Ásgeir Helgason
Ásgeir R. Helgason (born 1957) is an Icelandic scientist working at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Since 2002 he has been an associate professor in psychology at the Departments of Oncology-Pathology and Public Health at the Karolinska Institutet and Reykjavik University, Iceland.Ásgeir is best known for his population based research on sexual function and emotional isolation in elderly men and prostate cancer patients, patient trade-off and his work on smoking cessation and quitlines. Helgason was a prime mover in the establishment of the Swedish and Icelandic national quitlines for smoking cessation (1998) and responsible for their development. He was also engaged in the development of a similar telephone-based proactive treatment for people who seek help for controlling their alcohol consumption (alcohol quitline).
Other work includes research on motivational interviewing and palliative care, followed by an ethical analysis of facilitating death talk in end-of-life care.
Ásgeir has two sons. His brother-in-law is writer and humourist Tim Moore, his father is scientist Helgi Valdimarsson and he is a brother of scientist Agnar Helgason. Provided by Wikipedia
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7by Love, Gudmundur, Helgason, Asgeir R., Kristjansson, Alfgeir L.Get access
Published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health (2021)
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8by Skulason Bragi, Jonsdottir Lilja, Sigurdardottir Valgerdur, Helgason Asgeir RGet access
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12by Skulason, Bragi, Jonsdottir, Lilja S, Sigurdardottir, Valgerdur, Helgason, Asgeir RGet access
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13by Skulason, Bragi, Jonsdottir, Lilja Sigrun, Sigurdardottir, Valgerdur, Helgason, Asgeir RGet access
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14by Lund, Karl E., Skrondal, Anders, Vertio, Harri, Helgason, Ásgeir R.Get access
Published in Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine (1998)
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17by Kristjansson, Alfgeir L, Sigfusdottir, Inga D, Allegrante, John P, Helgason, Asgeir RGet access
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18by Allegrante John P, Sigfusdottir Inga D, Kristjansson Alfgeir L, Helgason Asgeir RGet access
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19by Kristjansson, Alfgeir Logi, Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora, Allegrante, John P., Helgason, Asgeir RGet access
Published in Acta Paediatrica (2009)
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20by Kristjansson, Álfgeir L, Sigfusdottir, Inga D, Allegrante, John P, Helgason, Asgeir RGet access
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