Solveig Petersen

Researcher at Department of Epidemiology and Global Health

5B, Målpunkt P, Försörjningsvägen 7 B, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Epidemiologi och global hälsa, Umeå Universitet, 90185 Umeå

Latest publications

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

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

Recurrent Pain and Academic Achievement in School-Aged Children: A Systematic Review

Journal of School Nursing

Ragnarsson, Susanne; Myléus, Anna; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; 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.

2018

School experiences in relation to emotional and conduct problems in adolescence: a 3-year follow up study

European Journal of Public Health

García-Moya, Irene; Johansson, Klara; Ragnarsson, Susanne; 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

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

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

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.

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.

2015

Health-related quality of life in indigenous Sami schoolchildren in Sweden

Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 104 : 75-83

Omma, Lotta; Petersen, Solveig

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

2012

Aktuella hälsoproblem bland skolbarn i Sverige

Skolsköterskans hälsofrämjande arbete, Lund: Studentlitteratur 2012 : 95-117

Petersen, Solveig

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 : 33-

Lundberg, Veronica; Lindh, Viveca; Eriksson, Catharina; et al.

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.

2012

Svenska epidemiologiska undersökningar om skolbarns hälsa

Skolsköterskans hälsofrämjande arbete, Lund: Studentlitteratur 2012 : 87-93

Petersen, Solveig

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

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.

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.

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

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1 February 2016 until 31 December 2019

Adolescent mental health in relation to macroeconomic factors: protective and risk factors

Research subject: Public health and community medicine

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