Alexandra Krettek
Job description
Course coordinator of the research course “Scientific Writing and Publishing in Health Sciences” (HEL-8026) at the Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences. During 2015-2024, member of the research group Arctic Health Research. The work involved developing a PhD-program in North-West Russia in a collaboration between UiT and Northern State Medical University in Arkhangelsk, Russia. After the research group was discontinued in 2024, now member of the research group Global and Environmental Health.
Kamila Kahramonzhonovna Kholmatova,
Alexandra Jutta Krettek,
Irina V. Dvoryashina,
Sofia Malyutina,
Alexander V Kudryavtsev
:
Assessing the prevalence of obesity in a Russian adult population by six indices and their associations with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolaemia
D.R. Thapa,
M. Subedi,
A. Ekström-Bergström,
Kristina Areskoug Josefsson,
Alexandra Jutta Krettek
:
A Qualitative Evaluation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Short Form of the Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-13) in Nepali
Dip Raj Thapa,
Madhusudan Subedi,
Anette Ekström-Bergström,
Kristina Areskoug Josefsson,
Alexandra Krettek
:
Facilitators for and barriers to nurses’ work-related health-a qualitative study
Kamila Kahramonzhonovna Kholmatova,
Alexandra Krettek,
David Adrew Leon,
Sofia Malyutina,
Sarah Cook,
Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock
et al.:
Obesity Prevalence and Associated Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors in Russia and Norway
Dip Raj Thapa,
Johanna Stengård,
Anette Ekström-Bergström,
Kristina Areskoug Josefsson,
Alexandra Krettek,
Anna Nyberg
:
Job demands, job resources, and health outcomes among nursing professionals in private and public healthcare sectors in Sweden – a prospective study
Dip Raj Thapa,
Anette Ekström-Bergström,
Anette Ekstrøm-Bergstrøm,
Alexandra Krettek,
Alexandra Krettek,
Kristina Areskoug Josefsson
:
Support and resources to promote and
sustain health among nurses and midwives
in the workplace: A qualitative study
Dip Raj Thapa,
Natalia Oli,
Abhinav Vaidya,
Sakkari Souminen,
Anette Ekström-Bergström,
Kristina Areskoug-Josefsson
et al.:
Determination and Evaluation of Sense of Coherence in Women in Semi-urban Nepal: A part of the Heart-health Associated Research, Dissemination, and Intervention in the Community (HARDIC) Trial
Heléne Lindholm,
India Morrison,
Alexandra Krettek,
Dan Malm,
Giovanni Novembre,
Linda Handlin
:
Genetic risk-factors for anxiety in healthy individuals: polymorphisms in genes important for the HPA axis
Anton Alexandrovich Kovalenko,
Tormod Brenn,
Jon Øyvind Odland,
Evert Nieboer,
Alexandra Krettek,
Erik Eik Anda
:
Risk Factors for hypospadias in Northwest Russia: A Murmansk County Birth Registry Study
Natalia Oli,
Abhinav Vaidya,
Gabriele Eiben,
Alexandra Krettek
:
Effectiveness of health promotion regarding diet and physical activity among Nepalese mothers and their young children: The Heart-health Associated Research, Dissemination, and Intervention in the Community (HARDIC) trial
Anton Alexandrovich Kovalenko,
Erik Eik Anda,
Jon Øyvind Odland,
Evert Nieboer,
Tormod Brenn,
Alexandra Krettek
:
Risk Factors for Ventricular Septal Defects in
Murmansk County, Russia: A Registry-Based Study
Natalia Oli,
Abhinav Vaidya,
Katja Pahkala,
Gabriele Eiben,
Alexandra Krettek
:
Knowledge, attitude and practice on diet and physical activity among mothers with young children in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Nepal
Lene Povlsen,
Umesh R Aryal,
Max Petzold,
Alexandra Krettek
:
Adolescents' knowledge and opinions about smoking: A qualitative study from the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Bhaktapur District, Nepal
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 2018 DOI
Bishnu P. Choulagai,
Sharad Onta,
Narayan Subedi,
Dharma N. Bhatta,
Binjwala Shrestha,
Max Petzold
et al.:
A cluster randomized evaluation of an intervention to increase skilled birth attendant utilization in mid- and far-western Nepal.
A Vaidya,
N Oli,
Alexandra Krettek,
G Elben
:
Preference of Food-items and Physical Activity of Peri-urban Children in Bhaktapur
Journal of Nepal Health Research Council 2017
Birna K. Baldursdóttir,
Heiddis B. Valdimarsdóttir,
Alexandra Krettek,
Haukur Freyr Gylfason,
Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir
:
Age-related differences in physical activity and depressive symptoms among 10−19-year-old adolescents: A population based study
Psychology of Sport And Exercise 2017 DOI
Anna Alexandrovna Usynina,
Andrej M Grjibovski,
Alexandra Krettek,
Jon Øyvind Odland,
Alexander Valerievich Kudryavtsev,
Erik Eik Anda
:
Risk factors for perinatal mortality in Murmansk County, Russia: a registry-based study
Olga Alexandrovna Kharkova,
Andrej M Grjibovski,
Alexandra Krettek,
Evert Nieboer,
Jon Øyvind Odland
:
First-trimester smoking cessation in pregnancy did not increase the risk of preeclampsia/eclampsia: A Murmansk County Birth Registry study
Birna Baldursdottir,
Richard E Taehtinen,
Inga Dora Sigfusdottir,
Alexandra Krettek,
Heiddis B. Valdimarsdóttir
:
Impact of a physical activity intervention on adolescents' subjective sleep quality: a pilot study
Global Health Promotion 2017 DOI
Abhinav Vaidya,
N Oli,
G Eiben,
Alexandra Krettek
:
The heart-health associated research, dissemination and intervention in the community (HARDIC) trial for nepalese mothers regarding diet and physical activity: A process evaluation
Kathmandu University Medical Journal 2017
Olga Alexandrovna Kharkova,
Andrej M Grjibovski,
Alexandra Krettek,
Evert Nieboer,
Jon Øyvind Odland
:
Effect of Smoking Behavior before and during Pregnancy on Selected Birth Outcomes among Singleton Full-Term Pregnancy: A Murmansk County Birth Registry Study
Anton Alexandrovich Kovalenko,
Tormod Brenn,
Jon Øyvind Odland,
Evert Nieboer,
Alexandra Krettek,
Erik Eik Anda
:
Under-reporting of major birth defects in Northwest Russia: a registry-based
study
Anna Alexandrovna Usynina,
Andrej Grjibovski,
Jon Øyvind Odland,
Alexandra Krettek
:
Social correlates of term small for gestational age babies in a Russian arctic setting
Anna Alexandrovna Usynina,
Vitaly Alexandrovich Postoev,
Andrej Grjibovski,
Alexandra Krettek,
Evert Nieboer,
Jon Øyvind Odland
et al.:
Maternal Risk Factors for Preterm Birth in Murmansk County, Russia: A Registry-Based Study
Olga Alexandrovna Kharkova,
Alexandra Krettek,
Andrej Grjibovski,
Evert Nieboer,
Jon Øyvind Odland
:
Prevalence of smoking before and during pregnancy and changes in this habit during pregnancy in Northwest Russia: a Murmansk county birth registry study
Binjwala Shrestha,
Sharad Onta,
Bishnu Choulagai,
Rajan Paudel,
Max Petzold,
Alexandra Krettek
:
Uterine prolapse and its impact on quality of life in the
Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance
Site, Bhaktapur, Nepal
Natalia Oli,
Abhinav Vaidya,
Madhusudan Subedi,
Gabriele Eiben,
Alexandra Krettek
:
Diet and physical activity for children’s
health: a qualitative study of Nepalese
mothers’ perceptions
Bishnu P Choulagai,
Umesh R Aryal,
Binjwala Shrestha,
Abhinav Vaidya,
Sharad Onta,
Max Petzold
et al.:
Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Nepal: 2012 follow-up survey and use of skilled birth attendants
Kamila Kahramonzhonovna Kholmatova,
Alexander V Kudryavtsev,
Sofia Malyutina,
Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock,
Sarah Cook,
Alexandra Krettek
et al.:
Obesity prevalence and associations with socio-economic and behavioral factors in population-based studies in Russia and Norway, 2015–2017
European Heart Journal 2021 DOI
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Research interests
Alexandra's research encompasses biomedical aspects on atherosclerosis development to public health focus with special emphasis on population-based studies for cardiovascular disease prevention. RSince 2008, Alexandra’s research has focused on global health.
Teaching
To date, Alexandra has supervised 14 PhD-students who have successfully defended their doctoral theses. She has also supervised more than 15 BSc, MSc and master theses. Alexandra has extensive teaching and lecturing experience both nationally and internationally.
