Browsing NOVA andre dokumenter by Title
Now showing items 82-101 of 113
-
A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height
(Nature;Volume 610, Issue 7933, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-12)Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40–50% of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and associated regions requires huge sample sizes1. ... -
Secular trends in mental health problems among young people in Norway: a review and meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)There is a growing concern that the mental health of recent generations of youth is deteriorating, yet the etiology of these secular changes is not fully understood. We aimed to review the evidence on trends in mental ... -
Seksuell trakassering og andre krenkelser i ungdomsidretten: Forekomst og mønstre i utsatthet
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Denne artikkelen undersøker forekomsten av ulike typer krenkelser i ungdomsidretten, noe det er forsket lite på. Vi analyserer data fra undersøkelsen Ung i Oslo 2021 (svarprosent = 53%, 13–19 år). Deltakere som var aktive ... -
Self-esteem trajectories over three decades predict opposition to social equality in midlife
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Although life trajectories are frequently theorized to explain people’s attitudes toward different social groups, few studies have been able to directly assess their importance with suitable data. Addressing this gap and ... -
Serious Mortgage Arrears among Immigrant Descendant and Native Participants in a Low-Income Public Starter Mortgage Program: Evidence from Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Although low-income homeownership programs serving vulnerable families at the lower end of the income distribution have been the focus of housing policy in many countries over the past 50 years, little is known about the ... -
Sexual and Physical Victimization and Health Correlates Among Norwegian Adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Large-scale epidemiological studies have documented that many children and adolescents are exposed to different forms of victimization experiences. However, such population-based studies have rarely examined how specific ... -
Sexual Harassment or Just Coaching? Sport Students Making Sense of Possibly Sexualising Coach Behaviours
(Social Sciences;Volume 11 / Issue 12, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-11-24)Research has shown that athletes are divided in their assessment of possibly sexualising behaviours from coaches towards athletes. How they arrive at their conclusions has received less attention—yet it is crucial to ... -
Sexual Harassment or Just Coaching? Sport Students Making Sense of Possibly Sexualising Coach Behaviours
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022) -
Sickness absence among mothers caring for a child with disability: Examining the impact of mechanical and psychosocial occupational exposures
(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 ... -
Social class, disability, and institutional interactions: the case of families with disabled children in the welfare state
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research on families with disabled children has highlighted how such families experience frustration in their encounters with health and welfare services. However, less attention has been given to how these encounters ... -
Social inequality in navigating the healthcare maze: Care trajectories from hospital to home via intermediate care for older people in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Although health inequality is a growing concern, striking differences in health and life expectancy still exist across and within OECD countries. In Oslo, the largest city in Norway, life expectancy differs by up to 7 ... -
Speaking Swedish While Black in Norway
(Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies;Volume 1, Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Swedes are almost unambiguously considered White in Norway and, therefore, labeled as non-strangers and non-marked. One of the most striking aspects of studying young Swedish labor migrants to the Norwegian capital is their ... -
Spousal bereavement and its effects on later life physical and cognitive capability: the Tromsø study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Spousal bereavement is associated with health declines and increased mortality risk, but its specific impact on physical and cognitive capabili- ties is less studied. A historical cohort study design was applied including ... -
State crisis response versus transnational family living: An online ethnography among transnational families during the pandemic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Transnational family living refers to the situation of maintaining relationships across national borders. It is dependent on a certain degree of flexibility from the state. As part of the crisis response to the COVID-19 ... -
SVA-virksomhetsrapport 2022
(Working paper, 2023) -
Tailored implementation of national recommendations on fall prevention among older adults in municipalities in Norway (FALLPREVENT trial): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Despite substantial research evidence indicating the effectiveness of a range of interventions to prevent falls, uptake into routine clinical practice has been limited by several implementation hallenges. The ... -
Tenure Security and Positive Freedom in Social Housing. Tenants’ Subjective Experiences in the Ambiguous Case of Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In this article, I discuss social housing tenants’ subjective experiences of tenure security and freedom in a housing regime characterized by strong market-orientation and means-testing. Based on thematic analysis of ... -
They must live somewhere! The geographical dimension of residualized social rented housing in urban Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The residualization of public rented housing is a prevalent phenomenon throughout Eu- rope, and strongly present in the small and strongly means-tested social housing sector in Norway. In this article, we discuss the ... -
Turnusordninger i kommunenes helse- og omsorgstjenester – kraftig vekst i omfang av langvakter, årsturnus og fleksibel turnus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Et økende antall eldre med behov for tjenester vil sette et stadig større press på effektiv utnyttelse av ressurser i helse- og omsorgssektoren. Nye måter å organisere turnus på har blitt løftet frem som et tiltak som kan ... -
Understanding volunteering intensity in older volunteers
(Ageing & Society;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-10-12)Although volunteering is considered a good strategy for successful ageing, not many older adults are engaged in voluntary work and those who are do so mainly sporadically. This study focuses on time invested in volunteering ...