Public health
5 Dec 2018
Videos from the conference Health Equity in the Nordic Region
The socio-economic differences in health have increased more in the Nordic countries than in other parts of Western and Southern Europe. How [...]
Welfare policy
30 Nov 2018
Demens en sjukdom och inte bara något som är åldersrelaterat
Demens är en sjukdom men över hälften av danskarna tror att det enbart är åldersrelaterat. På grund av denna okunskap, som säkert int [...]
Welfare policy
28 Nov 2018
NOVI – a warning system for threats to welfare
Iceland’s experience of the financial crisis in 2008 showed the need for society to mobilise and structure information concerning how indi [...]
Public health
26 Nov 2018
Ny publikation om äldre och alkohol
Dagens 50-70-åringar dricker mer eller oftare än personer i 40-års åldern och också de äldsta åldersgrupperna dricker mer i jämföre [...]
Public health
21 Nov 2018
”Ensamhet gör människor sjuka”
Ensamhet bland äldre förkortar livet. Därför är tiden nu mogen att rikta fokus mot ensamhet på samma sätt som man tidigare riktat fok [...]
Public health
23 Oct 2018
Drug-related deaths: A new project allows voices of the bereaved to be heard
The world's largest research project focusing on the support offered to bereaved after drug-related deaths has been launched in Norway. Amon [...]
Public health
11 Oct 2018
“Weight stigmatization is a socially accepted form of discrimination”
The proportion of children who are overweight or obese has risen and is now approaching 20 percent among 5-year olds in many European countr [...]
Public health
26 Sep 2018
NADRA 2018: Challenges faced by researchers
This year the key note presentations at the Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers’ Assembly (NADRA) discussed different challenges researche [...]
Public health
28 May 2018
NADRA 2018: Q&A with key note speaker Linsay Gray
Senior Investigator Scientist Linsay Gray from the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow is one of the [...]
Public health
5 Apr 2018
NADRA 2018: Q&A with key note speaker Philip Lalander
Professor Philip Lalander from Malmö University in Sweden is one of the key note speakers at the Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers’ Ass [...]
Public health
22 Mar 2018
NADRA 2018: Q&A with key note speaker Pia Mäkelä
Research professor Pia Mäkelä from the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland is one of the keynote speakers at the Nordic A [...]
Public health
13 Mar 2018
Smoking – one of the biggest threats to public health in the Nordic region
Every year around 50,000 people die from tobacco-related illnesses in the Nordic region. Measured in terms of morbidity and mortality, smoki [...]
