Siri Vangen

Summary

Affiliation: Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Country: Norway

Publications

  1. ncbi Perinatal complications among ethnic Somalis in Norway
    Siri Vangen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 81:317-22. 2002
  2. ncbi [Female circumcision--complications and treatment]
    Siri Vangen
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 126:475-7. 2006
  3. ncbi [Revisiting the Forsdahl-Barker hypothesis]
    Siri Vangen
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 125:451-3. 2005
  4. ncbi Commentary: Unravelling the mystery of variation in birthweight
    Siri Vangen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
    Int J Epidemiol 33:829-30. 2004
  5. ncbi [Do women die from pregnancy these days?]
    Siri Vangen
    Divisjon for epidemiologi, Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 123:3544-5. 2003
  6. ncbi Qualitative study of perinatal care experiences among Somali women and local health care professionals in Norway
    Siri Vangen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The National Hospital, and Divison of Epidemiology, Norweigian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 112:29-35. 2004
  7. ncbi High risk of cesarean section among ethnic Filipinos: an effect of the paternal contribution to birthweight?
    Siri Vangen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 82:192-3. 2003
  8. ncbi Outcome of pregnancy among immigrant women with diabetes
    Siri Vangen
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Diabetes Care 26:327-32. 2003
  9. ncbi Caesarean section among referred and self-referred birthing women: a cohort study from a tertiary hospital, northeastern Tanzania
    Ingvil K Sørbye
    National Resource Centre for Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oslo University Hospital HF, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 11:55. 2011
  10. ncbi The heavier the better? Birthweight and perinatal mortality in different ethnic groups
    Siri Vangen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The National Hospital, N 0027 Oslo, Norway
    Int J Epidemiol 31:654-60. 2002

Detail Information

Publications34

  1. ncbi Perinatal complications among ethnic Somalis in Norway
    Siri Vangen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 81:317-22. 2002
    ..The aim of this study was to examine the risk of perinatal complications among ethnic Somalis and to discuss its relation to circumcision...
  2. ncbi [Female circumcision--complications and treatment]
    Siri Vangen
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 126:475-7. 2006
    ..Norwegian health care workers need to learn more about how to communicate well about the medical as well as the cultural and mental aspects of genital cutting...
  3. ncbi [Revisiting the Forsdahl-Barker hypothesis]
    Siri Vangen
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 125:451-3. 2005
    ..Continuous life events and socio-economic circumstances may modify early life experiences. Such an approach may be useful in order to see early life events in the right perspective...
  4. ncbi Commentary: Unravelling the mystery of variation in birthweight
    Siri Vangen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
    Int J Epidemiol 33:829-30. 2004
  5. ncbi [Do women die from pregnancy these days?]
    Siri Vangen
    Divisjon for epidemiologi, Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 123:3544-5. 2003
    ..Our aim was to estimate the number and causes of maternal deaths in Norway during 1981-2000...
  6. ncbi Qualitative study of perinatal care experiences among Somali women and local health care professionals in Norway
    Siri Vangen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The National Hospital, and Divison of Epidemiology, Norweigian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 112:29-35. 2004
    ..To explore how perinatal care practice may influence labor outcomes among circumcised women...
  7. ncbi High risk of cesarean section among ethnic Filipinos: an effect of the paternal contribution to birthweight?
    Siri Vangen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 82:192-3. 2003
  8. ncbi Outcome of pregnancy among immigrant women with diabetes
    Siri Vangen
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Diabetes Care 26:327-32. 2003
    ..The women came from regions of the world with high incidence of impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. Prevalences, secular trends, and sociodemographic risk factors of diabetes were also explored...
  9. ncbi Caesarean section among referred and self-referred birthing women: a cohort study from a tertiary hospital, northeastern Tanzania
    Ingvil K Sørbye
    National Resource Centre for Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Oslo University Hospital HF, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 11:55. 2011
    ..We wanted to compare Caesarean section (CS) rates among women formally referred to a tertiary care centre versus self-referred women, and to assess the effect of referral status on adverse outcomes after CS...
  10. ncbi The heavier the better? Birthweight and perinatal mortality in different ethnic groups
    Siri Vangen
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The National Hospital, N 0027 Oslo, Norway
    Int J Epidemiol 31:654-60. 2002
    ..Given the close relation between birthweight and perinatal mortality, we explored whether ethnic differences in birthweight explain ethnic differences in perinatal mortality...
  11. ncbi Recurrence of hyperemesis gravidarum across generations: population based cohort study
    Ase Vikanes
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, N 0403 Oslo, Norway
    BMJ 340:c2050. 2010
    ..To estimate the risk of hyperemesis gravidarum (hyperemesis) according to whether the daughters and sons under study were born after pregnancies complicated by hyperemesis...
  12. ncbi Length of residence and risk of developing hyperemesis gravidarum among first generation immigrants to Norway
    Ase Vikanes
    1 Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Post Box 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Public Health 18:460-5. 2008
    ..To estimate the risk of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) among first generation immigrants to Norway by length of residence...
  13. ncbi Variations in prevalence of hyperemesis gravidarum by country of birth: a study of 900,074 pregnancies in Norway, 1967-2005
    Ase Vikanes
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Scand J Public Health 36:135-42. 2008
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  14. ncbi Maternal body composition, smoking, and hyperemesis gravidarum
    Ase Vikanes
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Ann Epidemiol 20:592-8. 2010
    ..To study associations between maternal prepregnant body mass index (BMI), smoking, and hyperemesis gravidarum (hyperemesis)...
  15. ncbi Postpartum depression among Pakistani women in Norway: prevalence and risk factors
    Soen Eng Y Bjerke
    Medical Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet University Clinic, Oslo, Norway
    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 21:889-94. 2008
    ..To assess the prevalence of and risk factors for postpartum depression among Pakistani women in Norway...
  16. ncbi Surgical outcome of obstetric fistula: a retrospective analysis of 595 patients
    Solbjørg Sjøveian
    Section for International Health, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 90:753-60. 2011
    ..The aim of the study was to investigate obstetric fistula in terms of patient demographics, fistula characteristics and predictors of surgical outcome...
  17. ncbi Suboptimal care in stillbirths - a retrospective audit study
    Eli Saastad
    Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 86:444-50. 2007
    ..One reason for this is improved perinatal care. The aim of this study was to explore whether sub-optimal factors in stillbirths were more frequent among non-western than western women...
  18. ncbi Infectious immune status in an obstetric population of Pakistani immigrants in Norway
    Soen Eng Yap Bjerke
    University of Oslo, Medical Faculty, Norway, Norway
    Scand J Public Health 39:464-70. 2011
    ..To investigate cytomegalovirus, rubella, varicella, toxoplasma, and hepatitis B immune status and factors associated with susceptibility for infections among Pakistani pregnant women in Norway...
  19. ncbi Fetal outcome in severe maternal morbidity: too many stillbirths
    Mamady Cham
    Section for International Health, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 88:343-9. 2009
    ..We determined the stillbirth rates among singleton births in Gambian hospitals. Contribution of severe obstetric complications was given special attention...
  20. ncbi Recording of maternal deaths in an East African university hospital
    Per Bergsjø
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 89:789-93. 2010
    ..To trace all maternal deaths at a tertiary East African university hospital with a systematic registration of all births...
  21. ncbi Congenital anomalies in newborns of women with type 1 diabetes: nationwide population-based study in Norway, 1999-2004
    Ingvild Eidem
    Department of Pediatrics, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, University of Oslo, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 89:1403-11. 2010
    ..To estimate the risk of congenital anomalies in offspring of women with type 1 diabetes in Norway during recent years...
  22. ncbi [Infections after Caesarean sections]
    Hanne Merete Eriksen
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt Postboks 4404 Nydalen 0403 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 129:618-22. 2009
    ..This article describes the incidence of surgical site infections after caesarean sections and identifies causes for such infections...
  23. ncbi Hyperemesis gravidarum in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway - a validity study
    Ase Vikanes
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 12:115. 2012
    ..abstract:..
  24. ncbi Risk of diabetes after gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. A registry-based study of 230,000 women in Norway
    Anders Engeland
    Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Epidemiol 26:157-63. 2011
    ..If the increase in frequency of GDM observed in MBRN in recent years is real, a further increase in diabetic women can be expected...
  25. ncbi Childhood abuse and fear of childbirth--a population-based study
    Mirjam Lukasse
    University of Tromsø, Tromsø, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    Birth 37:267-74. 2010
    ..Childhood abuse affects adult health. The objective of this study was to examine the association between a self-reported history of childhood abuse and fear of childbirth...
  26. ncbi Delivery by Cesarean section and early childhood respiratory symptoms and disorders: the Norwegian mother and child cohort study
    Maria C Magnus
    Department of Chronic Diseases, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo
    Am J Epidemiol 174:1275-85. 2011
    ..In future prospective studies, investigators should reexamine this association in different age groups...
  27. ncbi Effects of onset of labor and mode of delivery on severe postpartum hemorrhage
    Iqbal Al-Zirqi
    Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 201:273.e1-9. 2009
    ..Our purpose was to study the impact of labor onset and delivery mode on the risk of severe postpartum hemorrhage...
  28. ncbi Sexually transmitted infections among Pakistani pregnant women and their husbands in Norway
    Soen Eng Yap Bjerke
    Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Int J Womens Health 2:303-9. 2010
    ..To assess frequency and determine the factors associated with Chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus type 2, and hepatitis B seropositivity among Pakistani pregnant women and their husbands in Norway...
  29. ncbi [Pregnancy and birth in multicultural Norway]
    Nora Ahlberg
    Nasjonal kompetanseenhet for minoritetshelse NAKMI, Ulleval universitetssykehus, 0407 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 125:586-8. 2005
    ..In order to secure equality and quality in health care, health professionals should receive knowledge-based support based on biomedical and socio-cultural research in relation to multicultural issues...
  30. ncbi [Pregnancy in diabetes among Asian, African and Norwegian women]
    Synne Holan
    Høgskolen i Vestfold, Postboks 2243, 3100 Tønsberg
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 128:1289-92. 2008
    ..We wanted to describe diabetes (prevalence and types) and pregnancy outcomes among women with diabetes in a multiethnic population...
  31. ncbi [Just a little incision]
    R Elise B Johansen
    OK-prosjektet Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:2506-8. 2004
  32. ncbi Childbearing or induced abortion: the impact of education and ethnic background. Population study of Norwegian and Pakistani women in Oslo, Norway
    Anne Eskild
    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Akershus University Hospital and Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, Lørenskog, 1478, Norway
    Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 86:298-303. 2007
    ..To study patterns of induced abortion versus childbirth related to education among Norwegian and Pakistani women...
  33. ncbi [Requested abortions in Oslo 2000-2003]
    Linda Björk Helgadottir
    Kvinnesenteret, Kvinne barn divisjonen, Ulleval universitetssykehus, 0407 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 126:1744-6. 2006
    ..Our aim was to find out if that was also the case for women requesting induced abortion after week 12...
  34. ncbi Maternal mortality in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
    Natalia A Gurina
    St Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Family Medicine, School of Public Health, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
    Bull World Health Organ 84:283-9. 2006
    ..To study the levels and causes of maternal mortality in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation...