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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Introduction: Despite the universal recognition of unsafe abortion as a major public health problem, very little research has been conducted to document its precipitating factors in Burkina Faso. Our aim was to investigate ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background Afar pastoralists live in the northeast of Ethiopia, confined to the most arid part of the country, where there is least access to educational, health and other social services. Tuberculosis (TB) ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)BACKGROUND: Ethiopia is ninth among the world high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, pastoralists being the most affected population. However, there is no published report whether the behavior related to TB are different ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose: This exploratory study is situated in a critical tradition. It aims to describe and analyse the reliance on percentage assessments of functional capacity among a group of young adults in rehabilitation after serious ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background Knowledge about lay beliefs of etiology, transmission and treatment of TB, and lay perceptions of the relationship between TB and HIV is important for understanding patients' health seeking ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background Leadership and staffing are recognised as important factors for quality of care. This study examines the effects of ward leaders' task- and relationship-oriented leadership styles, staffing ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Organizational change often leads to negative employee outcomes such as increased absence. Because change is also often inevitable, it is important to know how these negative outcomes could be ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Artikkelen omhandler tilnærminger til leder- og ledelsesutvikling i helsevesenet. Vi vil definere begrepene lederutvikling og ledelsesutvikling, peke på betydningen av å tydeliggjøre forventet læringsutbytte, presentere ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background The evidence gained from effective self-management interventions is often criticised for the ambiguity of its active components, and consequently the obstruction of their implementation into daily ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background New technologies facilitate the enhancement of a wide range of human dispositions, capacities, or abilities. While it is argued that we need to set limits to human enhancement, it is unclear where ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)This study investigates the long term economic impact of severe obstetric complications for women and their children in Burkina Faso, focusing on measures of food security, expenditures and related quality of life measures. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: The aim of this study was to explore changes in mobility in terms of ambulation and transfer over 1 year in patients with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (EOAD), and to compare mobility in EOAD with patients ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background People with deliberate self-poisoning and personality disorders are in increased risk for suicide. Intention and psychiatric features are important factors in a psychiatric evaluation and for ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2012)Støveksponering i norsk silisiumkarbidindustri gir lungesykdom Gjennom epidemiologiske undersøkelser blant ansatte i norsk silisiumkarbid(SiC-)industri er det påvist økt forekomst av obstruktiv lungesykdom (KOLS) og ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2014)Aim The aim of this longitudinal epidemiological study was to investigate possible associations between occupational exposure, respiratory symptoms and change in lung function among employees at a mineral fertiliser ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objectives Hairdressers are exposed to chemicals at the workplace which are known to cause respiratory symptoms and asthma. This study aimed to examine changes in self-reported respiratory symptoms over 5 years, as well ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2015)This study is about discourses on professional responsibility in the field of health and social services. More specifically it explores the ideal of addressing patients and clients as whole persons by examining how central ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Musculoskeletal pain is a major cause of work disability. Many patients with musculoskeletal pain seek care from health care providers other than their general practitioners, including a range ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2017)
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Poor cardiorespiratory fitness is previously reported in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) measured both by maximal and submaximal exercise tests, but a submaximal exercise test ...