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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. ... -
Reducing maternal deaths in Ethiopia: Results of an intervention programme in Southwest Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-01-03)Background: In a large population in Southwest Ethiopia (population 700,000), we carried out a complex set of interventions with the aim of reducing maternal mortality. This study evaluated the effects of several coordinated ... -
Reduction in sick leave by a workplace educational low back pain intervention: A cluster randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-15)Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate whether a workplace educational low back pain intervention had an effect on sick leave at the individual level and to identify possible predictors of the effect of intervention. ... -
Refugees and social media in a digital society: how young refugees are using social media and the capabilities it offers in their lives in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The proliferation of social media-based initiatives aimed at asylum seekers and refugees in recent years is evidence of growing interest in the potential of social media for delivering interventions and messages to refugee ... -
Rehabilitering og medverknad i eit helsefremmande perspektiv. Ei kasus studie med ni pasientar i to ulike rehabiliteringsopplegg.
(Master thesis, 2010-06-04)Purpose: To measure the status and change of performance of Activities of daily living (ADL) in stroke patients receiving home-based rehabilitation (HR) compared to patients receiving hospital-based rehabilitation (Usual ... -
Relations between job insecurity and job satisfaction, subjective health complaints, and organizational attitudes among industrial workers in Norway
(Master thesis, 2004)In order to stay vital and competitive in a changing labour market, organizations engage in various adaptive strategies such as downsizing and mergers. Adaptation strategies may vary but they all have one ting in common; ...