Vivian Nchanchou Mbanya

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Email v.n.mbanya@medisin.uio.no
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Visiting address Gaustadalléen 21 Forskningsparken Hus C Plan 1 0349 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1130 Blindern 0318 Oslo

Academic interests

Medical research ethics; Public Health; Chronic diseases; Migrant's health; Clinical trial/disease intervention; Reproductive health; Health inequalities; Social determinant of health; Healthcare Systems; Research methods; Epidemiology; Health education and promotion

Background

  • PhD, Global Health and Community Medicine
  • Masters in Public Health
  • MPhil: International Community Health

Positions held

Director of Postgraduate programs, Somali Institute for Health Research (sihr.institute)

Completed projects 

ROSIE

Publications

  • Mbanya, Vivian N.; Terragni, Laura; Gele, Abdi; Diaz, Esperanza & Kumar, Bernadette. N (2020). Barriers to access to the Norwegian healthcare system among sub-Saharan African immigrant women exposed to female genital cutting. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 15(3), p. 1–22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229770. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mbanya, Vivian N.; Terragni, Laura; Gele, Abdi; Diaz, Esperanza & Kumar, Bernadette. N (2019). Access to Norwegian healthcare system - Challenges for sub-Saharan African immigrants. International Journal for Equity in Health. ISSN 1475-9276. 18, p. 1–13. doi: 10.1186/s12939-019-1027-x. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mbanya, Vivian N.; Gele, Abdi Ali; Diaz, Esperanza & Kumar, Bernadette. N (2018). Health care-seeking patterns for female genital mutilation/cutting among young Somalis in Norway. BMC Public Health. ISSN 1471-2458. 18(517). doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5440-7. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mbanya, Vivian N. & Sridhar, Mynepalli K. C. (2017). PM10 Emissions from Cooking Fuels in Nigerian Households and Their Impact on Women and Children. Health (Irvine, Calif.). ISSN 1949-4998. 9(13). doi: 10.4236/health.2017.913126.
  • Diaz, Esperanza; Mbanya, Vivian N.; Gele, Abdi Ali & Kumar, Bernadette. N (2017). Differences in primary health care use among sub-Saharan African immigrants in Norway: A register-based study. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 17:509, p. 1–8. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2404-z.
  • Mbanya, Vivian N.; Mbanya, Jean Claude N; Kufe, Clement Nyuyki & Kengne, Andre Pascal (2016). Effects of Single and Multiple Blood Pressure Measurement Strategies on the Prediction of Prevalent Screen-Detected Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Survey. . The Journal of Clinical Hypertension. ISSN 1524-6175. 18(9), p. 864–870. doi: 10.1111/jch.12774.
  • Mbanya, Vivian N.; Hussain, Akhtar & Kengne, André Pascal (2015). Application and applicability of non-invasive risk models for predicting undiagnosed prevalent diabetes in Africa: A systematic literature search. Primary Care Diabetes. ISSN 1751-9918. 9(5), p. 317–329. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2015.04.004.
  • Kufe, Clement Nyuyki; Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin; Leopold, Fezeu; Assah, Felix; Ngufor, George & Mbeh, George [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2015). Risk factors of impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes in Yaoundé, Cameroon: A cross sectional study. BMC Public Health. ISSN 1471-2458. 15(1). doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1413-2.
  • Mbanya, Vivian N.; Echouffo-Tcheugui, Justin Basile; Akhtar, Hussain; Mbanya, Jean-Claude & Kengne, André Pascal (2015). Obesity phenotypes in urban and rural Cameroonians: A cross-sectional study. Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome. ISSN 1758-5996. 7(1). doi: 10.1186/s13098-015-0016-5.
  • Mbanya, Vivian N.; Kengne, André Pascal; Mbanya, J. C. & Akhtar, Hussain (2015). Body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, waist-hip-ratio and waist-height-ratio: Which is the better discriminator of prevalent screen-detected diabetes in a Cameroonian population? Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. ISSN 0168-8227. 108(1), p. 23–30. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.01.032.
  • Kengne, André Pascal; Masconi, Katya; Mbanya, Vivian N.; Lekoubou, Alain; Echouffo-Tcheugui, Justin Basile & Matsha, Tandi E. (2014). Risk predictive modelling for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Critical reviews in clinical laboratory sciences. ISSN 1040-8363. 51(1), p. 1–12. doi: 10.3109/10408363.2013.853025.

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