Gunnar Kvåle

Dados Biográficos

ID6842859
NOMEGunnar Kvåle
PRENOMESGunnar
SOBRENOMEKvåle
ASSINATURAKVÅLE G
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Bergen
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1988
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2008
ÍNDICE H1

  • Risk factors for maternal death in the highlands of rural northern Tanzania

    Open AccessBjørg Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg Evjen‐olsen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    Increasing maternal age, ethnic and religious affiliation, and low formal education of the husbands were associated with increased risk of maternal death. Increased attention needs to be given to formal education of both men and women. In addition, education of the male decision-makers should be given high priority in the community, especially in matters concerning pregnancy and delivery preparedness, since their choice greatly affects the surviv…

  • Svangerskapsomsorg – en menneskerett også for fattige kvinner

    Gunnar Kvåle, Henriette Sinding AasenARTICLENordic Journal of Human Rights2006

  • Injury morbidity in an urban and a rural area in Tanzania

    Open AccessCandida Moshiro, IVAR HEUCH et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2005

    The patterns of injury differ in urban and rural areas partly as a reflection of livelihoods and infrastructure. Rural residents are at a higher overall injury risk than urban residents. This may be important in the development of injury prevention strategies

  • Reproductive factors and fatal hip fractures. A Norwegian prospective study of 63,000 women

    B K Jacobsen, Steinar Nilssen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1998Referências: 29

    STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of reproductive variables (age at menarche, menopause, first and last birth as well as parity, lactation, and abortions) on hip fracture mortality. DESIGN AND SETTING: A prospective study in Norway with more than 60,000 women followed up for 29 years. A total of 465 deaths as a result of hip fracture were recorded. MAIN RESULTS: Statistically significant linear relations (p or = …

  • Perceived function of and barriers to condom use in Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions of Tanzania

    Kagoma S Mnyika, Gunnar Kvåle et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care1995

    This paper presents data from a population-based survey which assessed perceived function of and barriers to condom use among the adult population aged 15-54 years in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions in northern Tanzania. A structured questionnaire was used in data collection. A total of 1081 people participated in the study, representing a response rate of 67% of the eligible population from two urban and two semi-urban communities. Of the 108…

  • Childbearing and use of oral contraceptives

    Bjarne K Jacobsen, Emily Lund et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1992Referências: 5

    STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to correlate the level of education to childbearing pattern and previous use of oral contraceptives in middle aged women. DESIGN AND SETTING--The study was a cross sectional survey of 3608 women aged 40-42 years in a county in northern Norway and involved 72% of all women in the age bracket living in the county. Information about childbearing and use of oral contraceptives was obtained from a self administered questio…

  • Lactation and cancer risk

    Gunnar Kvåle, IVAR HEUCHARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1988Citada por: 2Referências: 13

    Relations between previous lactation experience and risks of cancer of the breast and other sites were investigated after follow-up of 50,274 parous women from 1961 through 1980. Among women with complete information on lactation, 5102 developed cancer and, of these, 1136 were diagnosed with breast cancer. Analyses of associations with mean duration of lactation per birth and duration for each of the three first births suggested a nonlinear relat…