Look to Norway: Serving new families and infants in a multiethnic population.

Despite recognition that immigrant women face significant health challenges, addressing the healthcare needs of immigrants is a source of debate in the United States. Lack of adequate healthcare for immigrants is recognized as a social justice issue, and other countries have incorporated immigrants into their healthcare services. Oslo, the fastest growing capital in Europe, is rapidly shifting to a heterogeneous society prompting organizational action and change.

Formative research in the development of a salutogenic early intervention home visiting program integrated in public child health service in a multiethnic population in Norway.

Background: Few early intervention programs aimed at maternal and child health have been developed to be integrated in the existing Child Health Service in a country where the service is free, voluntary and used by the majority of the eligible population. This study presents the process and the critical steps in developing the "New Mothers" program.

Methods: Formative research uses a mixed method, allowing us to obtain data from multiple sources.

Impact of ethnicity on gestational diabetes identified with the WHO and the modified International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups criteria: a population-based cohort study.

Objective: The International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) recently proposed new criteria for diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We compared prevalence rates, risk factors, and the effect of ethnicity using the World Health Organization (WHO) and modified IADPSG criteria.

Methods: This was a population-based cohort study of 823 (74% of eligible) healthy pregnant women, of whom 59% were from ethnic minorities.

[Withdrawal of addictive drugs--patients' experiences?].

Background: The prescription of addictive drugs has been a cause for concern. Various small-scale interventions towards patients and doctors have proven effective in terms of cutting down the number of prescriptions. However, little is known about users' experience with withdrawal of addictive drugs; exploring this is the main aim of the present study.