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The role of health literacy in intervention studies targeting children living with overweight or obesity and their parents—a systematic mixed methods review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Background: Excess weight and obesity are increasing among children. Health literacy has been suggested as a feasible concept for enabling informed health choices in weight management interventions for children and their ... -
Critical thinking about health and treatments in the United States: a cross-sectional assessment of parents and undergraduate college students
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Background There is an urgent need to study and increase the public’s ability to think critically about health and treatments. Unfortunately, we do not currently have a clear, in-depth understanding of critical thinking ... -
Changes in fatigue after first-ever ischemic stroke and their associations with changes in physical fitness, body composition, and physical activity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Objectives: The objectives of the present study were 1) to describe changes in fatigue from 3 to 12 months poststroke and compare different patterns of fatigue changes with respect to concurrent changes in physical fitness, ... -
Health conspiracy theories: a scoping review of drivers, impacts, and countermeasures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Background Health-related conspiracy theories undermine trust in healthcare, exacerbate health inequities, and contribute to harmful health behaviors such as vaccine hesitancy and reliance on unproven treatments. These ... -
Use of over-the-counter analgesics in Norwegian children – a national cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Aims: We aimed to examine the proportion of recent use of over-the-counter (OTC) analgesics among Norwegian children aged 10 to 12, and explore the relationship between a wide array of factors, both within and outside the ... -
Healthcare professionals' experiences of the Four Habits Model communication course: a qualitative and survey approach to evaluate impact in an intermediate care setting
(BMJ Open;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Objective This study aimed to investigate healthcare professionals’ (HCPs’) experiences with the simulation-based Four Habits Model (4HM) course programme and evaluate how they perceived the 4HM’s immediate and persistent ... -
Newly Graduated Nurses’ Experiences Regarding Job Readiness and Their Development of Professional Authority
(Sage Open Nursing;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Introduction: The World Health Organization has identified a shortfall of nurses. There is a risk that newly graduated nurses will leave the profession only a few years after completing their education. Little is known ... -
Self-reported competence among advanced practice nursing students in Denmark, Finland and Norway: a cross-sectional multicentre study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background The health care systems in the Nordic countries and worldwide are under pressure due to increasedlongevity and a shortage of nurses. Providing nurses with a high level of education, such as advanced practicenursing, ... -
Can digital storytelling improve health outcomes for immigrant and refugee populations? A scoping review
(BMC Public Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Background: Digital storytelling (DST) combines narrative art with digital technology, and in doing so provides a medium for individuals, especially those within immigrant and refugee communities, to share their health ... -
Clinical Placement Studies on Early Nursing Education with a Focus on Pedagogical Methods: Qualitative Document Analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)The present study aimed to explore and describe how pedagogical methods are communicated within formal documents pertaining to clinical placement studies in the first year of nursing education. Developing professional ... -
Quality of Life and Relationships in Caregivers of People With Dementia. A Gender Perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Home-dwelling people with dementia rely on their family members to be able to stay at home. This affects the family caregivers’ quality of life (QoL). However, less is known about how male and female caregivers differ in ... -
Expert opinions on improving coercion data collection across Europe: a concept mapping study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Introduction: Coercion is frequently used in mental health practice. Since it overrides some patients’ fundamental human rights, adequate use of coercion requires legal and ethical justifications. Having internationally ... -
The anatomy of safe surgical teams: an interview-based qualitative study among members of surgical teams at tertiary referral hospitals in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background In spite of the global implementation of surgical safety checklists to improve patient safety, patients undergoing surgical procedures remain vulnerable to a high risk of potentially preventable complications ... -
Predictors of maternal pertussis vaccination acceptance among pregnant women in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Maternal vaccination against pertussis is safe and provides effective protection against pertussis for the newborn, but the vaccine coverage rate remains generally low. Norway is currently planning for introduction of ... -
Detecting and preventing child maltreatment in primary care and PHNs’ role—a cross-sectional study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Child maltreatment is a global problem that puts children at risk of mental illness, substance abuse, and premature death. Interdisciplinary collaboration is important in preventing and detecting child maltreatment. ... -
Cost minimisation analyses of birth care in low-risk women in Norway: a comparison between planned home birth and birth in a standard obstetric unit
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Evidence exists that planned home births for low-risk women in settings in which they have access to hospital transfer if needed are safe. The costs of planned home births, compared to low-risk births in obstetric ... -
Traumatic events, posttraumatic states, and the debate on aetiology
(Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Concept of psychological trauma implies causal relation between the traumatic event and subsequent psychopathology. Difficulties in defining the characteristics of causal agent and establishing its firm correlation with ... -
Polske kvinners opplevelse av Mammografiprogrammet
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Bakgrunn: Mammografiprogrammet tilbyr screening for brystkreft til alle kvinner i Norge som er i alderen 5069 år. Innvandrere født i Polen har betydelig lavere oppmøte enn norskfødte kvinner. Polske innvandrere representerer ... -
Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Background Decades of steady improvements in life expectancy in Europe slowed down from around 2011, well before the COVID-19 pandemic, for reasons which remain disputed. We aimed to assess how changes in risk factors and ... -
Worldwide trends in the underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3,633 population-representative studies with 222 million school-aged children, adolescents, and adults
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from ...
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