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

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

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. volum 41 (5).
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. volum 41 (5).
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. volum 23 (6).

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. volum 66 (8).
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. volum 12 (1).
Krokstad, Steinar. (2012) En bedre folkehelsepolitikk. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. volum 132 (19).
Krokstad, Steinar; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Midthjell, Kristian; Stene, Turid Rygg; Bratberg, Grete Helen; Heggland, Jon; Holmen, Jostein. (2012) Cohort profile : the HUNT study, Norway. International Journal of Epidemiology. volum 42 (4).
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. volum 12 (143).
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. volum 12.
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. volum 40 (2).
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. volum 2 (6).
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. volum 22.
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. volum 22.
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. volum 40 (7).
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. volum 11.

2011

Krokstad, Steinar; Høyer, Georg. (2011) Sosial ulikhet i helse. Sosialmedisin.
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). 2011. ISBN 978-82-91725-08-6.
Mæland, John Gunnar; Haug, Kjell; Høyer, Georg; Krokstad, Steinar. (2011) Sosialmedisin. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. 2011. ISBN 9788205399150.
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. volum 11.

2009

Krokstad, Steinar. (2009) Grunnleggende strategivalg i forebyggende helsearbeid. Utposten. volum 38 (4).
Krokstad, Steinar; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Hveem, Kristian; Mangrud, Reidun; Langhammer, Arnulf; Skjetne, Anne-Brit; Stene, Turid Rygg; Holmen, Jostein. (2009) HUNT. Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag. Lokalt, nasjonalt og internasjonalt fremragende. HUNT og NTNU mot 2020. Status og muligheter. 2009.
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. volum 38 (5).
Sund, Erik Reidar; Krokstad, Steinar. (2009) Sosial kapital : limet som holder folkehelsen sammen?. Sosialepidemiologi - sosiale årsaker til sykdom og helsesvikt.

2006

Mykletun, Arnstein; Øverland, Simon; Krokstad, Steinar; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Prince, Martin; Aarø, L; Glozier, N; Dahl, Alv A. (2006) A population based cohort study of the effect of common mental disorder on disability pension awards”. American Journal of Psychiatry. volum 163 (8).

2005

Sund, Erik; Krokstad, Steinar. (2005) Sosiale ulikheter i helse i Norge. En kunnskapsoversikt. 2005.

2004

Krokstad, S.; Magnus, Per; Skrondal, A; Westin, Steinar. (2004) The importance of social characteristics of communities for the medically based sisability pension. European Journal of Public Health. volum 14 (4).
Krokstad, Steinar. (2004) Socioeconomic inequalities in health and disability. Social epidemiology in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2004.

Journal publications

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. volum 41 (5).
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. volum 41 (5).
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. volum 23 (6).
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. volum 66 (8).
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. volum 12 (1).
Krokstad, Steinar. (2012) En bedre folkehelsepolitikk. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. volum 132 (19).
Krokstad, Steinar; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Midthjell, Kristian; Stene, Turid Rygg; Bratberg, Grete Helen; Heggland, Jon; Holmen, Jostein. (2012) Cohort profile : the HUNT study, Norway. International Journal of Epidemiology. volum 42 (4).
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. volum 12 (143).
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. volum 12.
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. volum 40 (2).
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. volum 2 (6).
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. volum 22.
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. volum 22.
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. volum 40 (7).
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. volum 11.
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. volum 11.
Krokstad, Steinar. (2009) Grunnleggende strategivalg i forebyggende helsearbeid. Utposten. volum 38 (4).
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. volum 38 (5).
Mykletun, Arnstein; Øverland, Simon; Krokstad, Steinar; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Prince, Martin; Aarø, L; Glozier, N; Dahl, Alv A. (2006) A population based cohort study of the effect of common mental disorder on disability pension awards”. American Journal of Psychiatry. volum 163 (8).
Krokstad, S.; Magnus, Per; Skrondal, A; Westin, Steinar. (2004) The importance of social characteristics of communities for the medically based sisability pension. European Journal of Public Health. volum 14 (4).

Report/dissertation

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). 2011. ISBN 978-82-91725-08-6.
Krokstad, Steinar; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Hveem, Kristian; Mangrud, Reidun; Langhammer, Arnulf; Skjetne, Anne-Brit; Stene, Turid Rygg; Holmen, Jostein. (2009) HUNT. Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag. Lokalt, nasjonalt og internasjonalt fremragende. HUNT og NTNU mot 2020. Status og muligheter. 2009.
Sund, Erik; Krokstad, Steinar. (2005) Sosiale ulikheter i helse i Norge. En kunnskapsoversikt. 2005.
Krokstad, Steinar. (2004) Socioeconomic inequalities in health and disability. Social epidemiology in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2004.

Part of book/report

Krokstad, Steinar; Høyer, Georg. (2011) Sosial ulikhet i helse. Sosialmedisin.
Sund, Erik Reidar; Krokstad, Steinar. (2009) Sosial kapital : limet som holder folkehelsen sammen?. Sosialepidemiologi - sosiale årsaker til sykdom og helsesvikt.

Books

Mæland, John Gunnar; Haug, Kjell; Høyer, Georg; Krokstad, Steinar. (2011) Sosialmedisin. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. 2011. ISBN 9788205399150.

Media

2012

Krokstad, Steinar. (2012) Første stopp: Levanger. Trøndelag er den aller første regionen som får besøk av den nye helseministeren, Jonas Gahr Støre. www.levangeravisa.no [Internett]. 2012-09-24.

Språkvelger

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