Publikasjoner fra Cristin: Recent submissions
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Socially connected while apart: the use of technology to increase social connection between nursing home residents and their relatives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Frontiers in Public Health 01 frontiersin.org Socially connected while apart: the use of technology to increase social connection between nursing home residents and their relatives Sehrish Andleeb Akhtar * Faculty ... -
Waiting as sociality–relational waithood in Norwegian activation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)ABSTRACT In research on waiting and unemployment, waiting tends to be described as an asymmetrical power relation between those who wait and those who impose waiting within institutional contexts. This paper applies ... -
Socially connected while apart: the use of technology to increase social connection between nursing home residents and their relatives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Introduction: This study examines whether the use of a communication technology can enhance social connectedness among nursing home residents in Norway. The concept of social connectedness suggest that positive ... -
What kind of a problem is loneliness? Representations of connectedness and participation from a study of telepresence technologies in the UK
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Loneliness is represented in UK policy as a public health problem with consequences in terms of individual suffering, population burden and service use. However, loneliness is historically and culturally produced; ... -
Surveillance of Infections and Antibiotic Use in 21 Nursing Home Wards during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Assessment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Residents in nursing homes are fragile and at high risk of serious illness or death from healthcare-associated infections. The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant risk of suffering and mortality for residents of nursing ... -
Navigating Health Communication: The Effects of Mediatization on Responsibility in Complex Decision-Making
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This article investigates the mediatization of responsibility in the context of health care decision-making and biological citizenship. The analyzes how Danish parents navigate the pervasiveness, polysemy, and media logic ... -
“The Brains Are Frozen”: Precarious Subjectivities in the Humanitarian Aid Sector in Jordan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Under the influence of neoliberal policies and marketisation dynamics, the humanitarian sector’s labour conditions become increasingly insecure. Based on one year of fieldwork in Amman, Jordan, and interviews with 39 aid ... -
Is participation always appropriate? Social workers' perspectives on when to exclude children from conversations about contact visits
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Previous studies suggest a widespread notion among social workers that children should be involved in child protection processes. Nevertheless, children are found to be unsatisfied with the degree to which they feel ... -
Generosity's double-edged sword: Unmasking the impact of raised social assistance rates in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)As long as welfare arrangements have been in existence, there has been a strong belief that high-benefit generosity leads to welfare reliance. In this study, we investigate whether an increase in welfare generosity in ... -
Exploring Information-Gathering Techniques in Medical and Dental Interviews for Child Abuse and Neglect: A Comprehensive Scoping Review of Existing Gaps
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Healthcare providers may regularly encounter victims of suspected child abuse or neglect. Conversations during medical evaluations and examinations may yield essential information and reliable accounts of a child’s experiences ... -
Effectiveness of a health communication intervention on health literacy in the first year following kidney transplantation – A randomized controlled study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a new health communication intervention focusing on knowledge management skills on health literacy and medication adherence during the first year following kidney ... -
An informal and transformative learning environment: The case of ODTÜ Bostan community garden in Turkey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This study explores the role of ODTÜ Bostan (METU Garden), a community garden at the Middle East Technical University in Turkey, in promoting sustainability education, ecology, and food consumption practices. For ten years, ... -
Living happily alone in Plato's cave? on loneliness, technology and the metaphysics of presence
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In a lot of research on loneliness and technology, there is an underlying premise that actual, physical presence is more real than ’virtual’ presence. This premise is rarely explicit, yet it implies a hierarchy of reality, ... -
Social workers’ educational level and attitudes toward child participation in cases regarding children’s contact with birth parents–the case of Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Previous international research indicates that social workers may lack the competence to comfortably involve children in child protection processes. Implementation of stricter competence requirements for child welfare staff ... -
“My child is my job now” – Care, work and careers of mothers with disabled children in the Norwegian welfare state
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In this article, we investigate how mothers of disabled children in Norway experience the work–family conflict and its impact on their careers, highlighting the role of provision of health and welfare services. We use a ... -
The meaning of social work leadership. A local development process to enhance social services and reduce school dropout
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The study presents findings about social work leadership from a formative dialogue research project following an ongoing service development project in a Norwegian social services office. From observation of team meetings ... -
Job mobility, reallocation and wage growth: A tale of two countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Job reallocation is a key driver of aggregate wage growth, but its role in different economic systems remains understudied. This paper takes a comparative view and analyses the role of job mobility in job reallocation and ... -
The Impact of Child Protection Service Experience and Secondary School Completion on Employment Outcomes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)This study utilizes registry data and logistic regression to investigate the relationship between Child Protection Service (CPS) experience, completion of upper secondary school, and subsequent gainful employment. The ... -
Infeksjonsovervåkning på sykehjem gjennom 18 måneder under og etter covid-19-pandemien
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Bakgrunn: Helsetjenesteassosierte infeksjoner er en viktig årsak til lidelse og død blant beboere på sykehjem. Mange av infeksjonene behandles med antibiotika. Dette høye forbruket kan øke den antimikrobielle resistensen, ... -
Translation and cultural adaptation of evidence-informed leaflets on the work-health interface: a pragmatic approach to cultural adaptation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Aim: Our aim was to translate and culturally adapt three evidence-informed leaflets on the work–health interface from English into Norwegian. Integral to this aim was the exploration of the quality and acceptability of ...