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Local social services in disaster management: Is there a Nordic Model?
(International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction;Volume 27, March 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-09)The Nordic states have extensive welfare systems in which the local social services are an important component. Despite a growing research on disaster resilience, we lack research examining in systematic way whether and ... -
Locked and lonely? A longitudinal assessment of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
(Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-01)Aims: There are concerns that lockdown measures taken during the current COVID-19 pandemic lead to a rise in loneliness, especially in vulnerable groups. We explore trends in loneliness before and during the pandemic and ... -
Logistics of care: Trust-reform and self-managing teams in municipal home care services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The central idea in trust-reform is to improve service delivery by granting professional autonomy and acknowledging the experiential knowledge of professionals. In this article, we study trust-reform bottom-up from the ... -
Lokal yrkesfagskultur og ulikhet i fortellinger om ungdoms utdanningsvalg – et stedssensitivt blikk på Oslo og Rogaland
(Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education; Vol 3 No 3 (2019): Special Issue/temanummer: Stedlige perspektiver på skoleliv og yrkesfag, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The literature on vocational educational aspirations typically lacks a conception of space, place and local employment opportunities. This article compares two locations in Norway, that is, the capital Oslo, characterised ... -
Loneliness prevalence of community-dwelling older adults and the impact of the mode of measurement, data collection, and country: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objectives: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the prevalence of loneliness in many countries worldwide which have different ways of assessing it. Design: Systematic review and meta-analys ... -
Lonely societies: low trust societies? Further explanations for national variations in loneliness among older Europeans
(European Journal of Ageing;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09-16)Cross-national studies in Europe reveal sharp regional differences in the prevalence of loneliness among older adults, with the highest prevalence of loneliness in Eastern European countries. In this study, we investigate ... -
Longitudinal associations between late-life depression dimensions and cognitive functioning: a cross-domain latent growth curve analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background. Cognitive impairment and depression often co-occur in older adults, but it is not clear whether depression is a risk factor for cognitive decline, a psychological reaction to cognitive decline, or whether ... -
A longitudinal study of cannabis use increasing the use of asthma medication in young Norwegian adults 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
(BMC Pulmonary Medicine; (2019) 19:52, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-14)Background: A small number of studies have shown that the use of cannabis increases the risk of bronchial asthma. There is, however, a paucity of longitudinal studies which are able to control for known risk factors of ... -
Lydhør identitetsstøtte i samtaler med personer med demens. En studie av intervjuer i en femårig narrativ forløpsstudie.
(Nordisk tidsskrift for helseforskning;Årg 16, Nr 2 (2020), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-18)A narrative longitudinal study depends on trust and a positive relationship between the interviewer and the participant to encourage the participant’s continued participation. In reported studies, the methodological part ... -
Lønner det seg å jobbe? Inntektsutvikling blant stønadsmottakere som øker sin arbeidsdeltakelse
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Spørsmålet om hvor mye trygde- og stønadsmottakere vil «tjene på» inntektsgivende arbeid er ofte diskutert. I denne artikkelen analyserer vi registerdata for 89 000 familier som i 2017 fikk nesten alle sine inntekter ... -
Making assessment protocols workable: Navigating transparency and person-centredness in Norwegian reablement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Western welfare states are facing great challenges as they strive to optimise their health and social systems in response to the realities of an ageing population. Many countries put a stake on reablement services— short-term ... -
Making Sense of Data Interrelations in Qualitative Longitudinal and Multi-Perspective Analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In this article, we address data interrelations that social researchers face when working with qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews with longitudinal (QLR) and multi-perspective (MPR) research designs. ... -
Making sense of reablement within different institutional contexts. Collaborative service ideals in Norwegian and Danish home care
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Making the case for ‘good enough’ rape-prevalence estimates Insights from a school-based survey experiment among Norwegian youths
(Routledge Research in Gender and Society;, Academic chapter, 2019)How to measure rape precisely has been an important topic in feminist research on violence against women since the 1980s. The norm in contemporary studies is to use behaviourally specific questions identifying specific ... -
Managers’ Beliefs about Measures to Retain Senior Workforce
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper aims to describe and explain the beliefs of public sector managers regarding measures to promote active ageing within organizations and how these beliefs can relate to their own atti tudes, age, gender, ... -
Managers’ perspectives on their role in implementing fall prevention interventions: a qualitative interview study in Norwegian homecare services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Introduction: The implementation of fall prevention interventions in homecare services is crucial for reducing falls among older adults and effective leadership could determine success. Norwegian homecare services ... -
Mangfoldsperspektiver i forskning på vold i nære relasjoner
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-10)Most research on domestic violence has focused on violence against women in a gender perspective. However, there has been an increasing understan- ding of the importance of other social dimensions in order to understand ... -
The mark of mental health problems. A field experiment on hiring discrimination before and during COVID-19
(Social Science and Medicine;Volume 283, August 2021, 114181, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-01)Mental health problems are associated with poor labour market outcomes. Based on data from a field experiment, this article investigates the extent to which hiring discrimination limits the job opportunities of young ... -
Mechanisms of Solidarity in Collaborative Housing – The Case of Co-operative Housing in Denmark 1980–2017
(Housing, Theory and Society;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In this article, we discuss the role of solidarity in collaborative housing in relation to the trajectory and discourse of the Danish idea of co-operative housing (andelstanken). Our analytical perspective draws on the ... -
Med kropp som prosjekt
(Chapter, 2021-11-18)This chapter concerns young people’s relationships with their own bodies. Based on three different qualitative studies, we find that these relationships are characterised by a strong degree of self-reflexivity and a way ...