Improving the health of adolescents: the Nordic countries can help fill the evidence gap

Knut-Inge Klepp; Arnfinn Helleve; Anne-Siri Fismen; Harry Rutter

doi:10.1177/14034948221124675

Improving the health of adolescents: the Nordic countries can help fill the evidence gap

Knut-Inge Klepp, Arnfinn Helleve, Anne-Siri Fismen, Harry Rutter

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Abstract

While in the Nordic countries we have well-developed welfare policies and several structural, statutory measures in place aiming to promote public health, studies from these countries are often absent from systematic reviews of research literature assessing the effects of policy measures designed to promote health. Using adolescent health promotion and efforts related to primary prevention of obesity as an example, this short commentary aims to illustrate the paucity of well-designed studies investigating the effects of public health policies affecting adolescents. This paper argues that the Nordic research community is in a good position to help fill this gap, and to contribute more widely to the international literature on evaluation of policy interventions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	887-891
Number of pages	5
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Volume	50
Issue number	7
Early online date	17 Oct 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221124675
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2022

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work is in part funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 774210: Confronting obesity: Co-creating policy with youth (CO-CREATE).

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Public health policies
adolescents
evaluation

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Klepp, K-I, Helleve, A, Fismen, A-S & Rutter, H 2022, 'Improving the health of adolescents: the Nordic countries can help fill the evidence gap: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health', Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 887-891. https://doi.org/10.1177/140349482211246. Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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