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Gode barnevernsinstitusjoner: en systematisk kartleggingsoversikt
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2020-06-10)Vi undersøkte hva forskning fra 2010-2019 sier om tiltak, metoder og strategier som skal legge til rette for god omsorg for barn og unge i barnevernsinstitusjoner. -
Næringsutvikling i samiske samfunn. En studie av sysselsetting og verdiskaping i nord
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2014-02-05)Denne rapporten inngår som en del av regjeringens <i>Kunnskapsinnhenting ‐ verdiskaping i nord</i>. En rekke sektorrapporter og rapporter med tverrgående tema er utarbeidet, men den samiske dimensjonen i fremtidig næringsutvikling ble i liten grad belyst gjennom disse studiene. Denne rapporten forsøker å gi et bilde av næringslivet i samiske områder og hvilke utviklingsmuligheter mht. verdiskaping ... -
Bruk av linkarbeidere i barnevernet: en systematisk kartleggingsoversikt
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2020-11-18)Hensikten med denne systematiske kartleggingsoversikten er å klassifisere og beskrive forskning om linkarbeid i barnevernet og tilgrensende tjenester i saker som omhandler barn og familier med minoritetsbakgrunn. Linkarbeidere er personer som formidler mellom to parter og bistår med kultursensitivitet for å sikre god kommunikasjon og samarbeid mellom partene. -
Forskning om tiltak for å redusere langvarige og hyppige sykefravær i arbeidslivet: Et forskningskart
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2021-07-05)Sykefraværet blant norske arbeidstakere ligger høyt, sammenlignet med andre land. Den nåværende IA-avtalen (Intensjonsavtale for et mer inkluderende arbeidsliv) har som mål å redusere frafall fra arbeidslivet og redusere sykefraværet i Norge. IA-avtalen er tydelig på at langtidssykmelding er en viktig årsak til frafall fra arbeidslivet og mer varige helserelaterte trygdeytelser. Arbeids- og ... -
From Rural to Urban Living. A survey among internal migrants from Sami core areas to cities in Norway
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Individualized dietary counseling on nutritional status in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: A systematic review
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2021-07-08)Individualized dietary counseling given with or without oral nutritional supplements, on the outcome of nutritional status, in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy, compared to standard routine clinical care, with or without other nutritional interventions: A systematic review. Background: Malnutrition and unintentional weight loss is common in patients with head and neck cancer. ... -
Explaining subjective social status in two countries: The relative importance of education, occupation, income and childhood circumstances
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-03)In the literature on social inequalities in health, subjective socioeconomic position (SEP) is increasingly applied as a determinant of health, motivated by the hypothesis that having a high subjective SEP is health-enhancing. However, the relative importance of determinants of subjective SEP is not well understood. Objective SEP indicators, such as education, occupation and income, are assumed to ... -
Concentrations and geographical patterns of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in meat from semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-29)The study aimed at investigating the concentrations and geographical patterns of 11 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 15 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in reindeer muscle samples (n = 100) collected from 10 grazing districts in Norway, 2009. Concentrations were examined for patterns related to geographical region as well as age and sex of animals. Concentrations measured for PCBs and OCPs in ... -
Konsekvenser av covid-19 på barn og unges liv og helse: en hurtigoversikt
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2021-01)Oppdraget var å kartlegge og hente ut resultater fra studier publisert om covid-19-pandemiens og samfunnsnedstengningens følger for barn og unge. Problemstillingen var: Hva er konsekvensene av covid-19-pandemien på barn og unges liv og helse?<p> <p>Vi gjennomførte en hurtigoversikt, dvs. en systematisk oversikt utført på kortere tid og med forenklede steg. Vi vurderte ikke studienes risiko ... -
Intimate partner violence and its association with mental health problems: The importance of childhood violence – The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-30)Aims: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its association with psychological distress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS) among Sami and non-Sami and to explore whether the association between IPV and mental health is modified by exposure to childhood violence (CV). These issues are scarcely studied among the Sami. Methods: This study was based ... -
Data from national health registers as endpoints for the Tromsø Study: Correctness and completeness of stroke diagnoses
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-14)Aim: To assess whether stroke diagnoses in national health registers are sufficiently correct and complete to replace manual collection of endpoint data for the Tromsø Study, a population-based epidemiological study.<p> <p>Method: Using the Tromsø Study Cardiovascular Disease Register for 2013–2014 as the gold standard, we calculated correctness (defined as positive predictive value, PPV) and ... -
Reproductive Factors, Use of Exogenous Hormones, and Pancreatic Cancer Incidence: The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-05)Introduction: The incidence of pancreatic cancer is increasing worldwide and characterized by a particularly low survival rate. Studies have reported weak and inconsistent evidence for associations among reproductive factors, use of exogenous hormones, and pancreatic cancer incidence in women. <p> <p>Purpose: To investigate relationships between reproductive factors, exogenous hormones, and the ... -
The experiences and strategies of parents’ of adults with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa: a qualitative study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-07)Background - Caring for an individual with an eating disorder involves guilt, distress and many extra burdens and unmet needs. This qualitative study explored the experiences of parents with adult daughters suffering from anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa and the strategies they adopted. A subsidiary aim of the study was to explore the relationship between the caregivers’ perceived need for ... -
“Putting your own oxygen mask on first”: a qualitative study of siblings of adults with anorexia or bulimia
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-08)Background - In families where one of the siblings has an eating disorder (ED), research indicates that the siblings without eating disorders (EDs) experience insufficient care and negative changes in family life. The illness then takes up a great deal of space within the family. Support from the siblings without EDs is considered to be important for the recovery of the sibling with ED. A key issue ... -
Caught up in Care: Crafting Moral Subjects of Chronic Fatigue
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-17)Patients with chronic fatigue receive advice to improve symptom management and well-being. This advice is based on ideas of self-management and is conveyed during clinical assessment as “activity regulation.” Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a hospital clinic in Norway, we show how these patients attempt to demonstrate their competences and everyday concerns, and how the ideology of self-management ... -
The Educational Gradient in Intake of Energy and Macronutrients in the General Adult and Elderly Population: The Tromsø Study 2015–2016
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-28)Worldwide, there are socioeconomic inequalities in health and diet. We studied the relationship between education and nutrient intake in 11,302 women and men aged 40–96 years who participated in the seventh survey of the population-based Tromsø Study (2015–2016), Norway (attendance 65%). Diet was assessed using a validated food-frequency questionnaire. We examined the association between education ... -
How physicians manage medical uncertainty: A qualitative study and conceptual taxonomy
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-01)Background - Medical uncertainty is a pervasive and important problem, but the strategies physicians use to manage it have not been systematically described.<p> <p>Objectives - To explore the uncertainty management strategies employed by physicians practicing in acute-care hospital settings and to organize these strategies within a conceptual taxonomy that can guide further efforts to understand ... -
Clinical reasoning in traditional medicine exemplified by the clinical encounter of Korean medicine: a narrative review
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-11)Background - Clinical reasoning is generally defined as a way of thinking about diagnostic or therapeutic decision making in clinical practice. Different cognitive models have been proposed for the clinical reasoning process which takes place during the clinical encounter with a patient. This may have similarities with similar approaches used in Traditional Korean Medicine (TKM). Jinchal, the clinical ... -
Tinnitus and associations with chronic pain: The population-based Tromsø Study (2015-2016)
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-02)Tinnitus and pain have many similarities. Both are subjective sensations that may turn chronic, they are often accompanied by hypersensitivity in their respective sensory system, and overlapping brain changes have been observed. Since no population study has examined the empirical association between chronic pain and tinnitus, the present study aimed to explore the relationship in a general adult ... -
A scoping review to map the concept, content, and outcome of wilderness programs for childhood cancer survivors
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-06)Objectives - Systematic mapping of the concept, content, and outcome of wilderness programs for childhood cancer survivors.<p> <p>Design - Scoping review.<p> <p>Search strategy - Searches were performed in 13 databases and the grey literature. Included studies describe participation of childhood cancer survivors in wilderness programs where the role of nature had a contextual and therapeutic ...
