Aim - To investigate midwives' (MWs) and public health nurses' (PHNs) clinical practice and knowledge related to nutrition, with a particular focus on iodine in northern parts of Norway. Maternal iodine status prior to and during pregnancy, and the lactating period, is crucial for brain development and growth of the foetus and infant, from conception up until the first two years of life. In Norway, ...

Aims: There is a paucity of data regarding the care and support provided by Norwegian school health services to siblings of children with complex care needs. Public health nurses are an integral part of these universal services, which focus on health promotion and disease prevention in primary and secondary schools. This study aimed to explore health promotion interventions by public health ...

Several studies evaluated the association between aspirin use and risk of breast cancer (BC), with inconsistent results. We identifed women aged≥50 years residing in Norway between 2004 and 2018, and linked data from nationwide registries; including the Cancer Registry of Norway, the Norwegian Prescription Database, and national health surveys. We used Cox regression models to estimate the ...

Background: Higher education needs to provide students with competencies to meet the health and social needs of a society characterised by increased globalisation and diversity. Occupational therapy students from Norway expressed that learning experiences outside their comfort zone within Zambian placements, have had a profound impact on their professional competence.<p> <p>Aims and objectives: ...

Background Little is known about women’s experience of care and views on early breastfeeding during the COVID19 pandemic in Norway.<p> <p>Methods Women (n =2922) who gave birth in a facility in Norway between March 2020 and June 2021 were invited to answer an online questionnaire based on World Health Organization (WHO) Standard-based quality measures, exploring their experiences of care and views ...

Purpose: The European Society on Breast Imaging has recommended supplemental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) every two to four years for women with mammographically dense breasts. This may not be feasible in many screening programs. Also, the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer suggests not implementing screening with MRI. By analyzing interval cancers and time from screening to ...

Helsesykepleieres mandat er å arbeide helsefremmende og forebyggende basert på retningslinjer for skolehelsetjenesten. Retningslinjene viser at helsedialoger i skolehelsetjenesten kan bidra til sunne helsevalg hos skoleelever. De fleste norske tenåringer rapporterer om god fysisk og psykisk helse. Likevel kan utfordringer tilknyttet ungdomsalderen, være starten på psykiske helseplager inn i voksenlivet. ...

Background - Nursing home residents are vulnerable and frail, and hand hygiene adherence is often too low to prevent transmission of infections. This study’s aim was to investigate whether interventions targeting behavior change can improve hand hygiene adherence in nursing homes.<p> <p>Methods - Over 18 months, 22 nursing home wards participated in this quasi-experimental study. Three intervention ...

Background Pre-frailty is an intermediate, potentially reversible state before the onset of frailty. Healthy dietary choices may prevent pre-frailty. Fish is included in most healthy diets, but little is known about the association between long-term habitual fish intake and pre-frailty. We aimed to elucidate the longitudinal association between the frequency of fish intake and pre-frailty in a ...

Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) er en tiltaksplan og et dokumentasjonsverktøy som har til hensikt å kvalitetssikre omsorg ved livets slutt. I Norge er 329 sykehjem registrerte brukere av tiltaksplanen. Planen finnes i både papirbasert- og elektronisk format. Hensikten med denne studien var å utforske dokumentasjonspraksisen når elektronisk tiltaksplan brukes til døende pasienter i sykehjem. Studien ...