Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på tidsskrift "BMC Health Services Research"
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Acceptability of youth clubs focusing on comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in rural Zambian schools: a case of Central Province
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The youths in Zambia have limited access to information concerning Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and this puts them at risk of unwanted pregnancies. Talking about other methods of preventing pregnancy or ... -
Accessing public healthcare in Oslo, Norway: The experiences of Thai immigrant masseuses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-21)Background: Thai massage is a highly gendered and culturally specific occupation. Many female Thai masseuses migrate to Norway as marriage migrants and as such are entitled to the same public healthcare as Norwegian citizens. ... -
Acute hospital admissions among nursing home residents: a population-based observational study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-05-26)Background: Nursing home residents are prone to acute illness due to their high age, underlying illnesses and immobility. We examined the incidence of acute hospital admissions among nursing home residents versus the ... -
Acute management of fractures in primary care - a cost minimisation analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background In Norway, primary healthcare has first-line responsibility for all medical emergencies, including traumas and fractures. Normally, patients with suspected fractures are referred to specialist care in hospitals. ... -
Assessing safety climate in prehospital settings: Testing psychometric properties of a common structural model in a cross-sectional and prospective study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-18)Background: Little research exists on patient safety climate in the prehospital context. The purpose of this article is to test and validate a safety climate measurement model for the prehospital environment, and to explore ... -
Assessment of hospitalisation costs and their determinants among Covid-19 patients in South Central Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is a global public health problem. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the economy of developing countries, including Ethiopia.This study aimed ... -
The association between municipal pandemic response and COVID‑19 contacts to emergency primary health care services: an observational study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Norwegian municipalities had diverse strategies for handling tasks related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency primary health care services were involved to different extents. The aim of this study was to ... -
Associations between characteristics of the patients at municipal acute bed unit admission and further transfer to hospital: a prospective observational study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background As an alternative to acute hospitalisations, all communities in Norway are required to provide inpatient care in municipal acute bed units (MAUs) for patients who can be treated at the primary care level. Patient ... -
Associations between home deaths and end-of-life nursing care trajectories for community-dwelling people: a population-based registry study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-15)Background: Few studies have estimated planned home deaths compared to actual place of death in a general population or the longitudinal course of home nursing services and associations with place of death. We aimed to ... -
Attitudes towards priority setting in the Norwegian health care system: a general population survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-05)Background: In an ideal world, everyone would receive medical resources in accordance with their needs. In reality, resources are often scarce and have an alternative use. Thus, we are forced to prioritize. Although Norway ... -
Autonomy conquers all: a thematic analysis of nurses’ professional judgement encountering resistance to care from home-dwelling persons with dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Adequate care support from home health care nurses is needed to meet the needs of an increasing number of home-dwelling persons with dementia and those who resist care. The decisions nurses make in home health ... -
The burden of knowing: balancing benefits and barriers in HIV testing decisions. a qualitative study from Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-01-05)Background Client-initiated HIV counselling and testing has been scaled up in many African countries, in the form of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). Test rates have remained low, with HIV-related stigma being an ... -
Can systematic implementation support improve programme fdelity by improving care providers’ perceptions of implementation factors? A cluster randomized trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Investigations of implementation factors (e.g., collegial support and sense of coherence) are recommended to better understand and address inadequate implementation outcomes. Little is known about the relationship ... -
Comparison of depression care provided in general practice in Norway and the Netherlands: registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-07)Background: Depression is highly prevalent in general practice, and organisation of primary health care probably affects the provision of depression care. General practitioners (GPs) in Norway and the Netherlands fulfil ... -
The compound role of a coordinator for home-dwelling persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background As the number of persons with dementia is increasing, there has been a call for establishing sustainable clinical pathways for coordinating care and support for this group. The LIVE@Home.Path trial is a ... -
The consequences of COVID-19 lockdown for formal and informal resource utilization among home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the prospective PAN.DEM study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-22)Background COVID-19 isolated home-dwelling people with dementia (PwD) from home care services, respite care, and daytime activities. We aimed to investigate the consequences of these restrictions on informal (family, ... -
Contact characteristics and factors associated with the degree of urgency among older people in emergency primary health care: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background As the proportion of older people increases, so will the consumption of health services. The aim of this study was to describe the contact characteristics among older people and to identify factors associated ... -
The cost-effectiveness of incentive-based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-12)Background: In Asia, over 50% of patients with symptoms of tuberculosis (TB) access health care from private providers. These patients are usually not notified to the National TB Control Programs, which contributes to low ... -
Country of first birth and neonatal outcomes in migrant and Norwegian-born parous women in Norway: a population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background This study compares subsequent birth outcomes in migrant women who had already had a child before arriving in Norway with those in migrant women whose first birth occurred in Norway. The aim of this study was ... -
A critical assessment of the WHO responsiveness tool: lessons from voluntary HIV testing and counselling services in Kenya
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-12-22)Background: Health, fair financing and responsiveness to the user's needs and expectations are seen as the essential objectives of health systems. Efforts have been made to conceptualise and measure responsiveness as a ...