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Stefán Hrafn Jónsson - Dean of School
–
School of Social Sciences
Stefán Hrafn Jónsson
Hann/Hans
Íslenska
Dean of School
Professor in sociology
Location
Gimli / G-120
Phone
525 - 4093
8335577
Email
shj [at] hi.is
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Administration
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By appointment
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9732-9886
Research portal – Stefán Hrafn Jónsson
 
 
 
Education
2009
,
Doktorspróf
,
Pennsylvania State University
,
Demography and Sociology
1999
,
MA
,
Pennsylvania State University
,
Demography and Sociology
1994
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
Psychology
Professional Experience
2011 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
2017 -
2018,
Vicepresident,
The Consumers' | Association of Iceland
2009 -
2011,
Deputy director,
Public Health Institute of Iceland
2005 -
2011,
Division Director,
Public Health Institute of Iceland
2004 -
2005,
Researcher,
ParX Business Consulting
2000 -
2004,
Researcher,
The Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis (
1997 -
2002,
Research assistant,
Population Research Institute Pennsylvania State University
1994 -
1997,
Researcher,
Icelandic Institute for Educational Research
Published works
2021
Challenges of using asthma admission rates as a measure of primary care quality in children
Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
2020
Declining internal migration in Iceland 1986–2016.
Population, Space and Place
Is internal migration declining in Iceland? Intensities, geographical patterns and population composition 1986–2017
Population, Space and Place
Is internal migration declining in Iceland? Intensities, geographical patterns and population composition 1986–2017
Population, Space and Place
Timing of paediatric orchidopexy in universal healthcare systems
BJS open
Organisation of preventive child health services
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Predicted loss and gain of function mutations in ACO1 are associated with erythropoiesis
Communications Biology
2018
Coding variants in RPL3L and MYZAP increase risk of atrial fibrillation
Communications Biology
2017
Af akri lýðfræði Íslands
The Icelandic Society
Economic conditions, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease: analysis of the Icelandic economic collapse
Health Economics Review
Economic conditions, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease
Health Economics Review
2016
Algengi kynferðislegrar áreitni og ofbeldis gegn íslenskum unglingum
Læknablaðið
Algengi kynferðislegs áreitis og ofbeldis gegn íslenskum unglingum
Læknablaðið
Algengi kynferðislegrar áreitni og ofbeldis gegn íslenskum unglingum
Læknablaðið
2014
Skortur og heilsa Íslendinga fyrir og eftir bankahrun
Íslenska þjóðfélagið.
Mental health indicators and quality of life among individuals with musculoskeletal chronic pain: a nationwide study in Iceland
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Mental health indicators and quality of life among individuals with musculoskeletal chronic pain
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
The Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE) applied retrospectively to two studies
Clinical Oral Investigations
The Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE) applied retrospectively to two studies
Clinical Oral Investigations
2013
Does neighbourhood social capital aid in levelling the social gradient in the health and well-being of children and adolescents? A literature review
BMC Public Health
Functional limitations and physical symptoms of individuals with chronic pain.
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
High youth access to movies that contain smoking in Europe compared with the USA
Tobacco Control
Web-based versus traditional paper questionnaires
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Increased stress among women following an economic collapse-a prospective cohort study
American Journal of Epidemiology
2012
WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH EQUITY
Alcohol consumption in movies and adolescent binge drinking in 6 European countries
Pediatrics
Body weight dissatisfaction in the Icelandic adult population
European Journal of Public Health
Community social structure, social capital and adolescent smoking
Health and Place
Body weight dissatisfaction in the Icelandic adult population
European Journal of Public Health
2011
Smoking in movies and adolescent smoking
Thorax
2010
Caries prevalence of permanent teeth: a national survey of children in Iceland using ICDAS
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Caries prevalence of permanent teeth
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Prevalence of dental erosion in children
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
2009
Bayesian estimation of hispanic fertility hazards from survey and population data
Demography
Dreifing tannátu og glerungseyðingar eftir búsetu meðal 1., 7. og 10. bekkinga á Íslandi – niðurstöður úr MUNNÍS 2005
Tannlæknablaðið
Socio-economic inequality in multiple health complaints among adolescents
International Journal of Public Health
BAYESIAN ESTIMATION OF HISPANIC FERTILITY HAZARDS FROM SURVEY AND POPULATION DATA
Demography
2008
Holdafar (BMI) og tannheilsa 15 ára íslenskra unglinga
Tannlæknablaðið
Holdafar og tannheilsa 15 ára íslenskra unglinga
Tannlæknablaðið
2007
Inequalities and Social Cohesion in Psycho-Somatic Health: Individual and Community Processes in Iceland. Social Cohesion for Mental Wellbeing among Adolescents. World Health Organization
Economic instability, social regulation and anomie
Samband menntunar og munnheilsu
2006
Some Intergenerational Transfer Implications of Birth Fluctuations
International Studies in Population
2005
Contrast effects in perceived risk of substance use
Substance Use and Misuse
2004
The 2003 Icelandic School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs - Techical Report -
The fertility contribution of Mexican immigration to the United States
Demography
The fertility contribution of Mexican immigration to the United States
Demography
Lýðfræði Íslands
2003
Estimating multistate transition rates from population distributions
Demographic Research
A diminishing population whose every cohort more than replaces itself
Demographic Research
Modeling momentum in gradual demographic transitions
Demography
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Dental Health in Medieval Icelandairs
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