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"I would do anything for my child, even quit tobacco": bonus effects from an intervention that targets adolescent tobacco use.

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"If we only got a chance." Barriers to and possibilities for a more health-promoting health service

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"It depends on what you mean": a qualitative study of Swedish health professionals' views on health and health promotion

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'If I don't smoke, I'm not a real man'--Indonesian teenage boys' views about smoking

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'Maintaining balance and harmony': Javanese perceptions of health and cardiovascular disease.

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40 EASD Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes : Munich, Germany, 5-9 September 2004

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A combination of HbA1c, fasting glucose and BMI is effective in screening for individuals at risk of future type 2 diabetes: OGTT is not needed

scientific article published on September 2006

A community intervention for behaviour modification: an experience to control cardiovascular diseases in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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A cost-effectiveness analysis of a community based CVD program in Sweden based on a retrospective register cohort.

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

AN INCREASE IN RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA: A COMPARISON OF TWO CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEYS.

scientific article published in July 2015

Abdominal and gynoid fat mass are associated with cardiovascular risk factors in men and women

scientific article published on 26 August 2008

Accuracy of death certificates of cardiovascular disease in a community intervention in Sweden

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Adapting the T0-T4 implementation science model to occupational health and safety in agriculture, forestry, and fishing: a scoping review

journal article published in 2018

Addressing implementation challenges during guideline development - a case study of Swedish national guidelines for methods of preventing disease

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Adolescent's perceptions and expectations of parental action on children's smoking and snus use; national cross sectional data from three decades

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Anticardiolipin antibodies are not an independent risk factor for stroke: an incident case-referent study nested within the MONICA and Västerbotten cohort project

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Are health inequalities rooted in the past? Income inequalities in metabolic syndrome decomposed by childhood conditions

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Assessment of intervention intensity: Experiences from a small-scale Swedish cardiovascular disease prevention programme

Bilirubin and UGT1A1*28 Are Not Associated with Lower Risk for Ischemic Stroke in a Prospective Nested Case-Referent Setting

Building new knowledge supplement. Foreword

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Can a sustainable community intervention reduce the health gap?--10-year evaluation of a Swedish community intervention program for the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

scientific article published in January 2001

Cardiovascular disease and diabetes in the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study Cohort - evaluation of risk factors and their interactions

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Cardiovascular disease risk factor patterns and their implications for intervention strategies in Vietnam

scientific article published on 4 March 2012

Cardiovascular disease risk factors and dental caries in adolescents: effect of a preventive program in Northern Sweden (the Norsjö project)

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Cardiovascular risk factor burden has a stronger association with self-rated poor health in adults in the US than in Sweden, especially for the lower educated

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Change in lifestyle behaviors and diabetes risk: evidence from a population-based cohort study with 10 year follow-up

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

Changes in plasma C-reactive protein and hemostatic factors prior to and after a first myocardial infarction with a median follow-up time of 8 years

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Changing patterns of tobacco use in a middle-aged population: the role of snus, gender, age, and education

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Changing social patterns of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a Swedish community intervention programme.

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Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies and high lipoprotein(a) levels do not predict ischemic cerebral infarctions. Results from a nested case-control study in Northern Sweden

scientific article published on October 1999

Combining risk factors and demographic surveillance: potentials of WHO STEPS and INDEPTH methodologies for assessing epidemiological transition

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Community participation and sustainability – evidence over 25 years in the Västerbotten Intervention Programme

scientific article published on December 17, 2012

Comparisons of weight change, eating habits and physical activity between women in Northern Sweden and Rural New York State- results from a longitudinal study

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Components of metabolic syndrome predicting diabetes: no role of inflammation or dyslipidemia

scientific article published in July 2007

Concurrent implementation of quality improvement programs

scientific article published on January 2014

Contribution of Swedish moist snuff to the metabolic syndrome: A wolf in sheep's clothing?

Corrigendum to 'Income-related inequalities in cardiovascular disease from mid-life to old age in a Northern Swedish cohort: A decomposition analysis' [Soc. Sci. Med. 149C (2016) 135-144].

scientific article published on 26 May 2016

Cost effectiveness and equity of a community based cardiovascular disease prevention programme in Norsjö, Sweden

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Cost-effectiveness analysis of cardiovascular disease prevention: a graded list as aid to the rational distribution of resources

scientific article published in June 1999

Cost-effectiveness analysis with defined budget: how to distribute resources for the prevention of cardiovascular disease?

scientific article published in September 1999

Cost-effectiveness of a personal health document in different distribution settings

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Counseling on lifestyle habits in the United States and Sweden: a report comparing primary care health professionals' perspectives on lifestyle counseling in terms of scope, importance and competence

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Design issues in the combination of international data from two rural community cardiovascular intervention programs

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Did a health dialogue matter? Self-reported cardiovascular disease and diabetes 11 years after health screening

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Different outcomes for different interventions with different focus!--A cross-country comparison of community interventions in rural Swedish and US populations.

scientific article published in January 2001

Dissecting the "black box" of community intervention: background and rationale.

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Dissecting the "black box" of community intervention: lessons from community-wide cardiovascular disease prevention programs in the US and Sweden.

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Does a patient-held health record give rise to lifestyle changes? A study in clinical practice

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Effectiveness of community-based comprehensive healthy lifestyle promotion on cardiovascular disease risk factors in a rural Vietnamese population: a quasi-experimental study

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Elevated plasma homocysteine: cause or consequence of myocardial infarction?

scientific article published in December 2004

Encouraging the installation of rollover protective structures in New York State: the design of a social marketing intervention

journal article published in 2008

Estimated intake of milk fat is negatively associated with cardiovascular risk factors and does not increase the risk of a first acute myocardial infarction. A prospective case-control study

scientific article published in April 2004

Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms and first-ever intracerebral hemorrhage

scientific article published on 29 October 2007

Ethanol Intake and Risk of Lung Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

Experiences of Swedish community health nurses working with health promotion and a patient-held health record

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Exploring dietary patterns, obesity and sources of bias: the Västerbotten Intervention Programme (VIP).

scientific article published on 5 July 2012

Fatty acid profile of the erythrocyte membrane preceding development of Type 2 diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 26 November 2007

Fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease than expected from the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation chart in a Swedish population

scientific article published in June 2009

Flawed conclusions on the Västerbotten Intervention Program by San Sebastian et .al

scientific article published on 13 August 2019

Folate, vitamin B12, and risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: a prospective, nested case-referent study of plasma concentrations and dietary intake

scientific article published on 2 June 2005

From efficacy in trials to effectiveness in clinical practice: The Swedish Stroke Prevention Study

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Gender differences and predictors of self-rated health development among Swedish adolescents

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General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

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Guidelines improve general trend of lowered cholesterol levels in type 2 diabetes patients in spite of low adherence

scientific article published on January 2008

Healthy behaviours and 10-year incidence of diabetes: a population cohort study.

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

High obesity incidence in northern Sweden: How will Sweden look by 2009?

scholarly article by Anne N. Nafziger et al published May 2006 in European Journal of Epidemiology

High plasminogen activator inhibitor and tissue plasminogen activator levels in plasma precede a first acute myocardial infarction in both men and women: evidence for the fibrinolytic system as an independent primary risk factor

scientific article published in November 1998

High remaining risk in poorly treated hypertension: the ‘rule of halves’ still exists

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Horizontal inequity in public health care service utilization for non-communicable diseases in urban Vietnam

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How is Indonesia coping with its epidemic of chronic noncommunicable diseases? A systematic review with meta-analysis

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How to diagnose and classify diabetes in primary health care: lessons learned from the Diabetes Register in Northern Sweden (DiabNorth)

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Impact of a combined community and primary care prevention strategy on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a cohort analysis based on 1 million person-years of follow-up in Västerbotten County, Sweden, during 1990-2006.

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Impact of weight maintenance and loss on diabetes risk and burden: a population-based study in 33,184 participants

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Implementing a hypertension management programme in a rural area: local approaches and experiences from Ba-Vi district, Vietnam

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Income-related inequalities in cardiovascular disease from mid-life to old age in a Northern Swedish cohort: A decomposition analysis

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Intake of fruits and vegetables and risk of cancer of the upper aero-digestive tract: the prospective EPIC-study

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Interactions between fibrinolysis, lipoproteins and leptin related to a first myocardial infarction

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Inverse relation between dietary intake of naturally occurring plant sterols and serum cholesterol in northern Sweden

scientific article published in April 2008

Iron Stores and HFE Genotypes Are Not Related to Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Iron biomarkers in plasma, HFE genotypes, and the risk for colorectal cancer in a prospective setting

scientific article published in March 2012

Iron stores and HFE genotypes are not related to increased risk of first-time myocardial infarction: a prospective nested case-referent study

scientific article published on 5 May 2010

It takes two: reducing adolescent smoking uptake through sustainable adolescent-adult partnership

scientific article published on 30 August 2006

Leptin is a risk marker for first-ever hemorrhagic stroke in a population-based cohort

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Leptin, but not adiponectin, predicts stroke in males

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Lifestyle counseling in primary care in the United States and Sweden: a comparison of patients' expectations and experiences

scientific article published in January 2018

Lifestyle interventions in primary health care: professional and organizational challenges

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Lifetime and baseline alcohol intake and risk of cancer of the upper aero-digestive tract in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study

scientific article published in July 2009

Lipoprotein(a) and cholesterol levels act synergistically and apolipoprotein A-I is protective for the incidence of primary acute myocardial infarction in middle-aged males. An incident case-control study from Sweden

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Local health planning and intervention--the case of a Swedish municipality

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Local research evidence for public health interventions against climate change in Vietnam

scientific article published on 8 December 2014

Longitudinal data for interdisciplinary ageing research. Design of the Linnaeus Database

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Low bone mineral density is associated with increased risk for myocardial infarction in men and women

article published in 2011

Low levels of antibodies against phosphorylcholine predict development of stroke in a population-based study from northern Sweden

scientific article published on 11 February 2010

Management of Digitalis Therapy in a Primary Care Area

scientific article published on 01 November 1988

Measuring self-reported health in low-income countries: piloting three instruments in semi-rural Burkina Faso

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Men who never married. A socio-medical study in northern Sweden

scholarly article by U Janlert et al published April 1992 in Arctic medical research

Mis-reporting, previous health status and health status of family may seriously bias the association between food patterns and disease

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Mobilising a disadvantaged community for a cardiovascular intervention: designing PRORIVA in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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More distinct food intake patterns among women than men in northern Sweden: a population-based survey

scientific article published on 19 February 2009

Patterns of alcohol consumption in 10 European countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) project.

scientific article published in December 2002

Patterns of tobacco use: a 10-year follow-up study of smoking and snus habits in a middle-aged Swedish population

scientific article published on 27 November 2008

Perceived health modifies the effect of biomedical risk factors in the prediction of acute myocardial infarction. An incident case-control study from northern Sweden

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Personal health documents in school health education: A feasibility study

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Plasma bilirubin and UGT1A1*28 are not protective factors against first-time myocardial infarction in a prospective, nested case-referent setting

scientific article published on 19 June 2010

Plasma folate and total homocysteine levels are associated with the risk of myocardial infarction, independently of each other and of renal function

scientific article published on 27 February 2009

Plasma folate, but not homocysteine, is associated with Apolipoprotein A1 levels in a non-fortified population

scientific article published on 22 May 2013

Policymakers and mHealth: roles and expectations, with observations from Ethiopia, Ghana and Sweden

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Polymorphisms at the Osteoprotegerin and Interleukin-6 Genes in Relation to First-Ever Stroke

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Polymorphisms of IL-1β, IL-1Ra, and TNF-α genes: A nested case-control study of their association with risk for stroke

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Population-based biological test bank. New possibilities for epidemiologic cancer research

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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Vietnam-results from a national survey

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Preventable risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in rural Indonesia: prevalence study using WHO STEPS approach

scientific article published on 13 April 2006

Prevention of cardiovascular disease in Sweden: the Norsjö community intervention programme--motives, methods and intervention components

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Primary healthcare system capacities for responding to storm and flood-related health problems: a case study from a rural district in central Vietnam

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Primary weight maintenance: an observational study exploring candidate variables for intervention

scientific article published on 15 July 2013

Prospective study of first stroke in relation to plasma homocysteine and MTHFR 677C>T and 1298A>C genotypes and haplotypes – evidence for an association with hemorrhagic stroke

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Public health work is improvement without impairment

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Quality improvement in large healthcare organizations

scientific article published on March 2016

Recruiting High-Risk Individuals to a Diabetes Prevention Program: How hard can it be?

article published in 2007

Reduction of selection bias in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease through involvement of primary health care

scientific article published in September 1998

Reorientation to more health promotion in health services - a study of barriers and possibilities from the perspective of health professionals

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Risk stratification by guidelines compared with risk assessment by risk equations applied to a MONICA sample

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Screening for impaired glucose tolerance. Results from a population-based study in 21,057 individuals

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Screening for type 2 diabetes: do screen-detected cases fare better?

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Self-rated ill-health strengthens the effect of biomedical risk factors in predicting stroke, especially for men -- an incident case referent study

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Shifting the distribution of risk: results of a community intervention in a Swedish programme for the prevention of cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on April 1999

Smokers in Västerbotten County, Sweden. What contributes to increased cardiovascular risk among heavy smokers?

scientific article published in December 2003

Socioeconomic inequalities in self-reported chronic non-communicable diseases in urban Hanoi, Vietnam

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Socioeconomic inequality in abdominal obesity among older people in Purworejo District, Central Java, Indonesia - a decomposition analysis approach

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Special Issue: Climate Change and Health in Vietnam

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Stroke and plasma markers of milk fat intake--a prospective nested case-control study

scientific article published on 21 May 2009

Temporal shifts in cardiovascular risk factor distribution

scientific article published on February 2014

The Norsjö-Cooperstown healthy heart project: a case study combining data from different studies without the use of meta-analysis.

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The Västerbotten Intervention Programme: background, design and implications

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The effect of gender and social capital on the dual burden of malnutrition: a multilevel study in Indonesia

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The effects of commuting activity and occupational and leisure time physical activity on risk of myocardial infarction

scientific article published on December 2006

The emerging epidemic of cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

The importance of gender and conceptualization for understanding the association between collective social capital and health: A multilevel analysis from northern Sweden

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The proatherogenic properties of lipoprotein(a) may be enhanced through the formation of circulating immune complexes containing Chlamydia pneumoniae-specific IgG antibodies.

scientific article published on April 2000

The social marketing of safety behaviors: a quasi-randomized controlled trial of tractor retrofitting incentives

journal article published in 2011

Time trends in blood pressure, body mass index and smoking in the Vietnamese population: a meta-analysis from multiple cross-sectional surveys

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To be seen, confirmed and involved--a ten year follow-up of perceived health and cardiovascular risk factors in a Swedish community intervention programme

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Trends in lifestyle 1986-99 in a 25- to 64-year-old population of the Northern Sweden MONICA project

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Trends in self-reported past alcoholic beverage consumption and ethanol intake from 1950 to 1995 observed in eight European countries participating in the European Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

scientific article published in December 2002

Trends of blood pressure levels and management in Västerbotten County, Sweden, during 1990-2010.

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Unemployment and cardiovascular risk indicators. Data from the MONICA survey in northern Sweden.

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Västerbotten focus on large-scale cardiovascular prevention

scientific article published on September 5, 2012

Weight maintenance as a tight rope walk - a Grounded Theory study.

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What about healthy participants? The improvement and deterioration of self-reported health at a 10-year follow-up of the Västerbotten Intervention Programme

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What else adds to hypertension in predicting stroke? An incident case-referent study

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Who is maintaining weight in a middle-aged population in Sweden? A longitudinal analysis over 10 years

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Work stress and low emotional support is associated with increased risk of future type 2 diabetes in women

scientific article published on 10 October 2006

[National targets for public health. Focusing on factors of social environment]

scientific article published on 01 June 2001

[Public health work needs new evaluation models. Primary care projects are more effective than large scale campaigns]

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[The "green keyhole" project for public health. The effect of society's impact on health is difficult to measure]

scientific article published on 01 May 1997

[The right to designate family physicians--a threat or possibility?]

scientific article published on 01 March 1993