Dr. Kersti Pärna

University of Tartu, Estonia

Email: kersti.parna@ut.ee

Qualifications

2008 Associate professor, University of Tartu, Pubic Health
2005 Doctoral Degree, University of Helsinki
1997 Master of Public Health degree, University of Kuopio
1985 Qualification in Medicine, University of Tartu
1984 Medical Degree, University of Tartu

Publications (Selected)

1. Pärna K, Leon DA. Surrogate drinking in Estonia. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011; 35: 1–4.
2. Lang K, Pärna K, Grjibovski AM, Väli M. Deaths of infants subject to forensic autopsy in Estonia from 2001 to 2005: what can we learn from additional information? Population Health Metrics 2010; 8: 27.
3. Pärna K, Rahu K. Dramatic increase in alcoholic liver cirrhosis mortality in Estonia in 1992–2008. Alcohol & Alcoholism 2010; 45: 548–551.
4. Pärna K, Rahu K, Helakorpi S, Tekkel M. Alcohol consumption in Estonia and Finland: Finbalt survey 1994–2006. BMC Public Health 2010; 10: 261.
5. Pärna K, Ringmets I. Comparison of socio-economic differences in self-perceived health in Estonia and Finland. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2010; 38: 129–134.
6. Rahu K, Pärna K, Palo E, Rahu M. Contrasts in alcohol-related mortality in Estonia: education and ethnicity. Alcohol & Alcoholism 2009; 44: 517–522.
7. Reinhard V, Pärna K, Lang K, Pisarev H, Sipria A, Starkopf J. Long-term outcome of bystander-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Estonia from 1999 to 2002. Resuscitation 2009; 80: 73–8.
8. Pärna K, Usin J, Ringmets I. Cigarette and waterpipe smoking among adolescents in Estonia: HBSC survey results, 1994–2006. BMC Public Health 2008; 8: 392.
9. Pärna K, Lang K, Raju K, Väli M, McKee M. A rapid situation assessment of the market for surrogate and illegal alcohols in Tallinn, Estonia. International Journal of Public Health 2007; 52: 402–410.
10. Pärna K, Rahu M, Youngman LD, Rahu K, Nygård-KiburM, Koupil I. Self-reported and serum cotinine-validated smoking in pregnant women in Estonia. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2005; 9: 385–392.
11. Pärna K, Rahu K, Barengo NC, Rahu M, Sandström PH, Jormanainen VJ, Myllykangas MT. Comparison of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour regarding smoking among Estonian and Finnish physicians. Social and Preventive Medicine 2005; 50: 378–388.
12. Pärna K, Rahu K, Rahu M. Smoking habits and attitudes towards smoking among Estonian physicians. Public Health 2005; 119: 390–399.
13. Sarlio-Lähteenkorva S, Pärna K, Palosuo H, Zhuravleva I, Mussalo-Rauhamaa H. Weight satisfaction and self-esteem among teenagers in Helsinki, Moscow and Tallinn. Eating and Weight Disorders 2003; 8: 289–295.
14. Pärna K, Rahu K, Fischer K, Mussalo-Rauhamaa H, Zhuravleva I, Umbleja T, Rahu M. Smoking and associated factors among adolescents in Tallinn, Helsinki and Moscow: a multilevel analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2003; 31: 350–358.
15. Pärna K, Rahu K, Rahu M. Patterns of smoking in Estonia. Addiction 2002; 97: 871–876.