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 Department of Public Health Research Research areas Epidemiology, Environment and Biostatistics Vaccination epidemiology

Vaccination epidemiology

In 2019, the WHO put vaccine scepticism on their top 10 list of global threats to public health. We experienced it ourselves in Denmark when introducing the HPV vaccine, and there has been discussions in connection with vaccination against COVID-19.

When we introduce vaccines to a large number of citizens, symptoms that actually have other causes may occur in temporal relations with the vaccines, just by accident. If the true causes of the symptoms are unclear, then the vaccine will often be a tangible explanation in the hunt for a cause. Thus, our research aims to contribute to greater confidence in the vaccination programme by identifying the actual side effects and by rejecting side effects that have other causes.

Research areas

We have a particular focus on non-specific symptoms. We often cannot find information about these in the registers, and, it is therefore necessary to collect the information directly from the citizens.

Currently, our research focuses on two projects:

  • Possible side effects from Corona vaccine
  • Possible causes of symptoms after HPV vaccination

Recent publications

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Shrestha, A., Olsen, J., Ramlau-Hansen, C. H., Bech, B. H. & Nøhr, E. A. (2011). Obesity and age at menarche. Fertility and Sterility, 95(8), 2732-2734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.020
Shrestha, A., Nøhr, E. A., Bech, B. H., Ramlau-Hansen, C. H. & Olsen, J. (2011). Smoking and alcohol use during pregnancy and age of menarche in daughters. Human Reproduction, 26(1), 259-65. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deq316
Bech, B. H. (2011). What advice should be given to pregnant mothers on caffeine consumption? Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 6(3), 259-279.
Danielsen, I., Granstrøm, C., Rytter, D., Bech, B. H., Vaag, A. & F Olsen, S. (2010). Impact of Physical Activity in Pregnancy on BMI, Waist Circumference and Blood Pressure in Adult Offspring. Poster session presented at The 5th Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe (CELSE 2010), Paphos, Cyprus.
Rytter, D., Bech, B. H., Schmidt, E. B., Christensen, J. H., Henriksen, T. B. & Olsen, S. F. (2010). Maternal intake of fish oil and risk factors for the metabolic syndrome in the 18 year old offspring. Abstract from PhD Day 2010, Aarhus University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Aarhus, Denmark.
Rytter, D., Bech, B. H., Schmidt, E. B., Christensen, J. H., Henriksen, T. B. & Olsen, S. F. (2010). Maternal intake of fish oil and risk factors for the metabolic syndrome in the 18 year old offspring. Poster session presented at PhD Day 2010, Århus, Denmark.
Rytter, D., Schmidt, E. B., Bech, B. H., Christensen, J. H., Henriksen, T. B. & Olsen, S. F. (2010). Maternal intake of fish oil during pregnancy and blood lipid status in adulthood: follow-up study over two decades from a randomized controlled trial. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 1(3 Suppl), 70.

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A research project that aims to clarify frequency of symptoms among vaccinated vs. unvaccinated persons.
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