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Cognitive Interventions and Nutritional Supplements (The CINS Trial): A Randomized Controlled, Multicenter Trial Comparing a Brief Intervention with Additional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Seal Oil, and Soy Oil for Sick-Listed Low Back Pain Patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)STUDY DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a tailored and manualized cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) or nutritional supplements of seal oil and soy oil had any ... -
Collaboration for drug prevention: Is it possible in a “siloed” governmental structure?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: Norwegian municipalities report that drug misuse is the most important public health challenge. The municipalities play a unique role in drug prevention aimed at youth, since young people rely on several services ... -
Communicating Gender in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention: A contemporary study of gender as a category in HIV/AIDS prevention in the Dominican Republic
(Master thesis, 2010-05-10)This study is exploring the category of gender in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention. It has been done research on two Dominican organisations and how they communicate gender in their HIV/AIDS preventive strategies. R.Connell's ... -
Community groups as "critical enablers" of the HIV response in Zimbabwe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05-26)Background: The Investment Framework for a more effective HIV response has become integral to discussions on how best to respond to the HIV epidemic. The Framework calls for greater synergy and attention to factors that ... -
Comparative Regional-level Analysis of Complete Child Immunization in Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-05-19)Background: Achieving complete child immunization is a rare phenomenon in developing countries, however, even in the face of abject poverty and extreme deprivations, two regions in Ghana (PDRs) have thrived to do so. ... -
Comparing alcohol policies - a case study of alcohol policy strategies in four european countries
(Master thesis, 2009-05-16)PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to better understand differences, similarities and trends of national-level alcohol policies in different parts of Europe as viewed in their contexts and with a focus on the policy-making ... -
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09-23)Background: Fostering adolescents’ communication on sexuality issues with their parents and other significant adults is often assumed to be an important component of intervention programmes aimed at promoting healthy ... -
Connectedness with Mangrove forest "Sundarbans": Perceptions and Behaviors of the forested community 'Shora' in Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2013-05-31)The recurrence of environmental calamities is causing the degradation of the Sundarbans' forest in Bangladesh. The thesis aims to discover the forest societies' perceptions and behaviors about the Sundarbans,' considering ... -
Considerations made by the general practitioner when dealing with sick-listing of patients suffering from subjective and composite health complaints
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)Objectives. To explore GPs’ considerations in decision-making regarding sick-listing of patients suffering from SHC. Design. Qualitative analysis of data from nine focus-group interviews. Setting. Three cities in different ... -
Contemporary discourses on children and parenting in Norway. An empirical study based on two cases
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-12-06)Background and overall aim: This dissertation aims to explore beliefs and contemporary discourses about children and parenting in Norway. It discusses the possible consequences of these beliefs and discourses for children’s ... -
Control over sexual reproductive health: stressor and resources for Makerere University students Kampala, Uganda. An exploratory study.
(Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Sexual reproductive health (SRH) and rights play a central role in overall human wellbeing, however unsafe sexual practices still constitute the second highest risk factor for death and disability in the world''s poorest ... -
The Convention on the Rights of the Child’s Imprint on Judgments from the European Court of Human Rights: A Negligible Footprint?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is the sole interpreter of all matters on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and has no obligations toward any other international law and/or jurisprudence. In the ... -
Criticism and Response : Exploring the Development of Children’s Human Rights in Case Law from the European Court of Human Rights and the Norwegian Supreme Court
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-08-23)Background and aim: Worldwide protests against the Norwegian Child Protection Service (CPS) have contributed to placing children’s human rights in the international spotlight. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ... -
Cross-national variation in the association between family structure and overweight and obesity: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged children (HBSC) study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Trends of increased complexity in family structure have developed alongside increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. This study examines cross-national variations in the likelihood of living with ... -
Culture in salutogenesis: the scholarship of Aaron Antonovsky
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-09)Aaron Antonovsky wrote extensively, although disjointedly, about the roles of culture in salutogenesis. This paper provides a synopsis of his work in this arena. A literature review identified those of his English language ... -
Delrapport fra Complete-prosjektet
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Demographic and social correlates differentiating Ghanaian women receiving optimal versus sub-optimal antenatal care; the 2008 Measure DHS+ Project.
(Master thesis, 2012-05-21)Introduction: This study explored the demographic and social correlates differentiating women receiving optimal antenatal care (ANC) from those receiving sub-optimal care in Ghana. Methods: A national sample (n=1970) was ... -
Den digitale stien til skoletrivsel. En kvantitativ studie om sammenhengen mellom sosiale mediebruk, sosial støtte og skoletrivsel blant unge i Norge
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Bakgrunn: Sosiale medier har åpnet for alternative settinger for kommunikasjon og vedlikehold av vennskap. Det foreligger et robust evidensgrunnlag som viser på en sammenheng mellom sosiale mediebruk og akademisk prestasjon. ... -
"Det e ´kje akkurat foreldrene våre heller då" - en narrativ analyse av barnevernsbarn og barnevernet i nyere norsk ungdomsfilm
(Master thesis, 2013-05-20)Min oppgave handler om hvordan barnevernsbarn og barnevernet fremstilles i nyere norsk ungdomsfilm. Analyse eller studier av ulike medier er lite brukt innen barnevernforskning. Dette kan være en måte å belyse ulike ...