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  1. Comparing tailored implementation strategies to improve intervention fidelity in a school-based obesity prevention program: the IMPROVE hybrid type III trial

    Article • Implementation Science, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  2. School nurses’ perceptions and experiences of delivering a universal health-promotion program targeting both children and parents in the Swedish primary school context

    Article • BMC Nursing, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  3. Insights gained from a cultural adaptation of preschool promoting alternative thinking strategies©: the importance of teachers’ cultures as an implementation driver

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, August 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Åsa Norman

  4. Effects of Universal School-Based Parental Support for Children’s Healthy Diet and Physical Activity—the Healthy School Start Plus Cluster–Randomised Controlled Trial

    Article • Prevention Science, July 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  5. Predictors associated with an increase in daily steps among people with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes participating in a two-year pedometer intervention

    Article • BMC Public Health, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  6. Contextual factors in the implementation of the family support program A Healthy School Start in three municipalities in Sweden

    Article • May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  7. Universal healthy school start intervention reduced the body mass index of young children with obesity

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Åsa Norman

  8. Validation of the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire among parents of 5- to 7-year-old children in Sweden

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Åsa Norman

  9. Study protocol for a non-randomized controlled trial of the effects of internet-based parent training as a booster to the preschool edition of PATHS®: Universal edition of the Parent Web

    Article • PLOS One, April 2023, PLOS

    Dr Åsa Norman

  10. Parents’ experiences of participating in the Healthy School Start Plus programme – a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Public Health, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  11. Effects of a parental support intervention for parents in prison on child-parent relationship and criminal attitude—The For Our Children’s Sake pragmatic controlled study

    Article • PLOS One, March 2023, PLOS

    Dr Åsa Norman

  12. Health care professionals’ experiences of supporting persons with metabolic risk factors to increase their physical activity level – a qualitative study in primary care

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Åsa Norman

  13. Participating in a parenting intervention in prison, perceptions from incarcerated fathers and mothers—A convergent mixed-methods study

    Article • PLOS One, March 2023, PLOS

    Dr Åsa Norman

  14. Neighborhood conditions in a Swedish context-Two studies of reliability and validity of virtual systematic social observation using Google Street View

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Åsa Norman

  15. Quantitative Measurements for Factors Influencing Implementation in School Settings: Protocol for A Systematic Review and A Psychometric and Pragmatic Analysis

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Åsa Norman

  16. “Sometimes It Felt Great, and Sometimes It Just Went Pear-Shaped”: Experiences and Perceptions of School Nurses’ Motivational Interviewing Competence: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study

    Article • Clinics and Practice, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Åsa Norman

  17. Multi-level barriers and facilitators to implementing a parenting intervention in prison, perceptions from deliverers and responsible managers: a mixed-methods study

    Article • BMC Psychology, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  18. Relationships between Physical Activity Parenting Practices and Children’s Activity Measured by Accelerometry with Children’s Activity Style as a Moderator—A Cross Sectional Study

    Article • Children, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Åsa Norman

  19. Quantitative Measurements for Factors Influencing Implementation In School Settings: Protocol for A Systematic Review and A Psychometric and Pragmatic Analysis

    Article • November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  20. IMplementation and evaluation of the school-based family support PRogram a Healthy School Start to promote child health and prevent OVErweight and obesity (IMPROVE) – study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial

    Article • BMC Public Health, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman, Nouha Saleh Stattin

  21. Variations in perceptions of parenting role related to children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviours – a qualitative study in a Northern European context

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  22. Parents' Thoughts Regarding Their Normal-Weight Children's Food and Physical Activity as Expressed During Health Conversations With the School Nurse: A Qualitative Analysis Informing Health-Promoting Practices

    Article • The Journal of School Nursing, June 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Åsa Norman

  23. Children’s experiences of participating in a school-based health promotion parental support programme – a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  24. Sedentary activity bout length was associated with BMI and waist circumference in Swedish children aged 5–7 years

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, May 2021, Wiley

    Dr Åsa Norman

  25. Brief parental self-efficacy scales for promoting healthy eating and physical activity in children: a validation study

    Article • BMC Public Health, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  26. Evaluation of the For Our Children’s Sake intervention, parental support in prison to influence positive parenting: study protocol for a controlled trial

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2020, BMJ

    Dr Åsa Norman

  27. Can photos taken on a parent's mobile phone capture what young children eat/drink?

    Article • Nutrition Journal, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Emma Patterson, Dr Åsa Norman

  28. Managing Implementation of a Parental Support Programme for Obesity Prevention in the School Context: The Importance of Creating Commitment in an Overburdened Work Situation, a Qualitative Study

    Article • The Journal of Primary Prevention, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  29. The Feasibility and Potential of Training Correctional Officers in Flexible Styles of Communication to Reduce Burnout: A Multiple Baseline Trial in Real-Life Settings

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, January 2020, Stockholm University Press

    Dr Åsa Norman

  30. School-based obesity prevention for busy low-income families—Organisational and personal barriers and facilitators to implementation

    Article • PLOS One, November 2019, PLOS

    Dr Åsa Norman

  31. Parental support in promoting children’s health behaviours and preventing overweight and obesity – a long-term follow-up of the cluster-randomised healthy school start study II trial

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, April 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  32. Parental strategies for influencing the diet of their children – A qualitative study from disadvantaged areas

    Article • Appetite, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Åsa Norman

  33. A Healthy School Start Plus for prevention of childhood overweight and obesity in disadvantaged areas through parental support in the school setting - study protocol for a parallel group cluster randomised trial

    Article • BMC Public Health, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman, Dr Emma Patterson

  34. Psychometric Properties of a Scale to Assess Parental Self-Efficacy for Influencing Children’s Dietary, Physical Activity, Sedentary, and Screen Time Behaviors in Disadvantaged Areas

    Article • Health Education & Behavior, April 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Åsa Norman

  35. Effectiveness of a universal parental support programme to promote health behaviours and prevent overweight and obesity in 6-year-old children in disadvantaged areas, the Healthy School Start Study II, a cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  36. The intake of selected foods by six-year-old Swedish children differs according to parental education and migration status

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, January 2016, Wiley

    Dr Emma Patterson, Dr Åsa Norman

  37. One size does not fit all–qualitative process evaluation of the Healthy School Start parental support programme to prevent overweight and obesity among children in disadvantaged areas in Sweden

    Article • BMC Public Health, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  38. Factors influencing the implementation of a school-based parental support programme to promote health-related behaviours—interviews with teachers and parents

    Article • BMC Public Health, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman

  39. Stuck in a vicious circle of stress. Parental concerns and barriers to changing children's dietary and physical activity habits

    Article • Appetite, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Åsa Norman

  40. Effectiveness of a Universal Parental Support Programme to Promote Healthy Dietary Habits and Physical Activity and to Prevent Overweight and Obesity in 6-Year-Old Children: The Healthy School Start Study, a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial

    Article • PLOS One, February 2015, PLOS

    Dr Åsa Norman

  41. A healthy school start - Parental support to promote healthy dietary habits and physical activity in children: Design and evaluation of a cluster-randomised intervention

    Article • BMC Public Health, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Åsa Norman