 
Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Ut ur ensamheten. Hälsa och liv för kvinnor som varit utsatta för sexuella övergrepp i barndomen och som deltagit i självhjälpsgrupp

Supervisor:
Professor Karin Ringsbrg, NHV

Co-supervisor:
Associate Professor Barbro Renck, Karlstad University

Opponent:
Professor Barbro Wijma, Division of Gender and Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden

Examination board:
Professor Svein Mossige, NOVA - Norwegian Social Research Institute, Norway
Professor Carl Göran Svedin, Child and Adolsecent Psychiatry, Division of Women's and Children's Health, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden
Associate Professor Sirpa Wrede, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland

Thesis defence December 17, 2008

Stian Biong (NO) defends his doctoral thesis on December 17th 2008 at 13.00

Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Between death as escape and the dream of life. Psychosocial dimensions of health in young men living with substance abuse and suicidal behaviour.

Supervisor:
Professor Edle Ravndal, Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS)

Co-supervisor:
Professor Tommy Svensson, NHV

Opponent:
Professor Elisabeth Severinsson, Department of Health Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Norway

Examination board:
Associate Professor Anneli Sarvimäki, Age Institute, Finland
Professor Jan Beskow, West Swedish Network for Suicide Prevention
Professor Tor-Johan Ekeland, Volda University College, Norway

Ingrid Muus (DK) defends her doctoral thesis on September 1, 2008 at 13.00

Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title: 
Helbredsrelateret livskvalitet efter apopleksi. Validering og anvendelse af SSQOL-DK, et diagnosespecifikt instrument til måling af helbredsrelateret livskvalitet blandt danske

Main supervisor:
Professor Karing Ringsberg, NHV, Gothenburg

Co-supervisor: 
Associate Professor Max Petzold, NHV, Gothenburg

Opponent: 
Associate Professor Lars-Olof Persson, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, University of Gothenburg

Examination board:
Professor Berit Rokne Hanestad, Section for Nursing Science , Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway 

Claus Vinther Nielsen, PhD, Centre for Public Health, County of Midtjylland and Institute of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark 

Thomas Truelsen, MD, PhD, Unit of Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark

Arild Granerud (NO) defends his doctoral thesis on June 4 2008 at 13.00.

Venue: Assembly Hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Social integration for people with mental health problems: experiences, perspectives and practical changes

Supervisor:
Professor Elisabeth Severinsson, Stavanger University

Co-supervisor:
Associate Professor Lars Fredén, NHV, Gothenburg

Opponent:
Professor Bjørn Holstein, Department of Social Medicine, Copenhagen University

Examination board:
Professor Unni Å. Lindström, Department of Caring Science, Faculty of Social and Caring Sciences, Åbo Academy University
Professor Lars Dahlgren, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Umea University
Professor Tor-Johan Ekeland, Volda University College

Thesis defence May 8, 2008

Thesis defence February 7, 2008

Anette Häggblom (AX) defended her PhD thesis on February 7 2008 at 13.00.

Venue: Norgesalen, NHV

Thesis' title:
Love that turns into terror: Intimate partner violence in Åland – nurses’ encounters with battered women in the context of a government-initiated policy programme

Supervisor:
Professor Anders Möller, NHV, Gothenburg

Opponent:
Professor Hanne Haavind, Oslo university

Examination board:
Professor (forsker 1) Svein Mossig, Norwegian Social Research, NOVA
Docent Barbro Renck, Karlstad university
Professor Anneli Sarvimäki, The Age Institute, Helsinki

Thesis defence January 22, 2008

Lene Povlsen (DK) defended her thesis on January 22 at 13.00.

Venue: Assembly hall, NHV 

Thesis' title:
Diabetes in children and adolescents from non-western immigrant families - health education, support and collaboration

Main supervisor:
Professor Karin Ringsberg, NHV, Göteborg

Co-supervisor:
Professor Ingvar Karlberg, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg

Opponent:
Docent Katarina Hjelm, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö university

Examination board:
Professor Sølvi Helseth, Oslo University College
Professor Urban Rosenqvist, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala university
Professor Bjørn Holstein, Department of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen

Thesis defence December 18, 2007

Geir Vegard Berg (NO) defended his thesis on December 18 at 10.00.

Venue: Assembly hall, NHV

Thesis' title:
Å fremme den eldre sykehuspasientens helse i lys av et folkehelse - og et holistiskt-eksistensielt sykepleieperspektiv 

Main supervisor:
Professor Anneli Sarvimäki, The Age Institute, Helsinki

Co-supervisor:
Senior lecturer Birgitta Hedelin, Karlstad university

Opponent:
Professor Berit Lundman, Department of Nursing, Umeå university

Examination board:
Professor Roar Johnsen, Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Professor Bodil Ellefsen, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Oslo
Professor Bjørn Holstein, Department of Social Medicine, University of Copenhagen

Abstract/Summary

Thesis defence September 25, 2007

Louise Silwer (SE) defends her DrPH thesis on September 25 at 13.00.

Venue: Assembly hall, NHV
 
Thesis title:
Public health aspects of pharmaceutical prescription patterns: Exemplified by treatments for prevention of cardiovascular disease 
 
Supervisor:
Professor Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, NHV, Göteborg

Co-supervisor: 
Senior lecturer Max Petzold, NHV, Göteborg
 
Opponent:
Professor Ebba Holme Hansen, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen
 
Examination board:
Senior scientist, MD, Morten Andersen, Research Unit for General Practice, University of Southern Denmark
Associate professor in family medicine Per Lagerløv, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
Professor Marja Airaksinen, Division of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki

Thesis defence August 28, 2007

Hildegunn Sagvaag (NO) defended her thesis on August 28 at 13.00.

Venue: Assembly hall, NHV

Thesis title:
Alkoholbruk i tilknyting til arbeid- Ein kvalitativ studie i eit folkhelsevitskapeleg perspektiv

Main supervisor:
Professor Anneli Sarvimäki, The Age Institute, Helsinki
Co-supervisor:
Professor António Barbosa da Silva, Ansgar College and Theological Seminary, Kristiansand
Field supervisor:
DrPh Sverre Martin Nesvåg, International Research Institute of Stavanger

Opponent:
Senior lecturer Kerstin Svensson, School of Social Work, Lund university

Examination board:
Professor Tor-Johan Ekeland, Volda University College
Professor Elianne Riska, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki 
Professor Ingemar Åkerlind, Mälardalen university, Västerås

Abstract

Thesis defence June 5 2007

Bengt Åhgren (SE) defended his thesis on June 5 at 13.00.

Thesis title: Creating Integrated Health Care
 
Supervisor:
Professor Runo Axelsson, NHV
 
Opponent:
Professor Mats Brommels, Medical Management Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
 
Examination board:
Ass professor Elisabet Fosse, Faculty of Psychology, The Research Centre for Health Promotion (Hemil), University of Bergen
Ass professor Anders Anell, Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE), Lund
Adj. professor Jakob Kragstrup, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark

Thesis defence May 21 2007

Kaja Pölluste (EE) defended his thesis on May 21 at 13.00.

Thesis title:
Health reforms in Estonia - acceptability, satisfaction and impact
 
Supervisor:
Professor Runo Axelsson, NHV
 
Opponent:
Professor Göran Tomson, Department of Public Health Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 

Examination board:
Professor Grete Botten, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
Professor Juhani Lehto, Tampere School of Public Health
Professor Allan Krasnik, Department of Health Services Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen

Press release

Thesis defence December 19 2006  

Ellen Blix (NO) defended her thesis on December 19 2006 at the university of Tromsø

Thesis title:
Innkomst-CTG. En vurdering av testens prediktive verdier, reliabilitet og effekt. Betydning for jordmødre i deres daglige arbeid

Supervisor:
Professor Pål Øian, University hospital of North Norway, Tromsø
Senior lecturer Lennart Öhlund, University of Gävle
Professor Bo Eriksson, NHV

Opponent:
Professor Björn Backe, St Olavs hospital, Trondheim

Examination board:
Professor Ulla Waldenström, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm
Dr med Jens Langhoff-Roos, Rigshospitalet, Köpenhamn
Professor emeritas Vivian Wahlberg, Stockholm

Abstract
Pressmeddelande

On January 16 2007 Ellen Blix held a lecture at NHV on the subject of her thesis - read more here.

Thesis defence October 6 2006  

Elisabeth Willumsen (NO) defended her thesis on October 6 2006.

Thesis title: Interprofessional Collaboration in Residential Childcare

Supervisor:
Professor Elisabeth Severinsson, University of Stavanger
 
Opponent:
Senior lecturer Elisabeth Cedersund, Department of Health and Society, Linköping university

Examination board:
Professor Benny Hjern, Jönköping International Business School, Dept of Political Science
Professor Niels Michelsen, Health/Clinical Social Medicine, Copenhagen university
Professor Guðrun Kristinsdóttir, Iceland University of Education, Reykjavik

Abstract
Press release

Thesis defence April 19 2006