Norrland Observatory for Equity in Health and Health Care

Research group NOEHHC is formed by a multidisciplinary group of researchers based at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå university

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NOEHHC´s aims

to monitor social inequalities in health and health care in the Northern region of Sweden (Norrland)
to conduct pertinent research on different aspects of social inequalities in health and health care
to provide relevant information regarding those inequalities to policy-makers in the region

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Upcoming events

Seminar: 100 years later: Research on health and racism in Sweden

15 March 2022, 13:00-15:45

Butajira, buliding 5B, floor 3, NUS or Zoom

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Our recent publications

Baroudi M, Hurtig AK, Goicolea I, San Sebastian M, Jonzon R, Nkulu-Kalengayi FK. Young migrants' sexual rights in Sweden: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1):1618. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-11672-1.

Blåhed H, San Sebastián M. "If the reindeer die, everything dies": The mental health of a Sámi community exposed to a mining project in Swedish Sápmi. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2021;80(1):1935132. doi:10.1080/22423982.2021.1935132.

Blåhed H, San Sebastián M. Health impact assessment of a mining project in Swedish Sápmi: lessons learned. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 2021; 1-8. doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2021.1981759.

Jonsson F, Christianson M, Wiklund M, Hurtig AK, Goicolea I. Collective imaginaries of caring landscapes for rural youth: a concept mapping study in northern Sweden. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1):2191. Published 2021 Nov 30. doi:10.1186/s12889-021-12223-4.

See all our publications here