Nordic responses to covid-19 from a health promotion perspective.

On 30 January 2020, the disease covid-19 was declared by the World Health Organization to be an international threat to human health and on 11 March 2020, the outbreak was declared a pandemic. The aim of this study was to analyse policy strategies developed by the five Nordic countries during the first 3 months of the pandemic from a health promotion perspective in order to identify Nordic responses to the crisis. Although the Nordic countries have a long tradition of co-operation as well as similar social welfare policies and legislation, each country developed their own strategies towards the crisis.

Self-rated health over a two-year period after breast cancer surgery: prospective ratings and retrospective rating by means of a health-line.

Background: There are difficulties in clinical assessment of patients' health, and there is a need for evaluating instruments that measures self-rated health over time and that are based on the patient's own experiences of their health situation.

Aim: To describe the trajectory of self-rated health given in a retrospective health-line and its correspondence with the ratings of health given at six different time points during 2 years following a first breast cancer surgery.

Designs And Methods: An explorative prospective cohort study presented according to the STROBE guideline.

Concerns and future challenges of health literacy in the Nordic countries - From the point of view of health promotion practitioners and researchers.

Background: Health literacy is an essential social determinant for promoting and maintaining the health of a population.

Aim: From a health promotion perspective, explore health literacy issues, concerns and future challenges among Nordic practitioners and researchers.

Methods: Data were collected in a workshop at the 8 Nordic Health Promotion Conference, and in a literature review, with articles from five databases.

Health lifestyles of pre-school children in Nordic countries: parents' perspectives.

Holistic understanding of health is one of the key principles of health promotion indicating that the health status of individuals and populations is determined by a variety of environmental, economic, social and personal factors. Traditionally, research focus has been on school-aged children and school-based interventions and less on pre-school children and their families' engagement in promoting health in everyday life. The aim of the present study was to explore factors that parents of pre-school children in the Nordic countries experienced as influencing health lifestyles in their children's everyday lives.