Halvor Sommerfelt

Biographic Data

ID	5464700
NAME	Halvor Sommerfelt
GIVEN NAMES	Halvor
FAMILY NAME	Sommerfelt
SIGNATURE	SOMMERFELT H
AFFILIATIONS	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
ORCID	0000-0002-5670-9786
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	11
TOTAL CITATIONS	0
WORKS AS AUTHOR	11
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2022
H-INDEX	0

Effect of kangaroo mother care initiated in community settings on financial risk protection of low-income households
Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022
INTRODUCTION: Many families in low-income and middle-income countries have high out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) for healthcare, and some face impoverishment. We aimed to assess the effect of Kangaroo Mother Care initiated in community setting (ciKMC) on financial risk protection estimated by healthcare OOPE, catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment due to healthcare seeking for low birthweight infants, using a randomised con…
Effect of community‐initiated kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding performance in low birthweight infants
Open AccessBireshwar Sinha, Halvor Sommerfelt et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022
This individually randomized trial was conducted to estimate the effect of promoting community-initiated kangaroo mother care (ciKMC) in low birthweight (LBW) infants on infant breastfeeding performance. It was designed as a substudy within a larger primary trial on ciKMC and infant survival. Five hundred fifty stable LBW mother-infant dyads (1500-2250 g) who provided consent, were consecutively enroled for breastfeeding performance assessment. T…
Umbilical Cord Stump Infections in Central Uganda
Open AccessJosephine Tumuhamye, Halvor Sommerfelt et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
Umbilical cord stump infection (omphalitis) is a risk factor for neonatal sepsis and death. We assessed the incidence of omphalitis, described the bacteriological and antibiotic-resistance profile of potentially pathogenic bacteria isolated from the umbilical cord stump of omphalitis cases, and evaluated whether bacteria present in the birth canal during birth predicted omphalitis. We enrolled 769 neonates at birth at three primary healthcare fac…
Health equity impact of community-initiated kangaroo mother care
Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2021
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02653534 . Registered January 12, 2016-Retrospectively registered
Kangaroo mother care
Open AccessSarmila Mazumder, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018
Trial registration number CTRI/2015/10/006267 . Name of Registry: Clinical Trials Registry - India. URL of Registry: http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/login.php Date of Registration: 15/10/2015. Date of enrolment of the first participant to the trial: 18/04/2015
Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4–5 year old children in Uganda
Open AccessLars Thore Fadnes, Victoria Nankabirwa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016
ClinicalTrials.gov.no. NCT00397150 . Registered 7th of November 2006
Child survival and BCG vaccination
Open AccessVictoria Nankabirwa, James K Tumwine et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015
The risk of early childhood death in Mbale, Uganda is unacceptably high. BCG vaccination was associated with an increased likelihood of child survival
Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa
Open AccessIngunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Debra Jackson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00397150
Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, Gems)
Karen L Kotloff, James P Nataro et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2013
The high burden of infant deaths in rural Burkina Faso
Open AccessAbdoulaye Hama Diallo, Nicolas Meda et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012
We observed a very high IMR in a rural area of Burkina Faso, a country where 75% of the population lives in rural settings. Community-based health interventions targeting mothers and children at high risk are urgently needed to reduce the high burden of infant deaths in these areas
Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas
Open AccessLars Thore Fadnes, Debra Jackson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00397150

Vaccination coverage and timeliness in three South African areas
Open AccessLars Thore Fadnes, Debra Jackson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00397150
The high burden of infant deaths in rural Burkina Faso
Open AccessAbdoulaye Hama Diallo, Nicolas Meda et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012
We observed a very high IMR in a rural area of Burkina Faso, a country where 75% of the population lives in rural settings. Community-based health interventions targeting mothers and children at high risk are urgently needed to reduce the high burden of infant deaths in these areas
Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, Gems)
Karen L Kotloff, James P Nataro et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2013
Growth effects of exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa
Open AccessIngunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen, Debra Jackson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00397150
Child survival and BCG vaccination
Open AccessVictoria Nankabirwa, James K Tumwine et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015
The risk of early childhood death in Mbale, Uganda is unacceptably high. BCG vaccination was associated with an increased likelihood of child survival
Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4–5 year old children in Uganda
Open AccessLars Thore Fadnes, Victoria Nankabirwa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016
ClinicalTrials.gov.no. NCT00397150 . Registered 7th of November 2006
Kangaroo mother care
Open AccessSarmila Mazumder, Ravi Prakash Upadhyay et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018
Trial registration number CTRI/2015/10/006267 . Name of Registry: Clinical Trials Registry - India. URL of Registry: http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/login.php Date of Registration: 15/10/2015. Date of enrolment of the first participant to the trial: 18/04/2015
Health equity impact of community-initiated kangaroo mother care
Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2021
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02653534 . Registered January 12, 2016-Retrospectively registered
Effect of kangaroo mother care initiated in community settings on financial risk protection of low-income households
Open AccessTarun Shankar Choudhary, Sarmila Mazumder et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022
INTRODUCTION: Many families in low-income and middle-income countries have high out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) for healthcare, and some face impoverishment. We aimed to assess the effect of Kangaroo Mother Care initiated in community setting (ciKMC) on financial risk protection estimated by healthcare OOPE, catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment due to healthcare seeking for low birthweight infants, using a randomised con…
Effect of community‐initiated kangaroo mother care on breastfeeding performance in low birthweight infants
Open AccessBireshwar Sinha, Halvor Sommerfelt et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022
This individually randomized trial was conducted to estimate the effect of promoting community-initiated kangaroo mother care (ciKMC) in low birthweight (LBW) infants on infant breastfeeding performance. It was designed as a substudy within a larger primary trial on ciKMC and infant survival. Five hundred fifty stable LBW mother-infant dyads (1500-2250 g) who provided consent, were consecutively enroled for breastfeeding performance assessment. T…
Umbilical Cord Stump Infections in Central Uganda
Open AccessJosephine Tumuhamye, Halvor Sommerfelt et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
Umbilical cord stump infection (omphalitis) is a risk factor for neonatal sepsis and death. We assessed the incidence of omphalitis, described the bacteriological and antibiotic-resistance profile of potentially pathogenic bacteria isolated from the umbilical cord stump of omphalitis cases, and evaluated whether bacteria present in the birth canal during birth predicted omphalitis. We enrolled 769 neonates at birth at three primary healthcare fac…