<i>Aims and objectives</i> - Public health nurses attended a 3‐day course to learn the use of visual methods in health dialogue with adolescents. The aim of this study was to explore how to use visual methods to promote health among adolescents in a school nursing context.<p> <p><i>Background</i> - Photovoice is a visualising technique that enables adolescents to participate in health promotion ...

In this article we explore the experiences and practices of care in the context of assisted living facilities (ALFs) in rural areas from the perspectives of family members, health care professionals, and senior citizen interest group representatives. Specifically, we focus on the potential for ALFs to safeguard and unify the health care policy ambitions of equity, quality, and aging in place. Focus ...

In connection with my PhD (Mæhre, 2017), I conducted qualitative interviews with five critically ill patients in an enhanced ward of a nursing home, based on the Coordination Reform. The purpose of the interviews was to increase understanding of patient experiences of the ward, and their perceived challenges and needs for assistance. The research method was a hermeneutic-phenomenological approach. ...

<p><i>Background - </i>Citizens of Norway have free and equal access to healthcare. Nurses are expected to be culturally sensitive and have cultural knowledge in encounters with patients. Culturally safe care is considered both a process and an outcome, evaluated by whether the patients feel safe, empowered and cared for, or not. All patients request equal access to quality care in Norway, also Sami ...

<p><i>Objective - </i>To assess the effects of manually assisted body-weight supported locomotor training in subjects with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury. <p><i>Design - </i>Randomized controlled clinical trial. <p><i>Subjects - </i>Twenty subjects with American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale grades C or D and > 2 years post-injury. <p><i>Methods - </i>Random allocation to 60 ...

<i>Objectives</i> - To study the expectations women with bulimia nervosa (BN) or binge eating disorder (BED) had to a new treatment programme based on guided physical exercise and dietary therapy.<p> <p><i>Design and participants</i> - Semistructured interviews were conducted with six women with BN and four women with BED following a group-based therapy programme. Transcribed interviews were ...

In a research project where ten persons with dementia and their close families participated, the researcher explored how older people suffering from dementia could live meaningful lives. The aim of this article is to discuss some ethical considerations when persons with dementia are included in research, and to emphasize how to ensure their integrity and dignity. The qualitative research project ...