• Living with obesity — existential experiences 

  Ueland, Venke Irene; Furnes, Bodil; Dysvik, Elin; Rørtveit, Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08)

  Aims and objectives: The aim was to gain in-depth understanding about individuals’ existential experiences of living with obesity. Background: People living with obesity face great vulnerability and existential challenges. ...

• Healthy Older Adults’ Motivation and Knowledge Related to Food and Meals 

  Hansen, Kai Victor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  The population over 60 years old is growing rapidly in Norway and in many other countries, and researchers often focus on elderly people and various diseases. This article examines the healthy elderly who are active in ...

• Traveling in the Footsteps of ABBA 

  Lexhagen, Maria; Lundberg, Christine; Chekalina, Tatiana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)

  Before the Internet era some of the most famous Swedes were Björn Borg, Greta Garbo, Astrid Lindgren, and of course ABBA, a legendary band in pop music history. ABBA's international breakthrough came with winning the ...

• The child, the parents, the family and the state - Chile and Norway compared 

  Ellingsen, Ingunn Tollisen; Studsrød, Ingunn; Muñoz-Guzmán, Carolina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  There is a lack of research comparing Latin American and European countries alongside how family policy relates to social work practices. This study fills in the research gap, and compares Chilean and Norwegian social ...

• Suicide among people treated for drug use disorders: A Danish national record-linkage study 

  Hesse, Morten; Thylstrup, Birgitte; Seid, Abdu Kedir; Skogen, Jens Christoffer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-01)

  Background Substance use disorders are a major risk factor for suicide. However, less is known about specific risk factors for suicide in people with substance use disorders. Methods This population cohort study assessed ...

• Liv, død – evig liv. Liv, død og evig liv drøftet med bakgrunn i Kant og nykantianismen 

  Claussen, Tor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Artikkelen diskuterer oppfatninger av livet, døden og muligheter for evig liv. Tradisjonelle før-moderne religiøse og mer moderne verdslige og religiøst relaterte oppfatninger blir drøftet. Muligheter for at døden og liv ...

• Trusting the Mistrusted: Norwegian Social Workers’ Strategies in Preventing Radicalization and Violent Extremism 

  Haugstvedt, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06)

  Social workers are a part of the wider counter-terrorism efforts in many European countries, such as the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Belgium. While there are several theoretical and discursive studies on ...

• Private and public families: Social workers’ views on children’s and parents’ position in Chile, England, Lithuania and Norway 

  Oltedal, Siv; Nygren, Lennart (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Social workers around the world work with families and family complexities in their everyday practice. In this cross-national study, we explore social workers’ family intervention practices related to family definitions ...

• Children and childhood in Chile: Social worker perspectives 

  Jensen, Ida Bruheim; Ellingsen, Ingunn Tollisen; Studsrød, Ingunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  This study explores understandings of children and childhood among 21 social workers from five child protection services in Chile. To help grasp multiple ideas about children and childhood, we use Q methodology and the ...

• Team Supervision of Doctoral Students: A Qualitative Inquiry 

  Johansen, Bjørn Tore; Olsen, Rose Mari; Øverby, Nina Cecilie; Garred, Rudy; Enoksen, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)

  Aim/Purpose The aim of this study is to contribute to current knowledge of team supervision. Specifically, we examine the relationship between main supervisor and cosupervisor regarding credibility in the division of roles ...

• What is Qualitative in Qualitative Research 

  Aspers, Patrik; Corte, Ugo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02)

  What is qualitative research? If we look for a precise definition of qualitative research, and specifically for one that addresses its distinctive feature of being “qualitative,” the literature is meager. In this article ...

• Politisk uvitenhet, stemmeretten og velgeres moralske ansvar 

  Ekeli, Kristian Skagen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Denne artikkelen tar sikte på å belyse et viktig og kontroversielt spørsmål om velgeres moralske ansvar. Spørsmålet dreier seg om hvorvidt borgere i et demokrati har en moralsk plikt til å være velinformerte om politikk ...

• Children's experiences with Child Protection Services: A qualitative synthesis 

  Wilson, Samita; Hean, Sarah; Abebe, Tatek; Heaslip, Vanessa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)

  Background Research shows that young adults, previously in contact with Child Protection Services (CPS) often have lower overall wellbeing when compared to their peers in the general population. To redress this balance ...

• Open-Source Trading Zones and Boundary Objects: Examining GitHub as a space for collaborating on "news" 

  Haim, Mario; Zamith, Rodrigo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12)

  New actors, actants, and activities have entered journalism’s spaces in recent years. While this has raised the potential for the disruption of existing social orders, such heterogeneous assemblages also provide fruitful ...

• Arbeidsmarkedstiltak som læringsarena: Nav-veiledere og unge arbeidsledige om 'læring i tiltak'. 

  Olsen, Gurli; Ellingsen, Ingunn Tollisen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Arbeidsmarkedstiltak har som mål å styrke tiltaksdeltakeres muligheter for inntektsgivende arbeid. I artikkelen retter vi søkelys på hvordan veiledere og unge arbeidsledige med nedsatt arbeidsevne (18-29 år) samtaler om ...

• Sosialarbeidarar og skjøn - fagleg fridom i yrkesutøvinga? 

  Djupvik, Alf Roger; Eikås, Magne; Tuastad, Svein Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)

  Dei siste årtia har det pågått ein debatt om skjønsutøvinga sine vilkår innan sosialt arbeid under New Public Management. New Public Management har vore kjenneteikna av at styresmaktene ønskjer å effektivisere tenesteproduksjonen ...

• “Help goes around in a circle”: young unaccompanied refugees’ engagement in interpersonal relationships and its significance for resilience 

  Johansen, Kristina; Studsrød, Ingunn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11)

  Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address how young unaccompanied refugees in Norway actively engage in interpersonal relationships. It explores the significance of these relationships in doing well following ...

• Motivating Sustainable Change in Tourism Behavior: The First- and Third-Person Effects of Hard and Soft Messages 

  Skeiseid, Heidi Victoria; Derdowski, Lukasz Andrzej; Grahn, Åsa Helen; Hansen, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Educating and changing consumers´ attitudes towards sustainable and more environmentally friendly holiday choices is often seen as a key challenge for the tourism industry. The primary objective of this study is, therefore, ...

• Student nurse perceptions of Gypsy Roma Travellers: a European qualitative study 

  Heaslip, Vanessa; Vanceulebroeck, Valérie; Kalkan, Indrani; Kömürcü, Nuran; Anton Solanas, Isabel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11)

  Background; Gypsy Roma Travellers are Europe’s largest ethnic minority group. Yet they remain one of the most stigmatised communities who have significant health inequalities. Whilst nurses have a role in promoting health ...

• Hva gjør bønder for å bedre tilpasse seg kriser som mer og mer ekstremvær? En case studie av bønder i Randaberg Kommune 

  Nybø, Charlotte (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2019;, Master thesis, 2020-01)

  Sammendrag Denne oppgaven, skrevet høsten 2019, undersøker bøndenes opplevelse av tørkesommeren 2018. Opplevde de den som en krise? Hva var konsekvensene for dem og driften av gården? Og har de satt i verk tiltak for å ...

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