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Håp og meistring hos ungdom og unge vaksne som gjennomgår kreftbehandling
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Samandrag: Bakgrunn: Årleg får omtrent 300 ungdom og unge vaksne i alderen 13 til 26 år kreft i Noreg. Pasientgruppa utgjer ei sårbar gruppe med særeigne behov. Dei opplever markant dårlegare utfall enn høvesvis kreftsjuke ... -
Håpets betydning
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Bakgrunn: Hvert år tar over 600 mennesker i Norge selvmord. Statistikk fra 2021 viser at 175 av tilfellene var eldre over 60 år. Utviklingen samfunnet står ovenfor, med et økende antall eldre og økt forekomst av psykiske ... -
“He is not crying for real”: severe, multiple disabilities and embodied constraint in two special-needs education units
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Students with severe and multiple disabilities are, according to official Norwegian policies, to be included in ordinary school settings. Yet usually their schooldays are organized differently from those of their non-disabled ... -
Health and Unemployment in Norway: Selection or Causation?
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Health care contact following a new incident neck or low back pain episode in the general population; the HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Low back and neck pain are commonly reported in the general population and represent frequent causes for health care consultations. The main aim of this study was to describe the determinants of health care contact during ... -
Health care help seeking behaviour among prisoners in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background: Prisoners are associated with high health care needs compared with the general population. This study aims to investigate prisoners' use of health service. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 29 prisons ... -
Health care professionals` experiences with the implementation of The Coordination Reform at a University Hospital in Norway - A qualitative study
(Master thesis, 2014)Introduction: The Coordination Reform was implemented January 1. 2012 in Norway with a changed distribution of tasks and responsibility between the primary health care and the specialist health care. For the specialist ... -
Health care providers' perceptions of using misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion in Malawi.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save a pregnant woman’s life. Treatment for complications after unsafe abortions has a massive impact on the already impoverished health care system. Even though manual ... -
Health care providers’ perceptions of using misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion in Malawi
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save a pregnant woman’s life. Treatment for complications after unsafe abortions has a massive impact on the already impoverished health care system. Even though manual ... -
Health care services and costs after hip fracture, comparing conventional versus standardised care: A retrospective study with 12-month follow-up
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aims: To compare costs related to a standardised versus conventional hospital care for older patients after fragility hip fracture and determine whether a shift in hospital care led to cost-shifts between specialists and ... -
Health care utilization and cost after discharge from a mental health hospital; an RCT comparing community residential aftercare and treatment as usual
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Community residential aftercare (step-down) services can ease the transition after a mental health hospital stay for patients with severe mental illness (SMI). Aims To investigate use of community and ... -
Health in coastal communities: Generational and social inequalities in health during times of societal restructuring. The HUNT Study, Norway
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:102, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background and aims: In the latter decades of the 20th century, many small-scale fisheries worldwide have decreased or disappeared. Important driving forces behind this development are overfishing, climate change and ... -
Health professionals’ experience of nursing home residents‘ consumption of alcohol and use of psychotropic drugs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background:Nursing home (NH) residents are in most cases in older ages and use prescriptiondrugs. As alcohol interacts with many commonly prescribed drugs, NH residents may be morevulnerable to the effects of alcohol.Aim:To ... -
Health professionals’ experiences regarding alcohol consumption and its relation to older care recipient’s health and well-being
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Alcohol consumption among older people is expected to increase in the years ahead. Health professionals’ experiences of, and reflections on, alcohol consumption and its relation to well-being are thus important ... -
Health professionals’ experiences with the implementation of a digital medication dispenser in home care services – a qualitative study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Implementing digital technology in home care services challenges care arrangements built on face-to-face encounters. Digital welfare technology has been suggested as a solution to increasing demands on health ... -
Health Promotion Among Long-Term ICU Patients and Their Families
(Chapter, 2021)Few patients are as helpless and totally dependent on nursing as long-term intensive care (ICU) patients. How the ICU nurse relates to the patient is crucial, both concerning the patients’ mental and physical health and ... -
Health promotion and Identity Construction in Norwegian Kindergartens - A qualitiative Study in Children with and without Disabilities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article focuses on how children, independent of abilities, create healthy identities and spaces in kindergarten, and is based on a qualitative CGT-study carried out in Norwegian Kindergartens. Data sources include ... -
Health Promotion in Health Care - Vital Theories and Research
(Book, 2021)This Open Access textbook represents a vital contribution to global health education, offering insights into health promotion as part of patient care for bachelor’s and master’s students in health care (nurses, occupational ... -
Health Related Quality of Life before, during and after pregnancy in Norwegian women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
(Master thesis, 2013)Background: There is a known interaction between pregnancy and rheumatic disease. Women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are concerned about the potential impact of a pregnancy. ... -
Health risk modifiers of exposure to persistent pollutants among indigenous peoples of Chukotka
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The aim of the study was to assess temporal trends in health risks related to most common persistent contaminants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethanes (DDTs), lead (Pb), as well ...