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Promoting Food Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Community Resilience and Adaptation in Limpopo Province, South Africa
(Master thesis, 2021-06-03)The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of the most significant challenges to global public health in the 21st Century. The apparent socio-economic impact of COVID-19, and associated restrictions aimed at preventing transmission, ... -
Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Loneliness in Upper Secondary School in Norway: Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an intervention with a universal program (single-tier) in one group, and the combination of this universal program and a selected + indicated measure (multi-tier) in ... -
Promoting public health in Norway: A case study of NGO - public sector partnership using The Bergen Model of Collaborative Functioning
(Master thesis, 2011-05-20)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to further test the applicability of the Bergen Model of Collaborative Functioning (BMCF). Experiences in working in a newly established partnership venturing on an unclear mission ... -
Promoting sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in southern and eastern Africa (PREPARE): project design and conceptual framework
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-18)Background: Young people in sub-Saharan Africa are affected by the HIV pandemic to a greater extent than young people elsewhere and effective HIV-preventive intervention programmes are urgently needed. The present article ... -
A Prospective Study of Return to Work in Long Lasting LBP: Expectancies of Returning to Work and Overall Job Satisfaction
(Master thesis, 2013-05-15)Background: Musculoskeletal disorders including low back pain have major individual and socioeconomic consequences as it often leads to disability and sick leave. Knowledge about predictors of return to work after long ... -
Protocol for the Cognitive Interventions and Nutritional Supplements (CINS) trial: A randomized controlled multicenter trial of a brief intervention (BI) versus a BI plus cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) versus nutritional supplements for patients with long-lasting muscle and back pain
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-07-07)Background: Brief intervention programs are clinically beneficial, and cost efficient treatments for low back pain, when offered at 8-12 weeks, compared with treatment as usual. However, about 30% of the patients do not ... -
Psychological factors in long-termsickness absence: the role of shame and social support: Epidemiological studies based on the Health Assets Project
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-11-06)Long-term sickness absence (LTSA) is an important societal and public health challenge in many Western countries. To tackle the challenges, we need knowledge on risk factors for LTSA and what might prolong sickness absence. ... -
Psykisk helse blant barnevernsbarn. En studie av psykiske vansker målt med kartleggingsverktøyet Strengths and Difficulties Questionaire
(Master thesis, 2012-05-21)Bakgrunnen for denne studien var å undersøke den psykiske helsen til barn som har vedtak fra barneverntjenesten. Studien henter data fra et hovedprosjekt som hadde til hensikt å øke barneverntjenestens kunnskap om barna ... -
Psykiske vansker hos ungdom under COVID-19-pandemien
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)Bakgrunn og formål: Når COVID-19-pandemien nådde Norge våren 2020 ble det innført strenge distanseringstiltak som utløste nasjonal nedstengning. I møte med dette er ungdom blitt utpekt som en særlig sårbar gruppe. Det er ... -
Psykososialt klassemiljø og mental trivsel blant elever i videregående skole. “I hvilken grad har psykososialt klassemiljø, målt ved lærerstøtte og klassetilhørighet, sammenheng med mental trivsel blant elever i 1.klasse på videregående skole?”
(Master thesis, 2018-06-21)Background: The basis for mental health is largely influenced by one’s youth. Knowledge about factors in school affecting adolescents mental health is therefore of great value for national health policies and health ... -
Public Participation in Tobacco Control Policy-making in Georgia
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The public's attitudes towards tobacco sales prohibitions: Evidence from a nationally representative survey in the former Soviet state of Georgia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)BACKGROUND: In the Caucasus region country of Georgia, no data on public opinion regarding tobacco sales restrictions have been available until now. The aim of the study is to provide data from a nationally representative ... -
A qualitative study of adolescent girls’ experiences of menarche and menstruation in rural Tamil Nadu, India
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: In low- and middle-income countries, women and girls experience menstrual hygiene management-related health and social challenges such as urinary tract infections, social stigma, and school and workplace ... -
A Qualitative Study of Collaboration between Principals, Teachers and the Parents of Children with special needs
(Master thesis, 2014-05-20)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to contribute to an optimal educational situation for children with special needs, by setting focus on facilitating and inhibiting factors in the collaboration between the home and ... -
A qualitative study on the experiences of southern European immigrant parents navigating the Norwegian healthcare system
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-21)Background Patients’ experiences with health providers and their diagnostic and treatment expectations are shaped by cultural health beliefs and previous experiences with healthcare services in home country. This study ... -
Quality of life among young people in Norway during the COVID‑19 pandemic. A longitudinal study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this study, we aimed to examine health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic among a general sample of young people in Norway aged 11–19 years. More specifically, we examine: (1) Change over 2 time-points ... -
Råd og veiledning som tiltak i barnevernet
(Master thesis, 2017-06-27)Råd og veiledning er det hjelpetiltaket barneverntjenestene i Norge oftest benytter. Formålet med denne studien har vært undersøke hvordan tiltaket råd og veiledning begrunnes av barnevernstjenestene, hva som er formålet, ... -
Reaching the hard to reach: longitudinal investigation of adolescents' attendance at an after-school sexual and reproductive health programme in Western Cape, South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-04)Background: Adolescents need access to effective sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions, but face barriers accessing them through traditional health systems. School-based approaches might provide accessible, ... -
Recovery at the Clubhouse: challenge, responsibility and growing into a role
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Purpose: To explore how people with mental illness experience recovery in the Clubhouse context, and which ingredients of the model they find active in promoting recovery. Methods: Hermeneutic–phenomenological design. ... -
Reducing Inequality through Social Policies - The Case of the "Bolsa Família" Program: A Social Determinants View
(Master thesis, 2018-12-19)Background: In the past thirty years, poverty has been reduced significantly; however, its eradication is still a global challenge. Efforts have been made in the international context to tackle poverty and inequality. ...