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Nawi Ng
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School of Public Health and Community MedicineAbout Nawi Ng
MD, MPH, PhD. Prof. Nawi Ng is a Professor of Global Health at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institution of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. He is a medical doctor and epidemiologist by training and leads the Global and Public Health research group at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg.
Prof. Ng previously worked at Umeå University in Sweden, where he served as a Senior Lecturer (2007–2014) and Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health (2015–2019). He was also a Visiting Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health from 2019 to April 2024.
Research area
His research focuses on inequalities in non-communicable diseases and their risk factors, risk behavior estimation and behavioral changes, population aging, disability and quality of life among older people, and unmet healthcare and social care needs, along with financial protection in Sweden and low- and middle-income countries.
Prof. Ng leads several research projects, including: (i) unmet healthcare and social care needs; (ii) poverty and healthcare utilization in Cambodia; (iii) a multilevel intersectional study of communities’ vulnerability and public health institutions’ capacity to cope with COVID-19; and (iv) the development of digital coaching for sustainable behavior changes and health promotion in Sweden (STAR-C). He also serves as a Co-Principal Investigator on a project at Umeå University focused on social capital for the planning and design of sustainable neighborhoods in Sweden.
He has published 167 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, including in The Lancet, International Journal of Epidemiology, Bulletin of the WHO, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Innovation in Aging, and BMC Geriatrics. He has an H-index of 52.
Prof. Ng has held editorial roles as the Managing Editor (2007–2014) and Chief Editor (2015–2018) of the Global Health Action open-access journal. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Group of SEACO—Southeast Asia Community Observatory (2014–2019) and has served on the Scientific Advisory Group for Indonesia's Sleman Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) since 2016 and the KAHER HDSS in India since 2023.
Teaching Responsibilities
Prof. Nawi Ng has supervised thirteen Ph.D. students to completion and is currently supervising ten ongoing Ph.D. candidates.
At the Master of Global Health Programme, University of Gothenburg:
- MGH101: Global Health Challenges in an Interdisciplinary Context (15 ECTS) – Teacher
- MGH102: Epidemiology (15 ECTS) – Teacher
- MGH311: Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics (7.5 ECTS) – Course Leader
- MGH400: Degree Project in Global Health (30 ECTS) – Course Leader
At the Master of Public Health Science Programme, University of Gothenburg:
- MPH221: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (15 ECTS) – Teacher
- MPH223: Social Epidemiology (15 ECTS) – Teacher
- MPH235: Public Health Work (15 ECTS) – Mentor for Interns
- MPH241: Master Thesis (30 ECTS) – Thesis Supervisor
Additional Teaching Responsibilities:
At the University of Gothenburg:
- Course Coordinator for the new Global Health course (3 ECTS) for the undergraduate medical program, starting in 2025.
- Teacher for the LÄA091: Social Medicine course in the undergraduate medical program.
- Thesis Supervisor for the LÄA110: Examensarbete course (Degree Project for Undergraduate Medical Students).
- Teacher in SM00130: The Individual, Health, and the Community (4 ECTS), a PhD course.
At Umeå University:
- Teacher in the UMU-30509: Global Health (10 ECTS) course, Master of Public Health Programme.
At Karolinska Institute:
- Teacher in 3GB015: Non-communicable Diseases, Injuries, and Emergencies: A Global Health Perspective (3 ECTS) course, Master's Programme in Global Health.
Latest update: 10 September 2024.
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Patterns of Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors and Its Associated Factors: A Cross-sectional Study in Yogyakarta,
Indonesia
Septi Kurnia Lestari, Ratri Kusuma Wardani, Eggi Arguni, Jajah Fachiroh, Lutfan Lazuardi, Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Nawi Ng, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi
ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR - 2024 -
The impact of multimorbidity among adults with cardiovascular diseases on healthcare costs in Indonesia: a multilevel
analysis
Royasia Viki Ramadani, Mikael Svensson, Sven Hassler, Budi Hidayat, Nawi Ng
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH - 2024 -
Interrelationships between physical multimorbidity, depressive symptoms and cognitive function among older adults in China, India and Indonesia: A four-way decomposition
analysis
Anindya Kanya, Yang Zhao, Thanh Hoang, John Tayu Lee, Sanjay Juvekar, Anand Krishnan, Vanessa Mbuma, Tarishi Sharma, Nawi Ng
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics - 2024 -
Patterns and determinants of tobacco purchase behaviors among male cigarette smokers in Vietnam: A latent class
analysis
Thi Ngoc Phuong Nguyen, Monica Hunsberger, Jesper Löve, Tu Anh Duong, Thi Hai Phan, Ngoc Khue Luong, Van Minh Hoang, Nawi Ng
TOBACCO INDUCED DISEASES - 2024 -
Frailty Trajectories in Chinese Older Adults: Evidence From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal
Study
Yanfei Guo, Nawi Ng, Sven Hassler, Fan Wu, Junmei Miao Jonasson
INNOVATION IN AGING - 2024 -
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare utilization among older adults with cardiovascular diseases and multimorbidity in Indonesia: an interrupted time-series
analysis.
Royasia Viki Ramadani, Mikael Svensson, Sven Hassler, Budi Hidayat, Nawi Ng
BMC public health - 2024 -
Volunteering and instrumental support during the first phase of the pandemic in Europe: the significance of COVID-19 exposure and stringent country’s COVID-19
policy
Septi Kurnia Lestari, Malin Eriksson, Xavier de Luna, Gunnar Malmberg, Nawi Ng
BMC Public Health - 2024 -
The moderating effect of mental health and health insurance ownership on the relationships between physical multimorbidity and healthcare utilisation and catastrophic health expenditure in
India
Finja Berger, Anindya Kanya, Sanghamitra Pati, Shishirendu Ghosal, Stefanie Dreger, John Tayu Lee, Nawi Ng
BMC GERIATRICS - 2024 -
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 -
Individual-, social- and policy- factors associated with smoking cessation among adult male cigarette smokers in Hanoi, Vietnam: a longitudinal
study
Thi Ngoc Phuong Nguyen, Jesper Löve, Monica Hunsberger, Thi Phuong Thao Tran, Thuy Linh Nguyen, Thi Hai Phan, Ngoc Khue Luong, Van Minh Hoang, Nawi Ng
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH - 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 -
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 -
Socioeconomic disparities in the burden of hypertension among Indonesian adults - a multilevel
analysis.
Yusuf Ari Mashuri, Nawi Ng, Ailiana Santosa
Global health action - 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The beneficial effect over 3 years by pictorial information to patients and their physician about subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk: Results from the VIPVIZA randomized clinical
trial
Anna Bengtsson, Margareta Norberg, Nawi Ng, Bo Carlberg, Christer Gronlund, Johan Hultdin, Bernt Lindahl, Bertil Lindahl, Steven Nordin, Emma Nyman, Patrik Wennberg, Per Wester, Ulf Naslund
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY - 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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