Fafo’s health-related research focuses on social dimensions of ill-health including inequity, vulnerability, coping strategies and adaptation. Our aim is to promote high-quality research and evaluations to improve health and achieve equity in health. We have a particular focus on marginalized populations which includes populations in conflict and fragile settings.
As key drivers of socio-economic development, strategies for promoting, protecting and supporting optimal health have gained increasing global attention in the past decade. Health is an integral part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the UN, and achieving equity in health requires both a state responsibility and global collective action. Socio-economic inequalities translate into inequalities in access to food, health services, and other public services. This leads to socioeconomic differences in various health outcomes, such as disease, undernutrition and premature death. In fragile situations, health may deteriorate both because of direct casualties from conflict or disaster and indirectly due to the breakdown of service provision.
Fafo’s areas of public health research expertise include mortality estimations; women and child health, and nutrition especially food insecurity and infant feeding practices. Health modules are integral parts of Fafo’s living conditions surveys as well as research related to conflict, disaster and environmental adaptation. A key aspect of our work in these areas is to develop indicators and measurement methods for correctly assessing changes in health and nutrition.
Researchers
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Results from the 2017-2018 survey of Syrian refugees inside and outside camps
An analysis of Norwegian policies from 2011 to 2017
Om sykehus drevet av ideelle organisasjoner
Insights into the socio-economic conditions of Palestinian refugees in Jordan
A review of the links
Freddy Bangelesa, Anne Hatløy, Branly Kilola Mbunga, Paulin B. Mutombo, Mwanack Kakule Matina, Pierre Z. Akilimali, Heiko Paeth, Mala Ali Mapatano
Is stunting in children under five associated with the state of vegetation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?Secondary analysis of Demographic Health Survey data and the satellite-derived leaf area index
Heliyon | 2023 | Open access
Lawrence King, Gábor Scheiring & Elias Nosrati
Deaths of Despair in Comparative PerspectiveAnnual Review of Sociology | 2022 | Introduction (login for full text)
Debritu Nane, Anne Hatløy & Bernt Lindtjørn
Barriers to Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition Among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Damot Pulassa, Wolaita, South EthiopiaA Phenomenological Study of Mothers and Health Service Providers
Food and Nutrition Bulletin | 2022 | Open access
Christiane Horwood, Sphindile Mapumulo, Lyn Haskins, Vaughn John, Silondile Luthuli, Thorkild Tylleskär, Paulin Mutombo, Ingunn M. S. Engebretsen, Mala Ali Mapatano & Anne Hatløy
A North–South-South partnership in higher education to develop health research capacity in the Democratic Republic of the CongoThe challenge of finding a common language.
Health Research Policy and Systems | 2021 | Open access
Anne Hatløy, Silondile Luthuli, Vaughn John, Lyn Haskins, Sphindile Mapumulo, Paulin Mutombo, Thorkild Tylleskär, Ingunn M. S. Engebretsen, Christiane Horwood & Mala Ali Mapatano
‘I am not only beneficial to the community but to the entire country, I am trained as a researcher now’Global Public Health | 2021 | Open access
Debritu Nane, Anne Hatløy, Elazar Tadesse and Bernt Lindtjørn
Research protocol local ingredients-based supplementary food as an alternative to corn-soya blends plus for treating moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6 to 59 months | 2019 | Open accessPawan Acharya, Hallgeir Kismul, Mala Ali Mapatano & Anne Hatløy
Individual-and community-level determinants of child immunization in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A multilevel analysis | 2018 | Åpen tilgang / Open accessBruno Masquelier, Lucia Hug, David Sharrow, Danzhen You, Daniel Hogan, Kenneth Hill, Jing Liu, Jon Pedersen and Leontine Alkema
Global, regional, and national mortality trends in older children and young adolescents (5–14 years) from 1990 to 2016: an analysis of empirical dataThe Lancet | 2018
Fengqing Chao, Danzhen You, Jon Pedersen, Lucia Hug, Leontine Alkema
National and regional under-5 mortality rate by economic status for low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic assessmentLancet Glob Health | 2018 | Les artikkelen / Read the article
Marianne Sandsmark Morseth, Navnit Kaur Grewal, Ida Sophie Kaasa, Anne Hatløy, Ingrid Barikmo and Sigrun Henjum
Dietary diversity is related to socioeconomic status among adult Saharawi refugees living in Algeria | 2017 | Open accessHedda Flatø and Huafeng Zhang
Inequity in level of healthcare utilization before and after universal health coverage reforms in ChinaEvidence from household surveys in Sichuan Province
International Journal for Equity in Health | 2016 | Sammendrag / Abstract
Bumbangi NF, Muma JB, Choongo K, Mukanga M, Velu MR , Veldman F, Hatløy A , Mapatano MA
Occurrence and factors associated with aflatoxin contamination of raw peanuts from Lusaka district's markets, ZambiaFood Control | 2016
Kismul H, Hatløy, Andersen P, Mapatano M, Van den Broeck J and Molland KM (2015).
The social context of severe child malnutrition: a qualitative household case study from a rural area of the Democratic Republic of CongoInternational Journal for Equity in Health | 2015
Bøås M and Hatløy A
Alcohol and drugs in post-war Sierra LeoneJournal of Drug and Alcohol Studies | 2008
Hallund J, Hatløy A, Benesi I and Thilsted SH
Snacks are important for fat and vitamin intakes among rural African women: a cross-sectional study from MalawiEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2007
Torheim LE, Ouattara F, Diarra MM, Thiam FD, Barikmo I, Hatløy A and Oshaug A
Nutrition adequacy and dietary diversity in rural Mali: association and determinantsEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2004
Torheim LE, Barikmo I, Parr C, Hatløy A, Ouatara F, Oshaug A
Validation of food variety as an indicator of diet quality assessed with a food frequency questionnaire for Western MaliEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2003
Torheim LE, Barikmo I, Hatløy A, Ouattara F, Diarra M and Oshaug A
Validation of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire in Western Mali | 2001Hatløy A, Hallund J, Diarra MM and Oshaug A
Food variety scores, socio-economic status and nutritional status in urban and rural areas in Koutiala (Mali)Public Health Nutrition | 2000
Sampaio FS, von der Fehr FR, Arneberg P, Gigante DP, Hatløy A
A Risk factors for dental fluorosis in 6-11 year-old children living in rural areas of Paraiba – Brazil.Caries Research | 1999
Hatløy A, Torheim LE and Oshaug A
Food variety – a good indicator of nutritional adequacy? A case study from an urban area in Mali, West AfricaEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 1998
Nordeide MB, Hatløy A, Følling M, Lie E and Oshaug A
Nutrient composition and nutritional importance of green leaves and wild food resources in an agricultural district, Koutiala, in Southern MaliInternational Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition | 1996
Oshaug A,Pedersen J, Diarra M, Ag Bendech M, Hatløy A
Problems and pitfalls in the use of estimated age in anthropometric measurements of children from 6 to 60 months of age: A case from MaliJournal of Nutrition | 1994
Christiane Horwood, Anne Hatløy and Mapatano Mala Ali
GROWNUT: Growing partnership for higher education and research in nutritional epidemiology in Democratic Republic of CongoInternal evaluation report | 2020 Download grownut_evaluation_report_sm.pdf
Anne Hatløy, Malena Kyvik Martens & Svein Erik Stave
Matsystemer i norsk utviklingspolitikkMatsikkerhet, klimatilpasset landbruk og ernæring | 2019 | Les mer og last ned rapporten / Download
Tone Sommerfelt and Anne Hatløy
Children living and/or working in the streets of Georgia | 2018 | PDF in EnglishPDF in GeorgianAnne Hatløy, Tone Sommerfelt & Liv Elin Torheim
Ernæring - et sulteforet utviklingsfelt | 2017 | Last ned rapporten hos Redd Barna / Download from hereHedda Flatø
China’s Healthcare Reform: New leadership, new opportunities? | 2014
