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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 change and climate action: Gendered perceptions amongst students in Amsterdam
(Master thesis, 2020-06-25)Research objectives: This study sought to explore how male and female Dutch students perceive the threat of climate change and to what extent their perceptions are related to gender. Additionally, this study sought to ... -
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 analysis of factors associated with insecticide-treated net utilization between rural and urban areas in Ghana: implication for malaria control and prevention
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Malaria is a global health and development challenge, so the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of Insecticide-Treated Nets (ITNs) for its prevention. In Ghana, despite efforts to increase ITN ownership, ... -
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 ... -
Control over sexual reproductive health: stressor and resources for Makerere University students Kampala, Uganda. An exploratory study.
(Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Sexual reproductive health (SRH) and rights play a central role in overall human wellbeing, however unsafe sexual practices still constitute the second highest risk factor for death and disability in the world''s poorest ... -
The Convention on the Rights of the Child’s Imprint on Judgments from the European Court of Human Rights: A Negligible Footprint?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is the sole interpreter of all matters on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and has no obligations toward any other international law and/or jurisprudence. In the ... -
Correlates of Subjective Well-being, Self-esteem and Self-efficacy among 15-year-old Adolescents in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India: A Social-ecological Approach
(Master thesis, 2019-06-18)Background: Today, there are more young people than at any other time in human history. This large and growing group offers unprecedented potential for economic and social progress. In particular, our 1.2 billion adolescents ... -
COVID-19 and the Gendered Impacts on Paid and Domestic Work: Evidence from an Exploratory Loglinear Analysis of Young Lives Data.
(Master thesis, 2021-12-14)The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 resulted in a global economic crisis, with severe consequences for the lives and livelihoods of people worldwide. While hundreds of millions of people were unable to work ... -
Cross-border Marriage Migration: Experiences of East Asian Migrant Women in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022-09-02)As the field of gender and migration advances, the implications of gender on transnational migration and how migration affects gender relations transnationally require more nuanced investigation. This study seeks to ... -
Cross-national variation in the association between family structure and overweight and obesity: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged children (HBSC) study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Trends of increased complexity in family structure have developed alongside increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. This study examines cross-national variations in the likelihood of living with ...