Blar i SAM - Institutt for sosialfag på forfatter "Hermansen, Åsmund"
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Adolescence Mental Health Disorders and Precarious School-to- Work Trajectories: The Role of Family Background and Gender
Jensen, Maria Reinholdt; Hermansen, Åsmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article investigates the role of family socio-economic status (SES) as a buffer for adolescents with mental health disorders (MHDs) against entering precarious school-to-work trajectories. We follow a cohort born in ... -
Changes in life expectancy and lifespan variability by income quartiles in four Nordic countries: a study based on nationwide register data
Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik; Östergren, Olof; Tarkiainen, Lasse; Hermansen, Åsmund; Martikainen, Pekka; Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Lundberg, Olle (BMJ Open;Volume 11, Issue 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-29)Objectives: Levels, trends or changes in socioeconomic mortality differentials are typically described in terms of means, for example, life expectancies, but studies have suggested that there also are systematic social ... -
Constructing and validating an Occupational Job Strain Index based on five Norwegian nationwide Surveys of Living Conditions on work environment
Le, Giang Huong; Hermansen, Åsmund; Dahl, Espen (BMC Public Health;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: It has been claimed that Nordic register data are a “goldmine” for research. However, one limitation is the lack of information on working conditions. Job exposure matrices (JEMs) are one solution to this ... -
Doing it step by step: A flipped classroom approach to teaching statistical analysis in social work
Hermansen, Åsmund; Saltkjel, Therese (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Social workers should be trained in both qualitative and quantita- tive research methods, irrespective of whether they aspire to con- duct research on their own or use research to inform their practice. The apparently ... -
Doing it step by step: a flipped classroom approach to teaching statistical analysis in social work
Hermansen, Åsmund; Saltkjel, Therese (Social Work Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-03)Social workers should be trained in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, irrespective of whether they aspire to conduct research on their own or use research to inform their practice. The apparently problematic ... -
The effect of retaining bonuses on delaying early retirement – financial incentives revisited
Hermansen, Åsmund; Midtsundstad, Tove Irene (Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies;Vol 8 No 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-21)In this paper, we analyze the effect of the retaining bonus on early retirement behavior using a unique dataset consisting of a Norwegian employer survey from 2010 combined with register data on all older employees in the ... -
The effects of retention measures on retirement timing – do financial crises matter?
Midtsundstad, Tove Irene; Hermansen, Åsmund (Frontiers in Sociology;Volume 4, article 68, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-04)The combined effect of rising life expectancy and declining fertility has made “aging” a dominant topic on the policy agenda across Europe. With the aim of retaining older workers and facilitating longer working lives, ... -
Health literacy profiling in persons with psoriasis – A cluster analysis
Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Hermansen, Åsmund; Borge, Christine Råheim; Strumse, Yndis A. Staalesen; Andersen, Marit Helen; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Skin Health and Disease;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-18)Objective:To explore health literacy (HL) profiles within a cohort of people with psoriasis. A cluster approach identifies groups of individuals that have similar HL profiles. The method unmasks sub-groups with particular ... -
Impact of child disability on parental employment and labour income: a quasi‑experimental study of parents of children with disabilities in Norway
Wondemu, Michael Yisfashewa; Joranger, Pål; Hermansen, Åsmund; Brekke, Idunn (BMC Public Health;22, Article number: 1813 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-09-24)Background: Caring for children with disabilities has both immediate and long-term economic costs that affect the well-being of children, parents, and society. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of ... -
Joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss during childhood and the child’s socioeconomic position in early adulthood: a Danish and Norwegian register-based cohort study
Klinte, Mathilde; Hermansen, Åsmund; Anne-Marie, Nybo Andersen; Stine, Kjær Urhøj (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Parental cancer as well as economic hardship in the family during childhood can affect the child negatively. Our aim was to examine the association between the joint exposure to parental cancer and income loss ... -
An Occupational Mechanical Job Exposure Index based on five Norwegian nationwide Surveys of Living Conditions on work environment
Hermansen, Åsmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objectives Nordic register data are not collected for research purposes, and various dimensions of working conditions are typically missing in register-based research. One way to address the issue of missing information on ... -
Parents of children with epilepsy: Characteristics associated with high and low levels of health literacy
Tschamper, Merete Kristin; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad; Hermansen, Åsmund; Jakobsen, Rita; Larsen, Marie Hamilton (Epilepsy & Behavior;Volume 130, May 2022, 108658, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-28)Parents of children with epilepsy play a key role in the management of their child’s condition. Their level of health literacy (HL), which refers to their ability to seek, understand, assess, remember, and utilize health ... -
Preliminary validity testing of the eHealth Literacy Questionnaire (eHLQ): A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in Norwegian hospitalized patients
Hermansen, Åsmund; Andersen, Marit Helen; Borge, Christine Råheim; Dahl, Kari Gire; Larsen, Marie Hamilton; Lønning, Kjersti; Meyer, Käthe Birgitte; Vidnes, Tone Karine; Wahl, Astrid Klopstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims To perform the first psychometric analysis of the Norwegian version of the eHLQ using confirmative factor analysis (CFA) procedures in a population of patients admitted to hospital using a cross-sectional design. The ... -
Return to work after cancer–the impact of working conditions: A Norwegian Register-based Study
Le, Giang Huong; Hermansen, Åsmund; Dahl, Espen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare a cohort of cancer survivors with a cohort of cancer-free employees (1) with respect to employment prospects over a 15-year period and (2) with respect to the differential ... -
Sickness absence among mothers caring for a child with disability: Examining the impact of mechanical and psychosocial occupational exposures
Wondemu, Michael Yisfashewa; Hermansen, Åsmund; Joranger, Pål; Brekke, Idunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background: Sickness absence is more prevalent among mothers caring for children with disability compared to those caring for non-disabled children. Working in a poor working environment may worsen the impact of care burden ... -
Trajectories among recipients of social assistance in Norway: A local approach
Dahl, Espen; Lorentzen, Thomas; Hermansen, Åsmund; Roaldsnes, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)A local perspective on individual work and welfare careers has become more urgent in the past decades due to recent political, economic and social developments (Heidenreich & Rice, 2016). In general, the Nordic welfare ... -
Utsatte unges livsbaner før og etter NAV-reformen: Flere «integrerte», sammenhengende, progressive og effektive forløp?
Wel, Kjetil A. van der; Hermansen, Åsmund; Saltkjel, Therese; Dahl, Espen (Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;Årgang 24, nr. 1-2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-26)Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i spriket mellom forventningene som har vært knyttet til betydningen av samordning og integrering av velferdstjenestene, først og fremst NAV-reformen, og omfanget av forskningsbasert kunnskap ... -
A validation study of the Norwegian version of the Health Literacy Questionnaire: A robust nine-dimension factor model
Wahl, Astrid Klopstad; Hermansen, Åsmund; Osborne, Richard H; Hamilton Larsen, Marie (Scandinavian Journal of Public Health;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-07)Objective: This study aimed to undertake a rigorous psychometric evaluation of the nine-scale Norwegian version of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) based on data from a sample of people with psoriasis. Methods: ... -
Yngreomsorgen i møte med eldreomsorgen – hvordan påvirkes pleie- og omsorgstilbudet til de aller eldste?
Hermansen, Åsmund; Gautun, Heidi (Fontene forskning: et tidsskrift fra Fellesorganisasjonen;6(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Et av de mest slående utviklingstrekk innen pleie- og omsorgssektoren de siste 20 årene har vært en omfattende endring i alderssammensetningen blant brukerne av hjemmetjenester. Relativt sett økte antallet brukere under ...