Anders Hjern

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Anders Hjern is Professor of Social Epidemiology at the Department of Medicine, Solna. His research is about the health of vulnerable children and about health inequity in children depending on different socioeconimc background.

Articles

Article: PEDIATRICS. 2024;153(2):e2023063174

Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors in Individuals With a History of Out-of-home Care.

Hjern A; Vinnerljung B; Brännström L
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2023;155:107215

Couple partnership and divorce in domestic and non-European international adoptees. A Swedish national cohort study with follow up until 36 to 45 years

Hjern A; Palacios J; Despax J; Vinnerljung B
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;:14034948231201895

Narcotic offences and drug use disorders among young refugees in Norway.

Europa RT; Eide K; Hjern A; Manhica H; Dunlavy A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2023;112(9):1973-1981

Did the choice reform in Stockholm change social disparities in use of outpatient health services for children?

Hjern A; Nyberg C; Burström B
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;51(3):330-338

Health outcomes in young adulthood among former child refugees in Denmark, Norway and Sweden: A cross-country comparative study.

Dunlavy A; Gauffin K; Berg L; De Montgomery CJ; Europa R; Eide K; Ascher H; Hjern A
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2023;53(5):1914-1923

Early childhood adversity and non-affective psychosis: a study of refugees and international adoptees in Sweden.

Hjern A; Palacios J; Vinnerljung B
Article: TRIALS. 2023;24(1):184

Little All Children in Focus (Little ACF), evaluation of a parental support program for parents of children aged 1-2 years: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Blom L; Edenius A; Enebrink P; Hjern A; Silfverdal SA; Åhlén J; Bergström M; Lindberg L
Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2022;31(12):1953-1962

Parental post-traumatic stress and psychiatric care utilisation among refugee adolescents.

Berg L; de Montgomery E; Brendler-Lindquist M; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Hjern A
Article: BMC ORAL HEALTH. 2022;22(1):111

Acculturation and 4-year caries increment among children of foreign-born mothers in Sweden: a register-based cohort study.

Granlund A; Soares FC; Hjern A; Dahllöf G; Julihn A
Article: JOURNAL OF TRAUMATIC STRESS. 2022;35(1):138-147

Parental Posttraumatic Stress and School Performance in Refugee Children.

Berg L; Brendler-Lindquist M; de Montgomery E; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Hjern A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(2):e0263450

Labour market marginalisation in young refugees and their majority peers in Denmark and Sweden: The role of common mental disorders and secondary school completion.

de Montgomery CJ; Norredam M; Krasnik A; Petersen JH; Björkenstam E; Berg L; Hjern A; Sijbrandij M; Klimek P; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(12):3294-3301

Birth order and socioeconomic disadvantage predict behavioural and emotional problems at age 3 years.

Hjern A; Bergström M; Fransson E; Lindfors A; Bergqvist K
Article: JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH & POLICY. 2021;26(4):251-262

Challenges of using asthma admission rates as a measure of primary care quality in children: An international comparison.

Lut I; Lewis K; Wijlaars L; Gilbert R; Fitzpatrick T; Lu H; Guttmann A; Goldfield S; Lei S; Gunnlaugsson G; Hrafn Jónsson S; Mechtler R; Gissler M; Hjern A; Hardelid P
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(9):2586-2593

Living arrangements after parental separation have minimal impact on mental health at age 7 years.

Hjern A; Bergström M; Fransson E; Kjaer Urhoj S
Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2021;21(1):830

Barriers to accessing health care among undocumented migrants in Sweden - a principal component analysis.

Mona H; Andersson LMC; Hjern A; Ascher H
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(8):2405-2414

Development level of the country of parental origin on dental caries in children of immigrant parents in Sweden.

Julihn A; Cunha Soares F; Hjern A; Dahllöf G
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(6):e049682

Unintended health consequences of Swedish parental leave policy (ParLeHealth): protocol for a quasi-experimental study.

Juárez SP; Honkaniemi H; Heshmati AF; Debiasi E; Dunlavy A; Hjern A; Rostila M; Mussino E; Katikireddi SV; Duvander A-Z
Article: CHILDREN-BASEL. 2021;8(6):473

Mental Health in Schoolchildren in Joint Physical Custody: A Longitudinal Study.

Hjern A; Urhoj SK; Fransson E; Bergström M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE. 2021;30(2):239-248

Living situations among undocumented migrants in Sweden: The effects of exclusion from fundamental housing rights

Wirehag M; Andersson L; Hjern A; Ascher H
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(2):563-570

Underutilisation of psychiatric care among refugee adolescents in Stockholm.

Berg L; Ljunggren G; Hjern A
Article: NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH. 2021;23(2):349-356

Smoking During Pregnancy Among Immigrant Women With Same-Origin and Swedish-Born Partners.

Urquia ML; Juarez S; Wall-Wieler E; Hjern A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(2):e0247138

Preterm disparities between foreign and Swedish born mothers depend on the method used to estimate gestational age. A Swedish population-based register study.

Juárez SP; Urquia ML; Mussino E; Liu C; Qiao Y; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2021;110(1):247-254

Early childhood social determinants and family relationships predict parental separation and living arrangements thereafter.

Hjern A; Bergström M; Kjaer Urhoj S; Nybo Andersen A-M
Article: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2021;5(1):e000657

Importance of living arrangements and coparenting quality for young children's mental health after parental divorce: a cross-sectional parental survey.

Bergström M; Salari R; Hjern A; Hognäs R; Bergqvist K; Fransson E
Article: ECLINICALMEDICINE. 2020;29-30:100643

Increased risk of suicidal behaviour in non-European international adoptees decreases with age - A Swedish national cohort study.

Hjern A; Palacios J; Vinnerljung B; Manhica H; Lindblad F
Article: ACTA ODONTOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2020;78(8):565-571

U-shaped association between maternal age at delivery and dental caries in offspring.

Soares FC; Dahllöf G; Hjern A; Julihn A
Article: PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2020;34(6):645-654

Preterm birth, unplanned hospital contact, and mortality in infants born to teenage mothers in five countries: An administrative data cohort study.

Harron K; Verfuerden M; Ibiebele I; Liu C; Kopp A; Guttmann A; Ford J; van der Meulen J; Hjern A; Gilbert R
Article: CHILD MALTREATMENT. 2020;25(4):383-392

Outcomes in Adulthood After Long-Term Foster Care: A Sibling Approach.

Brännström L; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: BJS OPEN. 2020;4(6):1117-1124

Timing of paediatric orchidopexy in universal healthcare systems: international administrative data cohort study.

Jay MA; Arat A; Wijlaars L; Ajetunmobi O; Fitzpatrick T; Lu H; Lei S; Skerritt C; Goldfeld S; Gissler M; Gunnlaugsson G; Hrafn Jónsson S; Hjern A; Guttmann A; Gilbert R
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY. 2020;30(4):445-450

Adverse birth outcomes and the risk of dental caries at age 3 years.

Soares FC; Dahllöf G; Hjern A; Julihn A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;48(5):491-494

Organisation of preventive child health services: Key to socio-economic equity in vaccine uptake?

Arat A; Norredam M; Baum U; Jónsson SH; Gunlaugsson G; Wallby T; Hjern A
Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2020;20(1):307

Paternal violent criminality and preterm birth: a Swedish national cohort study.

Liu C; Långström N; Ekéus C; Frisell T; Cnattingius S; Hjern A
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):218

Birth order is associated with caries development in young children: a register-based cohort study.

Julihn A; Soares FC; Hammarfjord U; Hjern A; Dahllöf G
Article: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2020;105(1):53-61

Origins of disparities in preventable child mortality in England and Sweden: a birth cohort study.

Zylbersztejn A; Gilbert R; Hjern A; Hardelid P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29(6):1048-1055

Perinatal health of refugee and asylum-seeking women in Sweden 2014-17: a register-based cohort study.

Liu C; Ahlberg M; Hjern A; Stephansson O
Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2019;28(12):1581-1588

Experience of sibling death in childhood and risk of psychiatric care in adulthood: a national cohort study from Sweden.

Rostila M; Berg L; Saarela J; Kawachi I; Hjern A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;47(7):730-734

Being a refugee or having a refugee status? Birthweight and gestational age outcomes among offspring of immigrant mothers in Sweden.

Juárez S; Mussino E; Hjern A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;16(21):E4255-4255

Health Care Needs in School-Age Refugee Children.

Hjern A; Kling S
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;29(5):855-861

Cumulative childhood adversity, adolescent psychiatric disorder and violent offending in young adulthood.

Björkenstam E; Burström B; Hjern A; Vinnerljung B; Kosidou K; Berg L
Article: INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. 2019;25(10):1663-1673

Effects of Childhood-onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease on School Performance: A Nationwide Population-based Cohort Study Using Swedish Health and Educational Registers.

Malmborg P; Mouratidou N; Sachs MC; Hammar U; Khalili H; Neovius M; Hjern A; Smedby KE; Ekbom A; Askling J; Ludvigsson JF; Olén O
Article: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH. 2019;8:100416

Acculturation or unequal assimilation? Smoking during pregnancy and duration of residence among migrants in Sweden.

Klöfvermark J; Hjern A; Juárez SP
Article: ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH. 2019;22(4):519-526

Severe maternal morbidity and postpartum mental health-related outcomes in Sweden: a population-based matched-cohort study.

Wall-Wieler E; Carmichael SL; Urquia ML; Liu C; Hjern A
Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2019;73(4-5):264-272

Parental PTSD and school performance in 16-year-olds - a Swedish national cohort study.

Berg L; Charboti S; Montgomery E; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE. 2019;10(3):376-383

Birth size is not associated with depressive symptoms from adolescence to middle-age: results from the Northern Swedish Cohort study.

Rajaleid K; Janlert U; Hjern A; Westerlund H; Hammarström A
Article: JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES. 2019;22(4):533-550

Labour market participation among young refugees in Sweden and the potential of education: a national cohort study

Manhica H; Berg L; Almquist YB; Rostila M; Hjern A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;16(7):E1095-1095

The Effect of Rotavirus Vaccine on Socioeconomic Differentials of Paediatric Care Due to Gastroenteritis in Swedish Infants.

Schollin Ask L; Liu C; Gauffin K; Hjern A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;47(2):137-145

Children with two homes: Psychological problems in relation to living arrangements in Nordic 2- to 9-year-olds.

Bergström M; Fransson E; Wells MB; Köhler L; Hjern A
Article: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2019;3(1):e000411

Health examinations of child migrants in Europe: screening or assessment of healthcare needs?

Hjern A; Stubbe Østergaard L; Nörredam M-L
Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(4):e0214913

"We also communicate through a book in the diaper bag"-Separated parents´ ways to coparent and promote adaptation of their 1-4 year olds in equal joint physical custody.

Bergström M; Sarkadi A; Hjern A; Fransson E
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;18(1):1369

Undocumented adult migrants in Sweden: mental health and associated factors.

Andersson LMC; Hjern A; Ascher H
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;28(6):1073-1079

Length of residence and caesarean section in migrant women in Sweden: a population-based study.

Juárez SP; Small R; Hjern A; Schytt E
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2018;72(12):1091-1098

Avoidable mortality among parents whose children were placed in care in Sweden: a population-based study.

Wall-Wieler E; Vinnerljung B; Liu C; Roos LL; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2018;72(11):997-1002

A decade lost: does educational success mitigate the increased risks of premature death among children with experience of out-of-home care?

Almquist YB; Jackisch J; Forsman H; Gauffin K; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A; Brännström L
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2018;107(11):2011-2018

Hospital care for viral gastroenteritis in socio-economic and geographical context in Sweden 2006-2013.

Lind J; Schollin Ask L; Juarez S; Hjern A
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2018;8(10):e022932

Trends in social determinants of child health and perinatal outcomes in European countries 2005-2015 by level of austerity imposed by governments: a repeat cross-sectional analysis of routinely available data.

Rajmil L; Taylor-Robinson D; Gunnlaugsson G; Hjern A; Spencer N
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2018;238:506-512

Intergenerational involvement in out-of-home care and death by suicide in Sweden: A population-based cohort study.

Wall-Wieler E; Bolton J; Liu C; Wilcox H; Roos LL; Hjern A
Article: JDR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH. 2018;3(4):395-404

Socioeconomic Determinants, Maternal Health, and Caries in Young Children.

Julihn A; Soares FC; Hjern A; Dahllöf G
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE. 2018;27(4):358-363

Gender aspects of health-related quality of life of youth in secure residential care in Sweden

Hjern A; Rajmil L; Kling S; Vinnerljung B
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE. 2018;27(4):325-336

Dental healthcare utilisation among young adults who were in societal out-of-home care as children: A Swedish National Cohort Study

Berlin M; Mensah T; Lundgren F; Klingberg G; Hjern A; Vinnerljung B; Cederlund A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE. 2018;27(4):348-357

Health problems and healthcare needs among youth in Swedish secure residential care

Vinnerljung B; Kling S; Hjern A
Article: CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT. 2018;83:42-51

Intergenerational transmission of out-of-home care in Sweden: A population-based cohort study.

Wall-Wieler E; Almquist Y; Liu C; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2018;142(2):e20172729

Out-of-Home Care and Subsequent Preterm Delivery: An Intergenerational Cohort Study.

Liu C; Vinnerljung B; Östberg V; Gauffin K; Juarez S; Cnattingius S; Hjern A
Article: LANCET. 2018;391(10134):2008-2018

Child mortality in England compared with Sweden: a birth cohort study.

Zylbersztejn A; Gilbert R; Hjern A; Wijlaars L; Hardelid P
Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2018;75(2):185-193

Association of Cumulative Childhood Adversity and Adolescent Violent Offending With Suicide in Early Adulthood.

Björkenstam E; Hjern A; Björkenstam C; Kosidou K
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2018;107(2):294-300

Preschool children living in joint physical custody arrangements show less psychological symptoms than those living mostly or only with one parent.

Bergström M; Fransson E; Fabian H; Hjern A; Sarkadi A; Salari R
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;15(1):E156-156

School Contextual Features of Social Disorder and Mental Health Complaints-A Multilevel Analysis of Swedish Sixth-Grade Students.

Modin B; Plenty S; Låftman SB; Bergström M; Berlin M; Gustafsson PA; Hjern A
Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2018;18(1):3

ADHD medication in offspring of immigrants - does the income level of the country of parental origin matter?

Arat A; Östberg V; Burström B; Hjern A
Article: BMC MEDICAL ETHICS. 2018;19(1):1

Ethical aspects of diagnosis and interventions for children with fetal alcohol Spectrum disorder (FASD) and their families.

Helgesson G; Bertilsson G; Domeij H; Fahlström G; Heintz E; Hjern A; Nehlin Gordh C; Nordin V; Rangmar J; Rydell A-M; Wahlsten VS; Hultcrantz M
Article: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2018;2(1):e000353

Can adoption at an early age protect children at risk from depression in adulthood? A Swedish national cohort study.

Hjern A; Palacios J; Vinnerljung B
Article: CHILD INDICATORS RESEARCH. 2018;11(3):861-883

The Living Conditions of Children with Shared Residence - the Swedish Example.

Fransson E; Låftman SB; Östberg V; Hjern A; Bergström M
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2018;84:94-102

Childhood risk factors for disability pension among adult former Swedish child welfare clients: Same or different as for majority population peers?

Brannstrom L; Karlsson H; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2017;17(1):430

How can we make international comparisons of infant mortality in high income countries based on aggregate data more relevant to policy?

Zylbersztejn A; Gilbert R; Hjern A; Hardelid P
Article: BIG DATA & SOCIETY. 2017;4(2):2053951717745678-205395171774567

Challenges in administrative data linkage for research.

Harron K; Dibben C; Boyd J; Hjern A; Azimaee M; Barreto ML; Goldstein H
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2017;223:95-100

Impact of childhood adversities on depression in early adulthood: A longitudinal cohort study of 478,141 individuals in Sweden.

Björkenstam E; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;31(6):509-521

Caesarean Birth is Associated with Both Maternal and Paternal Origin in Immigrants in Sweden: a Population-Based Study.

Juárez SP; Small R; Hjern A; Schytt E
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 2017;47(7):2137-2156

Childhood Adversities and Later Economic Hardship among Swedish Child Welfare Clients: Cumulative Disadvantage or Disadvantage Saturation?

Lif EF; Brannstrom L; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: JDR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH. 2017;2(4):386-396

Caesarean Section Does Not Increase the Risk of Caries in Swedish Children.

Brandquist E; Dahllöf G; Hjern A; Julihn A
Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES. 2017;26(5):526-534

The use of psychiatric services by young adults who came to Sweden as teenage refugees: a national cohort study.

Manhica H; Almquist Y; Rostila M; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27(5):869-873

Restricted health care entitlements for child migrants in Europe and Australia.

Stubbe Østergaard L; Norredam M; Mock-Munoz de Luna C; Blair M; Goldfeld S; Hjern A
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;17(1):644

Hospital admissions due to alcohol related disorders among young adult refugees who arrived in Sweden as teenagers - a national cohort study.

Manhica H; Gauffin K; Almquist YB; Rostila M; Berg L; Rodríguez García de Cortázar A; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2017;106(8):1309-1316

Receiving early information and trusting Swedish child health centre nurses increased parents' willingness to vaccinate against rotavirus infections.

Schollin Ask L; Hjern A; Lindstrand A; Olen O; Sjögren E; Blennow M; Örtqvist Å
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2017;185(12):1247-1254

Experience of Sibling Death in Childhood and Risk of Death in Adulthood: A National Cohort Study From Sweden.

Rostila M; Berg L; Saarela J; Kawachi I; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;27(3):472-477

Adverse childhood experiences and disability pension in early midlife: results from a Swedish National Cohort Study.

Björkenstam E; Hjern A; Vinnerljung B
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2017;175:81-90

The weight of inequalities: Duration of residence and offspring's birthweight among migrant mothers in Sweden.

Juárez SP; Hjern A
Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2016;123(12):1973-1982

Prenatal parental depression and preterm birth: a national cohort study.

Liu C; Cnattingius S; Bergström M; Östberg V; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2016;177S:S187-S202

Child Health Systems in Sweden.

Wettergren B; Blennow M; Hjern A; Söder O; Ludvigsson JF
Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2016;25(10):1103-1111

Parental death in childhood and self-inflicted injuries in young adults-a national cohort study from Sweden.

Rostila M; Berg L; Arat A; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: ADDICTION. 2016;111(10):1795-1803

Parental alcohol-related disorders and school performance in 16-year-olds-a Swedish national cohort study.

Berg L; Bäck K; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2016;57(9):1092-1098

Parental death during childhood and depression in young adults - a national cohort study.

Berg L; Rostila M; Hjern A
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2016;51(8):1125-1136

Refugee children have fewer contacts to psychiatric healthcare services: an analysis of a subset of refugee children compared to Danish-born peers.

Barghadouch A; Kristiansen M; Jervelund SS; Hjern A; Montgomery E; Norredam M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;26(4):592-597

Child welfare clients have higher risks for teenage childbirths: which are the major confounders?

Brännström L; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT. 2016;57:61-71

Does poor school performance cause later psychosocial problems among children in foster care? Evidence from national longitudinal registry data.

Forsman H; Brännström L; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2016;66:154-160

Why should they live more with one of us when they are children to us both? Parents' motives for practicing equal joint physical custody for children aged 0-4

Fransson E; Sarkadi A; Hjern A; Bergstrom M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2016;105(4):416-420

Somatic assessments of 120 Swedish children taken into care reveal large unmet health and dental care needs.

Kling S; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2016;175(4):539-549

Differences in uptake of immunisations and health examinations among refugee children compared to Danish-born children: a cohort study.

Moller SP; Hjern A; Andersen A-MN; Norredam M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2016;44(2):177-183

Psychological complaints among children in joint physical custody and other family types: Considering parental factors.

Fransson E; Turunen J; Hjern A; Östberg V; Bergström M
Article: FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2016;10:7

Resignation Syndrome: Catatonia? Culture-Bound?

Sallin K; Lagercrantz H; Evers K; Engström I; Hjern A; Petrovic P
Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(11):e0166066

Hospital Admission and Criminality Associated with Substance Misuse in Young Refugees - A Swedish National Cohort Study.

Manhica H; Gauffin K; Almqvist YB; Rostila M; Hjern A
Article: BJPSYCH OPEN. 2016;2(1):6-9

Origin and schizophrenia in young refugees and inter-country adoptees from Latin America and East Africa in Sweden: a comparative study.

Manhica H; Hollander A-C; Almquist YB; Rostila M; Hjern A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2016;11(3):e0151755

Childhood Household Dysfunction, Social Inequality and Alcohol Related Illness in Young Adulthood. A Swedish National Cohort Study.

Gauffin K; Hjern A; Vinnerljung B; Björkenstam E
Article: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING. 2015;30(10):1334-1341

Perceptions of usage and unintended consequences of provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food for management of severe acute child malnutrition. A qualitative study in Southern Ethiopia.

Tadesse E; Berhane Y; Hjern A; Olsson P; Ekström E-C
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2015;112:DRFZ

[Hard to accurately determine the age of children seeking asylum].

Hjern A; Ascher H
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2015;56:169-176

Disability pension among adult former child welfare clients: A Swedish national cohort study

Vinnerljung B; Brannstrom L; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2015;69(8):769-774

Fifty moves a year: is there an association between joint physical custody and psychosomatic problems in children?

Bergström M; Fransson E; Modin B; Berlin M; Gustafsson PA; Hjern A
Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2015;18(11):1979-1990

Women's autonomy and social support and their associations with infant and young child feeding and nutritional status: community-based survey in rural Nicaragua.

Ziaei S; Contreras M; Zelaya Blandón E; Persson L-Å; Hjern A; Ekström E-C
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2015;53:44-51

Risk factors for teenage childbirths among child welfare clients: Findings from Sweden

Brannstrom L; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;44(3):919-927

School performance and alcohol-related disorders in early adulthood: a Swedish national cohort study.

Gauffin K; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2015;104(5):508-513

Children in family foster care have greater health risks and less involvement in Child Health Services.

Köhler M; Emmelin M; Hjern A; Rosvall M
Article: PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;29(2):123-130

Birth outcomes of foreign-born, native-born, and mixed couples in Sweden.

Urquia ML; Qiao Y; Ray JG; Liu C; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;30(3):239-247

Testing the anniversary reaction: causal effects of bereavement in a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden.

Rostila M; Saarela J; Kawachi I; Hjern A
Article: RESEARCH ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. 2015;25(2):190-200

Effectiveness of Sweden's Contact Family/Person Program for Older Children

Brannstrom L; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;15:25

Socio-economic resources, young child feeding practices, consumption of highly processed snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages: a population-based survey in rural northwestern Nicaragua.

Contreras M; Blandón EZ; Persson L-Å; Hjern A; Ekström E-C
Article: CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM. 2015;44:251-276

Programs for Prevention of Externalizing Problems in Children: Limited Evidence for Effect Beyond 6 Months Post Intervention.

Smedler A-C; Hjern A; Wiklund S; Anttila S; Pettersson A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(2):e0116999

Mortality in adult offspring of immigrants: a Swedish national cohort study.

Manhica H; Toivanen S; Hjern A; Rostila M
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2015;135(1):e52-e58

Psychosocial outcomes of fetal alcohol syndrome in adulthood.

Rangmar J; Hjern A; Vinnerljung B; Strömland K; Aronson M; Fahlke C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2014;13:122

Duration of residence and psychotropic drug use in recently settled refugees in Sweden--a register-based study.

Brendler-Lindqvist M; Norredam M; Hjern A
Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2014;68(8):611-619

Consumption of psychotropic drugs among adults who were in societal care during their childhood-A Swedish national cohort study.

Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2014;121(12):1492-1500

Disparities in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia among immigrant women giving birth in six industrialised countries.

Urquia ML; Glazier RH; Gagnon AJ; Mortensen LH; Nybo Andersen A-M; Janevic T; Guendelman S; Thornton D; Bolumar F; Río Sánchez I; Small R; Davey M-A; Hjern A; ROAM Collaboration
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2014;55(5):433-439

Mental health in Swedish children living in joint physical custody and their parents' life satisfaction: a cross-sectional study.

Bergström M; Fransson E; Hjern A; Köhler L; Wallby T
Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2014;157(1-3):1-7

Suicide in first episode psychosis: a nationwide cohort study.

Björkenstam C; Björkenstam E; Hjern A; Bodén R; Reutfors J
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2014;210(4):361.e1-361.e8

Birth by vacuum extraction delivery and school performance at 16 years of age.

Ahlberg M; Ekéus C; Hjern A
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;49(4):609-618

School effects on risk of non-fatal suicidal behaviour: a national multilevel cohort study.

Jablonska B; Ostberg V; Hjern A; Lindberg L; Rasmussen F; Modin B
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2014;133(4):682-689

Parental death during childhood and subsequent school performance.

Berg L; Rostila M; Saarela J; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;24(1):122-127

Smoking during pregnancy among immigrants to Sweden, 1992-2008: the effects of secular trends and time since migration.

Urquia ML; Janevic T; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2014;103(2):207-213

Poor school performance is associated with a larger gain in body mass index during puberty.

Kark M; Hjern A; Rasmussen F
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2013;35(12):1954-1961

Alcohol and drug abuse among young adults who grew up in substitute care - Findings from a Swedish national cohort study

von Borczyskowski A; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2013;67(11):932-938

The effect of childhood socioeconomic position on alcohol-related disorders later in life: a Swedish national cohort study.

Gauffin K; Hemmingsson T; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2013;23(5):823-828

Migrant density and well-being--a national school survey of 15-year-olds in Sweden.

Hjern A; Rajmil L; Bergström M; Berlin M; Gustafsson PA; Modin B
Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2013;150(1):205-210

A five year diagnostic follow-up of 1,840 patients after a first episode non-schizophrenia and non-affective psychosis.

Björkenstam E; Björkenstam C; Hjern A; Reutfors J; Bodén R
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2013;13:868

Living in two homes-a Swedish national survey of wellbeing in 12 and 15 year olds with joint physical custody.

Bergström M; Modin B; Fransson E; Rajmil L; Berlin M; Gustafsson PA; Hjern A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2013;41(6):630-636

Policies of access to healthcare services for accompanied asylum-seeking children in the Nordic countries.

Sandahl H; Norredam M; Hjern A; Asher H; Nielsen SS
Article: ADDICTION. 2013;108(8):1441-1449

Childhood socio-economic status, school failure and drug abuse: a Swedish national cohort study.

Gauffin K; Vinnerljung B; Fridell M; Hesse M; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2013;102(7):666-668

Unaccompanied refugee children--vulnerability and agency.

Eide K; Hjern A
Article: CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT. 2013;37(6):404-414

Long-term outcomes of Sweden's Contact Family Program for children.

Brännström L; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH CARE. 2013;17(1):17-29

Child health care utilisation in families with young or single mothers in a Swedish county.

Wallby T; Modin B; Hjern A
Article: CHILD CARE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 2013;39(2):268-276

Screening for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): can high-risk children be identified in first grade?

Holmberg K; Sundelin C; Hjern A
Article: ALLERGY ASTHMA AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2013;9(1):14

Confounding with familial determinants affects the association between mode of delivery and childhood asthma medication - a national cohort study.

Bråbäck L; Ekéus C; Lowe AJ; Hjern A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(6):e67368

Impact of maternal obesity on inhaled corticosteroid use in childhood: a registry based analysis of first born children and a sibling pair analysis.

Lowe AJ; Ekeus C; Bråbäck L; Rajaleid K; Forsberg B; Hjern A
Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(1):e53551

Multi-exposure and clustering of adverse childhood experiences, socioeconomic differences and psychotropic medication in young adults.

Björkenstam E; Hjern A; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Vinnerljung B; Hallqvist J; Ljung R
Article: HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 2012;14(2):49-60

Access to health care for undocumented migrants from a human rights perspective: a comparative study of Denmark, Sweden, and The Netherlands.

Biswas D; Toebes B; Hjern A; Ascher H; Norredam M
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2012;40(9 Suppl):255-267

Migration and public health: Health in Sweden: The National Public Health Report 2012. Chapter 13.

Hjern A
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2012;40(9 Suppl):23-41

Children's health: Health in Sweden: The National Public Health Report 2012. Chapter 2.

Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2012;101(6):591-596

Educational achievement and vocational career in twins - a Swedish national cohort study.

Hjern A; Ekeus C; Rasmussen F; Lindblad F
Article: DIABETES CARE. 2012;35(3):597-598

East Africans in Sweden have a high risk for type 1 diabetes.

Hjern A; Söderström U; Åman J
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2012;12:17

A national cohort study of parental socioeconomic status and non-fatal suicidal behaviour--the mediating role of school performance.

Jablonska B; Lindblad F; Ostberg V; Lindberg L; Rasmussen F; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2012;101(1):4-7

Age assessment of young asylum seekers.

Hjern A; Brendler-Lindqvist M; Norredam M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2012;101(1):73-77

Being born in Sweden increases the risk for type 1 diabetes - a study of migration of children to Sweden as a natural experiment.

Söderström U; Aman J; Hjern A
Article: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES. 2011;20(4):367-372

Maternal and paternal psychopathology increases risk of offspring ADHD equally.

Lindblad F; Ringbäck Weitoft G; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2011;100(12):1583-1589

Regional, socioeconomic and urban-rural disparities in child and adolescent obesity in China: a multilevel analysis.

Chen T-J; Modin B; Ji C-Y; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2011;21(6):788-792

Stillbirth among foreign-born women in Sweden.

Ekéus C; Cnattingius S; Essén B; Hjern A
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2011;33(12):2489-2497

School performance in primary school and psychosocial problems in young adulthood among care leavers from long term foster care

Berlin M; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2011;100(11):1495-1503

Child health care uptake among low-income and immigrant families in a Swedish county.

Wallby T; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2011;65(11):993-998

School grades, parental education and suicide--a national register-based cohort study.

Björkenstam C; Weitoft GR; Hjern A; Nordström P; Hallqvist J; Ljung R
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2011;33(10):1902-1910

Cognitive, educational and self-support outcomes of long-term foster care versus adoption. A Swedish national cohort study

Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. 2011;41(8):1108-1115

Migration and asthma medication in international adoptees and immigrant families in Sweden.

Bråbäck L; Vogt H; Hjern A
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2011;46(8):711-721

Intimate relationships and childbearing after adolescent depression: a population-based 15 year follow-up study.

Jonsson U; Bohman H; Hjern A; von Knorring L; Paaren A; Olsson G; von Knorring A-L
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2011;127(6):1052-1059

Preterm birth and inhaled corticosteroid use in 6- to 19-year-olds: a Swedish national cohort study.

Vogt H; Lindström K; Bråbäck L; Hjern A
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2011;127(5):858-865

Preterm birth and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in schoolchildren.

Lindström K; Lindblad F; Hjern A
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2011;41(4):749-758

Familial factors and suicide: an adoption study in a Swedish National Cohort.

von Borczyskowski A; Lindblad F; Vinnerljung B; Reintjes R; Hjern A
Article: HEALTH & PLACE. 2011;17(2):551-557

Hospital admissions of young persons for illicit drug use or abuse: does neighborhood of residence matter?

Sellström E; O'Campo P; Muntaner C; Arnoldsson G; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. 2010;25(7):396-401

Subsequent higher education after adolescent depression: a 15-year follow-up register study.

Jonsson U; Bohman H; Hjern A; von Knorring L; Olsson G; von Knorring A-L
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2010;167(10):1240-1246

Social risk or genetic liability for psychosis? A study of children born in Sweden and reared by adoptive parents.

Wicks S; Hjern A; Dalman C
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;20(5):530-535

Cross-country variation in stillbirth and neonatal mortality in offspring of Turkish migrants in northern Europe.

Villadsen SF; Sievers E; Andersen A-MN; Arntzen A; Audard-Mariller M; Martens G; Ascher H; Hjern A
Article: INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK. 2010;53(4):510-527

School performance at age 16 among international adoptees: A Swedish national cohort study

Vinnerljung B; Lindblad F; Hjern A; Rasmussen F; Dalen M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2010;99(6):920-924

Social adversity predicts ADHD-medication in school children--a national cohort study.

Hjern A; Weitoft GR; Lindblad F
Article: NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH. 2010;12(4):408-415

ADHD after fetal exposure to maternal smoking.

Lindblad F; Hjern A
Article: CANCER. 2010;116(5):1385-1391

Long-term outcomes of childhood cancer survivors in Sweden: a population-based study of education, employment, and income.

Boman KK; Lindblad F; Hjern A
Article: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE. 2010;55(2):108-111

Gender differences in risk factors for suicide: findings from a Swedish national cohort study.

von Borczyskowski A; Lindblad F; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2010;19(1):37-44

ADHD in international adoptees: a national cohort study.

Lindblad F; Weitoft GR; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2010;99(1):112-120

Routine developmental screening at 5.5 and 7 years of age is not an efficient predictor of attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder at age 10.

Holmberg K; Sundelin C; Hjern A
Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2010;89(2):243-249

Epidural analgesia during labor among immigrant women in Sweden.

Ekéus C; Cnattingius S; Hjern A
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2010;125(1):e67-e73

Preterm birth, social disadvantage, and cognitive competence in Swedish 18- to 19-year-old men.

Ekeus C; Lindström K; Lindblad F; Rasmussen F; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2009;98(12):1977-1981

Asylum-seeking children with severe loss of activities of daily living: clinical signs and course during rehabilitation.

Aronsson B; Wiberg C; Sandstedt P; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2009;98(11):1799-1804

Region of birth, income and breastfeeding in a Swedish county.

Wallby T; Hjern A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2009;38(5):1334-1341

School performance and hospital admissions due to self-inflicted injury: a Swedish national cohort study.

Jablonska B; Lindberg L; Lindblad F; Rasmussen F; Ostberg V; Hjern A
Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2009;9:37

Obesity prevalence in a cohort of women in early pregnancy from a neighbourhood perspective.

Sellström E; Arnoldsson G; Alricsson M; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2009;98(6):1054-1056

Teenage childbirth among female international adoptees: a national cohort study.

Ekéus C; Hjern A; Lindblad F; Vinnerljung B
Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2009;301(19):2016-2023

Schizophrenia, substance abuse, and violent crime.

Fazel S; Långström N; Hjern A; Grann M; Lichtenstein P
Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2009;18(5):301-308

School performance of international adoptees better than expected from cognitive test results.

Lindblad F; Dalen M; Rasmussen F; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2009;106(9):580-582

[Chickenpox not always a harmless child disease. General vaccination in Sweden can prevent significant morbidity].

Grimheden P; Bennet R; Hjern A; Nilsson A; Eriksson M
Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2009;88(4):397-401

The need for epidural analgesia is related to birthweight - a population-based register study.

Ekéus C; Hjern A; Hjelmstedt A
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2009;123(1):e47-e53

Psychiatric morbidity in adolescents and young adults born preterm: a Swedish national cohort study.

Lindström K; Lindblad F; Hjern A
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2009;39(1):87-94

Ethnicity, socio-economic status and self-harm in Swedish youth: a national cohort study.

Jablonska B; Lindberg L; Lindblad F; Hjern A
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2008;38(12):1803-1814

Does age at adoption and geographic origin matter? A national cohort study of cognitive test performance in adult inter-country adoptees.

Odenstad A; Hjern A; Lindblad F; Rasmussen F; Vinnerljung B; Dalen M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2008;97(11):1542-1545

Parental region of birth, socio-economic status and infants' exposure to second-hand smoke.

Wallby T; Hjern A
Article: BMC PEDIATRICS. 2008;8:49

Perinatal complications and socio-economic differences in cerebral palsy in Sweden - a national cohort study.

Hjern A; Thorngren-Jerneck K
Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH. 2008;65(4):381-387

Stressor, perceived stress and recurrent pain in Swedish schoolchildren.

Alfven G; Ostberg V; Hjern A
Article: CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW. 2008;30(10):1211-1219

Educational attainment and cognitive competence in adopted men - A study of international and national adoptees, siblings and a general Swedish population

Dalen M; Hjern A; Lindblad F; Odenstad A; Ramussen F; Vinnerljung B
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK. 2008;38(6):1043-1059

The epidemiology of out-of-home care for children and youth:: A national cohort study

Franzen E; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: HEALTH & PLACE. 2008;14(2):155-166

The neighbourhood they live in: does it matter to women's smoking habits during pregnancy?

Sellström E; Arnoldsson G; Bremberg S; Hjern A
Article: DEVELOPMENTAL MEDICINE AND CHILD NEUROLOGY. 2008;50(2):134-138

Bullying and attention-deficit- hyperactivity disorder in 10-year-olds in a Swedish community.

Holmberg K; Hjern A
Article: PEDIATRIC DIABETES. 2008;9(1):35-39

Parental country of birth is a major determinant of childhood type 1 diabetes in Sweden.

Hjern A; Söderström U
Article: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. 2008;87(12):1309-1314

Short stature, smoking habits and birth outcome in international adoptees in Sweden.

Ekéus C; Lindblad F; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2008;97(1):112-117

School stressors, psychological complaints and psychosomatic pain.

Hjern A; Alfven G; Ostberg V
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2008;66(1):14-30

Health and social outcomes among children in low-income families and families receiving social assistance--a Swedish national cohort study.

Ringbäck Weitoft G; Hjern A; Batljan I; Vinnerljung B
Article: JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. 2008;31(2):211-231

International adoptees in Sweden: Mental health and social adjustment in adolescence and young adulthood

Lindblad F; Vinnerljung B; von Borczyskowski A; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2007;25(33):5262-5266

Disability in adult survivors of childhood cancer: a Swedish national cohort study.

Hjern A; Lindblad F; Boman KK
Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2007;7:267

Are there differences in birth weight between neighbourhoods in a Nordic welfare state?

Sellström E; Arnoldsson G; Bremberg S; Hjern A
Article: PEDIATRICS. 2007;120(1):70-77

Preterm infants as young adults: a Swedish national cohort study.

Lindström K; Winbladh B; Haglund B; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2007;96(3):437-442

Intercountry adoptees in out-of-home care: a national cohort study.

Elmund A; Lindblad F; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2006;39(8):662-666

Anorexia nervosa in young men: A cohort study.

Lindblad F; Lindberg L; Hjern A
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2006;189:428-432

Outcome and prognostic factors for adolescent female in-patients with anorexia nervosa: 9- to 14-year follow-up.

Hjern A; Lindberg L; Lindblad F
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2006;95(8):929-934

Living conditions and psychosomatic complaints in Swedish schoolchildren.

Ostberg V; Alfven G; Hjern A
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2006;163(8):1433-1435

Improved survival in adolescent patients with anorexia nervosa: a comparison of two Swedish national cohorts of female inpatients.

Lindblad F; Lindberg L; Hjern A
Article: BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY. 2006;113(8):925-929

Birth outcomes and pregnancy complications in women with a history of anorexia nervosa.

Ekéus C; Lindberg L; Lindblad F; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2006;47(7):723-733

Suicide attempts and severe psychiatric morbidity among former child welfare clients--a national cohort study.

Vinnerljung B; Hjern A; Lindblad F
Article: ACTA OTO-LARYNGOLOGICA. 2006;67:165-183

Chapter 7: children's and young people's health.

Hjern A
Article: ACTA OTO-LARYNGOLOGICA. 2006;67:125-131

Chapter 5.8: major public health problems - allergic disorders.

Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2006;95(6):664-670

Health complaints in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Holmberg K; Hjern A
Article: ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS. 2006;23(6):797-805

Diverticular disease and migration--the influence of acculturation to a Western lifestyle on diverticular disease.

Hjern F; Johansson C; Mellgren A; Baxter NN; Hjern A
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2006;41(2):95-102

Suicidal behaviour in national and international adult adoptees: a Swedish cohort study.

von Borczyskowski A; Hjern A; Lindblad F; Vinnerljung B
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY. 2006;154(2):332-336

Psoriasis in Swedish conscripts: time trend and association with T-helper 2-mediated disorders.

Landgren E; Bråbäck L; Hedlin G; Hjern A; Rasmussen F
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2006;36(2):269-276

Psychiatric morbidity is related to parental age: a national cohort study.

Ekéus C; Olausson PO; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2005;26(6):1064-1068

Social class in asthma and allergic rhinitis: a national cohort study over three decades.

Bråbäck L; Hjern A; Rasmussen F
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2005;162(9):1652-1657

Social adversity in childhood and the risk of developing psychosis: a national cohort study.

Wicks S; Hjern A; Gunnell D; Lewis G; Dalman C
Article: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE. 2005;99(8):1010-1014

Body mass index, asthma and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in Swedish conscripts-a national cohort study over three decades.

Bråbäck L; Hjern A; Rasmussen F
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2004;34(6):1025-1033

Social adversity contributes to high morbidity in psychoses in immigrants--a national cohort study in two generations of Swedish residents.

Hjern A; Wicks S; Dalman C
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2004;58(8):680-685

Unintentional and violent injuries among pre-school children of teenage mothers in Sweden: a national cohort study.

Ekéus C; Christensson K; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2004;58(5):412-417

Avoidable mortality among child welfare recipients and intercountry adoptees: a national cohort study.

Hjern A; Vinnerljung B; Lindblad F
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE. 2004;13(2):134-144

School's out!: Why earlier among children of lone parents?

Weitoft GR; Hjern A; Rosén M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2004;93(3):386-389

Urinary and faecal incontinence: a population-based study.

Söderstrom U; Hoelcke M; Alenius L; Söderling AC; Hjern A
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2004;93(3):368-371

Association between low Apgar score and neonatal cholestasis.

Fischler B; Pettersson M; Hjern A; Nemeth A
Article: ADDICTION. 2004;99(2):229-236

Alcohol-related disorders in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a national cohort study.

Hjern A; Allebeck P
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2004;32(1):40-46

Illicit drug abuse in second-generation immigrants: a register study in a national cohort of Swedish residents.

Hjern A
Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. 2004;34(1):38-43

Trends in asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema among Swedish conscripts from farming and non-farming environments. A nationwide study over three decades.

Bråbäck L; Hjern A; Rasmussen F
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2003;34(4):397-408

Risk factors for anorexia nervosa: a national cohort study.

Lindberg L; Hjern A
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2003;57(9):724-729

Association between childhood community safety interventions and hospital injury records: a multilevel study.

Sellström E; Guldbrandsson K; Bremberg S; Hjern A; Arnoldsson G
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY. 2003;73(2):190-202

Intercountry adopted children as young adults--a Swedish cohort study.

Lindblad F; Hjern A; Vinnerljung B
Article: LANCET. 2003;361(9354):289-295

Mortality, severe morbidity, and injury in children living with single parents in Sweden: a population-based study.

Weitoft GR; Hjern A; Haglund B; Rosén M
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2002;37(9):423-429

Suicide in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden: a comparative study.

Hjern A; Allebeck P
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2002;56(9):688-692

Social aetiology of violent deaths in Swedish children and youth.

Hjern A; Bremberg S
Article: LANCET. 2002;360(9331):443-448

Suicide, psychiatric illness, and social maladjustment in intercountry adoptees in Sweden: a cohort study.

Hjern A; Lindblad F; Vinnerljung B
Article: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. 2002;141(2):217-222

A population-based study on the incidence and possible pre- and perinatal etiologic risk factors of biliary atresia.

Fischler B; Haglund B; Hjern A
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2002;31(3):573-580

Mortality, severe morbidity and injury among long-term lone mothers in Sweden.

Weitoft GR; Haglund B; Hjern A; Rosén M
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2002;99(7):628-636

[Swedish study of home accidents: children with young mothers and children in families on welfare are at greater risk].

Hjern A; Andersson R
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2002;91(7):827-832

Overweight among international adoptees in Sweden: a population-based study.

Johansson-Kark M; Rasmussen F; Hjern A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2001;11(3):280-283

Socioeconomic differences in use of medical care and antibiotics among schoolchildren in Sweden.

Hjern A; Haglund B; Rosén M
Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. 2001;31(6):908-914

Does tobacco smoke prevent atopic disorders? A study of two generations of Swedish residents.

Hjern A; Hedberg A; Haglund B; Rosén M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2001;11(2):147-152

Is there equity in access to health services for ethnic minorities in Sweden?

Hjern A; Haglund B; Persson G; Rosén M
Article: COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2001;29(3):167-174

Social inequality in oral health and use of dental care in Sweden.

Hjern A; Grindefjord M; Sundberg H; Rośen M
Article: ETHNICITY & HEALTH. 2001;6(1):5-11

High use of sedatives and hypnotics in ethnic minorities in Sweden.

Hjern A
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY. 2001;71(1):4-15

Effects of war and organized violence on children: a study of Bosnian refugees in Sweden.

Angel B; Hjern A; Ingleby D
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2001;90(1):61-68

Socio-demographic risk factors for home-type injuries in Swedish infants and toddlers.

Hjern A; Ringbäck-Weitoft G; Andersson R
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2000;89(10):1250-1256

Socio-economic differences in daycare arrangements and use of medical care and antibiotics in Swedish preschool children.

Hjern A; Haglund B; Rasmussen F; Rosén M
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2000;89(6):722-727

Organized violence and mental health of refugee children in exile: a six-year follow-up.

Hjern A; Angel B
Article: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY. 2000;30(4):521-528

Ethnicity, childhood environment and atopic disorder.

Hjern A; Haglund B; Hedlin G
Article: ETHNICITY & HEALTH. 2000;5(1):23-32

Dental health and access to dental care for ethnic minorities in Sweden.

Hjern A; Grindefjord M
Article: PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2000;14(1):53-60

Lower respiratory tract infections in an ethnic and social context.

Hjern A; Haglund B; Bremberg S
Article: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 1999;88(10):1107-1112

Social adversity, migration and hospital admissions for childhood asthma in Sweden.

Hjern A; Haglund B; Bremberg S; Ringbäck-Weitoft G
Article: ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA. 1999;77(5):559-563

Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in a Stockholm ophthalmic centre--epidemiological, functional, and immunologic investigations.

Montan PG; Ekström K; Hedlin G; van Hage-Hamsten M; Hjern A; Herrmann B
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 1999;28(4):756-763

Mortality statistics in immigrant research: method for adjusting underestimation of mortality.

Weitoft GR; Gullberg A; Hjern A; Rosén M
Article: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 1999;10(3):209-215

Migration and atopic disorder in Swedish conscripts.

Hjern A; Rasmussen F; Johansson M; Aberg N
Article: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 1999;10(2):101-106

Age at adoption, ethnicity and atopic disorder: a study of internationally adopted young men in Sweden.

Hjern A; Rasmussen F; Hedlin G
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 1998;26(1):18-25

Political violence, family stress and mental health of refugee children in exile.

Hjern A; Angel B; Jeppson O
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1996;93(17):1614-1616

[Childhood environment directs cognitive development. Check-ups of 4-year old children at child health care centers may be used as a tool in municipal planning].

Bremberg S; Hjern A; Widlund G
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Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2023;112(12):2460-2461

Psychosocial support for refugee parents in well-baby clinics.

Hjern A
Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;18(20):10896

Climate Change and Child Health Inequality: A Review of Reviews.

Arpin E; Gauffin K; Kerr M; Hjern A; Mashford-Pringle A; Barros A; Rajmil L; Choonara I; Spencer N
Review: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2021;5(1):e001043

Impact of lockdown and school closure on children's health and well-being during the first wave of COVID-19: a narrative review.

Rajmil L; Hjern A; Boran P; Gunnlaugsson G; Kraus de Camargo O; Raman S; International Society for Social Pediatrics & Chil
Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(9):1733-1744

A systematic review of prevention and treatment of infantile colic.

Hjern A; Lindblom K; Reuter A; Silfverdal S-A
Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(9):1717-1732

A systematic review of prevention and treatment of infant behavioural sleep problems.

Reuter A; Silfverdal S-A; Lindblom K; Hjern A
Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(9):1745-1757

Narrative review of interventions suitable for well-baby clinics to promote infant attachment security and parents' sensitivity.

Bergström M; Gebreslassie M; Hedqvist M; Lindberg L; Sarkadi A; Hjern A
Review: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):564

Austerity policy and child health in European countries: a systematic literature review.

Rajmil L; Hjern A; Spencer N; Taylor-Robinson D; Gunnlaugsson G; Raat H
Review: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2020;109(2):250-257

Organisational models of health services for children and adolescents in out-of-home care: Health technology assessment.

Mensah T; Hjern A; Håkanson K; Johansson P; Jonsson AK; Mattsson T; Tranaeus S; Vinnerljung B; Östlund P; Klingberg G
Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2019;108(12):2124-2126

Health care for migrant children without legal residency.

Hjern A; Kadir A
Review: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;19(1):290

Social inequities in vaccination coverage among infants and pre-school children in Europe and Australia - a systematic review.

Arat A; Burström B; Östberg V; Hjern A
Review: BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN. 2019;3(1):bmjpo-2018-000364

Children on the move in Europe: a narrative review of the evidence on the health risks, health needs and health policy for asylum seeking, refugee and undocumented children.

Kadir A; Battersby A; Spencer N; Hjern A
Editorial comment: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE. 2018;27(4):321-324

Health and health care for children in out-of-home care

Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2018;236:316

Corrigendum to "Impact of childhood adversities on depression in early adulthood: A longitudinal cohort study of 478,141 individuals in Sweden" [J. Affect. Disord. 223 (2017) 95-100].

Björkenstam E; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Letter: LANCET. 2017;389(10066):249

Health policies for migrant children in Europe and Australia.

Hjern A; Østergaard LS; Norredam M; de Luna CM-M; Goldfeld S
Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2015;112:DR7Z

[Not Available].

Hjern A; Ascher H
Letter: ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD. 2015;100(10):1007

Where do the differences in childhood mortality rates between England and Wales and Sweden originate?

Zylbersztejn AM; Gilbert R; Hardelid P; Hjern A
Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2014;11(6):6528-6546

Impact of the 2008 economic and financial crisis on child health: a systematic review.

Rajmil L; Fernandez de Sanmamed M-J; Choonara I; Faresjö T; Hjern A; Kozyrskyj AL; Lucas PJ; Raat H; Séguin L; Spencer N; Taylor-Robinson D; International Network for Research in Inequalities
Letter: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;29(2):141-143

Migration and preterm birth in war refugees: a Swedish cohort study.

Liu C; Urquia M; Cnattingius S; Hjern A
Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2013;209(5):496

Elective cesarean section and childhood asthma.

Bråbäck L; Lowe A; Hjern A
Letter: JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. 2011;128(5):1107-9.e1-2-1109

Maternal obesity during pregnancy as a risk for early-life asthma.

Lowe A; Bråbäck L; Ekeus C; Hjern A; Forsberg B
Letter: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2010;38(7):777-779

High-throughput epidemiology: combining existing data from the Nordic countries in health-related collaborative research.

Olsen J; Brønnum-Hansen H; Gissler M; Hakama M; Hjern A; Kamper-Jørgensen F; Rafnsson V; Tell GS; Thaulow I; Thygesen LC
Letter: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2010;99(9):1280

RE: Routine developmental screening at 5.5 and 7 years of age is not an efficient predictor of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - a critical comment: author's reply.

Holmberg K; Sundelin C; Hjern A
Letter: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2006;59(1):102-103

Selective migration contributes to a healthy worker effect in the farming population.

Bråbäck L; Hjern A; Rasmussen F
Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2004;93(11):1535-1539

Migrant children--a challenge for European paediatricians.

Hjern A; Bouvier P
Editorial comment: ACTA PAEDIATRICA. 2002;91(11):1153-1154

Healthcare for children in foster and residential care.

Hjern A; Vinnerljung B
Letter: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 1997;25(3):207-209

Health examinations and health services for asylum seekers in Sweden.

Hjern A; Allebeck P
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