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Esperanza Diaz er spesialist i allmennmedisin og professor ved Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Bergen. Hun leder flere forskningsprosjekter knyttet til helse og migrasjon og er leder for Pandemisenteret ved universitetet.
Articles by Esperanza Diaz
Dietary guidance from GPs – what do patients report?
- Synne Skjærstein*,
- Kaja Michelsen Åsaune*,
- Lars Thore Fadnes,
- Esperanza Diaz,
- Bjørn Bjorvatn,
- Elisabeth Marie Strømme,
- Thomas Mildestvedt
18.03.2024:
Diet is an important factor for health (1–5), and conditions resulting from diet-related risk factors are estimated to cause approximately 11 million deaths and 255 million years of life lost globally (6). Obesity is a growing public health problem, and the World Health Organization estimated that...
How do doctors engage with refugees with mental disorders?
- Samantha Marie Harris,
- Esperanza Diaz,
- Per-Einar Binder,
- Gro Mjeldheim Sandal
21.04.2022:
Norwegian society has become more diverse. Everybody is entitled to medical care on equal terms, but what does this mean, and how can it be achieved? The Norwegian welfare state is committed to providing health care to all inhabitants on equal terms, irrespective of their background. This also...
COVID-19, vaccines and immigrants
- Esperanza Diaz
05.01.2022:
We need more knowledge about migrant health as well as a high level of professional reflection to prevent the stigmatisation of particularly vulnerable groups. Those of us who work with migrant health often say that migrant background is an independent health determinant (1). The association between...
Restless legs syndrome – a study from general practice
- Bjørn Bjorvatn,
- Knut-Arne Wensaas,
- Knut Erik Emberland,
- Lars Thore Fadnes,
- Sverre Litleskare,
- Esperanza Diaz,
- Sabine Ruths,
- Guri Rørtveit,
- Siri Waage
08.11.2021:
The typical signs of RLS are prickling and uncomfortable sensations in the legs accompanied by an urge to move (1, 2). This urge to move arises when one is at rest and is relieved partly or wholly with movement. The urge to move also varies distinctly in the course of the day, with symptoms in the...
Use of emergency medical services by patients encompassed by the Regular GP scheme
- Hogne Sandvik,
- Steinar Hunskår,
- Esperanza Diaz
30.10.2012:
In 2010, Norwegian emergency medical services had a total of 1.75 million patient contacts. Three of four contacts involved a consultation with a doctor, somewhat less than 20 % were telephone contacts and 4 % were house calls (1). Compared to other countries, Norwegian emergency medical services...
Which GPs are staffing the emergency medical services?
- Hogne Sandvik,
- Steinar Hunskår,
- Esperanza Diaz
30.10.2012:
RGPs are obligated to accept accident and emergency (A&E) duty (1). The agreements allow for exemption under certain preconditions, while studies show that far more doctors than those who are formally exempted have resigned from A&E duty (2, 3). The Ministry of Health and Care Services has therefore...