Blar i forfatter "Wæhler, Turid Austin"

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    • Arctic cooperation between Norway and Russia in healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness on Svalbard: barriers and facilitators 

      Wæhler, Turid Austin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023-12-25)
      <p>This interdisciplinary study explores whether increased cooperation in healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness between Norway and Russia on the Arctic archipelago Svalbard may increase the quality of these services and whether cooperation is desired. <p>Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted and the respondents were asked to describe the current cooperation. Further, they were ...

    • Health risks, emergency preparedness and Norwegian-Russian cooperation on Svalbard. A systematic review 

      Wæhler, Turid Austin; Ingebrigtsen, Tor (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-13)
      This is the first systematic review to explore health risks on Svalbard. We have analysed data retrieved from 18 articles that met eligibility criteria and present a mixed-methods quantitative and qualitative narrative synthesis. Norwegian and Russian inhabitants on Svalbard were compared with the respective mainland populations, and we found no evidence of an increased risk for or prevalence of ...

    • Health Through the Space Lens. Fictional Representations of Health and Illness in Svalbard's Mining Towns in the 1950s. 

      Wæhler, Turid Austin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-16)
      The article discusses cultural perceptions and interpretations of health and illness in a Svalbard context through the analysis of the novels Longyearbyen (2020) by the Norwegian writer Heidi Sævareid and The Arctic Novel (1964) by the Soviet writer Vladlen Anchishkin. Both novels use Svalbard of the 1950s as a setting for portraying issues related to health and illness. It is evident from the ...

    • Healthcare Delivery and Emergency Preparedness on Svalbard: A Study of Norwegian and Russian Practices and Cooperation 

      Wæhler, Turid Austin (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2024-01-26)
      The aim of this thesis is to explore Norwegian and Russian approaches to healthcare delivery and emergency preparedness on Svalbard and to examine potential effects from a closer cooperation. The methods were interdisciplinary. A systematic review was performed to assess studies about health on Svalbard (article 1). Thereafter, a literary analysis explored concepts of health and illness in Norwegian ...

    • Water management in Central Asia : the local perspective 

      Wæhler, Turid Austin (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05)
      Water is an increasing source to conflict throughout Central Asia. The problems of water management are caused by lack of efficient cooperation between the Central Asian states, as the states fail to treat the question of water management in a holistic manner. Rather than relating to water management from a regional perspective, the states are putting their own national needs first. To effectuate ...