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Atle Fretheim er fagdirektør ved Folkehelseinstituttet (FHI).
Articles by Atle Fretheim
Pre- and post-vaccination
- Atle Fretheim
25.03.2020:
The incidence of gastroenteritis and otitis in children has decreased. Is this due to the rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccines? The pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines were introduced in Norway in 2006 and 2014 respectively. The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association is now publishing two...
Upper secondary school leaving celebrations and final exams – consultations in general practice and emergency care
- Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen Bakken,
- Knut-Arne Wensaas,
- Gry Marysol Grøneng,
- Atle Fretheim,
- Camilla Stoltenberg,
- Knut Inge Klepp,
- Siri Eldevik Håberg,
- Simon Øverland
04.05.2017:
In Norway, everyone who has completed basic schooling has a statutory right to a full-time, three-year course of upper secondary education. Most young people take advantage of this offer, and in 2015, over 90 % in the age group 16 – 18 participated in upper secondary education (1). Celebrating the...
Use of forms for follow-up of diabetes in general practice
- Lillebeth Larun,
- Trine Bjørner,
- Atle Fretheim,
- Kjetil G. Brurberg
15.03.2016:
In 2014, there were approximately 220 000 persons with known diabetes mellitus in Norway (1). Of these, 80 – 90 % had type 2 diabetes. The vast majority are followed up in the primary health service (2). From 1988 to 2004, the Norwegian College of General Practice published a treatment programme for...
Does bullying lead to health problems?
- Atle Fretheim
01.07.2014:
Bullying in the workplace is something detestable, unacceptable in itself. But is there a causal relationship between bullying and mental health problems? In Norway we have a long tradition of prioritising safe working environments – going to work should not make people ill. This also has a legal...
19.03.2013:
The discussion about the use of perineal support to avoid anal sphincter rupture during delivery centres largely on one fundamental philosophical question: What is required to establish that there is a causal relationship between something we do (perineal support) and something we observe in...
Use of manual techniques for perineal support in Norwegian maternity departments
- Atle Fretheim,
- Tom Tanbo,
- Siri Vangen,
- Liv Merete Reinar,
- John-Arne Røttingen
29.11.2011:
The incidence of sphincter rupture during deliveries in Norway increased appreciably in the period 1967 – 2004, according to figures from the Medical Birth Registry (1). Risk factors for sphincter rupture, for example older birthing mothers, only offer partial explanations for this increase (1). In...
How can research contribute to better global health?
- Ragna Valen,
- Atle Fretheim,
- Torvid Kiserud,
- Espen Bjertness,
- Solveig Kirsti Grudt,
- Kårstein Måseide
18.10.2011:
The poorest part of the world’s population must gain better access to existing knowledge, vaccines, diagnostic procedures and treatment. At the same time, new vaccines, medication and improved health services must be developed for those who carry the greatest disease burden globally. An increased...