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The association between socioeconomic status and pandemic influenza: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
(BMC, 2019-01-04)
Background: Pandemic mortality rates in 1918 and in 2009 were highest among those with the lowest socioeconomic status (SES). Despite this, low SES groups are not included in the list of groups prioritized for pandemic ...
Welfare Regimes Modify the Association of Disadvantaged Adult-life Socioeconomic Circumstances with Self-rated Health in Old Age
(Oxford University Press, 2019-01-03)
Background: Welfare regimes in Europe modify individuals’ socioeconomic trajectories over
their life-course, and, ultimately, the link between socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) and
health. This paper aimed to assess ...
Barn og unges deltakelse i forskning: Muligheter og utfordringer
(Universitetsforlaget, 2019-02-01)
Dette temanummeret belyser og diskuterer utfordringer og muligheter i deltakelse og involvering av barn og ungdom, med utgangspunkt i fersk kvalitativ og kvantitativ samfunnsvitenskapelig forskning.
Dette temanummeret byr ...
Sickness absence in pregnancy: associations with sedentary behavior: A population-based cohort study from Norway
(BMC, 2019)
Background
Sickness absence in pregnancy accounts for a large part of sickness-related absenteeism among women. Exercise in pregnancy is associated with a lower level of sickness absence, however little is known about how ...
Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy: Evidence using Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish register data
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
Background: Despite being comparatively egalitarian welfare states, the Nordic countries have not been successful in reducing health inequalities. Previous studies have suggested that smoking and alcohol contribute to this ...
The state as God: On Bourdieu’s political theology
(University of Oslo, 2019)
Bourdieu’s anthropology of the state can be interpreted as a form of political theology, premised on a panentheistic conception of the state, which is transcendental to social reality while simultaneously being lodged in ...
Understanding consumer e-waste recycling behavior: Introducing a new economic incentive to increase the collection rates
(MDPI, 2019)
Consumer electronics are made of a wide range of materials, including precious metals and
critical minerals with limited global reserves. Ensuring the recycling of these materials is essential
for future use, especially ...
Ideas and leadership in the crafting of alternative industrial policies: Local content requirements for the Brazilian oil and gas sector
(City University of New York, 2019)
Latin America is viewed as a region that has embraced a strategy of “open-economy industrial policy” (OEIP). However, the region’s transition to OEIP has been neither complete nor irreversible. In this article, we argue ...
Migration, Gender Roles, and Mental Illness: The Case of Somali Immigrants in Norway
(SAGE Publications, 2019)
This article explores why Somali immigrant women in Norway have a lower utilization rate of mental-health services compared to Somali men. Based on qualitativeresearch, it argues that the maintenance of traditional gender ...
Kunnskapsbasert praksis innenfor en samstyringsmodell: En analyse av satsingen «Praksis- og kunnskapsutvikling i NAV-kontor»
(Universitetsforlaget (Scandinavian University Press), 2019)
I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi utfordringer med å utvikle en kunnskapsbasert praksis innenfor en samstyringsmodell, der egen oppgaveløsning er avhengig av samarbeidet med andre. Vi gjør det gjennom en analyse av satsingen ...