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    • Free-Market Illusions: Health Sector Reforms In Uganda 1987–2007 

      Okuonzi, Sam Agatre (Doctoral thesis, 2009-10-30)
      Introduction: By the late 1980s, Uganda’s health system had been devastated by two decades of conflict and mismanagement. At the same time, public-funded and run health systems had begun to be viewed as inefficient and ...

    • Freely distributed bed-net use among Chano Mille residents, south Ethiopia: a longitudinal study 

      Loha Shumbullo, Eskindir; Tefera, Kebede; Lindtjørn, Bernt (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-01-18)
      Background: A huge discrepancy was reported between ownership versus utilization of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs). To acquire the benefits of ITNs, households need to use and not merely own them. The objective of ...

    • Frequent attenders in general practice and immigrant status in Norway: a nationwide cross-sectional study 

      Diaz, Esperanza; Gimeno-Feliu, Luis A.; Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia; Prados-Torres, Alexandra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      Objective. To compare the likelihood of being a frequent attender (FA) to general practice among native Norwegians and immigrants, and to study socioeconomic and morbidity factors associated with being a FA for natives and ...

    • Frihet under ansvar eller bare ansvar? 

      Vetaas, Turid; Handeland, Vibeke Henriette Køhn (Master thesis, 2015-09-28)
      Background: Following the introduction of unified leadership have first-line managers had transferred more responsibilities and duties than they had previously. First-line managers are the leaders in healthcare who have ...

    • Frihetens dilemmaer i rushelsetjenesten. En studie av handlingsrom hos profesjonsutøvere i rushelsetjenesten 

      Kjellerød, Irene Tveit (Master thesis, 2018-06-26)
      Background: Health services within substance abuse treatment continue to make significant changes, and clinical professions have over the past few decades received greater individual responsibility and more tasks than ...

    • From direct attendance to telephone triage in an emergency primary healthcare service: An observational study 

      Midtbø, Vivian; Fotland, Siri-Linn Schmidt; Johansen, Ingrid Hjulstad; Hunskår, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objectives: To describe how an intervention to limit direct attendance in an emergency primary healthcare service affected the contacts to the clinic and the level of care given, and which factors were associated with a ...

    • From genotype to phenotype: Through chromatin 

      Romanowska, Julia; Joshi, Anagha (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-23)
      Advances in sequencing technologies have enabled the exploration of the genetic basis for several clinical disorders by allowing identification of causal mutations in rare genetic diseases. Sequencing technology has also ...

    • From knowing our needs to enacting change: findings from community consultations with indigenous communities in Bangladesh 

      Hussain, Sameera; Ruano, Ana Lorena; Raman, Atiya; Faiz Rashid, Sabina; Hill, Peter S (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-09)
      Introduction: Indigenous peoples are among the most marginalized peoples in the world due to issues relating to well-being, political representation, and economic production. The research consortium Goals and Governance ...

    • Full breastfeeding protection against common enteric bacteria and viruses: Results from the MAL-ED cohort study 

      Mccormick, Benjamin J. J; Richard, Stephanie A; Murray-Kolb, Laura E; Kang, Gagandeep; Lima, Aldo A. M; Mduma, Estomih; Kosek, Margaret N; Rogawski Mcquade, Elizabeth T; Houpt, Eric R; Bessong, Pascal; Shrestha, Sanjaya; Bhutta, Zulfiqar; Ahmed, Tahmeed; Caulfield, Laura E; Acosta, Angel Mendez; De Burga, Rosa Rios; Chavez, Cesar Banda; Flores, Julian Torres; Olotegui, Maribel Paredes; Pinedo, Silvia Rengifo; Salas, Mery Siguas; Trigoso, Dixner Rengifo; Vasquez, Angel Orbe; Ahmed, Imran; Alam, Didar; Ali, Asad; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Qureshi, Shahida; Rasheed, Muneera Abdul; Soofi, Sajid; Turab, Ali; Yousafzai, Aisha; Zaidi, Anita K. M.; Bodhidatta, Ladaporn; Ammu, Geetha; Babji, Sudhir; Bose, Anuradha; George, Ajila T.; Hariraju, Dinesh; Jennifer, M Steffi; John, Sushil; Kaki, Shiny; Karunakaran, Priyadarshani; Koshy, Beena; Lazarus, Robin P.; Muliyil, Jayaprakash; Ragasudha, Preethi; Raghava, Mohan Venkata; Raju, Sophy; Ramachandran, Anup; Ramadas, Rakhi; Ramanujam, Karthikeyan; Rose, Anuradha; Roshan, Reeba; Sharma, Srujan L.; Shanmuga Sundaram, Sundaram; Thomas, Rahul J.; Pan, William K.; Ambikapathi, Ramya; Carreon, J. Daniel; Doan, Viyada; Hoest, Christel; Knobler, Stacey; McCormick, Benjamin J. J.; McGrath, Monica; Miller, Mark A.; Psaki, Stephanie; Rasmussen, Zeba; Seidman, Jessica C.; Gottlieb, Michael; Lang, Dennis R.; Tountas, Karen H.; Svensen, Erling; Amour, Caroline; Bayyo, Eliwaza; Mduma, Estomih R.; Mvungi, Regisiana; Nshama, Rosemary; Pascal, John; Swema, Buliga Mujaga; Yarrot, Ladislaus; Mason, Carl J.; Shamsir Ahmed, Ahmed; Alam, Md Ashraful; Haque, Rashidul; Haque, Umma; Hossain, Md Iqbal; Islam, Munirul; Mahfuz, Mustafa; Mondal, Dinesh; Nahar, Baitun; Tofail, Fahmida; Chandyo, Ram Krishna; Shrestha, Prakash Sunder; Shrestha, Rita; Chandyo, Manjeswori Ulak; Bauck, Aubrey; Black, Robert E.; Checkley, William; Lee, Gwenyth O.; Schulze, Kerry; Yori, Pablo Peñataro; Ross, A. Catharine; Schaefer, Barbara; Simons, Suzanne; Pendergast, Laura; Abreu, Cláudia B.; Costa, Hilda; Di Moura, Alessandra; Filho, José Quirino; Havt, Alexandre; Leite, Álvaro M.; Lima, Noélia L.; Lima, Ila F.; Maciel, Bruna L. L.; Medeiros, Pedro H. Q. S.; Moraes, Milena; Mota, Francisco S.; Oriá, Reinaldo B.; Quetz, Josiane; Soares, Alberto M.; Mota, Rosa M. S.; Patil, Crystal L.; Mahopo, Cloupas; Maphula, Angelina; Nyathi, Emanuel; Samie, Amidou; Barrett, Leah; Dillingham, Rebecca; Gratz, Jean; Guerrant, Richard L.; Houpt, Eric; Petri, William A.; Platts-Mills, James; Rogawski, Elizabeth; Scharf, Rebecca; Rogawski, Elizabeth T.; Shrestha, Binob; Rayamajhi, Bishnu Bahadur; Strand, Tor Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Breastfeeding is known to reduce the risk of enteropathogen infections, but protection from specific enteropathogens is not well characterized. Objective The aim was to estimate the association between full ...

    • Fun, influence and competence-a mixed methods study of prerequisites for high school students' participation in physical education 

      Abildsnes, Eirik; Rohde, Gudrun E.; Berntsen, Sveinung; Stea, Tonje Holte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03-10)
      Background: Many adolescents do not reach the recommended levels of physical activity (PA), and students attending vocational studies are less committed to take part in physical education (PE) than other students. The ...

    • Functional evaluation and work participation in health care workers with musculoskeletal disorders 

      Ask, Tove (Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-22)
      Background: In Norway and other western countries, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most frequent reasons for sick leave and disability pensions, and particularly employees in the health and social sector have a ...

    • Fur glowing under ultraviolet: in situ analysis of porphyrin accumulation in the skin appendages of mammals 

      Toussaint, Séverine L. D.; Ponstein, Jasper; Thoury, Mathieu; Métivier, Rémi; Kalthoff, Daniela C.; Habermeyer, Benoît; Guilard, Roger; Bock, Steffen; Mortensen, Peter; Sandberg, Sverre; Gueriau, Pierre; Amson, Eli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Examples of photoluminescence (PL) are being reported with increasing frequency in a wide range of organisms from diverse ecosystems. However, the chemical basis of this PL remains poorly defined, and our understanding of ...

    • Further benefits by early start of HIV treatment in low income countries: Survival estimates of early versus deferred antiretroviral therapy 

      Johansson, Kjell Arne; Robberstad, Bjarne; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-01-16)
      Background International HIV guidelines have recently shifted from a medium-late to an early-start treatment strategy. As a consequence, more people will be eligible to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). We ...

    • The Future Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Making Sense of Collaborative Models 

      Gundersen, Torbjørn; Bærøe, Kristine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      This article examines the role of medical doctors, AI designers, and other stakeholders in making applied AI and machine learning ethically acceptable on the general premises of shared decision-making in medicine. Recent ...

    • Fysisk aktiv adferd tre måneder etter Rehabilitering Utenfor Institusjon av hjerneslagpasienter - Innsatsteam 

      Hauken, Joanna Agnieszka (Master thesis, 2019)

    • Gait characteristics in people with cognitive impairment - the relationship between step length and cadence 

      Knapstad, Mari Kalland (Master thesis, 2016-05-13)
      Background: Approximately 70 000 people in Norway are suffering from some form of dementia. Gait and balance impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease has been recognized for years. Reduced walking speed has been ...

    • Gamified virtual reality exposure therapy for adolescents with public speaking anxiety: a four-armed randomized controlled trial 

      Kahlon, Smiti; Lindner, Philip; Nordgreen, Tine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objective: Public Speaking Anxiety is highly prevalent among adolescents. However, few interventions have been developed specifically for this group. This four-armed randomized trial addressed the following research questions ...

    • Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996-2019 

      Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Alfsen, Glenny Cecilie; Ebbing, Marta; Pedersen, Anne Gro; Sulo, Gerhard; Vollset, Stein Emil; Braut, Geir Sverre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Reliable statistics on the underlying cause of death are essential for monitoring the health in a population. When there is insufficient information to identify the true underlying cause of death, the death ...

    • Gastroenteritis in Norwegian primary care - Time trends and a large waterborne outbreak 

      Emberland, Knut Erik (Doctoral thesis, 2021-10-15)
      Gastroenteritis is a common term for acute infection of the gastrointestinal tract and includes several conditions and specific infections. Gastroenteritis has to a great extent caused disease and death in humans through ...

    • Gender differences in disability after sickness absence with musculoskeletal disorders: five-year prospective study of 37,942 women and 26,307 men 

      Gjesdal, Sturla; Bratberg, Espen; Mæland, John Gunnar; Gjesdal, Sturla; Bratberg, Espen; Mæland, John Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-02-07)
      Background Gender differences in the prevalence and occupational consequences of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are consistently found in epidemiological studies. The study investigated whether gender differences also ...