Whether higher education students’ approaches to studying are amenable to change, is disputed. In this study, Norwegian occupational therapy students’ (n = 263) approaches to studying were assessed annually across the three-year course, with the aim of exploring changes during the undergraduate study program. Sociodemographic information and the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students ...

With the recognized need for health systems’ improvements in the circumpolar and indigenous context, there has been a call to expand the research agenda across all sectors influencing wellness and to recognize academic and indigenous knowledge through the research process. Despite being recognized as a distinct body of knowledge in international forums and across indigenous groups, examples of ...

Appropriate antibiotic prescribing is associated with favourable levels of antimicrobial resistance and clinical outcomes. Literature has indicated that antibiotic treatment of hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), the leading cause of death due to infection in adults worldwide, have potential for improvement. The overall aim of this PhD-work has been to promote appropriate ...

Etter avviklingen av HVPU-omsorgen i Norge på 1990-tallet, har det vært store visjoner om at målet om høy arbeidsdeltakelse også skal gjelde for mennesker med utviklingshemming. Til tross for innsats og politiske mål, viser forskning at arbeidsdeltakelse for denne gruppen er synkende. Bare 25 prosent av voksne med utviklingshemming er i dag i arbeid, men de arbeider hovedsakelig i skjermede virksomheter ...

Tema for denne masteroppgaven er arbeidsinkludering for personer med utviklingshemming. Studien omhandler elever med utviklingshemming i videregående skoler, og den tilretteleggingen som gjøres for deres fremtidige arbeidsdeltakelse. Problemstillingen «Hvordan tilrettelegger videregående skole for fremtidig arbeidsdeltakelse for elever med utviklingshemming» ble besvart ved bruk av kvalitativ ...

<p>The aim of the ethnographic study described was to listen sensitively and give voice to elderly Arctic women’s personal food biographies and everyday experiences of living in small coastal towns and inland areas of Norway’s Circumpolar North, North West Russia and Greenland. These specified geographical contexts were selected because they have been the focus of the Arctic and Global Health research ...

A high proportion of people with severe mental illness (SMI) want to work, consider it essential for recovery, yet employment rates are low. Many employees in public employment services (PES) work according to traditional attitudes that people with SMI are unable to work and if they do, risk harm from work-related stress. These attitudes conflict with principles in evidence based vocational ...

Background: It has been suggested that frequent-, short-term sick leave is associated with work environment factors, whereas long-term sick leave is associated mainly with health factors. However, studies of the hypothesis of an association between a poor working environment and frequent short spells of sick leave are few and results are inconsistent. Therefore, we aimed to explore associations ...

<i>Background and aims</i> - A considerable research-literature focuses on pain during labor and associations with postpartum persistent pain and depression, with findings pointing in various directions. The aim of this study was to examine the role of labor pain and overall birth experience in the development of pain and depression 8 weeks after delivery.<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - The study sample ...