Truls Ostbye (Østbye)
Vice Chair (Research), Family Medicine and Community Health
Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Population Health Sciences, Nursing and Global Health
Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School , Singapore
Professor, Duke Kunshan University, China
Appointment:
Topics:
- Environmental health,
- Health policy and systems,
- Health care access,
- Infectious diseases,
- Maternal, adolescent and child health,
- Pediatrics,
- Reproductive health,
- Mental health,
- Trauma,
- Non-communicable diseases,
- Obesity,
- Injuries,
- Nutrition,
- Cardiovascular disease,
- Epidemiology,
- Occupational health,
- Gender and sexual health,
- Immigration,
- Impacts of race and culture
Truls Ostbye (Østbye)
Vice Chair (Research), Family Medicine and Community Health
Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, Population Health Sciences, Nursing and Global Health
Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School , Singapore
Professor, Duke Kunshan University, China
Research interests include: chronic disease epidemiology; obesity; health services research; population health; public health; social medicine; medical informatics; health information systems; health surveys; program evaluation; cost-of-illness; clinical trials; primary care reform; international collaboration; electronic distance education; pharmacoepidemiology; aging; nutrition; dementia; diabetes; and stroke.
NORWAY; CANADA
Projects
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Prevalence and Correlates of Health-related Lifestyle Behaviors among Adults in Southern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Aging and Social Isolation in Singapore: a community survey
Singapore
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Associate Medical Officers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Attitudes and Knowledge in Reference to HIV/AIDS Among Public Health Midwives in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Caregivers of School Age Children with Downs Syndrome in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Clinical Rotations at Karapitya Teaching Hospital
Sri Lanka
- DIAFOTO: a telemedicine intervention to reduce diabetes complications
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Evaluation of the Health Promotion Boards "Lose to Win" Obesity Reduction Campaign
Singapore
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Health of the Elderly in rural Maharashtra
India
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Health Problems Among Foreign Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Health Problems among Rubber Plantation Workers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Optimal Detection of Causes of Acute Febrile Illness, Including Emerging Zoonotic and Vector-borne Pathogens in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Prehospitalization Care and Transport of Patients with Severe Injuries in Southern Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
- Prematurity and Cause of Death: A longitudinal analysis of 1 million Norwegian births
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The Singapore Community Caregiving Survey
Singapore
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Various Projects Relating to Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology
Singapore
Publications
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Zhu A, Ostbye T, Naheed A, de Silva HA, Jehan I, Gandhi M, et al. Ambulatory blood pressure levels in individuals with uncontrolled clinic hypertension across Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2024 Mar 7;Wyatt S, Kvalvik LG, Singh A, Klungsøyr K, Østbye T, Skjaerven R. Heterogeneity in the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality after the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy across mothers' lifetime reproductive history. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 21;Ang FJL, Cheung YB, Gandhi M, Østbye T, Malhotra C, Malhotra R, et al. PRECIOUS demonstrated satisfactory measurement properties for assessing the quality of care for children with serious illnesses. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 19;168:111286.Malhotra C, Chaudhry I, Shah SU, Østbye T, Malhotra R. Trajectories of negative and positive experiences of caregiving for older adults with severe dementia: application of group-based multi-trajectory modelling. BMC Geriatr. 2024 Feb 19;24(1):172.
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