Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Title
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New knowledge on the impact of sleep disturbances illustrates the urgent need to address sleep problems in nursing home residents
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A new pathway for elective surgery to reduce cancellation rates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-11)Background: The cancellation of planned surgeries causes prolonged wait times, harm to patients, and is a waste of scarce resources. To reduce high cancellation rates in a Norwegian general hospital, the pathway for elective ... -
New quality regulations versus established nursing home practice: a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-07)Background: Western governments have initiated reforms to improve the quality of care for nursing home residents. Most of these reforms encompass the use of regulations and national quality indicators. In the Norwegian ... -
New strides towards fair processes for financing universal health coverage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Fair processes in health financing decisions should not be undervalued or perceived as secondary to the goals of universal health coverage. By integrating fair-process principles and criteria into health financing decisions, ... -
Newborn Care Practices in Northern Uganda : Studies on breastfeeding, decision-making and hypothermia
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-02-13)Background: Early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality. One of the key mechanisms through which optimal breastfeeding reduces neonatal mortality is by reducing neonatal hypothermia. ... -
Newborn health benefits or financial risk protection? An ethical analysis of a real-life dilemma in a setting without universal health coverage
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Introduction: High healthcare costs make illness precarious for both patients and their families’ economic situation. Despite the recent focus on the interconnection between health and financial risk at the systemic level, ... -
Night shift work, chemical coexposures and risk of female breast cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort: a prospectively recruited case-cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives This study examined the association between night shift work and risk of breast cancer, overall and by hormone receptor subtype, among females in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort. We also ... -
Nightmares in People with COVID-19: Did Coronavirus Infect Our Dreams?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Introduction: A growing number of studies have demonstrated that the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected sleep and dream activity in healthy people. To date, no investigation has examined dream ... -
Nile Issues: Small Streams from the Nile Basin Research Programme
(Book, 2010)This popular book presents some of the results from the Nile Basin Research Programme. The Nile Basin region faces huge challenges in the future. The ways the Nile issues are solved will have enduring consequences for the ... -
Nine-fold higher risk of acute myocardial infarction in subjects with type 1 diabetes compared to controls in Norway 1973–2017
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background We aimed to study the cumulative incidence and risk factors (sex, age, calendar year of diabetes onset, country of origin and educational level) of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in subjects with type 1 ... -
No association between osteoporosis and AO classification of distal radius fractures: an observational study of 289 patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12)Background: It is mechanically plausible that osteoporosis leads to more severe peripheral fractures, but studies investigating associations between BMD and radiographically verified complexity of distal radius fractures ... -
No cry at birth : Neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings: role of the laryngeal mask airway
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-03-27)Background: Approximately 2.5 million newborn infants died in the first month of life in 2019, despite the global rate being halved since 1990. The current newborn mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa is > 20 times higher ... -
No effect of a self-help book for insomnia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and comorbid chronic insomnia – a randomized controlled trial.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-29)Objective: To compare the effects of a self-help book for insomnia to that of sleep hygiene advice in a randomized controlled trial with follow-up after about 3 months among patients who were diagnosed with obstructive ... -
'No sister, the breast alone is not enough for my baby'. A qualitative assessment of potentials and barriers in the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in southern Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-11-05)Background: Appropriate feeding practices are of fundamental importance for the survival, growth, development and health of infants and young children. The aim of the present study was to collect baseline information on ... -
Non-ionizing fields in sight - a possible influence on male fertility?
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-03-18)Background. Our society is increasingly using equipment that produces and emits non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF), and little is known regarding exposure to such fields and the possible impact on male reproductive ... -
Nonsupine positioning after macular hole surgery: A prospective multicenter study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose: To evaluate the postoperative closure rate of full-thickness macular holes (MHs) after nonsupine positioning, which means that the patients avoid upward gaze and a supine sleeping position, and to investigate the ... -
Nordic health registry-based research: A review of health care systems and key registries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and comprise a total population of approximately 27 million. The countries provide unique opportunities for joint health registry-based research in ... -
Norms and sexual relations among adolescents in the context of an intervention trial in rural Zambia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)High levels of adolescent pregnancy and child marriage rates in low- and middle-income countries is an issue of concern to many stakeholders, including in Zambia where almost one-third of women give birth before age 18. ... -
The Norse Feedback in a population of patients undergoing bariatric surgery—Psychometric properties of a digital computer-adaptive questionnaire assessing mental health
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The Norse Feedback (NF) is a questionnaire developed for patient-reported outcome monitoring with a clinical feedback system (PRO/CFS). As mental health is a concern after bariatric surgery, the use of the NF as part of ... -
Norske kostråd. En praxeologisk studie - med Pierre Bourdieus praktikk- og feltteori som analytisk verktøy. Periode 1946 – 2014.
(Master thesis, 2015-01-13)Background: Nurses and other health practitioners have to provide dietary advice to various community groups based on governmental health education and scientific research about diet. Today's nutritional advice is confusing, ...