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Long-term outcomes at 24- and 36-month follow-up in the intervention arm of the randomized controlled trial of Prompt Mental Health Care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-09)Background: Whether long-term symptom improvement is maintained after treatment in services such as the Norwegian Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC) and the English Improving Access to Psychological Therapies is not yet ... -
Long-term sickness absence and disability pension award as consequences of common mental disorders. Epidemiological studies using a population-based health survey and official ill health benefit registries
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-01-15)The common mental disorders anxiety and depression are widespread in the population and will affect 1 in 4 adults at least once during their lifetime. Due to high prevalence of common mental disorders within official benefit ... -
Losing fat, gaining treatments: the use of biomedicine as a cure for folk illnesses in the Andes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07-03)Background: This article explores how people in the Andes incorporate beliefs from both biomedical and ethnomedical systems in treating folk illnesses that often involve spiritual beings. The article focuses on the ... -
Lost Working Years Due to Mental Disorders: An Analysis of the Norwegian Disability Pension Registry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-15)Objectives: Mental disorders are prevalent diagnoses in disability benefit statistics, with awards often granted at younger age than for other diagnoses. We aimed to compare the number of lost working years following ... -
Lov til kjærlighet. En studie av høringsuttalelsene til innføring av begrepet kjærlighet i barnevernloven
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Barnevernloven ble i 2018 endret til å inkludere begrepet kjærlighet. At loven nå inneholder et begrep som tradisjonelt er blitt brukt for å beskrive relasjoner innad i familien, har vært omstridt. I artikkelen presenterer ... -
The Luo co-wives of Kenya: Using Resistance Resources to Achieve an Empowered Quality of Life
(Master thesis, 2012-05-21)Health is an abstract, hazy and contested concept that means different things to different people. One of the most persistent confusions between definitions of health has been whether to focus on wellness or on the absence ... -
Lyden av musikkstudenters helsefremmende ressurser - Musikkstudenters erfaringer, opplevelser og oppfatninger om helse og helsekompetanse
(Master thesis, 2021-05-20)Lyden av musikkstudenters helsefremmende ressurser - Musikkstudenters erfaringer, opplevelser og oppfatninger om helse og helsekompetanse Bakgrunn Musikkstudenter under høyere utdanning kan møte helseutfordringer, men har ... -
Making Fathers: Masculinities and Social Change in the Ghanaian Context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Framed within recent debates about hegemonic masculinity and in-depth historical and contemporary research on fatherhood and gender roles in Ghana, this article explores current ways of becoming and being a father in Ghana. ... -
Making optimal use of the Focus Group method in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-04)This article examines some methodological issues that arise when conducting focus group discussions in the majority world (developing countries), and describes one way of addressing them. While the method is widely used ... -
Mapping synergy and antagony in North–South partnerships for health: a case study of the Tanzanian women’s NGO KIWAKKUKI
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12-15)North–South partnerships for health aim to link resources, expertise and local knowledge to create synergy. The literature on such partnerships presents an optimistic view of the promise of partnership on one hand, contrasted ... -
Maternal DHA status during pregnancy has a positive impact on infant problem solving: A Norwegian prospective observation study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04-24)Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6, n-3) is a long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid necessary for normal brain growth and cognitive development. Seafood and dietary supplements are the primary dietary sources of DHA. This ... -
Maternity care through the eyes of Southern European immigrant parents in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective To explore Southern European immigrant mothers and fathers’ experiences of reproductive health services in Norway, and their perceptions of health providers’ beliefs and attitudes regarding pregnancy and childbirth. ... -
The meaning of ethically charged encounters and their possible influence on professional identity in Norwegian public health nursing: a phenomenological hermeneutic study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09)Background: In today’s health care, new health reforms focus on market values and demands of efficiency influence health workers’ professional practice. Norwegian public health nurses work mainly with healthy populations, ... -
The meaning of professional identity in public health nursing
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-09-22)Because health care is constantly changing, public health nursing is experiencing new and demanding challenges, which can have consequences for the identity of the profession. The overall aims of this dissertation are to ... -
The Meaning of Religion in Lives of Orthodox Christians in Georgia. A Salutogenic Perspective
(Master thesis, 2012-05-21)The present qualitative study was aimed to describe the meaning of religion in the lives of Orthodox Christians in Georgia through salutogenic perspective. Wittingly, to what degree people's descriptions of their experience ... -
Meanings of knowledge and identity in public health nursing in a time of transition: interpretations of public health nurses’ narratives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-12)Background: A changing healthcare system affects the professional identity of nursing groups. Public health nursing has experienced challenges in balancing the paternalistic expert ideology and the empowerment participation ... -
Measurement invariance of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire-coach in youth sport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-06)The purpose of this study was to test the measurement invariance (across five languages, two time points, and two experimental conditions) of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnairecoach (EDMCQ-C; ... -
Media Coverage of Pedophilia and Its Impact on Help-Seeking Persons with Pedophilia in Germany—A Focus Group Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-30)The public stigma associated with pedophilia, the sexual attraction to prepubescent children, is tremendous. Previous research indicates that undifferentiated media coverage plays an essential role in perpetuating the ... -
Mellom makt og hjelp: En komparativ undersøkelse av sosialt arbeid med risikoutsatte familier i Norge og Brasil
(Master thesis, 2014-05-20)Denne masteroppgaven tok utgangspunkt i datamateriale som var innsamlet i forbindelse med en intervjuundersøkelse av marginaliserte familier i Norge og Brasil som hadde lav samfunnsinkludering. Masteroppgavens problemstilling ... -
"men de er alle i større eller mindre grad sårbare". Policy dokumenter sin framstilling av enslige mindreårige asylsøkere og flyktninger
(Master thesis, 2018-06-22)The thesis interest lies in how unaccompanied minors (UM) are portrayed, and the potential impact this might have on the child welfare services that meet and work with UM. 2015 can be seen as a year with special impact on ...