• Social inequality in mental health
• The school as setting for health promotion
• Physically active learning
• Psychosocial learning environments and drop-out in upper secondary school
• Positive Youth Development
• Social factors associated with infant and child nutritional status and health in the Global South
• Food security and child health in the Global South
• Intimate Partner Violence and child health
• Nurturing child care and Early child development

 

• Global health
• Public health 
• Prevention and health promotion
• Quantitative methods

Research report

• Oddrun Samdal; Maria Coral Falco Perez; Anne-Siri Fismen et al. (2024). Trender i barn og unges helsevaner og trivsel. Helsevaner blant skoleelever - en flernasjonal undersøkelse (HEVAS). Norske data fra 1983-2022.. (external link)
• Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Frida Kathrine Sofie Mathisen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke et al. (2020). Kan systematisk arbeid med det psykososiale miljøet bidra til bedre gjennomføring i videregående opplæring ?. (external link)
• Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Cecilie Høj Anvik; Marte Tobro et al. (2017). Delrapport fra Complete-prosjektet. (external link)
• Ingebjørg L. Djupedal; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Sara Madeleine Kristensen et al. (2019). Andre delrapport fra COMPLETE-prosjektet - Kortversjon. (external link)

Academic article

• Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Sara Madeleine Kristensen et al. (2023). Caring Climate and Support, Mental Health, and Academic Adjustment: Effects from a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Upper Secondary Schools in Norway. (external link)
• G. John Geldhof; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke et al. (2019). Indicators of positive youth development can be maladaptive: The example case of caring. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark; Dickson Abanimi Amugsi et al. (2018). Resources for nurturing childcare practices in urban and rural settings: Findings from the Colombia 2010 Demographic and Health Survey. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark (2015). Associations between intimate partner violence, childcare practices and infant health: Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. (external link)
• Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen et al. (2022). Hello Darkness, My Old Friend: Moderating a Random Intercept Cross-lagged Panel Model of Loneliness and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Torill Bull; Maurice B Mittelmark (2011). Socioeconomic status and chronic child malnutrition: wealth and maternal education matter more in the Peruvian Andes than nationally. (external link)
• Martika Irene Brook; Tormod Bøe; Oddrun Samdal et al. (2024). Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Family Affluence Scale in Norwegian Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Surveys: Implications for Time Trend Analysis. (external link)
• Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Ingrid Holsen et al. (2018). COMPLETE - a school-based intervention project to increase completion of upper secondary school in Norway: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Arnoldus Bastiaan Bakker; Jørn Hetland et al. (2025). Taking a playful approach to schoolwork: Associations with schoolwork engagement, school satisfaction, and school belonging. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark; Martín Valdivia (2014). Trends in stunting and overweight in Peruvian pre-schoolers form 1991 to 2011: findings from the Demographic and Health Surveys. (external link)
• Dennis Juma Matanda; Maurice B Mittelmark; Helga Bjørnøy Urke et al. (2014). Reliability of demographic and socioeconomic variables in predicting early initiation of breastfeeding: A replication analysis using the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey data. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Ingrid Holsen; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen (2021). Positive Youth Development and Mental Well-Being in Late Adolescence: The Role of Body Appreciation. Findings From a Prospective Study in Norway. (external link)
• Pascal Agbadi; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark (2017). Household food security and adequacy of child diet in the food insecure region north in Ghana. (external link)
• Sidsel Stormoen Pedersen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Hege Eikeland Tjomsland et al. (2016). High school physical education: What contributes to the experience of flow?. (external link)
• Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke et al. (2023). Academic Stress, Academic Self-efficacy, and Psychological Distress: A Moderated Mediation of Within-person Effects. (external link)
• Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Marte Tobro et al. (2019). Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Loneliness in Upper Secondary School in Norway: Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Torill Bull; Maurice B Mittelmark (2013). Child diet and healthy growth in the context of rural poverty in the Peruvian Andes: What influences primary caregivers' opportunities and choices?. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Tormod Bøe et al. (2023). Perceptions of a caring school climate and mental well-being: a one-way street? Results from a random intercept cross-lagged panel model. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Mariela Contreras; Dennis Juma Matanda (2018). The influence of maternal and household resources, and parental psychosocial child stimulation on early childhood development: A cross-sectional study of children 36-59 months in Honduras. (external link)
• Oda Lekve Brandseth; Malin Torstveit Håvarstein; Helga Bjørnøy Urke et al. (2019). Mental well-being among students in Norwegian upper secondary schools: the role of teacher support and class belonging. (external link)
• Sara Madeleine Eriksen Kristensen; Anne G Danielsen; Lucas Matias Jeno et al. (2021). The Within-Person Effect of Psychological Distress on Social Self-Efficacy: A Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Sara Madeleine Kristensen (2023). Preventing Loneliness and Reducing Dropout: Results from the COMPLETE Intervention Study in Upper Secondary Schools in Norway. (external link)
• Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Anne G Danielsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke et al. (2023). The positive feedback loop between academic self-efficacy, academic initiative, and Grade Point Average: a parallel process latent growth curve model. (external link)
• Nora Wiium; Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Elisabeth Årdal et al. (2023). Civic engagement and mental health trajectories in Norwegian youth. (external link)
• Sara Madeleine Eriksen Kristensen; Magnus Jørgensen; Eivind Meland et al. (2023). The effect of teacher, parental, and peer support on later grade point average: The mediating roles of self-beliefs. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Zhirong R. Cao; Grace M. Egeland (2014). Validity of a single item food security questionnaire in Arctic Canada. (external link)

Non-fiction book chapter

• Marguerite Lorraine Daniel; Helga Bjørnøy Urke (2022). Extending Student-Active Learning into Effective Practice in Global Development-Related Health Promotion.. (external link)
• J. Hope Corbin; Mariana Sanmartino; Helga Bjørnøy Urke et al. (2021). Arts, Health Promotion, and Social Justice: Synergy in Motion. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Marguerite Lorraine Daniel (2022). Innovative Pedagogies in a Health Promotion Specialisation: Knowledge, Practice and Research. (external link)
• Maurice B Mittelmark; Torill Bull; Marguerite Daniel et al. (2016). Specific Resistance Resources in the Salutogenic Model of Health. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Emily A. Hennessy; Mariana Sanmartino et al. (2021). Exploring the Potential for the Arts to Promote Health and Social Justice. (external link)
• Maurice B Mittelmark; Marguerite Lorraine Daniel; Helga Bjørnøy Urke (2022). Specific resistance resources in the salutogenic model of health. (external link)
• Christa Ayele; J. Hope Corbin; Emily A. Hennessy et al. (2021). Art and Innovation at International Health Promotion Conferences. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Ingrid Holsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke (2020). Social Justice for Children and Young People in Norway. (external link)
• Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen; Ingrid Holsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke et al. (2022). Doing Collaborative Health Promotion Research in a Complex Setting: Lessons Learned from the COMPLETE Project in Norway. (external link)
• Anne G Danielsen; Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen et al. (2024). Positive Youth Development in Norwegian Upper Secondary: The Impact of Sex, Socio-economic Status, and Immigrant Background on the Developmental Trajectories of Academic Initiative, Academic Self-efficacy, and Grade Point Average. (external link)

Book anthology

• J. Hope Corbin; Mariana Sanmartino; Emily A. Hennessy et al. (2021). Arts and Health Promotion. Tools and Bridges for Practice, Research, and Social Transformation. (external link)

Media feature article

• Trond Helland; Ellen Merethe Melingen Haug; Oddrun Samdal et al. (2025). Barns psykiske helse – vår felles fremtid. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Pascal Agbadi; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark (2016). HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND CHILD DIET IN NORTHERN GHANA: EVIDENCE FROM THE 2012 GHANA FEED THE FUTURE POPULATION BASELINE SURVEY DATA. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Tormod Bøe et al. (2022). The within-person relationship of school climate and mental wellbeing in adolescence. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Hege Eikeland Tjomsland (2022). Preliminary findings from a co-created PAL diary study. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Magnus Jørgensen; Martika Irene Brook et al. (2025). 9.M. Scientific session: Social inequalities in adolescent mental health: Insights from the LONGTRENDS project. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark; Dickson A. Amugsi et al. (2016). Socio-economic conditions and childcare in Colombia: an urban-rural comparison. (external link)
• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark; Torill Bull (2012). Socioeconomic status and Chronic Child Malnutrition: wealth and maternal education matter more in the Peruvian Andes than nationally. (external link)
• Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Torill Marie Bogsnes Larsen et al. (2022). The developmental dynamics of academic self-efficacy, initiative, and grade point average: A parallel process latent growth curve model. (external link)
• Sara Madeleine Kristensen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Grethe Nina Hestholm et al. (2025). Developmental trajectories of academic self-efficacy, school satisfaction, and academic stress in Norwegian upper secondary schools: A comparative study of vocational and general tracks. Manuscript in preparation.. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark (2017). Child health and child care of very young children in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Dennis Juma Matanda; Helga Bjørnøy Urke; Maurice B Mittelmark (2016). Changes in optimal childcare practices in Kenya: Insights from the 2003, 2008-9 and 2014 demographic and health surveys. (external link)
• Dickson Abanimi Amugsi; Maurice B Mittelmark; Anna Lartey et al. (2014). Influence of childcare practices on nutritional status of Ghanaian children: A regression analysis of the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys. (external link)

Academic monograph

• Rune Johan Krumsvik; Kristine Ludvigsen; Helga Bjørnøy Urke (2011). Klasseleiing og IKT i vidaregåande opplæring. "Ei evaluering av LanSchool og klasseleiing i teknologitette klasserom". (external link)

Lecture

• Helga Bjørnøy Urke (2024). LONGTRENDS Sosial ulikskap i mental helse blant ungdom. (external link)

Conference poster

• Helga Bjørnøy Urke (2010). Social determinants of health in poor ruralities in Peru. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

LONGTRENDS: Social inequality in adolescent mental health in a lifecourse perspective.

 

COMPLETE: Good psychosocial learning environments improve completion of upper secondary school. A randomized controlled trial in Norwegian upper secondary schools.

 

PhD project: Social and behavioural factors associated with child care, health and development in the Global South in collaboration with the research group MC Venues at the Department of Health Promotion and Development.