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Exposure to physical and sexual violence, mental health and help-seeking behaviors among Norwegian youth: A cross-sectional study using data from Ungvold, 2015.
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)This thesis is written with consideration of adolescents’ mental health by looking at the connections with help-seeking and two types of violence, physical and sexual. The purpose was to investigate the association between ... -
Experiences of Filipino Nurses in Migration and Workforce Integration in Norway
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)The study is centralized on Filipino nurse migration and workforce integration into Norway. The Philippines is the leading exporter of nurses in developed countries, and this export-oriented strategy is placed by ... -
Domestic Violence: A study on the physical abuse of women and children in Teshie, Ghana
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)Women and children are mostly at the receiving end of abuse in homes and societies. Abuse against women and children has been documented for many decades and is very common in many countries, especially the developing ... -
House of Belonging-Integration in Social Housing A comparative study of ethnic minorities’ position in the social housing market in Oslo and Copenhagen
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)Aims and objectives: In what follows, my aim is to shed light on the social housing sector in Oslo, and how it impacts the ethnic minorities living there. Based on the Norwegian government’s goal for everyone to live well ... -
Off the Beaten Track: Lifestyle Migration in Rural Isaan
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)The thesis aims to give an insight into the ‘lifestyle migrations’ of Western men migrating to Isaan, the rural north-eastern region of Thailand. Perceptions of men migrating to Thailand are often negative, often assumed ... -
Conditional cash transfers as a risk management and poverty reduction strategy: a literature review and an assessment of barriers that hinder the full implementation of livelihood empowerment against poverty (LEAP) in Ghana
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) is the largest social intervention policy in Ghana directed mainly to the poor and vulnerable. Since its first implementation in 2008, the aim of the LEAP programme is the ... -
An Investigation on the Responsiveness of International Clinical Trials on the Gravest Needs of the Population: A look at three LMICs with a high number of international clinical trials
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)The paper is a qualitative research paper done to assess whether the clinical trials carried out in low and middle-income nations like India, Brazil and Philippines were to address the gravest needs of those nations. To ... -
Conflicts between nurses and next of kin with an ethnic minority background: a qualitative study
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)Background: Through the years, the Norwegian society has gone from being a homogeneous society to being a multicultural society. This means that nurses and other healthcare personnel in Norway are having to deal with ... -
Who Cares for Caregivers? Exploring social health among family caregivers of people living with dementia
(OsloMet-Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)This thesis explores social health among caregivers of people living with dementia. Secondary analysis of qualitative interview data draws new information and perspectives from existing data. This analysis is a secondary ... -
Has NCMS improved equity in access to healthcare for the Chinese rural population? - An assessment based on the framework “benchmarks of fairness”
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2019)Introduction: The collapse of the previous medical insurance made most of the rural population restricted to healthcare services. The launching of NCMS since 2003 has been expected to help change this severe situation. ... -
The meaning of vaccination. How do parents in India justify a choice no to vaccinate their children?
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2019)Even though the government emphasize on the importance of immunization in India, the vaccine preventable diseases are still prevailing in the country. The perception of parents regarding vaccines vary according to different ... -
Assistive technology for the elderly population with Dementia in Norway: An approach for a more dementia friendly society
(OsloMet - Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)In an aging society like Norway, the incidence of dementia is very high. For proper integration into society, It is essential to promote assistance to Persons with Dementia (PWD) and to promote help to their wellbeing and ... -
Remote Patient Monitoring: The Role of and Impact on the Older Spouse
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2019)Aims and objectives: This master thesis examines the topics of Welfare Technology and Family Caregiving. The Welfare Technology in focus is Remote Patient Monitoring. The aim of the study is to obtain better knowledge ... -
Responsiveness of Offshored Clinical Trials among Women in the Philippines
(OsloMet - Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)The state of responsiveness of the offshored clinical trials in the Philippines on the health needs of Filipino women is a quantitative research using the feminist standpoint as the theoretical framework. To test ... -
Integration and Social Cohesion through Activation: Asian Immigrant Women in the Norwegian Labor Market
(OsloMet - Storbyuniversitetet, 2019)This thesis aims to explore and gain in-depth insights into the everyday lives of six Asian immigrant women based on their perspectives. Everyday life perspectives provide a new way of understanding one own's personal ... -
Access to health care among marginal groups in Lima, Peru
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2019)In the World 400 million people do not have access to essential health services. The rapid growth rate of the population and increasing urbanization calls for an analysis of the perceived access to health care services and ... -
Challenges facing ophands and vulnerable children in SOS homes. A case study of SOS Children's village, Kumasi-Ghana
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2019)Parental deaths and illnesses are childhood traumatic events that are associated with several negative physical and psychosocial health problems. Out of the 140 million children classified as orphans, 15.1 million have ... -
Immigration and Work Integration of US- Americans in Norway
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2019)The aim of this study was to uncover the ways in which US- American immigrants to Norway experience the integration and immigration process, particularly in the domain of employment. I collected stories from informants ... -
Micro-Finance: The Implementation Experiences. A case study of Village Bank program implementation in Chongwe District Zambia.
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2018)The purpose of this study was to explore experiences of village bank program implementation by the government of the Republic of Zambia. The study established that participants benefited from the program through increased ... -
Lithuanian circular migrants’ experiences in wandering between Lithuanian and Norwegian welfare states
(OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, 2018)Background. Economic demands, new technologies and flexibility of national and international legislation led to the development of various migration and employment patterns. One of the highly promoted but little researched ...
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