Pilvikki Absetz

Summary

Affiliation: National Public Health Institute
Country: Finland

Publications

  1. ncbi Prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project
    Tiina Laatikainen
    Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health, Flinders and Deakin Universities, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, Victoria, 3280, Australia
    BMC Public Health 7:249. 2007
  2. ncbi Experience with breast cancer, pre-screening perceived susceptibility and the psychological impact of screening
    Pilvikki Absetz
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    Psychooncology 12:305-18. 2003
  3. ncbi Type 2 diabetes prevention in the "real world": one-year results of the GOAL Implementation Trial
    Pilvikki Absetz
    Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FI 00300 Helsinki, Finland
    Diabetes Care 30:2465-70. 2007
  4. ncbi [Psychological advantages and disadvantages of mammography screenings]
    Pilvikki Absetz
    Kansanterveyslaitos, , 00300 Helsinki
    Duodecim 119:2138-44. 2003
  5. ncbi Type 2 diabetes prevention in the real world: three-year results of the GOAL lifestyle implementation trial
    Pilvikki Absetz
    National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    Diabetes Care 32:1418-20. 2009
  6. ncbi Socioeconomic status and psychosocial mechanisms of lifestyle change in a type 2 diabetes prevention trial
    Nelli Hankonen
    Department of Lifestyle and Participation, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    Ann Behav Med 38:160-5. 2009
  7. ncbi The dilemma of patient responsibility for lifestyle change: perceptions among primary care physicians and nurses
    Piia Jallinoja
    National Public Health Institute, Finland
    Scand J Prim Health Care 25:244-9. 2007
  8. ncbi Predicting changes in lifestyle and clinical outcomes in preventing diabetes: the Greater Green Triangle Diabetes Prevention Project
    Tiina Laatikainen
    Division of Welfare and Health Promotion, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    Prev Med 54:157-61. 2012
  9. ncbi Health psychological theory in promoting population health in Päijät-Häme, Finland: first steps toward a type 2 diabetes prevention study
    Antti Uutela
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute (KTL, Finland
    J Health Psychol 9:73-84. 2004
  10. ncbi Repertoires of lifestyle change and self-responsibility among participants in an intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes
    Piia Jallinoja
    Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, National Public Health Institute KTL, Helsinki, Finland
    Scand J Caring Sci 22:455-62. 2008

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project
    Tiina Laatikainen
    Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health, Flinders and Deakin Universities, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, Victoria, 3280, Australia
    BMC Public Health 7:249. 2007
    ..Randomised controlled trials demonstrate a 60% reduction in type 2 diabetes incidence through lifestyle modification programmes. The aim of this study is to determine whether such programmes are feasible in primary health care...
  2. ncbi Experience with breast cancer, pre-screening perceived susceptibility and the psychological impact of screening
    Pilvikki Absetz
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    Psychooncology 12:305-18. 2003
    ..Besides medical risk factors, women's own perceptions of susceptibility should be discussed during the screening process...
  3. ncbi Type 2 diabetes prevention in the "real world": one-year results of the GOAL Implementation Trial
    Pilvikki Absetz
    Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FI 00300 Helsinki, Finland
    Diabetes Care 30:2465-70. 2007
    ..We report on the program's effectiveness as well as findings related to the program's reach, adoption, and implementation...
  4. ncbi [Psychological advantages and disadvantages of mammography screenings]
    Pilvikki Absetz
    Kansanterveyslaitos, , 00300 Helsinki
    Duodecim 119:2138-44. 2003
  5. ncbi Type 2 diabetes prevention in the real world: three-year results of the GOAL lifestyle implementation trial
    Pilvikki Absetz
    National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    Diabetes Care 32:1418-20. 2009
    ..6 kg), BMI (-0.5 +/- 2.1 kg/m(2)), and serum total cholesterol (-0.4 +/- 1.1 mmol/l). CONCLUSIONS Maintenance of risk reduction in this "real world" trial proves the intervention's potential for significant public health impact...
  6. ncbi Socioeconomic status and psychosocial mechanisms of lifestyle change in a type 2 diabetes prevention trial
    Nelli Hankonen
    Department of Lifestyle and Participation, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    Ann Behav Med 38:160-5. 2009
    ..Little is known about psychosocial mechanisms that may underlie differences in lifestyle change between socioeconomic groups...
  7. ncbi The dilemma of patient responsibility for lifestyle change: perceptions among primary care physicians and nurses
    Piia Jallinoja
    National Public Health Institute, Finland
    Scand J Prim Health Care 25:244-9. 2007
    ..To explore physicians' and nurses' views on patient and professional roles in the management of lifestyle-related diseases and their risk factors...
  8. ncbi Predicting changes in lifestyle and clinical outcomes in preventing diabetes: the Greater Green Triangle Diabetes Prevention Project
    Tiina Laatikainen
    Division of Welfare and Health Promotion, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    Prev Med 54:157-61. 2012
    ..To analyse how psychosocial determinants of lifestyle changes targeted in the Greater Green Triangle Diabetes Prevention Project conducted in Southeast Australia in 2004-2006 predict changes in dietary behaviour and clinical risk factors...
  9. ncbi Health psychological theory in promoting population health in Päijät-Häme, Finland: first steps toward a type 2 diabetes prevention study
    Antti Uutela
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute (KTL, Finland
    J Health Psychol 9:73-84. 2004
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  10. ncbi Repertoires of lifestyle change and self-responsibility among participants in an intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes
    Piia Jallinoja
    Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, National Public Health Institute KTL, Helsinki, Finland
    Scand J Caring Sci 22:455-62. 2008
    ..For a major part of intervention participants, lifestyle change is characterized as a constant struggle and hence interventions should plan the continuation of a support system...
  11. ncbi Negotiation over self-control and activity: an analysis of balancing in the repertoires of Finnish healthy lifestyles
    Pia M Pajari
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute Kansanterveyslaitos, Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki 00300, Finland
    Soc Sci Med 62:2601-11. 2006
    ..Encouraging people to specify the meaning and content of moderation in their personal lives could provide a new perspective for health education and health promotion...
  12. ncbi Health coaching by telephony to support self-care in chronic diseases: clinical outcomes from The TERVA randomized controlled trial
    Kristiina Patja
    National Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    BMC Health Serv Res 12:147. 2012
    ..The aim was to evaluate the effect of a 12-month individualized health coaching intervention by telephony on clinical outcomes...
  13. ncbi Effects of a healthy food supply intervention in a military setting: positive changes in cereal, fat and sugar containing foods
    Clarissa M L Bingham
    Health Behavior and Health Promotion Unit, Department of Lifestyle and Participation, National Institute for Health and Welfare, FI 00271, Helsinki, Finland
    Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 9:91. 2012
    ..This study assesses the effects in conscripts' eating habits in an intervention targeting the supply of healthy foods available in the military setting...
  14. ncbi Rural-urban differences in health and health behaviour: a baseline description of a community health-promotion programme for the elderly
    Mikael Fogelholm
    The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
    Scand J Public Health 34:632-40. 2006
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  15. ncbi Prevention of type 2 diabetes in a primary health care setting. Interim results from the Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project
    Annamari Kilkkinen
    Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health, Flinders University and Deakin University, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract 76:460-2. 2007
    ..Our results suggest that the present model is effective and feasible to carry out in primary care settings...