Leif Edvard Aarø

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Leif Edvard Aarø is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leif Edvard Aarø has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in General Health Professions, 31 papers in Health and 30 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Leif Edvard Aarø's work include Smoking Behavior and Cessation (29 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (27 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (20 papers). Leif Edvard Aarø is often cited by papers focused on Smoking Behavior and Cessation (29 papers), Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (27 papers) and Behavioral Health and Interventions (20 papers). Leif Edvard Aarø collaborates with scholars based in Norway, South Africa and Tanzania. Leif Edvard Aarø's co-authors include Alan J. Flisher, Jørn Hetland, Simon Øverland, Liberty Eaton, Sylvia Kaaya, Torbjørn Torsheim, Catherine Mathews, Bente Wold, Jens Christoffer Skogen and Knut‐Inge Klepp and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Psychiatry and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Leif Edvard Aarø

130 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Social Media Use and Mental Health and Well-Being Among Adolescents – A Scoping Review

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Steve Kinchen United States

Katherine H. Flint United States

Susan R. Tortolero United States

Louise A. Rohrbach United States

Taylor McManus United States

David W. Brook United States

Roy F. Oman United States

Tim McManus United States

Saoirse Nic Gabhainn Ireland

Guillermo Prado United States

Steve Kinchen United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Leif Edvard Aarø

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leif Edvard Aarø

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Samdal, Oddrun, Colette Kelly, Wendy Craig, et al.. (2025). Four Decades of Advancing Research on Adolescent Health and Informing Health Policies: The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children Study. International Journal of Public Health. 70. 1608136–1608136. 1 indexed citations

Sivertsen, Børge, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Anne Reneflot, et al.. (2024). Assessing diagnostic precision: Adaptations of the hopkins symptom checklist (HSCL-5/10/25) among tertiary-level students in Norway. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(4). e13275–e13275. 5 indexed citations

Aarø, Leif Edvard, Marit Knapstad, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, et al.. (2024). The Norwegian Counties Public Health Survey (NCPHS): a design study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 54(1). 78–91. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Otto R.F., Marit Knapstad, & Leif Edvard Aarø. (2024). Minimizing patient burden in outcome monitoring: The case for abbreviated versions of PHQ-9, GAD-7 and WSAS. Journal of Affective Disorders. 373. 237–244. 4 indexed citations

Forster, G., et al.. (2023). Built Environment Accessibility and Disability as Predictors of Well-Being among Older Adults: A Norwegian Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(10). 5898–5898. 3 indexed citations

Aarø, Leif Edvard, Tony Leino, Øystein Vedaa, et al.. (2023). Behavioural precautions to avoid transmission of the COVID-19 virus – low educated groups are not always lagging behind. Journal of Health Inequalities. 9(1). 16–28. 1 indexed citations

Clarsen, Benjamin, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, & Leif Edvard Aarø. (2021). Revisiting the continuum of resistance model in the digital age: a comparison of early and delayed respondents to the Norwegian counties public health survey. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 730–730. 12 indexed citations

Melkevik, Ole, Lars Johan Hauge, Pernille Bendtsen, et al.. (2016). Associations between delayed completion of high school and educational attainment and symptom levels of anxiety and depression in adulthood. BMC Psychiatry. 16(1). 64–64. 21 indexed citations

Eggers, Sander Matthijs, et al.. (2016). Predicting Primary and Secondary Abstinence Among Adolescent Boys and Girls in the Western Cape, South Africa. AIDS and Behavior. 21(5). 1417–1428. 15 indexed citations

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Brandlistuen, Ragnhild Eek, Leif Edvard Aarø, Berit Granum, et al.. (2016). Barn, miljø og helse: Risiko- og helsefremmende faktorer. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 1 indexed citations

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Askeland, Kristin Gärtner, Mari Hysing, Annette M. La Greca, et al.. (2016). Mental Health in Internationally Adopted Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 56(3). 203–213.e1. 71 indexed citations

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Aarø, Leif Edvard, et al.. (2012). Bakhturidze GD, Peikrishvili NT, Mittelmark MB, Aarø LE (2012) The public’s attitudes towards tobacco sales prohibitions: Evidence from a nationally representative survey in the former Soviet state of Georgia. Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA) (University of Bergen). 2(2). 99–108. 2 indexed citations

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Protogerou, Cleo, Alan J. Flisher, Leif Edvard Aarø, & Catherine Mathews. (2012). The theory of planned behaviour as a framework for predicting sexual risk behaviour in sub-Saharan African youth: A critical review. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 24(1). 15–35. 25 indexed citations

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Dalgard, Odd Steffen, Kristin S. Mathiesen, Erik Nord, et al.. (2011). Bedre føre var. Psykisk helse: Helsefremmende og forebyggende tiltak og anbefalinger. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 8 indexed citations

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Øverland, Simon, Jørn Hetland, & Leif Edvard Aarø. (2008). Røyking og snusbruk blant ungdommar i 2004 og 2007. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 4 indexed citations

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Aarø, Leif Edvard, et al.. (2008). Tobakksbruk blant norske ungdomsskoleelever 1975 – 2005. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 1 indexed citations

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Eagan, Tomas, Jørn Hetland, & Leif Edvard Aarø. (2006). Decline in respiratory symptoms in service workers five months after a public smoking ban. Tobacco Control. 15(3). 242–246. 58 indexed citations

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Aarø, Leif Edvard, et al.. (2002). VÆR røykFRI – evaluering av et tiltak for røykfrie skoler. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 1 indexed citations

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Aarø, Leif Edvard, Siren Haugland, Jørn Hetland, et al.. (2001). Psykiske og somatiske plager blant ungdom. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening. 2 indexed citations

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Haug, Kjell, Leif Edvard Aarø, & P Fugelli. (1994). Pregnancy — a golden opportunity for promoting the cessation of smoking?. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 12(3). 184–189. 21 indexed citations

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