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Geir Gunnlaugsson - Professor Emeritus

Geir Gunnlaugsson

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School of Health Sciences

Geir Gunnlaugsson

Professor Emeritus

Professor of Global Health

Location
Oddi / O-319
Phone
+354-525 4369 +354-843 6237
Email
geirgunnlaugsson [at] hi.is

Unit
Faculty of Odontology
Website
https://www.hi.is/staff/geirgunnlaugsson
Published Work
Geir Gunnlaugsson - published work

Curriculum Vitae
Geir Gunnlaugsson - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
By an appointment.
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6674-2862
Research portal – Geir Gunnlaugsson

Professional Experience

2015 - , Professor of Global Health, University of Iceland
2007 - 2015, Professor of Public Health, Reykjavik University
2010 - 2014, Chief Medical Officer for Iceland/Surgeon General, Directorate of Health
1999 - 2011, Consultant for Monkey Bay Health Care Project, Malawi, and other tasks in Mozambique, Icelandic International Development Agency (Iceida)
2000 - 2009, Director, Centre for Child Health Services, Primary Health Care Organization of Reykjavík Capital Area
2004 - 2007, Adjunct Faculty Position, Medical faculty, University of Iceland
1998 - 2000, Lecturer/IDirector of Studies, Section for Maternal and Child Health (IMCH), University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
1993 - 1998, Medical Advisor, Biombo Regional Health Management Team, Quinhamel, Guinea-Bissau
1985 - 1993, Junior Doctor/pediatrician, St Göran´s/Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
1982 - 1985, General Practitioner/paediatrics, Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
1980 - 1981, General Practitioner, Höfn Hornafjordur, Iceland
1978 - 1980, Junior doctor, University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland

Published works

2025

Historical perspective on farm placements as a child welfare intervention in IcelandNordic Social Work Research
Exploring inequality through the lens of adolescentsBMJ Paediatrics Open
The COVID-School and Social ResponsibilityChildren and Society
COVID-19 Vaccine HesitancyCOVID
Student experiences and perspectives on decolonising global health educationGlobal Health Action

2024

Prevalence and correlates of child labour in five low-income countriesBMJ Paediatrics Open
Prevalence of and Influential Factors for Waterpipe Smoking among School-Attending Adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-BissauAdolescents
Prevalence Rates and Predictors for Smoking Cigarettes Among Adolescents Attending School in Bissau, Guinea-BissauAdolescents
Child Fatalities in Tractor-Related Accidents in Rural Iceland, 1918–2024International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Well-being in healthy Icelandic women varies with extreme seasonality in ambient lightInternational Journal of Psychology
Turned away and sleeping apartMidwifery

2023

Equality of opportunityInternational Journal of Educational Research
Knattspyrna í Afríku og draumurinn um að meika það
Inngangur - hvert stefnir Afríka?
Saga tvíhliða þróunarsamvinnu Íslands og samstarf í Afríku sunnan Sahara
Afríka sunnan Sahara - í brennidepli II
Child Rights during the COVID-19 PandemicChildren
Metabolizable Energy Content of Breastmilk Supports Normal Growth in Exclusively Breastfed Icelandic Infants to Age 6 MonthsAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
The combined effect of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on the risk of pre-labour and intrapartum caesarean section—The ICE-MCH studyPLoS ONE
“Just Standing Still”International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

2022

The voices of children and young people during COVID-19: A critical review of methodsActa Paediatrica
Work-free childhood to child labour and street lifeActa Paediatrica
The provider role and perspective in the denial of family planning services to women in Malawi: a mixed-methods studyInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Turned Away and at Risk: Denial of Family Planning Services to Women in MalawiStudies in Family Planning
Adolescents amid emerging COVID-19 pandemic in Bissau, Guinea-BissauBMJ Paediatrics Open
The impact of COVID 19 pandemic on inequity in routine childhood vaccination coverage: a systematic reviewVaccines

2021

Assessment of improved neonatal ward infrastructure on neonatal health outcomes in southern MalawiJournal of Global Health Reports
Public or private school? Determinants for enrolment of adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Educational Research
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the life of Bissau-Guinean religious (Quranic) schoolboys during a state of emergencyBMJ Paediatrics Open
Challenges of using asthma admission rates as a measure of primary care quality in childrenJournal of Health Services Research and Policy
Impact of lockdown and school closure on children's health and well-being during the first wave of COVID-19BMJ Paediatrics Open
Public Opinion in Iceland on Aid During the Ebola Epidemic in West AfricaForum for Development Studies
Social determinants of narcotics use susceptibility among school-attending adolescents in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: a cross-sectional analysis.Adolescents

2020

Iodine status of breastfed infants and their mothers' breast milk iodine concentration.Maternal & child nutrition
Use of Digital Technology among Adolescents Attending Schools in Bissau, Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Iodine status of breastfed infants and their mothers' breast milk iodine concentrationMaternal & Child Nutrition
Austerity policy and child health in European countries: a systematic literature reviewBMC Public Health
Organisation of preventive child health servicesScandinavian Journal of Public Health
Timing of paediatric orchidopexy in universal healthcare systemsBJS open

2019

Ástæður og umfang sumardvala í sveit
Inngangur. Árstíðabundinn flutningur barna
Well baby clinics – A facilitator for high vaccine uptake?Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Ósýnileiki barna sem leita alþjóðlegrar verndar á Íslandi í fylgd foreldraNordicum-Mediterraneum
Sent out into the country: It was part of being an Icelander
Sinn er siður í landi hverju
Af dráttarvélum
Lífið og tilveran
Vinnan göfgar manninn
‘Tiny Iceland’ preparing for Ebola in a globalized worldGlobal Health Action

2018

Review shows that Icelandic society is taking firmer steps to tackle the diverse forms of child abuse and neglect that its children are exposed toActa Paediatrica
Iceland and development aid in the era of the MDGs: a case study of an Alma Ata inspired primary healthcare project in southern MalawiDevelopment Studies Research
Donor dilemmas in a fragile state: NGO-ization of community healthcare in Guinea-BissauDevelopment Studies Research
Iceland and foreign aid: from recipient to donor
„Allt sem ég þrái“: Menntun og skólaganga barna sem leita alþjóðlegrar verndar á ÍslandiTímarit um uppeldi og menntun
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 dataBMJ Open

2017

Financial crises and child healthBMJ Paediatrics Open
Infant Mortality in a Global Context

2016

‘All´s well in Iceland?’ Austerity measures, labour market intitiatives, and health and well-being of children.Nordic Welfare Research
Monitoring and evaluation of health system strengthening: Iceida’s development collaboration in Monkey Bay, Malawi, in 2000-2014Nordicum-Mediterraneum
Child health in times of austerity as a result of the economic crisis that started in 2008Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
Child health in Iceland before and after the economic collapse in 2008Archives of Disease in Childhood
Applied ethics and allocation of foreign aidDevelopment Policy Review
‘All’s well in Iceland?’ Austerity measures, labour market initiatives, and health and well-being of childrenNordic Welfare Research

2015

Algengi og margbreytileiki andlegs ofbeldis og reynsla af vanrækslu í æsku á ÍslandiLaeknabladid

2014

Timing of the introduction of complementary foods in infancy
Initiation of complementary feeding and duration of total breastfeedingBreastfeeding Medicine
Exclusive breastfeeding for 4 versus 6 months and growth in early childhoodActa Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

2013

Reynsla fullorðinna Íslendinga af líkamlegum refsingum og ofbeldi í æskuLæknablaðið
Exclusive breastfeeding and developmental and behavioral status in early childhoodNutrients
Preventive child health services in Iceland
Corrigendum to "Intrafamilial conflict and emotional well-beingChild Abuse and Neglect
Reynsla fullordinna Íslendinga af líkamlegum refsingum og ofbeldi í æskuLaeknabladid

2012

Randomized controlled trial of 4 compared with 6 mo of exclusive breastfeeding in IcelandAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Embætti landlæknis eftir sameininguLæknablaðið
Timing of the introduction of complementary foods in infancyPediatrics

2011

Intrafamilial conflict and emotional well-beingChild Abuse and Neglect
Ofbeldi gegn börnum fyrr og nú: Áhrif á heilsu og vellíðan

2010

Að hemja hundrað flær á hörðu skinni: Ofbeldi og refsingar barnaRannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Mansal barna: skilgreiningar og aðgerðir

2009

Health for All: primary health care services in rural Guinea-Bissau.Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum
Docosahexaenoic acid in red blood cells of women of reproductive age is positively associated with oral contraceptive use and physical activityProstaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids
Excluded groups: health care services in Monkey Bay, Malawi.Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum

2007

Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: what is the evidence to support current recommendations?American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Mýrakalda, magakveisa og taksótt : heilsugæsla á nýrri öld

2006

Heilbrigðisþjónusta við veik börn með IMCI vinnuferlum í Monkey Bay, MalavíLæknablaðið
Heilsuvernd barna og fræðsla um áfengi og vímuefni : könnun meðal hjúkrunarfræðinga, ljósmæðra og læknaTímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga

2005

Þekjun bólusetningar barna við Monkey Bay, MalavíLæknablaðið
Hälsa och välfärd bland barn och ungdomar på Island
Að finna frávik í þroska og hegðun 5 ára barna
International aid, partnership, and child survival [3]Lancet
Andlegt og líkamlegt ofbeldi gegn börnum á Íslandi: sögulegt samhengi og forvarnir.
Þróunaraðstoð og lækkun barnadauða.Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum

2004

Heimilisofbeldi gegn börnum á Íslandi: höggva-hýða-hirta-hæða-hóta-hafna-hrista-hræða.

2002

Hjúkrunarfræðingar og framkvæmd skimunar í ung- og smábarnavernd í ljósi reynslu af EFI málþroskaskimunTímarit hjúkrunarfræðinga

2001

Infant feeding practices during the first six months of life in a rural area in TanzaniaEast African Medical Journal
Health education and cholera in rural Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases

2000

Epidemic cholera in Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases

1999

Corpses and the spread of cholera [3]Lancet
First do no harm: making oral rehydration solution (ORS) safer during epidemic choleraAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
First do no harmAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

1998

Funerals as a risk factor for cholera transmission in Guinea-Bissau, West-Africa.Epidemiology and Infection
Funerals during the 1994 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, West AfricaEpidemiology and Infection

1997

Selective compartmentalization of gammadelta-T lymphocytes in human breastmilkActa Paediatrica Scandinavica

1995

Does age at the start of breast feeding influence infantile diarrhoea morbidity? A case-control study in periurban Guinea-BissauActa Paediatrica Scandinavica

1993

Age at breast feeding start and postneonatal growth and survivalArchives of Disease in Childhood
Overföring av kvalitéer genom bröstmjölk. Amning och barnhälsa i Guinea-BissauJordemodern
Colostrum and ideas about bad milk: A case study from Guinea-BissauSocial Science & Medicine

1992

Determinants of delayed initiation of breastfeeding: a community and hospital study from Guinea-BissauInternational Journal of Epidemiology
First trial of using external examination in medical undergraduate programme in Sweden

1989

Rotavirus serology and breast-fedding in young children in rural Guinea-BissauActa Paediatrica Scandinavica
Rotavirus serology and breastfeeding in children in rural Guinea-BissauActa Paediatrica Scandinavica

1988

Follow-up of the antibody response to measles vaccine in a rural area of Guinea–BissauActa Paediatrica Scandinavica

1986

Augmented antibody response to live atenuated measles virus in children with P. falciparum parasitemiaAnnals of Tropical Paediatrics

1983

Heilsugæsla í þróunarlöndunumLæknablaðið

Keywords for Specialisation:

International Development

Child abuse and neglect

Maternal neonatal child and adolescent health