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    • Yersinia enterocolitica: A Follow-up of the Outbreak in the Norwegian Armed Forces in 2014 

      Borud, Einar Kristian; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Norheim, Arne Johan; Strand, Leif Åge; Fadum, Elin Anita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-28)
      Introduction - In the spring of 2014, there was an outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica (YE) gastroenteritis in four Norwegian military camps—the largest outbreak ever reported in Norway. YE is usually transmitted via food, and the gastrointestinal disease caused by the bacterium is considered a public health problem in several countries. Common symptoms of YE gastroenteritis are abdominal pain, ...

    • Yes, health is important, but as much for its importance via social life: The direct and indirect effects of health on subjective well‐being in chronically ill individuals 

      Lamu, Admassu Nadew; Olsen, Jan Abel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-29)
      There is an increasing evidence that health‐related quality of life, income, and social relationships are important to our subjective well‐being (SWB). Little is known, however, about the specific indirect pathways that link health to SWB via social relationships and income. On the basis of a unique data set of 7 disease groups from 6 OECD‐countries (N = 6,173), we investigate the direct and indirect ...

    • Yoik experiences and possible positive health outcomes: An explorative pilot study 

      Hämäläinen, Soile; Musial, Frauke; Graff, Ola; Olsen, Torjer Andreas; Salamonsen, Anita (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-19)
      Background: Yoik is an old vocal music tradition of Sami, the indigenous people inhabiting Northern Fennoscandia and Kola peninsula in Russia. Studies of music therapy (MT) and especially singing have documented improvements in social and overall functioning in people With severe mental disorders and positive effect on depressive symptoms and sleep quality. Possible connections between yoik and ...

    • Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy? 

      Hämäläinen, Soile Päivikki; Salamonsen, Anita; Mehus, Grete; Schirmer, Henrik; Graff, Ola; Musial, Frauke (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-17)
      <p><i>Introduction:</i> The positive impact of familiar, individualized and patient-preferred music in dementia care is acknowledged in the literature. However, traditional indigenous music practices in care contexts are less studied. This study focuses on yoik, a traditional vocal music of the indigenous Sami people of Fennoscandia. The aims of this exploratory study were to investigate key ...

    • “You never know who are Sami or speak Sami”. Clinicians’ experiences with language-appropriate care to Sami-speaking patients in outpatient mental health clinics in Northern Norway. 

      Dagsvold, Inger Johanne; Møllersen, Snefrid; Stordahl, Vigdis (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-10)
      <p><i>Background - </i>The Indigenous population in Norway, the Sami, have a statutory right to speak and be spoken to in the Sami language when receiving health services. There is, however, limited knowledge about how clinicians deal with this in clinical practice. This study explores how clinicians deal with language-appropriate care with Sami-speaking patients in specialist mental health ...

    • 'You should see a doctor', said the robot: Reflections on a digital diagnostic device in a pandemic age 

      Haase, Christoffer Bjerre; Bearman, Margaret; Brodersen, John; Hoeyer, Klaus; Risør, Torsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-18)
      Aims: In three days at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Copenhagen Emergency Medical Services developed a digital diagnostic device. The purpose was to assess and triage potential COVID-19 symptoms and to reduce the number of calls to public health-care helplines. The device was used almost 150,000 times in a few weeks and was described by politicians and administrators as a solution and ...

    • Young adults and seafood : using the voice of consumers to develop new seafood product concepts aimed at increasing consumption 

      Altintzoglou, Themistoklis (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2010-09-24)
      Young adults do not eat seafood frequently enough because they lack knowledge about the preparation of a quick and easy meal with seafood. One of the ways to improve this situation is to offer young adults a product which is based on their needs and helps them to eat seafood more frequently. The first survey study showed a positive association between health involvement, attitudes towards seafood ...

    • Young doctors’ preferences for payment systems: the influence of gender and personality traits 

      Abelsen, Birgit; Olsen, Jan Abel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-19)
      <p> Objective: Activity-based payment contracts are common among doctors, but to what extent are they preferred? The aim of this paper is to elicit young doctors’ preferences for alternative payment systems before they have adapted to an existing system. We examine the existence of gender differences and the extent to which personality traits determine preferences. <p> Methods: A cross-sectional ...