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Short Food Supply Chains and Their Contributions to Sustainability: Participants’ Views and Perceptions from 12 European Cases
(Sustainability;Volume 11, Issue 17, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-28)The present food system faces major challenges in terms of sustainable development along social, economic and environmental dimensions. These challenges are often associated with industrialised production processes and ... -
Short- and long-term delegation: what are the effects on politicians’ sense of control?
(Public Management Review;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-10-06)The ability of elected representatives to ensure that output is in line with political priorities is a core element of representative democracy. The article explores how delegation affects politicians’ sense of control ... -
Short-term Birth Sequelae of the 1918-20 Influenza Pandemic in the United States: State-Level Analysis
(American Journal of Epidemiology;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-28)This paper illuminates short-term birth sequelae of the influenza pandemic of 1918–20 in the USA using monthly data on births and all-cause deaths for 19 US states in conjunction with data on maternal deaths, stillbirths, ... -
Should GPs ask patients about their financial concerns? Exploration through collaborative research
(Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care;Volume 38, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-16)Objective: Health services should arguably be concerned about the financial situation of patients since health problems can cause financial concerns, which in turn can cause health problems. In this study, we explored the ... -
Should I stay or should I go: The role of Colombian free urban housing projects in IDP return to the countryside
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Over six million people have been displaced in Colombia’s ongoing armed conflict, mainly from rural to urban areas. In 2012, the Colombian government launched a large-scale social housing program to alleviate the housing ... -
Should I stay or should I go? Nurses’ wishes to leave nursing homes and home nursing
(Journal of Nursing Management;26(8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aims: This study investigates the prevalence of nurses’ wishes to leave work in elderly care services and aims to explain differences between younger and older nurses. Background: Health-and-care services, and specifically ... -
Sickness absence in pregnancy: associations with sedentary behavior: A population-based cohort study from Norway
(BMC Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 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 ... -
Significance of Monitoring and Control for Employees’ Felt Trust, Motivation, and Mastery
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The aim of the current study is to investigate the importance of monitoring and employee control for employees’ felt trust, as well as felt trust as a mediating variable between monitoring and control, intrinsic motivation ... -
Signs of Progress: Local Democracy Developments in Ukrainian Cities
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-29)Decentralisation reforms presuppose the transfer of powers from central to local authorities. From being a highly centralised state, since 2015 Ukraine has taken some important steps towards reforms of local government ... -
Sikrer gode karakterer fullføring? Videregående opplæring blant jenter med hjelp fra barnevernet
(Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;Årgang 21, nr. 2-2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-26)Nesten 1200 jenter med hjelp fra barnevernet begynte på helse- og oppvekstfag høsten 2006. Fem år etter hadde mindre enn 350 av dem fullført utdanningen. I artikkelen undersøkes fullføringsforskjeller innad i barnevernsp ... -
Silencing the sexual self and relational and individual well-being in later life: a gendered analysis of North versus South of Europe
(Sexual and Relationship Therapy;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-11)This study explores the European North-South differences in older partnered individuals’ silencing of the sexual self and its links to relational and individual well-being. A web survey was conducted among partnered ... -
The silent world of young next of kin in mental healthcare
(Nursing Ethics;Volume: 26, issue: 1, 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-27)Background: Young next of kin to patients with mental health problems are faced with many challenges. It is important to focus on the special needs of children and adolescents as next of kin to ensure their welfare and ... -
Single, Dual, and Triple Use of Cigarettes, e-Cigarettes, and Snus among Adolescents in the Nordic Countries
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH);Volume 19 / Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-07)New tobacco and nicotine products have emerged on the market in recent years. Most research has concerned only one product at a time, usually e-cigarettes, while little is known about the multiple use of tobacco and nicotine ... -
Sketching with Knives: Architects & The Confidence Theory of Magic
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)‘Isn't gravity wonderful? That's the magic trick in a way'. The Malinowskian ‘confidence theory of magic’ (1935) points to how a person, through the ritual act, becomes empowered to believe he can master nature's obstacles, ... -
Skreddersøm til barnets beste? Om personvern og markedsføring på norske barns sosiale medieprofiler
(Barn;Vol 37 No 3-4 (2019): Forskning om barn og barndom i Norden, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-15)Denne artikkelen diskuterer barns rett til deltagelse og beskyttelse på internett i relasjon til kommersielle tredjepartsaktørers bruk av digitale persondata. Det tas utgangspunkt i FNs barnekonvensjon, norsk lovgivning, ... -
The smart city as mobile policy: Insights on contemporary urbanism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)What can the smart city discourse tell us about contemporary urbanism? This discourse is arguably a key exemplar of the increasingly mobile and networked characteristic of urban policy-making, and can reveal important ... -
Smart-Glasses: Exposing and Elucidating the Ethical Issues
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The objective of this study is to provide an overview over the ethical issues relevant to the assessment, implementation, and use of smart-glasses. The purpose of the overview is to facilitate deliberation, decision making, ... -
Smittevern blant Oslo-ungdom under covid-19-pandemien
(Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening;Utgave 10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-16)Bakgrunn: Effektivt smittevern er avgjørende for å bekjempe covid-19-pandemien. Vi undersøkte om Oslo-ungdom rapporterte å overholde smittevernreglene under pandemien og om oppslutning om reglene var relatert til ... -
Smoking in early adulthood is prospectively associated with prescriptions of antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, antidepressantsand anxiolytics
(Psychological Medicine;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-15)Background. Whether smoking should be regarded as a risk factor for mental disorders remains unresolved. Prescribed psychotropic drugs can be used as indications for mental disorders. We investigated how smoking was ... -
Social and demographic patterns of influenza vaccination coverage in Norway, influenza seasons 2014/15 to 2020/21
(Vaccine;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims: To examine influenza vaccination coverage among risk groups (RG) and health care workers (HCW), and study social and demographic patterns of vaccination coverage over time. Methods: Vaccination coverage was estimated ...