Browsing Faculty of Psychology by Subject "Public health"
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A comparative analysis of the initiatives "Improving Access to Psychological Therapies" (IAPT) in England and "Psychologists in Primary Health Care" in Norway
(Master thesis, 2012-04-13)Background: The challenge in public mental health is threefold: 1) the majority of people suffering from mental illness receive no treatment; 2) there are not enough mental health professionals to offer individual treatment ... -
Early life factors in relation to cardiovacular disease in old age in Bergen: a Norwegian retrospective cohort study based on the Hordaland Study (HUSK)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07)Objectives: The fetal origins of adult disease hypothesis describes associations found for fetal or early-life expos- ures with cardiovascular risk and disease in adulthood. The extension or not of these associations into ... -
Kalsiumparadokset. En casestudie av prosessen fra kunnskapsgrunnlaget til utformingen av kalsiumanbefalingene
(Master thesis, 2010-06-23)Background: Osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures represent a major problem for public health in Norway. The World Health Organisation has estimated that the problem will have multiplied by a factor of four on a global ... -
When incentives work too well: locally implemented pay for performance (P4P) and adverse sanctions towards home birth in Tanzania - a qualitative study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-18)Background: Despite limited evidence of its effectiveness, performance-based payments (P4P) are seen by leading policymakers as a potential solution to the slow progress in reaching Millennium Development Goal 5: improved ...