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Drivers of successful implementation of integrated care for multi-morbidity: Mechanisms identified in 17 case studies from 8 European countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper provides a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying implementation strategies for integrated care. As part of the SELFIE project, 17 integrated care programmes addressing multi-morbidity from eight ... -
Drug prescribing quality for older patients. Explicit indicators and multidisciplinary medication reviews
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-03-16)This thesis is based on three published papers that illuminate different aspects of prescribing quality and drug use in older patients who receive home nursing services or live in nursing homes. Persons older than 65 years ... -
Drug seller adherence to clinical protocols with integrated management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea at drug shops in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-16)Background: Drug shops are usually the first source of care for febrile children in Uganda although the quality of care they provide is known to be poor. Within a larger quasi-experimental study introducing the WHO/UNICEF ... -
Drug shops in integrated community case management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea in Uganda: Appropriateness of care and adherence to treatment guidelines
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-02-09)Introduction. Private drug shops are an important source of care for children in sub-Saharan Africa, with about half of sick children seeking care at this level. However, these drug shops receive minimal regulation and ... -
Drug treatment at the end of life: An epidemiologic study in nursing homes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Objective. To examine drug treatment in nursing home patients at the end of life, and identify predictors of palliative drug therapy. Design. A historical cohort study. Setting. Three urban nursing homes in Norway. Subjects. ... -
Dust exposure and chronic respiratory symptoms among coffee curing workers in Kilimanjaro: a cross sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-24)Background: Coffee processing causes organic dust exposure which may lead to development of respiratory symptoms. Previous studies have mainly focused on workers involved in roasting coffee in importing countries. This ... -
Dust exposure and respiratory health among Tanzanian coffee factory workers
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-09-27)Introduction: Exposure to organic dust may cause detrimental effects to the respiratory system of exposed workers. Organic dust is commonly contaminated with microbes and their derivatives such as bacteria and endotoxin, ... -
Dust Exposure and Respiratory Health Among Workers in Primary Coffee Processing Factories in Tanzania and Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction: In primary coffee factories the coffee beans are cleaned and sorted. Studies from the 80- and 90-ties indicated respiratory health effects among the workers, but these results may not represent the present ... -
Dust exposure and respiratory health problems in a labour-intensive coal mine in Tanzania
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-12-05)Dust exposure and respiratory health problems were studied among randomly selected workers in a coal mine in Tanzania. The aim of the study was to assess the personal respirable dust and quartz exposure and the prevalence ... -
Duty to treat and perceived risk of contagion during the COVID-19 pandemic: Norwegian physicians’ perspectives and experiences—a questionnaire survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The COVID-19 pandemic actualised the dilemma of how to balance physicians´ obligation to treat patients and their own perceived risk of being infected. To discuss this in a constructive way we need empirical ... -
Dying at home in Norway: Health care service utilization in the final months of life
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-18)Background: Although many people prefer to die at home, few people die at home in Norway. We know little about sociodemographic characteristics of people who die at home, the extent of palliative end of life care provided ... -
Dying with dignity – Dignity-preserving care for older women living with incurable cancer at home
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-12-08)Background: the global population is ageing rapidly and most older people are women. They live longer than men, report more illnesses and have a poorer health status. When living with incurable cancer, gender perspectives ... -
A dynamic model of some malaria-transmitting anopheline mosquitoes of the Afrotropical region. I. Model description and sensitivity analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-01-23)Background: Most of the current biophysical models designed to address the large-scale distribution of malaria assume that transmission of the disease is independent of the vector involved. Another common assumption in ... -
A dynamic model of some malaria-transmitting anopheline mosquitoes of the Afrotropical region. II. Validation of species distribution and seasonal variations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-02-25)Background: The first part of this study aimed to develop a model for Anopheles gambiae s.l. with separate parametrization schemes for Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis. The characterizations were constructed ... -
Dysleksi og motorikk : en undersøkelse av motoriske vansker hos barn med dysleksi
(Master thesis, 2003)Movement competence plays an important role in a child’s development. Motor difficulties seem often to appear in parallel with dyslexia in children, according to both the literature and professionals working with these ... -
Døden som et onde: En oversiktsartikkel
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-05)Siden 1970 har det utviklet seg en særegen og sofistikert diskurs om døden innen analytisk filosofi. Denne debatten oppsto som følge av en direkte imøtekommelse av Epikurs sekulære filosofi om døden. Epikur argumenterte ... -
Early cessation of breastfeeding amongst women inSouth Africa: an area needing urgent attention toi mprove child health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-07-24)Background: Breastfeeding is a critical component of interventions to reduce child mortality. Exclusive breastfeeding practice is extremely low in South Africa and there has been no improvement in this over the past ten ... -
Early child stimulation, linear growth and neurodevelopment in low birth weight infants
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Children with low birth weight (LBW) are at risk of linear growth faltering and developmental deficits. Evidence suggests that early child stimulation and care reflected as responsive caregiving and opportunities ... -
Early childhood head circumference: Reference ranges for Ethiopian population
(Master thesis, 2014-05-25)Background: Hydrocephalus is a condition of increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid commonly associated with impaired brain function. It is more common in developing countries and mostly frequently in children. One can ... -
Early diagnosis of sepsis in emergency departments, time to treatment, and association with mortality: An observational study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01-22)Background: Early recognition of sepsis is critical for timely initiation of treatment. The first objective of this study was to assess the timeliness of diagnostic procedures for recognizing sepsis in emergency departments. ...