Artikler, kapitler og presentasjoner fra NORCE Helse og samfunn: Recent submissions
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Agriculture in transition: New strategies for the promotion of occupational health and safety.
(Chapter, 2021)It is well documented that farming is a high-risk industry in terms of fatalities and injuries, and with numerous risk factors associated with operating the farm. It has also proved difficult to find evidence for the ... -
Rastløse bein – en studie fra allmennpraksis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)BAKGRUNN Forekomsten av rastløse bein er rundt 5–10 % blant voksne i den generelle befolkningen. Få studier er gjort om forekomsten blant pasienter som oppsøker fastlege. Det er også få studier om sammenheng med andre ... -
Improving drug prescription in general practice using a novel quality improvement model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction Quality improvement (QI) clusters have been established in many countries to improve healthcare using the Breakthrough Series’ collaboration model. We investigated the effect of a novel QI approach based on ... -
Effectiveness of music therapy for autism spectrum disorder, dementia, depression, insomnia and schizophrenia: Update of systematic reviews
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Music therapy (MT) aims at maintaining, restoring and furthering physical/emotional/mental health. This review assesses effectiveness of MT and its methods for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), dementia, depression, ... -
Continuity in general practice as a predictor of mortality, acute hospitalization, and use of out-of-hours care: registry-based observational study in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Continuity, usually considered a quality aspect of primary care, is under pressure in Norway, and elsewhere. Aim To analyse the association between longitudinal continuity with a named regular general practitioner ... -
Variation in perception of safety culture in out-of-hours family medicine service in Croatia Razlike v dojemanju kulture varnosti pri dežurnih ambulantah družinske medicine na Hrvaškem
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) is among the most frequently cited tools for measuring safety culture in healthcare settings. Its ambulatory version was used in this study. The aim was to assess safety ... -
A High Court plays the accordion: Validating Ex Ante case complexity on oral arguments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)While high courts with fixed time for oral arguments deprive researchers of the opportunity to extract temporal variance, courts that apply the “accordion model” institutional design and adjust the time for oral arguments ... -
Past Year Cannabis Use Among Norwegian Adolescents: Time Trends Based on the Ungdata Surveys 2010–2019
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aims: To describe trends in cannabis use from 2010 to 2019 among Norwegian adolescents and relate these to individual- and municipal-level variables. Design: Data from nationwide repeated cross-sectional surveys collected ... -
Parental Mental Illness as a Risk Factor for Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders: A Registry-Based Study of Specialized Child and Adolescent Health Services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Parental mental illness is a major risk factor for youth psychopathology, but few studies have used data from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to investigate this group. We used a unique linkage between ... -
A mixed methods study of employers' and employees' evaluations of job seekers with a mental illness, disability, or of a cultural minority
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)BACKGROUND: Groups in society that are under-represented in the workforce encounter various barriers in the job-seeking process. Some of these barriers are found on the employer’s side of the table. OBJECTIVE: This study ... -
Sleep patterns and insomnia among adolescents receiving child welfare services: A population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objectives Sleep problems are common in adolescence. We aimed to investigate sleep patterns and insomnia in Norwegian adolescents who have been in contact with child welfare services (CWS), both adolescents living in ... -
Måleegenskaper ved den norske versjonen av Olweus spørreskjema om mobbing (Olweusundersøkelsen)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Olweus spørreskjema om mobbing for elever ble utviklet på 1980-tallet og brukes til å kartlegge mobbing i skolen basert på elevers selvrapportering. I Norge brukes skjemaet først og fremst i grunnskolen på 4. til 10. trinn. ... -
Consultations and antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections in Norwegian primary care 2006–2015, a registry-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Extensive use of antibiotics and the resulting emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a major health concern globally. In Norway, 82% of antibiotics is prescribed in primary care and one in four prescriptions ... -
Changing Salty Food Preferences with Visual and Textual Explanations in a Search Interface
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Salt is consumed at too high levels in the general population, causing high blood pressure and related health problems. In this paper, we present results of ongoing research that tries to reduce salt intake via technology ... -
Support for electoral system reform among voters and politicians: Studying information effects through survey experiments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Does information about the consequences of proposals to change the Norwegian parliamentary electoral system influence voters’ and politicians’ attitudes towards the system? Is the willingness to accept change greater among ... -
Which factors increase informal care hours and societal costs among caregivers of people with dementia? A systematic review of Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Nearly 19 million people across OECD countries are living with dementia, and millions of family caregivers are affected by the disease. The costs of informal care are estimated to represent 40–75% of the total ... -
Evaluating an integrated care pathway for frail elderly patients in Norway using multi-criteria decision analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background To provide value-based care for patients with multi-morbidity, innovative integrated care programmes and comprehensive evaluations of such programmes are required. In Norway, a new programme called “Holistic ... -
General practice–a fertile lagoon in the ocean of medical knowledge
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)General practitioners (GPs) often find that linear, deductive knowledge does not provide a sufficient map for clinical management. But experience, accompanied by enduring familiarity with individual patients, may offer ... -
Study design: Pathways to Independence – A study of unaccompanied minor refugees settled in a Norwegian city municipality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aims: The aim of the ‘Pathways to Independence’ study was to gain knowledge of how to facilitate a healthy development for unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) after settling in Norwegian municipalities. Methods: The ... -
Do Parental Education-Related Inequality Matter in Child and Adolescent Utilization of Mental Health Services: Results From a Norwegian Register Linkage Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Equitable access to health care point to equal access to care for those with equal needs, but pro-rich and pro-educated inequities have been documented in specialized mental health care utilization. This study aimed to ...