Blar i Institutt for sosialt arbeid på dokumenttype "Peer reviewed"
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A comparison of systems and outcomes for safeguarding children in Australia and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-02)Using aggregated national data, this paper compares outcomes of Australian ‘child protection’ (CP) and Norwegian ‘child welfare services’ (CWS).We highlight each nation’s context and key elements of their CP/CWS organizations, ... -
A two-year perspective: Who may ease the burden of girls' loneliness in school?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Loneliness is negatively related to good health and wellbeing, especially among girls. There is little research, however, on factors that may ease the burdens of loneliness in the school setting. Thus, we ... -
Ability for self-care in urban living older people in southern Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: The number of older people living in urban environments throughout the world will increase in the coming years. There is a trend in most European countries towards improved health among older people, and increased ... -
The Ambiguous Impact of Performance Measurement on Service Quality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Performance measurement is growing in importance as a management tool in services for disabled people. Aim: The aim of this article is to add to the existing literature by exploring (a) the motivation for ... -
Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway: A balancing act
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article explores what the County Social Welfare Boards (CSWBs) emphasize in their decisions on appeals against emergency placements due to concerns of violence. A qualitative document analysis of 23 appeal cases focused ... -
The Association Between Part-time Employment and Social Assistance Recipiency in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article argues that part-time employment has several features of precarity tied to both institutional and individual factors. The consequences can be increased inequality, insecurity, and instability. It studies the ... -
Association of anxiety and depression to headache, abdominal- and musculoskeletal pain in children
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The comorbidity between recurrent pain, anxiety, and depression among children is frequent and well documented. However, only a few studies of the predictive effect of anxiety and depression on pain have adjusted for ... -
Avviste asylsøkere i Norge: Ventemottaksordningen og andre returmotiverende tiltak
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Denne artikkelen fokuserer på avviste asylsøkeres posisjoneringer og oppfatninger av ventemottak og andre returfremmende tiltak. Ifølge norske myndigheter skulle tilbudet i ventemottakene være nøkternt, noe som i kombinasjon ... -
Barn i kontakt med barnevernet: Betydningen av å anerkjenne skolen som en del av barnets omsorgsmiljø
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)I denne artikkelen settes det søkelys på skolesituasjonen til barn som er i kontakt med barnevernet. Det tas her utgangspunkt i velkjent kunnskap om at denne gruppen barn har størreutfordringer i skolen enn andre barn. ... -
Barnevernsarbeideres forståelser og håndtering av fattigdom
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Internasjonale og nasjonale studier har dokumentert at en oppvekst i fattigdom kan medføre livsbelastninger på flere nivåer for både barn og foreldre. Ansatte i barnevernstjenesten møter ofte familier som lever under trange ... -
Barnevernspedagogers, sosionomers og vernepleieres rolle og status i skolen
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Skolen har både rollen som velferdsinstitusjon og en yrkesforberedende rolle. Den skal være for alle barn og unge, uansett forutsetninger. Det eksisterer et dokumentert behov for å supplere lærerrollen med yrkesgrupper som ... -
Barneverntjenestens problemfragmentering i lys av kompleksitetsteori. En lineær problemløsning innenfor et ikke-lineært system?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i barnevernsarbeideres beskrivelser av håndtering av uforutsigbarhet i forbindelse med problemløsning. I forsøk på å kontrollere slik uforutsigbarhet delte barnevernsarbeiderne inn familiens ... -
Being old and living alone in urban areas. The meaning of self-care and health on the perception of life situation and identity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Living alone in urban areas when getting old is an important and necessary field for research as the growth of the urban population worldwide increases, and due to the fact that people live longer. How older ... -
Berøring og intimitet - kroppen i skjeringspunktet mellom offentleg og privat. Omsorg for utviklingshemma barn og unge i barnebustad
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Kropp og berøring i institusjonell omsorg for barn og unge er eit tema med aukande internasjonal forskingsinteresse, etter å ha vore eit tabubelagt emne på bakgrunn av tidlegare overgrepshistorier. Denne artikkelen handlar ... -
Challenges and opportunities in researching the lives of young people on the move
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article explores different challenges and opportunities in researching the lives of young people on the move with a focus on ethics, context and methods. It addresses concerns raised by research with minors and ... -
Challenges in global Indigenous-Disability comparative research, or, why nation-state political histories matter
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Globally, Indigenous people, also known as First Peoples, have the poorest health outcomes of all population groups, resulting in significantly higher rates of chronic disease, ill-health, and disability. Recent research ... -
Changes in Faith: Sources of Increased Faith Among Norwegian Adults
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article offers an empirical approach to the field of conversion by addressing what contributes to increased faith. The material is based on a subset of a nationwide population survey of people living in Norway. The ... -
The changing faces of autism: The fluctuating international diagnostic criteria and the resulting inclusion and exclusion—A Norwegian perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The common understanding of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has gone through a number of permutations since the first description in 1943. Throughout these shifting understandings, there have been a number of behaviors and ... -
Characteristics of a self-management support programme applicable in primary health care: a qualitative study of users and health professionals perceptions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Development of more self-management support programmes in primary health care has been one option used to enhance positive outcomes in chronic disease management. At present, research results provide no consensus ... -
Children’s encounters with professionals – recognition and respect during collaboration
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In the context of Child Welfare, collaboration is used to ensure that families receive the best public services. In these working processes children have the legal right to participate. Research has demonstrated that ...