Browsing Department of Health Promotion and Development by Title
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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 ... -
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, ... -
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, ... -
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. ... -
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; ... -
Reliability of demographic and socioeconomic variables in predicting early initiation of breastfeeding: a replication analysis using the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-17)Objectives Examine the reliability of sociodemographic variables in predicting initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth (EarlyBF), using data from 1998, 2003 and 2008–2009. Study design A replication ... -
Resources for Thriving among Female porters in Accra. A Qualitative study of Migrants from Northern Ghana to Greater Accra Region. A Salutogenic Approach
(Master thesis, 2012-05-19)Migration of people has become a common economic activity that individuals depend on to improve their status. Women in the Northern part of Ghana have found migration and working as female porters in the Greater Accra ... -
Resources in raising a child with autism in Ethiopia: parents' perspectives
(Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Background: This thesis contributes to the topic of autism in an African context by studying the experiences of parents raising a child with autism in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The majority of publications that focus on autism ... -
Results-Based Financing (RBF) in the health sector of a low-income country. From agenda setting to implementation: The case of Tanzania
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-10-28)Background: During the last decade there has been growing concern about lack of results in the health sector of many low-income countries. Prompted by a need to achieve progress, Results-Based Financing (RBF) has become ... -
Returning disability pensioners with back pain to work
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-03-15)The main purpose of this thesis was to investigate whether a group of disability pensioners with back pain would have a potential for a successful return to work. Perceived barriers against work, physical and mental ... -
The Role of "Islamic feminism" in Somali Immigrant Women's Intra-and Extra-Household Bargaining Power and in Mitigating the Negative Effects of the Image Problem in their Integration in Norway
(Master thesis, 2013-05-31)This research explores the aspirations and life experiences of Somali immigrant women in Bergen as they embark on gender-tuned interpretation of the Quran as a source of bargaining power within the household and in the ... -
The role of community conversations in facilitating local HIV competence: case study from rural Zimbabwe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04-17)Background: This paper examines the potential for community conversations to strengthen positive responses to HIV in resource-poor environments. Community conversations are an intervention method through which local people ... -
The role of religion in the work lives and coping strategies of Ugandan nurses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10)Nursing in Uganda is a highly stressful, underpaid profession, leading to worrisome attrition levels; yet some nurses do manage to stay on the job and thrive. This study explored the ways in which religion influences the ... -
The role of stress in absenteeism: Cortisol responsiveness among patients on long-term sick leave.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-02)Objective: This study aimed to (1) See whether increased or decreased variation relate to subjective reports of common somatic and psychological symptoms for a population on long-term sick leave; and (2) See if this pattern ... -
The role of tobacco promoting and restraining factors in smoking intentions among Ghanaian youth
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-15)Background: In Western countries, the relationship between smoking intentions and smoking behaviour is well established. However, youth smoking intentions and associated factors in developing countries are largely unexplored ... -
Rural Youth, Education and Agriculture: An Exploration of Youth Aspirations and Government Policy in Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2013-05-30)There appears to be a paradox in Ethiopia. On the one hand, the country's development policy emphasises the central role of the agricultural sector and the need of cultivating a new generation of young, literate, and capable ...