Background: Capacity-based mental health legislation was introduced in Norway on 1 September 2017. The aim was to increase the autonomy of patients with severe mental illness and to bring mental health care in line with human rights. The aim of this study is to explore patient experiences of how far the new legislation has enabled them to be involved in decisions on their treatment after they ...

Previous research has indicated that Indigenous Sami families in Norway use public home-based care services less often than their non-Sami peers. Based on qualitative interviews with Sami family caregivers, we explore what they experience as barriers to accessing public care services for older adults living with dementia, and how they experience collaborating with care services providers. Through a ...

Veiledere innen helse- og sosialfaglige velferdstjenester er i daglig kontakt med mennesker som har opplevd traumer og har utfordringer på mange livsområder: arbeid, bolig, økonomi, og sosialt: psykiske og fysiske helseutfordringer. Å stå i disse møtene krever mellommenneskelig kompetanse og trygghet. Forskning indikerer at mange fagprofesjoner opplever at de ikke har tid til å bygge relasjoner, og ...

The effects of war on the health of the population have never been systematically studied. The article explores the impact of war on the general health condition of Finnmark’s population during the war years. The indicators chosen are infant mortality and the epidemic diseases diphtheria, scabies and acute gastroenteritis. The development of the indicators in Finnmark is compared with the averages ...

Summary - Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) predicts future fracture risk. This study explores associations between use of tobacco and bone accretion in Norwegian adolescents. Our results indicate that use of snuff is negatively associated with accretion of aBMD in adolescence and may be a signal of increased future fracture risk.<p> <p>Purpose - Bone mineral accrual in childhood and adolescence ...

Aim<p> <p>To explore informal caregivers’ experiences and perspectives concerning assistive technology (AT) in two nursing homes, through the conceptual lens of person-centredness. <p>Background <p>The integration and use of AT and a person-centred approach to care are political intentions within healthcare services, both internationally and in Norway. In nursing homes, informal caregivers are ...

Objective: To evaluate an informed shared decisionmaking programme (ISDM-P) for people with type 2 diabetes under high fidelity conditions. <p>Design: Randomised, single-blinded trial with sham control intervention and follow-up of 6 months. <p>Setting: Single-centre diabetes clinic providing care according to the national disease management programme in Germany. <p>Participants: 154 people ...

<i>Forskning og kunnskapsutvikling i helsefaglig profesjonsutdanning</i> er utviklet gjennom et toårig prosjekt i regi av forskningsgruppen for helsefaglig profesjonsutdanning ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet. Forskningsgruppen ble opprettet i 2010 og er en tverrfaglig gruppe som består av lærere fra bachelorutdanningene i sykepleie, ergoterapi, fysioterapi og masterutdanningene i helsesykepleie ...

This chapter focusses on nursing students’ opportunities for participation in an international summer school specifically aimed at the people living in the circumpolar regions. The Northern Nursing Education Network offers a two-week intensive course for students to meet and to develop contextual knowledge of indigenous people living in Arctic regions. These areas are often challenged by vast distances ...

The encounter between divergent institutional logics may be challenging for nurses, since they must balance different expectations in their daily institutional work. These challenges increase when new reforms are introduced. Our research question is: How do actors linked to a palliative care unit experience the consequences of the Coordination reform in their daily performance of care work? Our ...