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Psykososiale stressbelastninger og sammenheng med endring i smerte og livskvalitet etter gjennomført fysikalsk behandling
(MAFYSD;2019, Master thesis, 2019)Bakgrunn: Verdens helseorganisasjon anser langvarig smerte som et folkehelseproblem over hele verden. I Norge anslås det at opp mot 30% av voksne nordmenn har langvarige smerter, og smerter i muskel og skjelettsystemet ... -
PTSD patients show increasing cytokine levels during treatment despite reduced psychological distress.
(Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment;Volume 2018:14, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-17)Background: A reciprocal relationship between activated innate immune system and changes in mood and behavior has been established. There is still a paucity of knowledge on how the immune system responds during psychiatric ... -
The public and patient engagement evaluation tool: Forward-backwards translation and cultural adaption to Norwegian
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Patient engagement is recommended for improving health care services, and to evaluate its organisa- tion and impact appropriate, and rigorously evaluated outcome measures are needed. Methods: Interviews (N = ... -
Public and private health service in Norway: a comparison of patient characteristics and surgery criteria for patients with nerve root affections due to discus herniation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article; Journal article, 2014)Purpose To compare sociodemographic, life style and clinical characteristics in patients operated for lumbar disc herniation in public and private clinics in Norway, and evaluate whether selection for surgery and surgical ... -
Public art and private wealth: the controversial collaboration between the national museum in Norway and Fredriksen Family Art Company Ltd
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)There has been much discussion in the US and European media about the evolving relationship between wealthy private art collectors and underfunded public art museums. This paper examines the public debate regarding the ... -
Public Awareness and Nuclear Safety in Russia
(NIBR-rapport 2015:14, Report, 2015)Bellona's niche within the Norwegian government's Nuclear Action Plan is to work with civil society. In the field of securing access to information for the public at large, facilitating public participation and pushing for ... -
Public beliefs about high-voltage powerlines in Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom: A comparative survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)As countries worldwide, and particularly in Europe, move to increase deployment of low carbon energy sources, significant investments in new transmission networks are planned. However, past cases of public opposition – ... -
Public Bureaucracies
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-17)Public bureaucracies have mostly been invisible in research on political communication, but more recently, there has been an increasing interest in their communicative efforts. In this chapter, we review the literature and ... -
Public deliberation and the fact of expertise: making experts accountable
(Social Epistemology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This paper discusses the conditions for legitimate expert arrangements within a democratic order and from a deliberative systems approach. It is argued that standard objections against the political role of experts are ... -
Public employment services: Building social resilience in youth?
(Social Policy & Administration;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-21)It is contested to what extent public employment services (PES) help build resilience in young unemployed people. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 19 people born in Germany and Norway between 1990 and 1995, the article ... -
The Public Face of an Epidemic Risk: Personalization of an Ebola Outbreak in Nordic Media
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-11)This chapter explores how newspapers in Denmark and Norway both verbally and visually framed and personalized risk and crisis assessments and scenarios following the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. Our point of ... -
Public Governance-Constraints and Challenges for Social Work Practice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In the wake of public sector reforms, the work environment of professionals is changing; there is more description of results and outputs and tighter requirements of front-line work. The changes taking place address a ... -
Public health nurses' barriers and facilitators to the use of research in consultations about childhood vaccinations
(Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences;Early view, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-12-15)Public health nurses’ barriers and facilitators to the use of research in consultations about childhood vaccinations The aim of this study was to describe sources of information, as well as barriers and facilitators to the ... -
Public home care professionals' experiences of being involved in food distribution to home-living elderly people in Sweden - a qualitative study with an action research approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-05-01)Background: Research focusing on Food Distribution (FD) from various professionals’ and organisational perspectives are lacking. The aim of this study was therefore to explore various professionals ’ experiences of ... -
Public involvement and narrative fallacies of nanotechnologies
(NanoEthics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-12)This paper analyzes a European research project called ‘Deepening Ethical Engagement and Participation in Emerging Nanotechnologies’ with the abbreviation DEEPEN. The DEEPEN’s findings and conclusions on the narratives, ... -
Public libraries : a meeting place for immigrant women?
(Library & Information Science Research;33 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-06)The potential role of the public library in the lives of immigrant women is elicited by in-depth interviews with nine female immigrants to Norway from Iran, Afghanistan, and Kurdistan. The research utilizes social ... -
Public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere: A comprehensive review of research
(Journal of Documentation;Volume 75, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the shaping of public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere through a comprehensive literature review. Design/methodology/approach: In order to ... -
Public libraries as public sphere institutions: A comparative study of perceptions of the public library’s role in six European countries
(Journal of Documentation;Publication date 26 September, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of public libraries as institutions underpinning a democratic public sphere as reasons legitimizing libraries compared to reasons that are more traditional and the ... -
Public libraries, social capital, and low intensive meeting places
(Information research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Introduction. This paper presents a research project aiming at eliciting the potential of public libraries in building social capital, and promoting generalized trust in today's multicultural society. Method. Two approaches ... -
Public libraries: places creating social capital?
(Library hi tech;27(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show why studies of public libraries, regarding their possible contribution in creating social capital, are important for social capital research in general, and are important for ...