Solveig Petersen

Associate Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health.

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Research fellow at Department of Epidemiology and Global Health

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.

The Bidirectional Relationship Between Subjective Well-Being and Academic Achievement in Adolescence

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Springer 2021, Vol. 50, (5) : 992-1002

Bortes, Cristian; Ragnarsson, Susanne; Strandh, Mattias; et al.

Consequences of school grading systems on adolescent health: evidence from a Swedish school reform

Journal of education policy, Routledge 2021, Vol. 36, (1) : 84-106

Högberg, Björn; Lindgren, Joakim; Johansson, Klara; et al.

Determinants of Declining School Belonging 2000–2018: The Case of Sweden

Social Indicators Research

Högberg, Björn; Petersen, Solveig; Strandh, Mattias; et al.

Feasibility, reliability and validity of the health-related quality of life instrument Child Health Utility 9D (CHU9D) among school-aged children and adolescents in Sweden

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 19, (1)

Lindvall, Kristina; Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Feldman, Inna; et al.

Sports medicine - open, Vol. 6, (1)

Andermo, Susanne; Hallgren, Mats; Nguyen, Thi-Thuy-Dung; et al.

Value in Health, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 23, (2) : 164-170

Le, Ha N. D.; Petersen, Solveig; Mensah, Fiona; et al.

När skolan lär barn om psykisk hälsa minskar inåtvända psykiska problem bland barnen: En kartläggning av systematiska litteraturöversikter

Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Stockholm: Karolinska Institutet 2020, Vol. 97, (5-6) : 832-846

Petersen, Solveig; Romqvist, Anja

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Effects of Parent Training Programmes on Parents' Sense of Competence in a General Population Sample

Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education 2017, Vol. 9, (7) : 24-34

Löfgren, Hans O.; Petersen, Solveig; Nilsson, Karin; et al.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 104 : 75-83

Omma, Lotta; Petersen, Solveig

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.

BMC Public Health, BioMed Central 2014, Vol. 14 : 425-

Myléus, Anna; Petersen, Solveig; Carlsson, Annelie; et al.

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.

Allmänt hälsotillstånd och hälsorelaterad livskvalitet

Miljöhälsorapport Norr 2013: barns hälsa och miljö i Norrland, Umeå: Umeå universitet 2014 : 13-18

Petersen, Solveig; Lindahl, Bernt

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.

Global Health Action, CoAction Publishing 2014, Vol. 7, (1) : 24896-

Petersen, Solveig; Swinburn, Boyd; Mavoa, Helen; et al.

Pediatric Rheumatology, Vol. 10

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

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

Aktuella hälsoproblem bland skolbarn i Sverige

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

Petersen, Solveig

Svenska epidemiologiska undersökningar om skolbarns hälsa

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

Petersen, Solveig

International Journal of Pediatrics

Petersen, Solveig; Mavoa, Helen; Swinburn, Boyd; et al.

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.

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.

Impaired health-related quality of life in children with recurrent pain

Pediatrics, Vol. 124, (4) : e759-e767

Petersen, Solveig; Hägglöf, Bruno; Bergström, Erik

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.

Recurrent pain and health related quality of life in young schoolchildren

Umeå University medical dissertations, 1168

Petersen, Solveig

Recurrent pain symptoms in young schoolchildren are often multiple.

Pain, Vol. 121, (1-2) : 145-150

Petersen, Solveig; Brulin, Christine; Bergström, Erik

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

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

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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Research projects

1 February 2016 until 31 December 2019

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