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Heal, Pray, Prosper. Practice and Discourse within a Local Pentecostal Church in Vanuatu
(Master thesis, 2011-05-29)Pentecostal Christianity has been depicted as a leading globalizing force, while simultaneously opening up for the preservation of existing cultural forms. In this thesis I explore the relation between the local and the ... -
Health advocacy and practice: Exploring the influence of social structures on the health related lifestyles of adults in the Asokwa community in Kumasi, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-05-15)ABSTRACT The increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) in Ghana has necessitated a shift in the health recovery paradigm from a curative to a preventive one (Ministry of Health [MOH], 2008). Currently CNCDs ... -
Health Behaviour Theories and the Norwegian response to COVID-19: a System Dynamics Modeling approach
(Master thesis, 2020-08-12)The aim of this work is to investigate the coupled dynamics between infection and behavioural response at the population level in the case of the novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in Norway. For this purpose, a System ... -
Health Care Priorities and Severity - An Explorative Study of how to Compare Across Patient Groups
(Master thesis, 2012-06-01)This thesis looks at health care priorities across patient groups, and compares two interventions for two different patient groups with base in the defined Norwegian priority criteria of severity, effect and cost-effectiveness. ... -
Health effects of reduced workload for older employees
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)To keep elder employees in the labour force, introducing age-dependent job conditions can be a policy measure. However, we know little about the effect of such initiatives. We investigate the effects of a particular programme ... -
Health Facility Ownership Type and Performance on HIV Indicator Data Reporting in Kenya
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In low- and middle-income countries, private and public facilities tend to have highly variable characteristics, which might affect their performance in meeting reporting requirements mandated by ministries of health. There ... -
«Hei, Google! Overvåker du meg?»
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven har vært å undersøke hvordan unge mennesker i Norge og USA reflekterer rundt overvåking og personvern i bruken av smarthøyttalere. De populære enhetene med en alltid-lyttende mikrofon har ... -
Heimfiske med Polaris. En studie av relasjoner mellom kystfiskere og deres omgivelser
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Hele laget? En kvalitativ studie av mangfold blant tillitsvalgte i Fagforbundet
(Master thesis, 2023-06-15)Fagforbundet har over 407 000 medlemmer på laget sitt. En del av Fagforbundets identitet er at det er bygget opp av medlemmer med svært ulik bakgrunn. Medlemmene kommer fra rundt 200 ulike yrker i både privat og offentlig ... -
Heller filantropi enn demokrati. Statoils CSR i utlandet.
(Master thesis, 2012-05-15)Multinasjonale selskaper opplever stadig høyere forventninger til å ta ansvar for sosial og politisk utvikling i de landene de opererer i. Statoil, som er i ferd med å utvide sin virksomhet i land utenfor Norge, har satt ... -
Help not needed? Optimal host country regulation of expatriate NGO workers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05)Motivated by interventions in poor countries to increase the use of local labor in foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), we address the behavior of these organizations under host government regulation. We extend ... -
"HELP WANTED!" An analysis of labor supply dynamics in booming North Dakota
(Master thesis, 2015-08-21)North Dakota's oil boom has lead to an increase in the level of vacancies, which has gained high attention at the level of state government and businesses. The general thought is that the high level of vacancies could be ... -
Helseeffekter av oljekrisen i 2014
(Master thesis, 2023-06-15)Denne oppgaven undersøker de kortsiktige effektene av den regionale økonomiske nedgangen som følge av oljekrisen i 2014 på helsen i Norge. Jeg har estimert effekten på dødelighet og bruk av helsetjenester for aldersgruppen ... -
Helseeffekter av redusert luftforurensing: En eventstudie av utfasingen av kullkraft i England
(Master thesis, 2022-06-08)I denne oppgaven vurderer jeg om nedstenging av kullkraftverk kan anvendes som instrument for å omgå endogenitetsproblemer i studien av helseeffekter av redusert luftforurensing. For å vurdere relevansen av instrumentet ... -
Hemmelige kontrakter i dagligvaremarkedet
(Master thesis, 2019-07-09)I denne oppgaven tar jeg for meg kontraktene mellom produsenter og detaljister i dagligvaremarkedet. Jeg ønsker å studere forskjellen mellom observerbare og hemmelige innkjøpspriser og hvordan dette får innvirkning på ... -
Heuristic evaluations of the accessibility of learning management systems (LMSs) as authoring tools for teachers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-07)With the development of e-education and e-society it is important for information and communication systems and services to be equally accessible to all users, including people with disabilities. Learning management systems ... -
The Hidden Proceedings – An Analysis of Accountability of Child Protection Adoption Proceedings in Eight European Jurisdictions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12-02)How accountable are decisions about terminating parental rights to ensure an adoption from care? In this paper we examine if the proceedings in eight European jurisdictions are accountable to: a) the private parties, i.e. ... -
Hiding among “normals” - A study on the depreciation of North Korean refugees in South Korea
(Master thesis, 2017-05-05)The number of North Korean refugees in South Korea has now reached 30 000 – a number that continues to increase every year. Despite efforts to effectively integrate these displaced brothers and sisters through a custom-fit ... -
Hierarchies of Representation: The Re-distributive Effects ofGender and Youth Quotas
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article investigates how paired electoral quotas re-distribute parliamentary seats between majority and minority groups. Focusing on gender and youth quotas, we use the concept of Hierarchies of Representation to ... -
A High Court Plays the Accordion: Validating Ex Ante Case Complexity on Oral Arguments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While high courts with fixed time for oral arguments deprive researchers of the opportunity to extract temporal variance, courts that apply the “accordion model” institutional design and adjust the time for oral arguments ...