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Staff photo Solveig Petersen

Solveig Petersen

Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health.

Contact

E-mail
solveig.petersen@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 99 44

Works at

Affiliation
Research fellow at Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Location
5B, Målpunkt P, Försörjningsvägen 7 B, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Epidemiologi och global hälsa, Umeå Universitet, 90185 Umeå

PhD in Pediatrics, Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health. Ongoing research in the fields of epidemiology and prevention of mental ill-health, recurrent pain and overweight in children in Sweden and internationally. Princi­pal investiga­tor of the Study of Health in school-children from Umeå (the SISU pro­ject). Also holds an analyst position at the Public Health Agency of Sweden.

2020
Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Low Language or Congenital Hearing Loss, as Measured by the PedsQL and Health Utility Index Mark 3
Value in Health, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 23, (2) : 164-170
Le, Ha N. D.; Petersen, Solveig; Mensah, Fiona; et al.
2020
Recurrent Pain and Academic Achievement in School-Aged Children: A Systematic Review
Journal of School Nursing, Sage Publications 2020, Vol. 36, (1) : 61-78
Ragnarsson, Susanne; Myléus, Anna; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; et al.
2019
Gender inequality and adolescent suicide ideation across Africa, Asia, the South Pacific and Latin America: a cross-sectional study based on the Global School Health Survey (GSHS)
Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2019, Vol. 11
Assarsson, Rebecka; Petersen, Solveig; Högberg, Björn; et al.
2019
Preteen children’s health related quality of life in Sweden: changes over time and disparities between different sociodemographic groups
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2019, Vol. 19
Baroudi, Mazen; Petersen, Solveig; Namatovu, Fredinah; et al.
2019
School experiences in relation to emotional and conduct problems in adolescence: a 3-year follow up study
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 29, (3) : 436-441
García-Moya, Irene; Johansson, Klara; Ragnarsson, Susanne; et al.
2019
Consequences of school grading systems on adolescent health: evidence from a Swedish school reform
Journal of education policy
Högberg, Björn; Lindgren, Joakim; Johansson, Klara; et al.
2019
Education system stratification and health complaints among school-aged children
Social Science and Medicine, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 220 : 159-166
Högberg, Björn; Strandh, Mattias; Petersen, Solveig; et al.
2019
The interplay between national and parental unemployment in relation to adolescent life satisfaction in 27 countries: analyses of repeated cross-sectional school surveys
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2019, Vol. 19
Johansson, Klara; Petersen, Solveig; Högberg, Björn; et al.
2019
Perceived problems with academic achievement in school-aged children with recurrent pain - a longitudinal study.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Ragnarsson, Susanne; Johansson, Klara; Bergström, Erik; et al.
2018
Authors' response to Letter to the Editor: ANZJPH-2017-220
Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 42, (2) : 215-215
Malakellis, Mary; Hoare, Erin; Sanigorski, Andrew; et al.
2017
Healthier Parents: Effects of Parent Training Programs on Mental Health
International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice, Vol. 5, (2) : 70-79
Löfgren, Hans O.; Padyab, Mojgan; Ghazinour, Mehdi; et al.
2017
Effects of Parent Training Programs on Parental Stress in a General Swedish Population Sample
Psychology, Vol. 8, (5) : 700-716
Löfgren, Hans O.; Petersen, Solveig; Nilsson, Karin; et al.
2017
School-based systems change for obesity prevention in adolescents: outcomes of the Australian Capital Territory "It's Your Move!'
Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, WILEY 2017, Vol. 41, (5) : 490-496
Malakellis, Mary; Hoare, Erin; Sanigorski, Andrew; et al.
2016
The Cross-Sectional Association between Diet Quality and Depressive Symptomology amongst Fijian Adolescents
PLoS ONE, Public Library Science 2016, Vol. 11, (8)
Sinclair, Rachael; Millar, Lynne; Allender, Steven; et al.
2016
Mental problems and their socio-demographic determinants in young schoolchildren in Sweden, a country with high gender and income equality
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 44, (1) : 18-26
Stenmark, Helena; Bergström, Erik; Hägglöf, Bruno; et al.
2016
School experiences may be important determinants of mental health problems in middle childhood: a Swedish longitudinal population-based study
Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2016, Vol. 105, (4) : 407-415
Waenerlund, Anna-Karin; Stenmark, Helena; Bergström, Erik; et al.
2015
Health-related quality of life in indigenous Sami schoolchildren in Sweden
Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 104 : 75-83
Omma, Lotta; Petersen, Solveig
2014
When ignorance is bliss: weight perception, body mass index and quality of life in adolescents
International Journal of Obesity, Nature Publishing Group 2014, Vol. 38, (10) : 1328-1334
Hayward, J.; Millar, L.; Petersen, Solveig; et al.
2014
Health-related quality of life is not impaired in children with undetected as well as diagnosed celiac disease: a large population based cross-sectional study
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2014, Vol. 14 : 425-
Myléus, Anna; Petersen, Solveig; Carlsson, Annelie; et al.
2014
Parental encouragement of healthy behaviors: adolescent weight status and health-related quality of life
BMC Public Health, Vol. 14, (1) : 369-
Nicholls, Laura; Lewis, Andrew J; Petersen, Solveig; et al.
2014
Allmänt hälsotillstånd och hälsorelaterad livskvalitet
Miljöhälsorapport Norr 2013: barns hälsa och miljö i Norrland, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2014 : 13-18
Petersen, Solveig; Lindahl, Bernt
2014
Relationship between overweight and health-related quality of life in secondary school children in Fiji: results from a cross-sectional population-based study
International Journal of Obesity, Nature Publishing Group 2014, Vol. 38, (4) : 539-546
Petersen, Solveig; Moodie, M; Mavoa, H; et al.
2014
Low health-related quality of life in school-aged children in Tonga, a lower-middle income country in the South Pacific
Global Health Action, CoAction Publishing 2014, Vol. 7, (1) : 24896-
Petersen, Solveig; Swinburn, Boyd; Mavoa, Helen; et al.
2012
Health-related quality of life in girls and boys with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: self- and parental reports in a cross-sectional study
Pediatric Rheumatology, Vol. 10
Lundberg, Veronica; Lindh, Viveca; Eriksson, Catharina; et al.
2012
The health of young Swedish Sami with special reference to mental health
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol. 71 : 18381-
Omma, Lotta; Jacobsson, Lars H; Petersen, Solveig
2012
Svenska epidemiologiska undersökningar om skolbarns hälsa
Skolsköterskans hälsofrämjande arbete, Lund: Studentlitteratur 2012 : 87-93
Petersen, Solveig
2012
Aktuella hälsoproblem bland skolbarn i Sverige
Skolsköterskans hälsofrämjande arbete, Lund: Studentlitteratur 2012 : 95-117
Petersen, Solveig
2012
Health-related quality of life is low in secondary school children in Fiji
International Journal of Pediatrics
Petersen, Solveig; Mavoa, Helen; Swinburn, Boyd; et al.
2010
Television food advertising and the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity: a multicountry comparison
Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 13, (7) : 1003-1012
Goris, Janny M; Petersen, Solveig; Stamatakis, Emmanuel; et al.
2010
Barns och ungdomars psykiska hälsa i Sverige: en systematisk litteraturöversikt med tonvikt på förändringar över tid
Stockholm: Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien 2010
Petersen, Solveig; Bergström, Erik; Cederblad, Marianne; et al.
2009
Impaired health-related quality of life in children with recurrent pain
Pediatrics, Vol. 124, (4) : e759-e767
Petersen, Solveig; Hägglöf, Bruno; Bergström, Erik
2009
Psychometric properties of the Swedish PedsQL, Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 generic core scales
Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 98, (9) : 1504-1512
Petersen, Solveig; Hägglöf, Bruno; Stenlund, Hans; et al.
2008
Recurrent pain and health related quality of life in young schoolchildren
Umeå University medical dissertations, 1168
Petersen, Solveig
2006
Recurrent pain symptoms in young schoolchildren are often multiple.
Pain, Vol. 121, (1-2) : 145-150
Petersen, Solveig; Brulin, Christine; Bergström, Erik
2003
High prevalence of tiredness and pain in young schoolchildren
Scandinavian journal of public health, Vol. 31, (5) : 367-374
Petersen, Solveig; Bergström, Erik; Brulin, Christine
2003
Increasing prevalence of overweight in young schoolchildren in Umeå, Sweden, from 1986 to 2001
Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 92, (7) : 848-853
Petersen, Solveig; Brulin, Christine; Bergström, Erik
Health-related quality of life in Sami schoolchildren in Sweden
Omma, Lotta; Petersen, Solveig
Academic achievement in school-aged children with recurrent pain: a longitudinal study
Ragnarsson, Susanne; Johansson, Klara; Bergström, Erik; et al.
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