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Child trafficking in Tanzania: Experiences of Trafficked Girls in Dar es Salaam
(Master thesis, 2011-05-13)This study focuses on the experiences of trafficked children in Tanzania. Trafficking of children deprives them of human rights and freedoms; it may also pose a public health risk. Migration of children who are fostered ... -
Child undernutrition in Kenya: trend analyses from 1993 to 2008-09
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-13)Background: Research on trends in child undernutrition in Kenya has been hindered by the challenges of changing criteria for classifying undernutrition, and an emphasis in the literature on international comparisons of ... -
Childfreedom as Climate Action. Experiences of Pronatalist Pressures and Gendered Expectations Among Members of the BirthStrike Movement.
(Master thesis, 2021-12-14)Childfreedom is becoming an increasingly important topic of research worldwide, particularly since it is understood as a deviation from dominant pronatalist culture. Still, childfree choices related to climate change remains ... -
Children orphaned by AIDS who live in orphanages in Uganda : What enables them to Thrive?
(Master thesis, 2012-05-19)The study aimed at finding out what enables children orphaned by AIDS who live in orphanages to thrive. In Africa, many orphaned children are looked after by relatives in their extended families. Currently, these traditional ... -
Chronic Social Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents
(HEMIL-report; 5-2005, Research report, 2005)The participants in this cross-sectional study were Romanian students in secondary and high schools in Bucharest. The data were collected with the assistance of the Youth to Youth Foundation of Romania. The study was ... -
Chronic social stress and psychological distress in Russia
(Master thesis, 2004)From background summary: In the last two decades, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, chronic social stress and poor mental health have been recognized in Russia as important research areas. The current study is part ... -
Chronic social stress and psychological distress in Russia
(HEMIL-report; 4-2005, Research report, 2005)The data for this study were collected in a cross-sectional population-based survey in 2003. A second wave of data was collected from the same participants several months later, but only the cross-sectional data are included ... -
Citizenship, Gender and Work. Processes of exclusion and inclusion among married female migrants in Shanghai
(Master thesis, 2011-05-31)China has during the last couple of decades developed from a socialist to a more market oriented society. The country has experienced economic growth on a large scale, and is predicted to be the world's largest economy in ... -
Climate Resilience Among Smallholder Farmers in Central Java: A Salutogenic Approach to Climate Change
(Master thesis, 2024-05-15)Climate change significantly affects farmers and causes them often to feel pressured from all sides as they must adapt to climatic changes while simultaneously being expected to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions ... -
Clubhouse Members’ Experiences of Being in Recovery in Light of Salutogenesis
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-02-25)Background: Mental illness is the leading cause of years lived with disability and a wide range of socioeconomic problems globally and in Norway. Addressing the challenges caused by mental illness, the Clubhouse programme ... -
Cognitive Interventions and Nutritional Supplements (The CINS Trial): A Randomized Controlled, Multicenter Trial Comparing a Brief Intervention with Additional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Seal Oil, and Soy Oil for Sick-Listed Low Back Pain Patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)STUDY DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a tailored and manualized cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) or nutritional supplements of seal oil and soy oil had any ... -
Collaboration for drug prevention: Is it possible in a “siloed” governmental structure?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: Norwegian municipalities report that drug misuse is the most important public health challenge. The municipalities play a unique role in drug prevention aimed at youth, since young people rely on several services ... -
Communicating Gender in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention: A contemporary study of gender as a category in HIV/AIDS prevention in the Dominican Republic
(Master thesis, 2010-05-10)This study is exploring the category of gender in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention. It has been done research on two Dominican organisations and how they communicate gender in their HIV/AIDS preventive strategies. R.Connell's ... -
Community groups as "critical enablers" of the HIV response in Zimbabwe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-05-26)Background: The Investment Framework for a more effective HIV response has become integral to discussions on how best to respond to the HIV epidemic. The Framework calls for greater synergy and attention to factors that ... -
Comparative Regional-level Analysis of Complete Child Immunization in Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-05-19)Background: Achieving complete child immunization is a rare phenomenon in developing countries, however, even in the face of abject poverty and extreme deprivations, two regions in Ghana (PDRs) have thrived to do so. ... -
Comparing alcohol policies - a case study of alcohol policy strategies in four european countries
(Master thesis, 2009-05-16)PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to better understand differences, similarities and trends of national-level alcohol policies in different parts of Europe as viewed in their contexts and with a focus on the policy-making ... -
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South Africa and Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09-23)Background: Fostering adolescents’ communication on sexuality issues with their parents and other significant adults is often assumed to be an important component of intervention programmes aimed at promoting healthy ... -
Connectedness with Mangrove forest "Sundarbans": Perceptions and Behaviors of the forested community 'Shora' in Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2013-05-31)The recurrence of environmental calamities is causing the degradation of the Sundarbans' forest in Bangladesh. The thesis aims to discover the forest societies' perceptions and behaviors about the Sundarbans,' considering ... -
Considerations made by the general practitioner when dealing with sick-listing of patients suffering from subjective and composite health complaints
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)Objectives. To explore GPs’ considerations in decision-making regarding sick-listing of patients suffering from SHC. Design. Qualitative analysis of data from nine focus-group interviews. Setting. Three cities in different ... -
Contemporary discourses on children and parenting in Norway. An empirical study based on two cases
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-12-06)Background and overall aim: This dissertation aims to explore beliefs and contemporary discourses about children and parenting in Norway. It discusses the possible consequences of these beliefs and discourses for children’s ...