Anders Hjern

..3 and 1.7. This study demonstrates that the environment during the first 6 years of life has a profound influence on the risk of suffering from atopic disorders as young adults...

..The relative risk for poisonings, scald injuries and ingestion of foreign objects respectively was found to be correlated to quite specific ages, a finding which should be used in timing of parent counseling...

..We aimed to assess mental health disorders and social maladjustment in adolescence and young adulthood in intercountry adoptees in Sweden...

..The aim of this study was to investigate rates of suicide death in second-generation immigrants and intercountry adoptees in comparison with their parental generation and the majority population...

..The aim of this study was to compare rates of schizophrenia and other psychoses in immigrants and their children of different ethnic groups with the majority population in Sweden in relation to social adversity...

..Initiatives are needed to create platforms within the international paediatric community where practical strategies to the multitude of issues touched upon by migrant children can be exchanged and international advocacy organized...

..The risk of alcohol-related disorders in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden were investigated and compared with the Swedish majority population to assess how alcohol habits are modified over generations in a new society...

..This study investigates ethnic and socioeconomic risk factors for hospital admissions related to illicit drug abuse in second-generation immigrants in Sweden...

..This paper describes socioeconomic patterns of physical morbidity and use of medical care and antibiotics in schoolchildren in Sweden...

..Earlier studies have given conflicting results regarding the effect of exposure to tobacco smoke on atopic sensibilization...

..This paper addresses the extent to which equity of treatment according to need, as defined by self-reported health status, is received by members of ethnic minorities in Swedish health services...

..2-0.6). This probably indicates a lower prevalence of asthma in these ethnic groups. Further studies are needed to identify factors that can explain these ethnic differences in childhood asthma...

..43 (0.34-0.56) and that for allergic rhinitis was 0.84 (0.76-0.93). This study demonstrates that factors related to migration and ethnicity are important determinants of atopic disorder among Swedish conscripts...

..It is concluded that family size and smoking during pregnancy are important mediators of the risk for LRI related to social adversity and ethnicity in Swedish children below 2 years of age...

..To describe access to dental care in a population-based sample of foreign-born Swedish residents in relation to dental health...

..To compare rates of avoidable mortality in adolescence in child welfare recipients and intercountry adoptees with the general population...

..Recent stress in the family sphere and exposure to acts of organized violence in the country of origin are identified as the major determinants of poor mental health...

..The knowledge that the risk of poisoning, scalding and ingestion of foreign objects is related to specific ages can be used in timing of parent counselling...

..To study use of analgesics, and psychotropic drugs in relation to health indicators in four ethnic minorities in Sweden in comparison with Swedish-born...

..To describe oral health and use of dental care in relation to socio-economic determinants over time in Sweden...

..The aim was to study the impact of a range of gestational ages (GAs) on cognitive competence in late adolescence and how this effect is modified by contextual social adversity in childhood...

..We aimed to investigate differences in mortality, severe morbidity, and injury between children living in households with one adult and those living in households with two adults...

..To investigate whether childhood sociodemographic factors and parental psychopathology affect suicide risk differently in men and women...

..Adoptees more often had psychiatric problems and were longtime recipients of social welfare. Level of education was on par with that of the general population but lower when adjusted for socioeconomic status...

..To investigate short stature and smoking habits as risk factors for birth outcome in international adoptees in comparison with non-adopted mothers...

..Previous studies have reported increased levels of neurologic and cognitive disabilities in these children. In this study, we analyzed the effect of having been born preterm on psychiatric morbidity...

..The effects of childhood cancer on educational attainment, employment, and income in adulthood in a Swedish setting were studied...

..The authors examined two cohorts of female inpatients with anorexia nervosa a decade apart to determine whether there had been any changes in terms of survival...

..To test the hypothesis that the risk of childhood diabetes type 1 increases with migration from a low to a high incidence region...

..The present study investigated whether school performance was a mediating and/or moderating factor in the path between parental socioeconomic status and the risk of hospital admission for non-fatal suicidal behaviour...

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..Education is the most influential societal determinant of living conditions in young people after early childhood. This study tested the hypothesis that school performance predicts self-inflicted injury...

..A policy whereby children and parents receiving long-term assistance are offered access to evidence-based prevention programs in the areas of health, education and skills training appears to be important...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the association of socio-economic indicators with cerebral palsy (CP) and the role of perinatal health as mediator of this association...

..Previous studies have shown an elevated risk for suicidal behaviour in adolescent and young adult international adoptees. Comparisons between national and international adoptees in this respect have been inconclusive...

..To investigate differences in the use of epidural analgesia (EDA) during labor between native Swedish and immigrant women and whether such possible differences could be explained by other maternal factors or birthweight...

..This study investigates the risk and mediating mechanisms of unintentional and violent injuries in pre-school children of teenage mothers...

..To identify possible risk factors for anorexia nervosa through national registers...

..The current study investigates the background and outcome of anorexia nervosa (AN) in young men...

..The psychiatric consequences of this demographic change are insufficiently described on a population level. This study aimed to investigate whether parental age at childbearing is related to psychiatric morbidity among Swedish youths...

..Evaluation and treatment strategies for ADHD need to include assessment and effective interventions for bullying. Evaluation of ADHD should be considered in children involved in bullying...

..Since social conditions in childhood are closely related to parental psychiatric illness, there is a need to disentangle how genes and social environmental factors interact...

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..To investigate whether school performance is a risk factor for suicide death later in life and, if so, to what extent this is explained by intergenerational effects of parental education...

..Increasing numbers of infants born preterm survive into adulthood. In this study, we analyzed the effect of having been born preterm on disability and vocational success in young adults...

..Further studies are needed to clarify the relation between lack of money, relational strain/support and psychosomatic complaints...

..To study the incidence, etiologic risk factors, and outcome of biliary atresia...

..To study socio-demographic patterns of obesity in Chinese children and adolescents...

..To investigate the relation between use of epidural analgesia (EDA) and maternal and fetal characteristics...

..Our aim was to examine differences in mortality, severe morbidity and injury between lone mothers and mothers living with partners, on the assumption that the disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances contribute to poor health...

..Earlier studies have indicated poor long-term outcomes for patients with anorexia nervosa...

..We studied the effects of childhood or adolescent cancer and cancer treatment on disability as indicated by persistent aid needs in adult life...

..We have also studied possible gender differences...

..To investigate the prevalence of type 1 diabetes in children with an origin in Sub-Saharan Africa in Sweden...

..To assess recurrent subjective health complaints in Swedish schoolchildren with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...

..To investigate whether the age of first exposure to a high-incidence country like Sweden determines the risk of T1DM in children with an origin in a low incidence region of the world...

..To investigate risks of placements in out-of-home care for non-European adoptees...

..Health education and smoking cessation interventions should be directed at maternity care units in deprived neighbourhoods...

..Birth weight is a health indicator known to be sensitive to political and welfare state conditions. No former studies on urban neighbourhood differences regarding mean birth weight have been carried out in a Nordic country...

..Previous studies have had inadequate designs. The aim of the present study was to describe a broad range of social factors during childhood and the risk of developing psychosis later in life in a national cohort...

..Underweight was associated with a slightly increased risk for all three conditions. The increased risk of asthma in young Swedish men with obesity has remained unchanged over a period of three decades...

..In this study we investigated these symptoms in relation to potential stressors in the school environment...