Kristine Pape

Background

• Medical studies NTNU 1993 – 1999
• 2000 – 2005: Work as medical doctor
• 2006 – d.d: Employed in Trondheim Kommune, currently working 20% at Strindheim helsestasjon
• Main interests: Pediatrics, social medicine, family medicine, social epidemiology

My PhD project

• Social and medical determinants for disintegration in working life among young people

Research group

• Work with the social insurance research group

Ongoing projects/articles

• Reading and writing difficulties in adolescence and later reception of long-term social benefits
• Symptoms of anxiety and depression in adolescents and their parents, and later reception of long-term social benefits
• Associations between reception of long-term medical benefits in young adults and their parents

Publications/presentations:

Pape et al.: Reading and writing difficulties in
adolescence and later risk of welfare dependence. A ten year follow-up, the HUNT Study, Norway. BMC Public Health 2011 11:718.

NFR2010: Unge voksne på trygd - hva betyr lese- og skrivevansker?

Bjørngaard JH, Krokstad S, Johnsen R, Karlsen AO, Pape K, Støver M, Sund E, Westin S. Epidemiological research on disability benefits in
the Nordic countries. Nor J Epidemiol 2009; 19 (2): 103-114

Methods and data in use

• Ung HUNT 1, HUNT 2, FD-trygd (national insurance data)
• Stata
• Logistic regression, multilevel analysis, sibling comparison