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Velferdsholdninger og sosiale verdier i europeiske velferdsregimer: En tverrnasjonal undersøkelse av sosiale verdiers betydning for holdninger til velferdsstaten i tre ulike velferdsregimer
(Master thesis, 2011-05-13)Background: Welfare states and the welfare policies in practice in welfare states have implications for population health. Studies have shown that attitudes towards welfare and welfare policies vary between welfare regimes, ... -
Verifiability of diagnostic categories and work ability in the context of disability pension award: A survey on "gatekeeping" among general practitioners in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-04-25)Background Disability benefits exist to redeem social and financial consequences of reduced work ability from medical conditions. Physicians are responsible for identifying the medical grounds for benefit claims. The aim ... -
«Vestlandsmodellen» En arbeidsmodell i undersøkelsen av høykonfliktsaker i barneverntjenesten
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)I 2018 ble det opprettet et mandat og samarbeid mellom fem kommuner med støtte fra Læringsnettverket til å utvikle en modell som kunne bli brukt som et verktøy i barneverntjenesten. Den ble kalt «Vestlandsmodellen», og ... -
«Vi anerkjenner foreldrene som mer viktige nå». En kvalitativ studie av barnevernsansattes og foreldres erfaringer med oppfølgings- og tilbakeføringsarbeid etter omsorgsovertakelse
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Barnevernets arbeid med oppfølging og tilbakeføring etter omsorgsovertakelse, er et krevende og komplekst arbeid. Hensikten med dette masterprosjektet har vært å utforske barnevernsansattes og foreldres erfaringer med ... -
"Vi kunne gjort det mer". “Barnevernansattes erfaringer og refleksjoner rundt anvendelsen av adopsjon som barnevernstiltak”
(Master thesis, 2019-12-16)Formålet med mitt masterprosjekt er å belyse barnevernansattes erfaringer og refleksjoner rundt anvendelsen av adopsjon som barneverntiltak. Datamaterialet er hentet inn gjennom en kvalitativ semistrukturert intervjustudie. ... -
Vigorous physical activity in relation to family affluence: time trends in Europe and North America
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-05)Objectives The aim of the study was to determine secular trends in vigorous physical activity (VPA) among adolescents in relation to family affluence across 34 countries. Methods This study used data from the Health Behaviour ... -
Viser spedbarn i risiko høyere grad av sosial tilbaketrekning enn spedbarn uten risiko?
(Master thesis, 2015-05-19)Et spedbarn som gjentatt erfarer at dets signaler og regulerende atferd blir møtt med manglende eller feil respons fra omsorgspersonen, vil repetere en selvregulerende atferd å trekke seg vekk fra sosial kontakt. Etter ... -
Visiting crowded places during the COVID-19 pandemic. A panel study among adult Norwegians
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-15)Non-pharmaceutical interventions, including promotion of social distancing, have been applied extensively in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding cognitive and psychological factors regulating precautionary behavior ... -
«Visst vi ikkje har kreativitet, kven er vi då?». Å skape ein positiv identitet gjennom kreativitet: Ein kvalitativ studie av korleis unge vaksne med erfart internalisert skam opplever at kreativitet kan fostre positiv identitetsutvikling
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Formålet med studien var å undersøkje og å utvikle større forståing av kreativiteten si rolle i fremjing av positiv identitetsutvikling hos unge vaksne som har opplevd internalisert skam, samt samhandling mellom identitet, ... -
Voices of male and female university students on youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in Kampala, Uganda
(Master thesis, 2015-05-31)This study explored the experiences and expectations of male and female students at Makerere University's main campus and the campus of the University's Business School towards youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health ... -
Vold mot barn med nedsatt funksjonsevne: - En dokumentanalyse av rettsavgjørelser
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)Til tross for beskyttende lovverk blir barn utsatt for vold og omsorgssvikt i Norge, særlig gjelder dette barn med nedsatt funksjonsevne. Barndommen er en sårbar periode, og det å bli utsatt for vold kan prege barnets ... -
Voluntary HIV counselling and testing service uptake among primary school teachers in Mwanza, Tanzania: assessment of socio-demographic, psychosocial and socio-cognitive aspects
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-10-04)HIV/AIDS presents a major crisis that is increasingly affecting the most productive segments of the population across development sectors in Tanzania. The basic education sector, which is vital to the creation and enhancement ... -
‘We are unlikely to return to the same world, and I do not want it to destroy my future.’ Young people's worries through the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This study aims to explore what worries youth were having during the seventh to ninth week of the COVID-19 lockdown. Our findings build on the responses to an open-ended survey question from 1314 youths. The worries covered ... -
What is the relationship between gaming behaviors and social self-efficacy, and does family support impact this relationship?
(Master thesis, 2022-05-19)Sammendrag Bakgrunn: Gaming en svært utbredt aktivitet, og en sosial arena for mange. Det er et åpenbart behov for en mer nyansert anerkjennelse av forskjellige spillatferder blant ungdom, da mesteparten av forskning kun ... -
What’s Gendered about Gender-Based Violence? An Empirically Grounded Theoretical Exploration from Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08)Violence is often considered gendered on the basis that it is violence against women. This assumption is evident both in “gender-based violence” interventions in Africa and in the argument that gender is irrelevant if ... -
When abortion is not within reach. Ethiopian university students struggling with unintended pregnancies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-28)Background In spite of increasing international commitment to young people’s sexual and reproductive health, unintended pregnancies remain a major problem for young women worldwide. This article explores the issue of ... -
When incentives work too well: locally implemented pay for performance (P4P) and adverse sanctions towards home birth in Tanzania - a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-18)Background: Despite limited evidence of its effectiveness, performance-based payments (P4P) are seen by leading policymakers as a potential solution to the slow progress in reaching Millennium Development Goal 5: improved ... -
When your source of livelihood also becomes the source of your discomfort: the perception of work–family conflict among child welfare workers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We know from past research that social workers within the CWS are exposed to an array of workplace risks more than any other group within human services. Although several articles tend to focus on the reasons child welfare ... -
When “Normal” Becomes Normative: A Case Study of Researchers’ Quotation Errors When Referring to a Focus Group Sample Size Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-23)In 2011, we published a review exploring how researchers report and justify their focus group sample sizes. We concluded that sample sizes vary widely and that most researchers give no explanation for their sample size. ... -
Why physicians are lousy gatekeepers: Sicklisting decisions when patients have private information on symptoms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In social insurance systems that grant workers paid sick leave, physicians act as gatekeepers, supposedly granting sickness certificates to the sick and not to shirkers. Previous research has emphasized the physician's ...