Blar i forfatter "Hamran, Torunn"
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"There are more things in heaven and earth!" How knowledge about traditional healing affects clinical practice: Interviews with conventional health personnel
Larsen, Anette Iren Langås; Salamonsen, Anita; Kristoffersen, Agnete Egilsdatter; Hamran, Torunn; Evjen, Bjørg; Stub, Trine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-12)People with Sami and Norwegian background are frequent users of traditional folk medicine (TM). Traditional healing, such as religious prayers of healing ( reading ) and the laying on of hands, are examples of commonly used modalities. The global aim of this study is to examine whether health personnel ’ s knowledge, attitudes and experiences of traditional healing affect their clinical practice. ... -
“They take care of their own”: Healthcare professionals’ constructions of Sami persons with dementia and their families’ reluctance to seek and accept help through attributions to multiple contexts
Blix, Bodil Hansen; Hamran, Torunn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-06)Background: Norwegian government white papers have stated that the Sami population is reluctant to seek help from healthcare services and has traditions of self-help and the use of local networks. <br>Objective: In this article we explore healthcare professionals’ discursive constructions of Sami persons with dementia and their families’ reluctance to seek and accept help from healthcare services. ... -
Turnuslegers erfaringer med veiledning i turnustjenesten
Haugdahl, Hege Selnes; Vikan, Astri; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Hamran, Torunn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)Den nasjonale spørreundersøkelsen blant turnusleger fra 2007-2008 viste at veiledningen ved sykehuset Levanger var mangelfull. Formålet med denne kvalitative studien var derfor å få en bedre forståelse av turnuslegers erfaringer med veiledning i turnustjenesten. Kvalitative intervju av syv turnusleger som hadde gjennomført turnustjeneste ved sykehuset Levanger i 2007-2008. Erfaringene ble analysert ... -
"We own the illness”: a qualitative study of networks in two communities with mixed ethnicity in Northern Norway
Larsen, Anette Iren Langås; Salamonsen, Anita; Kristoffersen, Agnete Egilsdatter; Hamran, Torunn; Evjen, Bjørg; Stub, Trine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-21)Background: When people in Northern Norway get ill, they often use traditional medicine. The global aim of this study was to examine the extended family networks’ function and responsibility in cases of illness in the family, in two Northern Norwegian communities with a population of mixed ethnicity.<p> Methods: Semi-structured individual interviews with 13 participants and 4 focus group interviews ... -
'When the saints go marching in': constructions of senior volunteering in Norwegian government white papers, and in Norwegian senior volunteers’ and health-care professionals’ stories
Blix, Bodil Hansen; Hamran, Torunn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-27)This study explores policy makers’, health-care professionals’ and senior volunteers’ perceptions of senior volunteers. Two Norwegian government white papers regarding older adult care and welfare services, which were published over a period of 19 years, were selected for close examination. Furthermore, focus group interviews with a purposeful sample of five senior volunteers and 15 health-care ... -
Yngre og eldre brukere av hjemmetjenesten - ulike behov eller forskjellsbehandling. Flerfaglig praksis i et interaksjonsteoretisk perspektiv
Hamran, Torunn; Moe, Siri (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2012)Bakgrunn for dette prosjektet er den store veksten i yngre brukere av kommunale pleie- og omsorgstjenester og at eldre brukere, selv om de er flest, får en stadig mindre andel av ressursene. Ulikheter i tjenestetilbudet til yngre og eldre brukere er allerede godt kartlagt. Et sentralt spørsmål i denne undersøkelsen er synet på hva som er nødvendig og hva som er verdig omsorg, og om det er grunnlag ...