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Ingvild Fossgard
Sandøy
Associate Professor
, Postdoc at the Centre for International Health
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Kalfarveien 31
5018 Bergen
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Postboks 7804
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+47 55 58 85 54
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HIV-epidemiology and prevention

Reproductive health in LMICs

Evidence-based HIV prevention

HIV epidemiology

Evidence-based public health

Health effects of war and violent conflict

Data analysis in Stata and SPSS

Social security

Social inequalities in health

Journal articles
  • Nilsen, Cecilie; Østbye, Truls; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti; Mmbaga, BT; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2014. Trends in and socio-demographic factors associated with caesarean section at a Tanzanian referral hospital, 2000 to 2013. International Journal for Equity in Health. 13: 87. doi: 10.1186/s12939-014-0087-1
  • Wijeratne, Monika; Seneviratne, Rohini; Gunawardena, Nalika; Lynch, Catherine; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Østbye, Truls. 2014. Correlates of peer violence among 13-15 year olds in Gampaha district schools in Sri-Lanka: Findings from a comparison between violent and non-violent adolescents. Sage Open. 4: 1-14. doi: 10.1177/2158244014550616
  • Wijeratne, Monika; Seneviratne, Rohini; Gunawardena, Nalika; Østbye, Truls; Lynch, Catherine; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2014. Development of the Sri Lankan early teenagers' violence inventory: An instrument to measure peer violence in schools. BioMed Research International. 2014:563143. 11 pages. doi: 10.1155/2014/563143
  • Banda, R; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2013. Measuring maternal mortality in a census: results of the Zambia 2010 Census of Population and Housing. Tropical medicine & international health. 18: 184-185.
  • Fylkesnes, Knut; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Jürgensen, Marte; Chipimo, Peter Jay; Mwangala, Sheila; Michelo, Charles Cheembo. 2013. Strong effects of home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing on acceptance and equity: A cluster randomised trial in Zambia. Social Science and Medicine. 86: 9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.036
  • Jürgensen, Marte; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2013. Effects of home-based Voluntary Counselling and Testing on HIV-related stigma: Findings from a cluster-randomized trial in Zambia. Social Science and Medicine. 81: 18-25. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.011
  • Jürgensen, Marte; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Fylkesnes, Knut Martin; Mwangala, Sheila; Blystad, Astrid. 2013. The seven Cs of the high acceptability of home-based VCT: Results from a mixed methods approach in Zambia. Social Science and Medicine. 97: 210-219. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.033
  • Kayeyi, Nkomba; Fylkesnes, Knut; Wiium, Nora; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2013. Decline in sexual risk behaviours among young people in Zambia (2000-2009): Do neighbourhood contextual effects play a role? PLoS ONE. 8. 15 pages. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064881
  • Kayeyi, Nkomba; Fylkesnes, Knut; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Makasa, Mpundu; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2012. Decline in HIV prevalence among young women in Zambia: national-level estimates of trends mask geographical and socio-demographic differences. PLoS ONE. 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033652
  • Leta, Tesfaye Hordofa; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2012. Factors affecting voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health. 12:438. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-438
  • Makasa, Mpundu; Buve, Anne; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2012. Etiological pattern of genital ulcers in Lusaka, Zambia: Has chancroid been eliminated? Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 39: 787-791. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31826ae97d
  • Makasa, Mpundu; Fylkesnes, Knut; Michelo, Charles; Kayeyi, Nkomba; Chirwa, Ben; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2012. Declining syphilis trends in concurrence with HIV declines among pregnant women in Zambia: observations over fourteen years of national surveillance. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 39: 173-181. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823b23a4
  • Makasa, Mpundu; Fylkesnes, Knut; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2012. Risk factors, healthcare-seeking and sexual behaviour among patients with genital ulcers in Zambia. BMC Public Health. 12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-407
  • Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Blystad, Astrid; Shayo, Elizabeth H; Makundi, Emmanuel Alphayo; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Zulu, Joseph; Byskov, Jens. 2012. Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: a study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. BMC Public Health. 12. 1030. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1030
  • Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Zyaambo, Cosmas; Michelo, Charles; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2012. Targeting condom distribution at high risk places increases condom utilization. Evidence from an intervention study in Livingstone, Zambia. BMC Public Health. 12. 12 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-10
  • Fylkesnes, Knut; Jürgensen, Marte; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2011. Lokal kompetanse naudsynt for å førebyggje hiv. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 131: 1910-1912.
  • Jürgensen, Marte; Michelo, C; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2011. Home-based voluntary HIV counseling and testing yields very high uptake compared to clinic-based: results from a cluster-randomized trial in Zambia. Tropical medicine & international health. 16: 158-158.
  • Jürgensen, Marte; Michelo, C; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2011. Reduction in HIV-related stigma: findings from a cluster-randomized trial in Zambia. Tropical medicine & international health. 16: 158-159.
  • Kayeyi, Nkomba; Fylkesnes, Knut; Makasa, Mpundu; Michelo, Charles; Banda, R; Kamocha, S; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2011. Convincing HIV prevalence declines in Zambia among young people (15-24 years): analysis and review of different data sources. Tropical medicine & international health. 16: 272-273.
  • Makasa, Mpundu; Fylkesnes, Knut; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2011. Syphilis trends in Zambia: a 14-year observation. Tropical medicine & international health. 16: 63-63.
  • Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Dzekedzeke, Kumbutso; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2010. Prevalence and correlates of concurrent sexual partnerships in Zambia. Aids and Behavior. 14: 59-71. doi: 10.1007/s10461-008-9472-3
  • Tuba, Mary; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Bloch, Paul; Byskov, Jens. 2010. Fairness and legitimacy of decisions during delivery of malaria services and ITN interventions in zambia. Malaria Journal. 9. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-309
  • Byskov, Jens; Bloch, Paul; Blystad, Astrid; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Fylkesnes, Knut; Kamuzora, Peter; Kombe, Yeri; Kvåle, Gunnar; Marchal, Bruno; Martin, Douglas K.; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Ndawi, Benedict; Ngulube, Thabale J.; Nyamongo, Isaac; Olsen, Øystein Evjen; Onyango-Ouma, Washington; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Shayo, Elizabeth H.; Silwamba, Gavin; Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Tuba, Mary. 2009. Accountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in developing countries. Health Research Policy and Systems. 7: 2-11. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-7-23
  • Kayeyi, Nkomba; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2009. Effects of neighbourhood-level educational attainment on HIV prevalence among young women in Zambia. BMC Public Health. 9. 11 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-310
  • Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2008. Antenatal clinic HIV data found to underestimate actual prevalence declines: evidence from Zambia. Tropical medicine & international health. 13: 171-179. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01987.x
  • Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Siziya, Seter; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2008. Lost opportunities in HIV prevention: programmes miss places where exposures are highest. BMC Public Health. 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-31
  • Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Siziya, Seter; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2007. Associations between sexual behaviour change among young people and decline in HIV prevalence in Zambia. BMC Public Health. 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-60
  • Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Dzekedzeke, Kumbutso; Siziya, Seter; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2006. Steep HIV prevalence declines among young people in selected Zambian communities: population-based observations (1995–2003). BMC Public Health. 6. 12 pages. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-279
  • Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Fylkesnes, Knut. 2006. Marked HIV prevalence declines in higher educated young people: evidence from population-based surveys (1995-2003) in Zambia. AIDS (London). 20: 1031-1038.
  • Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Kvåle, Gunnar; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Fylkesnes, Knut Martin. 2006. Antenatal clinic-based HIV prevalence in Zambia: Declining trends but sharp local contrasts in young women. Tropical medicine & international health. 11: 917-928. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01629
Reports and theses
  • Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2008. Investigating trends in HIV transmission and risk factors in Zambia. 219 pages.
Book sections
  • Douladel, Willie; Van den Broeck, Jan; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard. 2013. Managing the Informed Consent Process. Kap 16, pages 329-344. In:
    • Van den Broeck, Jan; Brestoff, Jonathan R. 2013. Epidemiology: Principles and Practical Guidelines. Elsevier. 621 pages. ISBN: 978-94-007-5988-6.
  • Van den Broeck, Jan; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Brestoff, Jonathan R. 2013. The Recruitment, Sampling, and Enrollment Plan. Kap 9, pages 171-196. In:
    • Van den Broeck, Jan; Brestoff, Jonathan R. 2013. Epidemiology: Principles and Practical Guidelines. Springer. 621 pages. ISBN: 978-94-007-5989-3.
  • Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Norheim, Ole Frithjof. 2011. Global helse: ulikhet, urettferdighet og sosiale helsedeterminanter. Kapittel 5, pages 77-90. In:
    • Mæland, John Gunnar; Haug, Kjell; Høyer, Georg; Krokstad, Steinar. 2011. Sosialmedisin. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S. 293 pages. ISBN: 9788205399150.

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Edited

Salvage J, Rowson M, Melf K and Sandøy I (eds). The Medical Peace Work textbook, 2nd edition, Course 4: Structural violence and the underlying causes of violent conflict. London, Medact. Available at www.medicalpeacework.org.

PhD, MD

Current projects

CISMAC (Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health) See https://www.cismac.org/