Steinar Krokstad
About
Professor in Social Medicine, MD, PhD, HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public health and nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU, Norway. https://www.ntnu.edu/hunt
Former Specialist in General Practice, now a Specialist and Consultant in Psychiatry, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust, Norway.
Personal interview in the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26534808/
Founder and leader for the Trøndelag Public Health Alliance since 2016.
Co-founder and Deputy Chairman of the Board og National Competebnce Centre for Arts and Health, Norrway. https://kulturoghelse.no/
PhD in Social Epidemiology / Public Health, research on socio-economic causes of poor health, disease, mortality and disability. Research experience in risc factor epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, geriatric epidemiology, occupational health, technology and health services research. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Krokstad+Steinar)
Published several book chapters in social medicine and medical sociology, the main author of the Norwegian textbook in Social Medicine.
The HUNT Study
Project manager (PI) of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study in 2006-08 (HUNT3), and Director of the HUNT Research Centre during the HUNT4 data collection (2017-19), which integrated data from a variety of medical and social science research disciplines (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22879362). Data from HUNT have led to extensive research in a wide range of disciplines, over 200 PhDs are based on the data. In addition, HUNT is a population based screening for selected diseases and conditions.
International research collaboration
- http://ncdrisc.org/
- http://www.mindmap-cities.eu/
- https://synchros.eu/
- https://ihccglobal.org/
- https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/our-research/research-centres/prevention-research-collaboration.html
Preventive medicine and health promotion
As Head of the HUNT Research Centre 2008 - 2020, (http://www.ntnu.edu/hunt) heavily involved in disease prevention and health promotion in partnership with local, regional and national authorities.
Publications
2013
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Vie, Gunnhild Åberge;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Johnsen, Roar;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon.
(2013)
The Health Hazards of Marriage. A cohort study of work related disability within 12,500 Norwegian couples - the HUNT Study.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
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Vikum, Eirik;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Westin, Steinar;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2013)
Socio-economic inequalities in Norwegian health care utilization over 3 decades: the HUNT Study.
European Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Pape, Kristine;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
De Ridder, Karin;
Westin, Steinar;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2013)
Medical benefits in young Norwegians and their parents, and the contribution of family health and socioeconomic status. The HUNT Study, Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
2012
-
Cuypers, Koenraad;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Knudtsen, Margunn Skjei;
Bygren, Lars Olov;
Holmen, Jostein.
(2012)
Patterns of receptive and creative cultural activities and their association with perceived health, anxiety, depression and satisfaction with life among adults: the HUNT study, Norway.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Academic article
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Nilsen, Sara Marie;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Ernstsen, Linda;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Education-based health inequalities in 18,000 Norwegian couples: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study.
BMC Public Health
Academic article
-
Ernstsen, Linda;
Strand, Bjørn Heine;
Nilsen, Sara Marie;
Espnes, Geir Arild;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2012)
Trends in absolute and relative educational inequalities in four modifiable ischaemic heart disease risk factors: repeated cross-sectional surveys from the Nord-Trondelag Health Study (HUNT) 1984-2008.
BMC Public Health
Academic article
-
Nilsen, Sara Marie;
Ernstsen, Linda;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Educational inequalities in disability pensioning - the impact of illness and occupational, psychosocial, and behavioural factors: The Nord-Trondelag Health Study (HUNT).
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Krokstad, Steinar;
Langhammer, Arnulf;
Hveem, Kristian;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Midthjell, Kristian;
Stene, Turid Rygg.
(2012)
Cohort profile : the HUNT study, Norway.
International Journal of Epidemiology
Academic article
-
Langhammer, Arnulf;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Romundstad, Pål Richard;
Heggland, Jon;
Holmen, Jostein.
(2012)
The HUNT study: participation is associated with survival and depends on socioeconomic status, diseases and symptoms.
BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
-
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2012)
En bedre folkehelsepolitikk.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Feature article
-
Pape, Kristine;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2012)
The welfare burden of adolescent anxiety and depression: a prospective study of 7500 young Norwegians and their families: the HUNT study.
BMJ Open
Academic article
-
Vikum, Eirik;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Holst, Dorthe ;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Socioeconomic inequalities in dental services utilisation in a Norwegian county: The third Nord-Trondelag Health Survey.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Vie, Gunnhild Åberge;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Johnsen, Roar;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon.
(2012)
Health hazards of romantic relationships in the HUNT Study.
European Journal of Public Health
Abstract
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Vikum, Eirik;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Socioeconomic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: the population-based HUNT3 survey.
International Journal for Equity in Health
Academic article
-
Vikum, Eirik;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Educational inequalities in utilisation of health care services from 1984-2008 in Norway.
European Journal of Public Health
Abstract
2011
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Krokstad, Steinar;
Knudtsen, Margunn Skjei.
(2011)
Folkehelse i endring. Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag. HUNT 1 (1984-86) - HUNT 2 (1995-97) - HUNT 3 (2006-08).
HUNT forskningssenter, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det medisiniske fakultet, NTNU
Report
-
Pape, Kristine;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Westin, Steinar;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2011)
Reading and writing difficulties in adolescence and later risk of welfare dependence. A ten year follow-up, the HUNT Study, Norway.
BMC Public Health
Academic article
-
Krokstad, Steinar;
Høyer, Georg.
(2011)
Sosial ulikhet i helse.
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Mæland, John Gunnar;
Haug, Kjell;
Høyer, Georg;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2011)
Sosialmedisin.
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S
Textbook
2009
-
Krokstad, Steinar;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Hveem, Kristian;
Mangrud, Reidun;
Langhammer, Arnulf;
Skjetne, Anne-Brit.
(2009)
HUNT. Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag. Lokalt, nasjonalt og internasjonalt fremragende. HUNT og NTNU mot 2020. Status og muligheter.
HUNT forskningssenter, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, NTNU
Report
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Sund, Erik Reidar;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2009)
Sosial kapital : limet som holder folkehelsen sammen?.
Gyldendal Akademisk
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Skalicka, Vera;
van Lenthe, Frank;
Bambra, Clare;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Mackenbach, Johan.
(2009)
Material, psychosocial, behavioural and biomedical factors in the explanation of relative socio-economic inequalities in mortality: evidence from the HUNT study.
International Journal of Epidemiology
Academic article
-
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2009)
Grunnleggende strategivalg i forebyggende helsearbeid.
Utposten
Academic article
2006
-
Mykletun, Arnstein;
Øverland, Simon;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Bjerkeset, Ottar;
Prince, Martin;
Aarø, L.
(2006)
A population based cohort study of the effect of common mental disorder on disability pension awards”.
American Journal of Psychiatry
Academic article
2005
-
Sund, Erik;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2005)
Sosiale ulikheter i helse i Norge. En kunnskapsoversikt.
Sosial- og helsedirektoratet
Report
2004
-
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2004)
Socioeconomic inequalities in health and disability. Social epidemiology in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Doctoral dissertation
Journal publications
-
Vie, Gunnhild Åberge;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Johnsen, Roar;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon.
(2013)
The Health Hazards of Marriage. A cohort study of work related disability within 12,500 Norwegian couples - the HUNT Study.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Vikum, Eirik;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Westin, Steinar;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2013)
Socio-economic inequalities in Norwegian health care utilization over 3 decades: the HUNT Study.
European Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Pape, Kristine;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
De Ridder, Karin;
Westin, Steinar;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2013)
Medical benefits in young Norwegians and their parents, and the contribution of family health and socioeconomic status. The HUNT Study, Norway.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Cuypers, Koenraad;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Knudtsen, Margunn Skjei;
Bygren, Lars Olov;
Holmen, Jostein.
(2012)
Patterns of receptive and creative cultural activities and their association with perceived health, anxiety, depression and satisfaction with life among adults: the HUNT study, Norway.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Academic article
-
Nilsen, Sara Marie;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Ernstsen, Linda;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Education-based health inequalities in 18,000 Norwegian couples: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study.
BMC Public Health
Academic article
-
Ernstsen, Linda;
Strand, Bjørn Heine;
Nilsen, Sara Marie;
Espnes, Geir Arild;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2012)
Trends in absolute and relative educational inequalities in four modifiable ischaemic heart disease risk factors: repeated cross-sectional surveys from the Nord-Trondelag Health Study (HUNT) 1984-2008.
BMC Public Health
Academic article
-
Nilsen, Sara Marie;
Ernstsen, Linda;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Educational inequalities in disability pensioning - the impact of illness and occupational, psychosocial, and behavioural factors: The Nord-Trondelag Health Study (HUNT).
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Krokstad, Steinar;
Langhammer, Arnulf;
Hveem, Kristian;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Midthjell, Kristian;
Stene, Turid Rygg.
(2012)
Cohort profile : the HUNT study, Norway.
International Journal of Epidemiology
Academic article
-
Langhammer, Arnulf;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Romundstad, Pål Richard;
Heggland, Jon;
Holmen, Jostein.
(2012)
The HUNT study: participation is associated with survival and depends on socioeconomic status, diseases and symptoms.
BMC Medical Research Methodology
Academic article
-
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2012)
En bedre folkehelsepolitikk.
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening
Feature article
-
Pape, Kristine;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2012)
The welfare burden of adolescent anxiety and depression: a prospective study of 7500 young Norwegians and their families: the HUNT study.
BMJ Open
Academic article
-
Vikum, Eirik;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Holst, Dorthe ;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Socioeconomic inequalities in dental services utilisation in a Norwegian county: The third Nord-Trondelag Health Survey.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Academic article
-
Vie, Gunnhild Åberge;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Johnsen, Roar;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon.
(2012)
Health hazards of romantic relationships in the HUNT Study.
European Journal of Public Health
Abstract
-
Vikum, Eirik;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Socioeconomic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: the population-based HUNT3 survey.
International Journal for Equity in Health
Academic article
-
Vikum, Eirik;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Westin, Steinar.
(2012)
Educational inequalities in utilisation of health care services from 1984-2008 in Norway.
European Journal of Public Health
Abstract
-
Pape, Kristine;
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon;
Westin, Steinar;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2011)
Reading and writing difficulties in adolescence and later risk of welfare dependence. A ten year follow-up, the HUNT Study, Norway.
BMC Public Health
Academic article
-
Skalicka, Vera;
van Lenthe, Frank;
Bambra, Clare;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Mackenbach, Johan.
(2009)
Material, psychosocial, behavioural and biomedical factors in the explanation of relative socio-economic inequalities in mortality: evidence from the HUNT study.
International Journal of Epidemiology
Academic article
-
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2009)
Grunnleggende strategivalg i forebyggende helsearbeid.
Utposten
Academic article
-
Mykletun, Arnstein;
Øverland, Simon;
Krokstad, Steinar;
Bjerkeset, Ottar;
Prince, Martin;
Aarø, L.
(2006)
A population based cohort study of the effect of common mental disorder on disability pension awards”.
American Journal of Psychiatry
Academic article
Books
-
Mæland, John Gunnar;
Haug, Kjell;
Høyer, Georg;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2011)
Sosialmedisin.
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S
Textbook
Part of book/report
-
Krokstad, Steinar;
Høyer, Georg.
(2011)
Sosial ulikhet i helse.
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sund, Erik Reidar;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2009)
Sosial kapital : limet som holder folkehelsen sammen?.
Gyldendal Akademisk
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Krokstad, Steinar;
Knudtsen, Margunn Skjei.
(2011)
Folkehelse i endring. Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag. HUNT 1 (1984-86) - HUNT 2 (1995-97) - HUNT 3 (2006-08).
HUNT forskningssenter, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det medisiniske fakultet, NTNU
Report
-
Krokstad, Steinar;
Holmen, Turid Lingaas;
Hveem, Kristian;
Mangrud, Reidun;
Langhammer, Arnulf;
Skjetne, Anne-Brit.
(2009)
HUNT. Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag. Lokalt, nasjonalt og internasjonalt fremragende. HUNT og NTNU mot 2020. Status og muligheter.
HUNT forskningssenter, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, NTNU
Report
-
Sund, Erik;
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2005)
Sosiale ulikheter i helse i Norge. En kunnskapsoversikt.
Sosial- og helsedirektoratet
Report
-
Krokstad, Steinar.
(2004)
Socioeconomic inequalities in health and disability. Social epidemiology in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Doctoral dissertation
Media
2012
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InterviewKrokstad, Steinar. (2012) Første stopp: Levanger. Trøndelag er den aller første regionen som får besøk av den nye helseministeren, Jonas Gahr Støre. www.levangeravisa.no www.levangeravisa.no [Internet] 2012-09-24