Academic article

• Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold; O'Keeffe, Maria; Konijnenberg, Carolien et al. (2025). Infant Vitamin B12 Status and its Predictors – Cross-Sectional Baseline Results from an Ongoing Randomized Controlled Trial. (external link)
• Ranjitkar, Suman; Kvestad, Ingrid; Chandyo, Ram Krishna et al. (2025). The Association between Prenatal Maternal Selenium Concentration and Neurodevelopment in Early Childhood, Results from a Mother–Child Cohort Study. (external link)
• Sithiravel, Cindhya; Strand, Tor Arne; Fauskerud, Ingunn Tjelde et al. (2025). Converting waste into value. Stability of leftover EDTA whole blood: serum vs. plasma for nine clinical chemistry analyses. (external link)
• Solvik, Beate Stokke; Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; McCann, Adrian et al. (2024). Breastfeeding and biomarkers of folate and cobalamin status in Norwegian infants: A cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Nermo, Kristina Randjelovic; Lyche, Jan Ludvig; Haddad-Weiser, Gabrielle et al. (2024). Quantification of persistent organic pollutants in breastmilk and estimated infant intake, Norway. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Niraula, Apeksha; Chandyo, Ram K. et al. (2024). Reference Ranges and Determinants of Thyroid Function and TSH Receptor Antibodies During Early Pregnancy in Nepal. (external link)
• Nermo, Kristina Randjelovic; Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Lyche, Jan Ludvig et al. (2024). Trend analyses of persistent organic pollutants in human milk from first-time mothers in Norway between 2002 and 2021. (external link)
• Nørstebø, Heidi Strand; Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika; Blix, Ellen et al. (2023). Births in freestanding midwifery-led units in Norway: What women view as important aspects of care. (external link)
• Aarsland, Tonje Eiane; Solvik, Beate Stokke; Bakken, Kjersti Sletten et al. (2023). Iodine Nutrition in Children ≤2 years of Age in Norway. (external link)
• Aarsland, Tonje Eiane; Kaldenbach, Siri; Bakken, Kjersti Sletten et al. (2023). Inadequate Iodine Intake in Mothers of Young Children in Innlandet County, Norway. (external link)
• Klokk, Ragnhild; Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Markestad, Trond Jacob et al. (2022). Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for obstetric anal sphincter injury in a Norwegian Region: a case–control study. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Nermo, Kristina Randjelovic; Nedrebø, Bjørn Gunnar et al. (2022). Antenatal thyroid hormone therapy and antithyroid drug use in Norway from 2004 to 2018. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Aarsland, Tonje Eiane; Groufh-Jacobsen, Synne et al. (2021). Adequate urinary iodine concentration among infants in the inland area of Norway. (external link)
• Groufh-Jacobsen, Synne; Mosand, Lise Mette; Oma, Ingvild et al. (2020). Mild to Moderate Iodine Deficiency and Inadequate Iodine Intake in Lactating Women in the Inland Area of Norway. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Oma, Ingvild; Groufh-Jacobsen, Synne et al. (2020). The Reliability of Iodine Concentration in Diaper-Retrieved Infant Urine Using Urine Collection Pads, and in Their Mothers' Breastmilk. (external link)
• Bjertnæs, Asborg Sine Aanstad; Schwinger, Catherine; Juliusson, Petur Benedikt et al. (2020). Health-related behaviors in adolescents mediate the association between subjective social status and body mass index. (external link)
• Bjertnæs, Asborg Sine Aanstad; Fossum, Ingrid Nesdal; Oma, Ingvild et al. (2020). A cross-sectional study of the relationship between mental health problems and overweight and obesity in adolescents. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Stray-Pedersen, Babill (2019). Emergency cesarean section among women in Robson groups one and three: A comparison study of immigrant and Norwegian women giving birth in a low-risk maternity hospital in Norway. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Skjeldal, Ola; Stray-Pedersen, Babill (2015). Neonatal jaundice and the immigrant population : a comparison study at a low-risk maternity ward in Norway. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Skjeldal, Ola; Stray-Pedersen, Babill (2015). Immigrants from conflict-zone countries: An observational comparison study of obstetric outcomes in a low-risk maternity ward in Norway. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Skjeldal, Ola; Stray-Pedersen, Babill (2015). Higher risk for adverse obstetric outcomes among immigrants of African and Asian Descent: A comparison study at a low-risk maternity hospital in Norway. (external link)
• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Skjeldal, Ola; Stray-Pedersen, Babill (2015). Obstetric Outcomes of First- and Second-Generation Pakistani Immigrants: A Comparison Study at a Low-Risk Maternity Ward in Norway. (external link)

Article in business/trade/industry journal

• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Kvestad, Ingrid; Bjørkevoll, Sol Maja Graasvold et al. (2023). Vitamin B12 status in infancy and the effect of a vitamin B12 injection in infants with subclinical vitamin B12 deficiency: study protocol for a register-based randomised controlled trial. (external link)

Chapter

• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten; Aasheim, Vigdis (2017). Kapittel 10. Reproduktiv helse blant innvandrerkvinner. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Bakken, Kjersti Sletten (2016). Obstetric outcomes of immigrants in a low-risk maternity ward in Norway. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

2025-2029: Maternal exposure to PFAS and thyroid function and other health effects in mothers and their infants. (Project lead, main supervisor)

2024-2028: Maternal thyroid dysfunction; exposures to environmental pollutants, associated factors and possible consequences. (Project lead)

2023-2027: User experiences of maternity care in freestanding midwifery led units in Norway. (Project lead, co-supervisor)

2023-2027: Exposure to environmental pollutants in early life on health, growth and development: An exposome study in Nepal (Work-package leader)

2022-2025: InnTox: A holistic and sustainable One-Health approach on nutrients and toxic exposures in early life. (Project lead)

2021-2024: Environmental exposure to iodine uptake inhibitors and the risk of thyroid disease in pregnancy. (Project lead)

2020-2026: Vitamin B12 status in infancy and the effect of providing vitamin B12 to infants with signs of mild deficiency – a register-based, Randomized Controlled Trial. (Co-principal investigator)

2018-2024: Iodine status and thyroid function in Norwegian infants. (Co-investigator)

2017-ongoing: Innlandet Health Registry for Offspring and Parents (IHOP) and MoBI biobank. (Manager)

2012-2016: Obstetric outcomes of immigrants in a low-risk maternity ward in Norway. (Project lead)