Christina Marie Brux

• Winkler, Andrea Sylvia; Mburu, Christina Brux; Carabin, Hélène; Neves, Carlos Goncalo Rolhas Fernandes Das; Häsler, Barbara & Zinsstag, Jakob [Vis alle 40 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2025). The Lancet One Health Commission: harnessing our interconnectedness for equitable, sustainable, and healthy socioecological systems. The Lancet. ISSN 0140-6736. 406(10502), s. 501–570. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00627-0. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Madar, Ahmed Ali; Brux, Christina Marie; Wedegren, Mia Charlott; Rangsvåg, Hege; Ek, Nina Lilly & Thompson, Anna Lorraine (2023). Barriers and facilitators to physical activity and healthy eating: A qualitative study among Somali women in Oslo, Norway. Norsk tidsskrift for ernæring (NTFE). ISSN 1503-5034. 20, s. 7–11. doi: 10.18261/ntfe.21.1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Background: In Norway, the proportion of overweight and obesity in the population is increasing with a significant social gradient and women from certain non-Western immigrant groups are particularly vulnerable. Few studies have investigated lifestyle changes related to physical activity and diet among immigrants. This study aimed to investigate the facilitators and barriers to a healthy diet and physical activity among Somali women in Norway. Method: This study used a qualitative design, where two focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted among Somali women in Oslo to examine their perspectives and perceptions regarding barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and physical activity, as well as their suggestions to resolve these. Results: The study generated insight into several factors of potential importance for dietary habits and physical activity, including knowledge of nutrition, food culture and traditions, familial influence and challenges related to economy, religion, and language. Discussion: Somali women in Oslo experience several barriers to healthy eating and physical activity. The findings of this study emphasize the importance of culturally tailored and language-specific preventive health programs, designed to meet the unique needs of this group. These findings can contribute to the design and implementation of health interventions aimed at Somali and potentially other immigrant groups.

• Addawe, Mohammed-nur-Ahmed; Mburu, Christina Brux & Madar, Ahmed Ali (2018). Barriers to cervical cancer screening: A qualitative study among Somali women in Oslo Norway. Health and Primary Care (HPC). 2(1), s. 1–5. doi: 10.15761/HPC.1000128. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mburu, Christina Brux; Hilden, Per Kristian & Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin (2018). "Klokka tikker, tiden går": Time and irregular migration. Time & Society. ISSN 0961-463X. s. 1–35. doi: 10.1177/0961463X18783356. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Larsen, Tine Mejdell; Mburu, Christina Brux; Kongelf, Anine; Tingberg, Tonje; Sannoh, Fatmata & Madar, Ahmed Ali (2017). Red Cross volunteers’ experience with a mobile community event- based surveillance (CEBS) system in Sierra Leone during-and after the Ebola outbreak- A qualitative study. Health and Primary Care (HPC). doi: 10.15761/hpc.1000114. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Purpose: The objective of this study was to explore the volunteers’ experiences with and perspectives on the community event-based surveillance system in Sierra Leone. Methods and materials: 62 volunteers from 14 different chiefdoms participated in in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, which were audio recorded and transcribed. A comprehensive and systematic thematic analysis was conducted, which identified key benefits and challenges. Results: The volunteers believe CEBS positively impacts their communities. CEBS increases knowledge and behavior change, contributing to the prevention of Ebola and other diseases and decreasing overall mortality. Volunteers are motivated to participate by an aspiration of helping their community, although many volunteers also participated in the hope of receiving monetary incentives. Communities were initially reluctant to participate in surveillance due to fear of Ebola, but acceptance increased with improved community engagement. Reporting by phone call and SMS was perceived as a quick and simple way of reporting, although challenges with access to mobile network, sim registration and cost for charging were identified. Many of the volunteers could not repeat or explain the different case definitions and explained reporting on symptoms solely or other health events, suggesting that the volunteers did not have a clear understanding of case definitions or purpose of CEBS. Conclusion: SMS reporting directly from the community is perceived as a timely, easy and reliable way of sharing important information, but the usefulness of the system relies not only on the structure of the system itself, but also on external factors, such as the relationship between the community members and the volunteers, and the logistical structure.

• Wathne, Kjetil; Mburu, Christina Brux & Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin (2015). Obesity and minority—changing meanings of big bodies among young Pakistani obesity patients in Norway. Sport, Education and Society. ISSN 1357-3322. 20(2), s. 171–189. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2012.754751. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mburu, Christina Brux; Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin & Hilden, Per Kristian (2015). Utvikling av psykiske og psykososiale helsetjenester ved Helsesenteret for papirløse migranter, Eksepsjonell velferd? Irregulære migranter i det norske velferdssamfunnet. Gyldendal Juridisk. ISSN 9788205484252. s. 165–182. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Havnes, Ingrid Amalia; Clausen, Thomas; Mburu, Christina Brux & Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin (2014). The role of substance use and morality in violent crime - a qualitative study among imprisoned individuals in opioid maintenance treatment. Harm Reduction Journal. 11:24. doi: 10.1186/1477-7517-11-24. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Background Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) is regarded as a crime control measure. Yet, some individuals are charged with violent criminal offenses while enrolled in OMT. This article aims to generate nuanced knowledge about violent crime among a group of imprisoned, OMT-enrolled individuals by exploring their understandings of the role of substances in violent crime prior to and during OMT, moral values related to violent crime, and post-crime processing of their moral transgressions. Methods Twenty-eight semi-structured interviews were undertaken among 12 OMT-enrolled prisoners. The interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. An exploratory, thematic analysis was carried out with a reflexive and interactive approach. Findings Prior to OMT, substances and, in particular, high-dose benzodiazepines were deliberately used to induce ‘antisocial selves’ capable of transgressing individual moral codes and performing non-violent and violent criminal acts, mainly to support costly heroin use. During OMT, impulsive and uncontrolled substance use just prior to the violent acts that the participants were imprisoned for was reported. Yet, to conduct a (violent) criminal act does not necessarily imply that one is without moral principles. The study participants maintain moral standards, engage in complex moral negotiations, and struggle to reconcile their moral transgressions. Benzodiazepines were also used to reduce memories of and alleviate the guilt associated with having committed violent crimes. Conclusions Substances are used to transgress moral codes prior to committing and to neutralize the shame and guilt experienced after having committed violent crimes. Being simultaneously enrolled in OMT and imprisoned for a (violent) crime might evoke feelings of ‘double’ shame and guilt for both the criminal behavior prior to treatment and the actual case(s) one is imprisoned for while in OMT. Treatment providers should identify individuals with histories of violent behavior and, together with them, explore concrete episodes of violence and their emotional reactions. Particular attention should be given to potential relationships between substance use and violence and treatment approaches tailored accordingly. What appears as severe antisocial personality disorder may be partly explained by substance use.

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• Mburu, Christina Brux; Hilden, Per Kristian & Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin (2014). Psychosocial Service Provision at the Health Center for Undocumented Migrants: Findings from an Ethnographic Study of Mental Health among Undocumented Migrants in Norway. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mburu, Christina Brux; Hilden, Per Kristian & Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin (2014). Manifestations of Exclusion in the Norwegian Welfare State: Mental Health and Wellbeing among Undocumented Migrants in Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mburu, Christina Brux; Hilden, Per Kristian & Middelthon, Anne-Lise Orvin (2014). The "Crisis of Presence" among Undocumented Migrants in the Norwegian Welfare State. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mburu, Christina Brux & Hilden, Per Kristian (2012). The Politics of Suffering amongst the Displaced Southern Sudanese of Khartoum. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mburu, Christina Brux; Hilden, Per Kristian & Hauff, Edvard (2011). Understanding Mental Health in a Context of Violence, Forced Displacement, Oppression and Suffering: A Qualitative Analysis of the Mental Health Realities among the Southern Sudanese Migrants of Khartoum. Universitetet i Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mburu, Christina Brux & Sarker, Sonita (2007). From Theory to Practice in Postmodern Times: Female Genital Operations as a Catalyst for Interrogating Imperial Feminisms and Decolonizing Transnational Feminist Politics. Macalester College. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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