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Implementering av rutiner for å kartlegge og ivareta barn av psykisk syke pasienter: Praksisendringer i psykisk helsevern for voksne evaluert over tid.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-02)Barn av psykisk syke foreldre er en gruppe med forhøyet risiko for selv å utvikle psykisk sykdom. For å kartlegge og ivareta barn som pårørende, har det blitt implementert to nye intervensjoner ved et sykehus i Nord-Norge. Denne studien er en del av en longitudinell studie, hvor formålet er å evaluere implementeringsprosessen over tid. Utvalget (N= 219 ved pre-test, N = 185 ved post-test og N = 108 ... -
Implementering og evaluering av Tidlig Identifisering av Livstruende Tilstander ved Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-06-03)Innledning: Bruk av skåringsystemer basert på derangering av vitale parametere bidrar til identifisering av pasienter i klinisk forverring i en tidlig fase. I 2015 besluttet Universitetssykehuset Nord Norge (UNN) å innføre tidlig varsel-systemet Tidlig Identifisering av Livstruende Tilstander (TILT). Målet med denne studien var å kvalitetssikre implementeringen og evaluere bruk av TILT ved UNN, og ... -
Implementing a Health Information System at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital in Ghana. End User Perspective.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2018-05-14)Health can be improved by information and communication technologies (ICT) in developing countries. Electronic health systems coordinate patient care processes in different departments within the same facility to enhance efficient delivery of care. However, health sectors in developing countries are unable to implement modern health care technologies due to challenges which negatively impact their ... -
Implementing an electronic health record in a Nigerian secondary healthcare facility. Prospects and challenges
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-11-02)Nigeria is witnessing continuing advocacy and increase in number of individuals yearning for computerization of health information and healthcare processes. However, little is known about the opinions of the diverse healthcare providers who would ensure the successful implementation and meaningful use of health information technology in the country (Adeleke, Erinle et al. 2015). This study explores ... -
Implementing and up-scaling evidence-based eMental health in Europe: The study protocol for the MasterMind project
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-19)Background: Depressive disorder is a major societal challenge. Despite the availability of clinically and costeffective treatments including Internet interventions, the number of patients receiving treatment is limited. Evidence-based Internet interventions promise wide availability and high efficiency of treatments. However, these interventions often do not enter routine mental healthcare delivery ... -
Implementing EHR in a developing country: potential challenges and benefits
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2009-05-15)Developing countries are slow adopters of new technologies, particularly with regards to the health services of these countries. This study explores the data collection and management challenges in a Ghanaian hospital using an interpretative case study approach and proposes implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system as a solution to these challenges. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), ... -
Implementing Electronic Health Records – Cases, Concepts, Questions
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023)Learning is inherently social. This raises several questions that relate to how contexts and spaces can mediate co-creative learning. In this workshop proposal, we refer to the interrelated aspects of space, learning, and embodiment and how these aspects mediate the human-robot interaction. Our assumption is that robots are interpreted variously and used in different ways. We are interested in the ... -
Implementing interventions in adult mental health services to identify and support children of mentally ill parents.
(Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2014-03-28)This dissertation is a result of a large-scale longitudinal project (the BAP-study) where the overall aim was to monitor and evaluate the implementation of clinical change to identify and support children of mentally ill parents within the participating clinic. The design includes a pre-test, post-test and one-year follow-up. The first stage of the study involved assessment of the status quo in the ... -
Implementing new routines in adult mental health care to identify and support children of mentally ill parents
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Mental health problems are often transmitted from one generation to the next. This knowledge has led to changes in Norwegian legislation, making it mandatory to assess whether or not patients have children, and to provide necessary support for the children of mentally ill patients. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the process of implementing new routines in adult mental ... -
Implications of GM crops in subsistence-based agricultural systems in Africa
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2013)<p>Africa has deep contentions on the use of GM crops in agriculture, similar to those found in Europe and elsewhere. However, it is apparent that the debate is most protracted on the continent with two entrenched viewpoints i.e. the pro-GMO and anti-GMO groups. The challenge for an acceptable consensus is attributable to a complexity of issues relative to the introduction of GM maize into small-scale ... -
Implisitte og eksplisitte holdninger mot eldre arbeidere
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-02)Formålet med denne studien var å undersøke implisitte og eksplisitte holdninger mot eldre arbeidere i Norge. I studie 1 undersøkte vi norske studenters spontane tanker om vanlige stereotypier mot eldre arbeidere i det norske samfunnet. Den kvalitative analysen viste at norske stereotypier mot eldre arbeidere samsvarer med stereotypier fra andre land. I tillegg pilot-testet og identifiserte vi et ... -
The importance of contextualization. Anthropological reflections on descriptive analysis, its limitations and implications
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)This paper regards a concern for the quality of analyses made on the basis of qualitative interviews in some parts of qualitative health research. Departing in discussions on studies exploring ‘patient delay’ in healthcare seeking, it is argued that an implicit and simplified notion of causality impedes reflexivity on social context, on the nature of verbal statements and on the situatedness of the ... -
The importance of cultural awareness when planning and implementing telepsychiatric services in rural and remote areas
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-24)<p><i>Introduction</i>: Increasing populations and an increasing incidence of mental health problems challenge many developing countries, including Ghana. Long distances, financial limitations, lack of mental health personnel, and pessimism about the effectiveness of treatment, make it difficult for people to access help. In 2011, only 0.3% of Ghana’s 25 million population received psychiatric ... -
The importance of hope in the context of healing – Narratives on hope after serious brain damage
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The importance of loneliness in psychotic-like symptoms: Data from three studies
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-19)Poor social connection or loneliness is a prominent feature of schizotypy and may exacerbate psychosis risk. Previous studies have examined the inter-relationships between loneliness and psychosis risk, but critically, they have largely been conducted in non-clinical samples or exclusively used laboratory questionnaires with limited consideration of the heterogeneity within schizotypy (i.e., positive, ... -
The Importance of Untold and Unheard Stories in Narrative Gerontology: Reflections on a Field Still in the Making from a Narrative Gerontologist in the Making
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)In this essay, I consider the limitations and possibilities of narrative gerontology. I reflect upon narrative gerontology’s fundamental dependence on people’s narrative willingness. I discuss both the reasons that stories remain untold and the reasons they remain unheard. Furthermore, I suggest that narrative gerontology would benefit from a stronger focus on the act and context of storytelling ... -
Important Factors When Communicating with Sami Patients About Health, Illness and Care Issues
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-21)<i>Norwegian abstract</i>: Kommunikasjon er viktig i utøvelsen av god omsorg. Formålet med denne studien er å utforske hvordan samer beskriver kommunikasjon i møte med helsepersonell når de snakker om helse, sykdom og omsorg og i tillegg hvilke faktorer de utpeker som viktige i denne konteksten. Elleve semi-strukturerte intervju ble gjennomført på samisk og transkribert til norsk. Det var både menn ... -
Important protozoan-, helmintic-, mycobacterial- and viral infective diseases in the tropics
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Important risk factors and attributable risk of vertebral fractures in the population-based Tromsø study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)Vertebral fractures, the most common type of osteoporotic fractures, are associated with increased risk of subsequent fracture, morbidity, and mortality. The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of important risk factors to the variability in vertebral fracture risk. Vertebral fracture was ascertained by VFA method (DXA, GE Lunar Prodigy) in 2887 men and women, aged between 38 and 87 ... -
Importation of roughage to Norway - Implications for plant and animal health, zoonoses, and biodiversity. Opinion of the scientific committee of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Enviroment
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2022-02-18)Det er stor usikkerhet om import av grovfôr til Norge kan føre med seg planteskadegjørere, invaderende planter og smittestoff som kan forårsake sykdom hos dyr og mennesker.
