Nawi Ng
About Nawi Ng
MD, MPH, PhD. Prof Ng is a Professor of Global Health at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the Institution of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. He is also a Guest Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health at Umeå University.
His research focuses on the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and ageing, disability and quality of life among older people in Sweden and in low- and middle-income countries in collaboration with the WHO and the INDEPTH Network. He is leading the Global and Public Health research group at the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Gothenburg. During 2019-2022, he leads five research projects funded by different Swedish Research Councils on: (i) poverty and ageing in Myanmar; (ii) implementation research on the integration of TB, DM and tobacco control programme in India and Indonesia; (iii) digital coaching for sustainable behaviour change and health promotion in Sweden; (iv) developing risk prediction score for cardiovascular diseases using big data; and (v) social capital for planning and design of a sustainable neighbourhood in Sweden.
He has published 115 papers in peer-review international journals, including in the Lancet, International Journal of Epidemiology, Bulletin of the WHO, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, BMC Geriatric, etc. He has an H-index of 36. He has supervised ten PhD students to completion (seven as the main supervisor). He is currently supervising eight other ongoing PhD students (three as the main supervisor) at the University of Gothenburg, Umeå University and University of Amsterdam.
He served as the Managing Editor (2007-2014) and Chief Editor (2015-2018) of Global Health Action open-access journal (www.GlobalHealthAction.net). Prof Ng was a member of Scientific Advisory Group of SEACO – Southeast Asia Community Observatory (http://www.seaco.asia/) during 2014-2019. He also serves as a steering committee member of Health Space Asia (http://healthspace.asia/) since 2013. He is a member of the Society for Implementation Research Collaboration (http://www.societyforimplementationresearchcollaboration.org/).
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Prevalence of unmet health care need in older adults in 83 countries: measuring progressing towards universal health coverage in the context of global population
ageing
P. Kowal, B. Corso, Anindya Kanya, F. C. D. Andrade, T. L. Giang, M. T. C. Guitierrez, W. Pothisiri, N. T. Quashie, H. A. R. Reina, M. Rosenberg, A. Towers, P. M. M. Vicerra, N. Minicuci, Nawi Ng, J. Byles
Population Health Metrics - 2023 -
Average lifespan shortened due to cancer in selected countries of North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania, 2006 and
2016
T. M. Pham, N. X. Thanh, Nawi Ng, T. Kubo, Y. Fujino, S. Matsuda, P. Phan, K. Joseph, C. Sauvaget, E. Walker, L. Shack, W. Y. Cheung
Annals of Epidemiology - 2023 -
Cost-effectiveness of Digital Tools for Behavior Change Interventions Among People With Chronic Diseases: Systematic
Review
T. L. Kyaw, Nawi Ng, Margarita Theocharaki, P. Wennberg, K. G. Sahlen
Interactive Journal of Medical Research - 2023 -
Family structure and depressive symptoms among older adults in China: A marginal structural model
analysis
Xiaowei Dong, Nawi Ng, Ailiana Santosa
Journal of Affective Disorders - 2023 -
Neighbourhood social sustainable development and spatial scale: a qualitative case study in
Sweden
L. Zetterberg, M. Eriksson, C. Ravry, Ailiana Santosa, Nawi Ng
Local Environment - 2023 -
An intersectional analysis of sociodemographic disparities in Covid-19 vaccination: A nationwide register-based study in
Sweden.
Malin Spetz, Lisa Lundberg, Chioma Nwaru, Huiqi Li, Ailiana Santosa, Nawi Ng, Susannah Leach, Magnus Gisslén, N Hammar, Fredrik Nyberg, Maria Rosvall
Vaccine - 2022 -
Socioeconomic disparities in the burden of hypertension among Indonesian adults - a multilevel
analysis.
Yusuf Ari Mashuri, Nawi Ng, Ailiana Santosa
Global health action - 2022 -
Frailty Risk in Older Adults Associated With Long-Term Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 in 6 Middle-Income
Countries
Yanfei Guo, Nawi Ng, P. Kowal, H. L. Lin, Y. Ruan, Y. Shi, F. Wu
Journals of Gerontology Series a-Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences - 2022 -
Association of education and feedback on hypertension management with risk for stroke and cardiovascular
disease
M. Brunstrom, Nawi Ng, J. Dahlstrom, L. H. Lindholm, M. Norberg, L. Nystrom, L. Weinehall, B. Carlberg
Blood Pressure - 2022 -
Low physical activity is associated with adverse health outcome and higher costs in Indonesia: A national panel
study
Anindya Kanya, T. Marthias, M. Zulfikar Biruni, S. Hage, Nawi Ng, A. A. Laverty, B. McPake, C. Millett, T. N. Haregu, E. S. G. Hulse, Y. Cao, J. T. Lee
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine - 2022 -
Potential and challenges for an integrated management of tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension: A scoping review
protocol
V. Widyaningsih, R. P. Febrinasari, V. Sari, C. Augustania, B. Verlita, C. Wahyuni, B. Alisjahbana, Ailiana Santosa, Nawi Ng, A. Probandari
PLoS ONE - 2022 -
The relative impact of underweight, overweight, smoking, and physical inactivity on health and associated costs in Indonesia: propensity score matching of a national
sample.
Zulfikar Ihyauddin, Tiara Marthias, Anindya Kanya, Nawi Ng, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi, Emily S G Hulse, Reza Pandu Aji, Dwi Astuti Dharma Putri, John Tayu Lee
BMC health services research - 2022 -
Frailty and types of social relationships among older adults in 17 European countries: A latent class
analysis
S. K. Lestari, M. Eriksson, X. de Luna, G. Malmberg, Nawi Ng
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics - 2022 -
Self-reported exposure of Indonesian adolescents to online and offline tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship
(TAPS)
W. Septiono, M. A. G. Kuipers, Nawi Ng, A. E. Kunst
Tobacco Control - 2022 -
Association between estimated glomerular filtration rate and 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk among community residents in Shanghai,
China
Y. Zhang, Y. Yu, J. Zhu, Q. Zhao, Y. Qiu, S. Cui, Y. Xiang, Y. Wu, Nawi Ng, W. Wang, Y. Jiang, G. Zhao
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases - 2022 -
Social Capital and Sustainable Social Development-How Are Changes in Neighbourhood Social Capital Associated with Neighbourhood Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic
Characteristics?
M. Eriksson, Ailiana Santosa, L. Zetterberg, I. Kawachi, Nawi Ng
Sustainability - 2021 -
Prediction of 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk among community residents in Shanghai, China - a comparative analysis of risk
algorithms
Y. Zhang, Q. Zhao, Nawi Ng, W. B. Wang, N. Wang, Y. Qiu, Y. T. Yu, Y. Xiang, S. H. Cui, M. Y. Zhu, Y. G. Jiang, G. M. Zhao
Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases - 2021 -
A longitudinal study on social support, social participation, and older Europeans' Quality of
life
S. K. Lestari, X. de Luna, M. Eriksson, G. Malmberg, Nawi Ng
Ssm-Population Health - 2021 -
Sustainable Behavior Change for Health Supported by Person-Tailored, Adaptive, Risk-Aware Digital Coaching in a Social Context: Study Protocol for the STAR-C Research
Programme
Nawi Ng, M. Eriksson, E. Guerrero, C. Gustafsson, J. Kinsman, J. Lindberg, H. Lindgren, K. Lindvall, A. S. Lundgren, G. Lonnberg, K. G. Sahlen, Ailiana Santosa, L. R. Sundberg, L. Weinehall, P. Wennberg
Frontiers in Public Health - 2021 -
Impact of non-communicable disease multimorbidity on health service use, catastrophic health expenditure and productivity loss in Indonesia: a population-based panel data analysis
study
T. Marthias, Anindya Kanya, Nawi Ng, B. McPake, R. Atun, H. Arfyanto, E. S. G. Hulse, Y. Zhao, H. Jusril, T. X. Pan, M. Ishida, J. T. Lee
BMJ Open - 2021 -
Effect of multimorbidity on utilisation and out-of-pocket expenditure in Indonesia: quantile regression
analysis
Anindya Kanya, Nawi Ng, R. Atun, T. Marthias, Y. Zhao, B. McPake, A. van Heusden, T. Pan, J. T. Lee
BMC health services research - 2021 -
Mortality transition over a quarter century in rural South Africa: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt
1993-2018
C. W. Kabudula, B. Houle, D. Ohene-Kwofie, D. Mahlangu, Nawi Ng, H. V. Minh, F. X. Gomez-Olive, S. Tollman, K. Kahn
Global Health Action - 2021 -
The Mediating Role of Parental Factors in the Social Patterning of Smoking among Adolescents in Urban
Indonesia
W. Septiono, M. A. G. Kuipers, Nawi Ng, A. E. Kunst
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention - 2021 -
Impact of COVID-19 on Neighborhood Social Support and Social Interactions in Umea Municipality,
Sweden
L. Zetterberg, Ailiana Santosa, Nawi Ng, Matilda Karlsson, M. Eriksson
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities - 2021 -
Prescription of Lipid-Lowering and Antihypertensive Drugs Following Pictorial Information About Subclinical Atherosclerosis A Secondary Outcome of a Randomized Clinical
Trial
M. Sjolander, B. Carlberg, M. Norberg, U. Naslund, Nawi Ng
Jama Network Open - 2021 -
Contribution of multiple pathways to the relationship between visual impairment and depression: Explaining mental health inequalities among older Chinese
adults
Xiaowei Dong, Nawi Ng
Journal of Affective Disorders - 2021 -
Changes in the provision of instrumental support by older adults in nine European countries during 2004-2015: a panel data
analysis
S. K. Lestari, X. de Luna, M. Eriksson, G. Malmberg, Nawi Ng
BMC Geriatrics - 2020 -
Income inequality and old-age mortality in Sweden: do regional development and lagged effect
matter?
Nawi Ng, E. Lundevaller, G. Malmberg, S. Edvinsson
Health and Place - 2020 -
Adverse perinatal conditions and receiving a disability pension early in
life.
Fredinah Namatovu, Erling Häggström Lundevaller, Lotta Vikström, Nawi Ng
PloS one - 2020 -
Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19: Multi-Faceted Problems Which Require Multi-Pronged
Solutions
W. B. Jemberie, J. S. Williams, M. Eriksson, A. S. Gronlund, Nawi Ng, M. B. Nilsson, M. Padyab, K. C. Priest, M. Sandlund, F. Snellman, D. McCarty, L. M. Lundgren
Frontiers in Psychiatry - 2020 -
Study Protocol: Social Capital as a Resource for the Planning and Design of Socially Sustainable and Health Promoting Neighborhoods- A Mixed Method
Study
Ailiana Santosa, Nawi Ng, L. Zetterberg, M. Eriksson
Frontiers in Public Health - 2020 -
Gender differences and determinants of prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among adults in China and
Sweden
Ailiana Santosa, Y. Zhang, L. Weinehall, G. M. Zhao, N. Wang, Q. Zhao, W. B. Wang, Nawi Ng
BMC Public Health - 2020 -
Health literacy is independently and inversely associated with carotid artery plaques and cardiovascular
risk.
Bernt Lindahl, Margareta Norberg, Helene Johansson, Kristina Lindvall, Nawi Ng, Maria Nordin, Steven Nordin, Ulf Näslund, Amanda Persson, Davide Vanoli, Peter J Schulz
European journal of preventive cardiology - 2020 -
The impact of local smoke-free policies on smoking behaviour among adults in Indonesia: a quasi-experimental national
study
W. Septiono, M. A. G. Kuipers, Nawi Ng, A. E. Kunst
Addiction - 2020 -
Changes in adolescent smoking with implementation of local smoke-free policies in Indonesia: Quasi-experimental repeat cross-sectional analysis of national surveys of 2007 and
2013
W. Septiono, M. A. G. Kuipers, Nawi Ng, A. E. Kunst
Drug and Alcohol Dependence - 2020 -
Association of physician education and feedback on hypertension management with patient blood pressure and hypertension
control
Mattias Brunström, Nawi Ng, John Dahlström, Lars H Lindholm, Göran Lönnberg, Margareta Norberg, Lennarth Nyström, Lars Weinehall, Bo Carlberg
JAMA Network Open - 2020 -
Living alone and mortality among older people in Västerbotten County in Sweden: a survey and register-based longitudinal
study
Nawi Ng, Ailiana Santosa, Lars Weinehall, Gunnar Malmberg
BMC Geriatrics - 2020 -
Diversity in the Factors Associated with ADL-Related Disability among Older People in Six Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Country
Comparison.
Septi Kurnia Lestari, Paul Kowal, Ailiana Santosa, Nawi Ng
International journal of environmental research and public health - 2019 -
Prevalence and the association of body mass index and other risk factors with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes among 50,867 adults in China and Sweden: A cross-sectional
study
Yue Zhang, Ailiana Santosa, Na Wang, Weibing Wang, Nawi Ng, Qi Zhao, Yonggen Jiang, Lars Weinehall, Genming Zhao
Diabetes Therapy - 2019 -
The effect of neighbourhood social capital on child injuries: A gender-stratified
analysis
Malin Eriksson, Urban Lindgren, Anneli Ivarsson, Nawi Ng
Health and Place - 2019 -
Progress of smoke-free policy adoption at district level in Indonesia: A policy diffusion
study
Wahyu Septiono, Mirte A.G. Kuipers, Nawi Ng, Anton E. Kunst
International Journal of Drug Policy - 2019 -
Inequality in disability-free life expectancies among older men and women in six countries with developing
economies.
Ailiana Santosa, Julia Schröders, Masoud Vaezghasemi, Nawi Ng
Journal of epidemiology and community health - 2016 -
Is self-rated health an independent index for mortality among older people in
Indonesia?
Mohammad Hakimi, Ailiana Santosa, Peter Byass, Siswanto Agus Wilopo, Stig Wall, Nawi Ng
PloS one - 2012