Geir Gunnlaugsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 748930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geir Gunnlaugsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geir |
| FAMILY NAME | Gunnlaugsson |
| SIGNATURE | GUNNLAUGSSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6674-2862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Navigating Challenges with Trust and Creativity: Adolescents’ Experiences of Covid-19 in Iceland
In this study, we explore the relational dimensions of resilience among adolescents in Iceland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the frameworks of social-ecological resilience and the embodied, social, and public child, we examine how resilience manifests through interactions with family, peers, and community. Participants employed tactical trust and creative strategies to navigate restrictions, transforming digital and physical spaces into sou…
Student experiences and perspectives on decolonising global health education: A qualitative study across five Nordic countries
BACKGROUND: Decolonisation has become a global health priority, addressing inequities rooted in colonial histories that continue to shape power dynamics and knowledge systems. Nordic global health programmes bring together students and faculty from diverse backgrounds in a region defined by inclusive ideals but shaped by underexamined colonial legacies. This context offers a valuable setting to examine how decolonial perspectives are integrated o…
The Covid ‐School and Social Responsibility: Creative Expressions of Children's Rights and Agency in Iceland During the Pandemic
This study examines children's experiences in Iceland during the COVID‐19 pandemic through their creative expressions submitted to the Ombudsman for Children. Analysing 454 submissions, including narratives, drawings and videos from children aged 6–16, the research identified two main themes: the ‘COVID‐School’ addressing educational disruptions and peer relationships, and ‘Social responsibility’ reflecting children's engagement with health measu…
Well‐being in healthy Icelandic women varies with extreme seasonality in ambient light
Seasonal variation in photoperiod may affect psychosocial and physical well‐being in healthy persons. We tested this hypothesis in healthy pre‐menopausal women, without a history of mood disorders, living year‐round in Reykjavik, Iceland (64.1°N). Participants reported daily self‐assessments of well‐being throughout a complete ovulatory menstrual cycle in summer and/or winter (70% participated in both seasons). Scores for mood, cognitive acuity, …
Child Fatalities in Tractor-Related Accidents in Rural Iceland, 1918–2024: A Historical Analysis
Children on farms face high risks of work- and non-work-related fatalities, with tractors being a significant contributor. This study examines children's involvement in fatal tractor-related accidents within agriculture in Iceland from 1918 to 2024, explores adult reflections on childhood tractor-driving experiences, and analyses Members of Parliament's arguments against setting a minimum age for off-road tractor driving. The data are based on pa…
Equality of opportunity: Social determinants of university expectation amongst school attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
This research explores determinants of higher education (HE) expectation in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Survey data includes 2,039 randomly selected responses from school-attending adolescents, from June 2017. HE expectations were indicated by 77% of girls and 68.7% of boys, privately schooled adolescents more frequently (78.5%) than publicly schooled peers (67.6%). Akaike Information Criterion was utilised, modelling HE expectation. Logistic regressi…
Child Rights during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning from Child Health-and-Rights Professionals across the World
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of a child rights-based approach to policymaking and crisis management. Anchored in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 3P framework-provision, protection, and participation-forms the foundation for health professionals advocating for children's rights. Expanding it with two additional domains-preparation and power-into a 5P framework has the potential to enhance child rig…
Just Standing Still”: A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Experiences of School Closures Due to Emerging Covid-19 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of children in a myriad of ways across the world. It exposed and aggravated existing inequalities between children within countries and across continents and hampered education. In Guinea-Bissau, school closure was one of the first restrictions implemented to confront the emerging pandemic. The aim was to describe and analyse the experiences of adolescents of school closures in the capital Bissau, their co…
The Provider Role and Perspective in the Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in Malawi: A Mixed-Methods Study
Family planning (FP) has been a global health priority for decades, yet barriers persist, including women being turned away from facilities without receiving services. This study assessed the provider role and perspective in client turnaway in three districts of Malawi. In 2019, data collectors surveyed 57 FP providers from 30 health facilities. All reported being comfortable providing FP to married women with children and married adolescents und…
Turned Away and at Risk: Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in Malawi
Family planning (FP) has been a development priority since the mid‐1990s, yet barriers to access persist globally, including women being turned away from facilities without a method. This study aimed to assess the extent of, and reasons for, FP turnaway in three districts of Malawi. In 2019, data collectors screened women exiting 30 health facilities and surveyed those who had been denied a method. Follow‐up surveys were conducted via telephone w…
Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Inequality in access to quality education is wide-ranging across and within countries. This study examines determinants for adolescents’ school enrolment in private and public schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, including 2,039 randomly selected school-attending adolescents. The survey methodology was built on the Planet Youth collaboration and is the first of its kind in the setting. The critical determinant for attending a private school rather t…
Iodine status of breastfed infants and their mothers' breast milk iodine concentration
Iodine is an essential nutrient for growth and development during infancy. Data on iodine status of exclusively (EBF) and partially breastfed (PBF) infants as well as breast milk iodine concentration (BMIC) are scarce. We aimed to assess (a) infant iodine nutrition at the age of 5.5 months by measuring urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in EBF (n = 32) and PBF (n = 28) infants and (b) mothers' breast milk iodine concentration (n = 57). Sixty moth…
Use of Digital Technology among Adolescents Attending Schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Digital technology plays an important role in achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, access is uneven, with 80% of those in high-income countries being online compared to 20% of those in the 47 least developed countries. This study aimed to describe and analyse adolescents' access to and usage of digital technology in Guinea-Bissau and its implications. In June 2017, a survey with a locally adapted Planet Youth questionnair…
Public Opinion in Iceland on Aid During the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
Public support in high-income countries for development cooperation and humanitarian assistance influences the provision of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to fight global poverty and improve conditions in low-income countries. This research examined public attitudes in Iceland toward ODA, with the aid provided by the Icelandic government in September 2014 to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa as a case in point. Specifically, it exami…
‘Tiny Iceland’ preparing for Ebola in a globalized world
BACKGROUND: The Ebola epidemic in West Africa caused global fear and stirred up worldwide preparedness activities in countries sharing borders with those affected, and in geographically far-away countries such as Iceland. OBJECTIVE: To describe and analyse Ebola preparedness activities within the Icelandic healthcare system, and to explore the perspectives and experiences of managers and frontline health workers. METHODS: A qualitative case study…
There's Many a Slip between Chocolate and Lip
Colostrum and ideas about bad milk: A case study from Guinea-Bissau
Colostrum and ideas about bad milk: A case study from Guinea-Bissau
Turned Away and at Risk: Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in Malawi
Family planning (FP) has been a development priority since the mid‐1990s, yet barriers to access persist globally, including women being turned away from facilities without a method. This study aimed to assess the extent of, and reasons for, FP turnaway in three districts of Malawi. In 2019, data collectors screened women exiting 30 health facilities and surveyed those who had been denied a method. Follow‐up surveys were conducted via telephone w…
Colostrum and ideas about bad milk: A case study from Guinea-Bissau
There's Many a Slip between Chocolate and Lip
‘Tiny Iceland’ preparing for Ebola in a globalized world
BACKGROUND: The Ebola epidemic in West Africa caused global fear and stirred up worldwide preparedness activities in countries sharing borders with those affected, and in geographically far-away countries such as Iceland. OBJECTIVE: To describe and analyse Ebola preparedness activities within the Icelandic healthcare system, and to explore the perspectives and experiences of managers and frontline health workers. METHODS: A qualitative case study…
Iodine status of breastfed infants and their mothers' breast milk iodine concentration
Iodine is an essential nutrient for growth and development during infancy. Data on iodine status of exclusively (EBF) and partially breastfed (PBF) infants as well as breast milk iodine concentration (BMIC) are scarce. We aimed to assess (a) infant iodine nutrition at the age of 5.5 months by measuring urinary iodine concentration (UIC) in EBF (n = 32) and PBF (n = 28) infants and (b) mothers' breast milk iodine concentration (n = 57). Sixty moth…
Use of Digital Technology among Adolescents Attending Schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Digital technology plays an important role in achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, access is uneven, with 80% of those in high-income countries being online compared to 20% of those in the 47 least developed countries. This study aimed to describe and analyse adolescents' access to and usage of digital technology in Guinea-Bissau and its implications. In June 2017, a survey with a locally adapted Planet Youth questionnair…
Public Opinion in Iceland on Aid During the Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
Public support in high-income countries for development cooperation and humanitarian assistance influences the provision of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to fight global poverty and improve conditions in low-income countries. This research examined public attitudes in Iceland toward ODA, with the aid provided by the Icelandic government in September 2014 to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa as a case in point. Specifically, it exami…
Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Inequality in access to quality education is wide-ranging across and within countries. This study examines determinants for adolescents’ school enrolment in private and public schools in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, including 2,039 randomly selected school-attending adolescents. The survey methodology was built on the Planet Youth collaboration and is the first of its kind in the setting. The critical determinant for attending a private school rather t…
The Provider Role and Perspective in the Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in Malawi: A Mixed-Methods Study
Family planning (FP) has been a global health priority for decades, yet barriers persist, including women being turned away from facilities without receiving services. This study assessed the provider role and perspective in client turnaway in three districts of Malawi. In 2019, data collectors surveyed 57 FP providers from 30 health facilities. All reported being comfortable providing FP to married women with children and married adolescents und…
Turned Away and at Risk: Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in Malawi
Family planning (FP) has been a development priority since the mid‐1990s, yet barriers to access persist globally, including women being turned away from facilities without a method. This study aimed to assess the extent of, and reasons for, FP turnaway in three districts of Malawi. In 2019, data collectors screened women exiting 30 health facilities and surveyed those who had been denied a method. Follow‐up surveys were conducted via telephone w…
Equality of opportunity: Social determinants of university expectation amongst school attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
This research explores determinants of higher education (HE) expectation in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Survey data includes 2,039 randomly selected responses from school-attending adolescents, from June 2017. HE expectations were indicated by 77% of girls and 68.7% of boys, privately schooled adolescents more frequently (78.5%) than publicly schooled peers (67.6%). Akaike Information Criterion was utilised, modelling HE expectation. Logistic regressi…
Child Rights during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Learning from Child Health-and-Rights Professionals across the World
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of a child rights-based approach to policymaking and crisis management. Anchored in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 3P framework-provision, protection, and participation-forms the foundation for health professionals advocating for children's rights. Expanding it with two additional domains-preparation and power-into a 5P framework has the potential to enhance child rig…
Just Standing Still”: A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Experiences of School Closures Due to Emerging Covid-19 in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of children in a myriad of ways across the world. It exposed and aggravated existing inequalities between children within countries and across continents and hampered education. In Guinea-Bissau, school closure was one of the first restrictions implemented to confront the emerging pandemic. The aim was to describe and analyse the experiences of adolescents of school closures in the capital Bissau, their co…
Well‐being in healthy Icelandic women varies with extreme seasonality in ambient light
Seasonal variation in photoperiod may affect psychosocial and physical well‐being in healthy persons. We tested this hypothesis in healthy pre‐menopausal women, without a history of mood disorders, living year‐round in Reykjavik, Iceland (64.1°N). Participants reported daily self‐assessments of well‐being throughout a complete ovulatory menstrual cycle in summer and/or winter (70% participated in both seasons). Scores for mood, cognitive acuity, …
Child Fatalities in Tractor-Related Accidents in Rural Iceland, 1918–2024: A Historical Analysis
Children on farms face high risks of work- and non-work-related fatalities, with tractors being a significant contributor. This study examines children's involvement in fatal tractor-related accidents within agriculture in Iceland from 1918 to 2024, explores adult reflections on childhood tractor-driving experiences, and analyses Members of Parliament's arguments against setting a minimum age for off-road tractor driving. The data are based on pa…
Student experiences and perspectives on decolonising global health education: A qualitative study across five Nordic countries
BACKGROUND: Decolonisation has become a global health priority, addressing inequities rooted in colonial histories that continue to shape power dynamics and knowledge systems. Nordic global health programmes bring together students and faculty from diverse backgrounds in a region defined by inclusive ideals but shaped by underexamined colonial legacies. This context offers a valuable setting to examine how decolonial perspectives are integrated o…
The Covid ‐School and Social Responsibility: Creative Expressions of Children's Rights and Agency in Iceland During the Pandemic
This study examines children's experiences in Iceland during the COVID‐19 pandemic through their creative expressions submitted to the Ombudsman for Children. Analysing 454 submissions, including narratives, drawings and videos from children aged 6–16, the research identified two main themes: the ‘COVID‐School’ addressing educational disruptions and peer relationships, and ‘Social responsibility’ reflecting children's engagement with health measu…
Navigating Challenges with Trust and Creativity: Adolescents’ Experiences of Covid-19 in Iceland
In this study, we explore the relational dimensions of resilience among adolescents in Iceland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the frameworks of social-ecological resilience and the embodied, social, and public child, we examine how resilience manifests through interactions with family, peers, and community. Participants employed tactical trust and creative strategies to navigate restrictions, transforming digital and physical spaces into sou…
Medicine (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Economic growth (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (5 works) · Law (4 works)