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State-civil society synergy as a development strategy: an examination of the impact of the community-based health planning and services programme in …
2014
Master thesis in development management - University of Agder 2014 The state in many developing countries has been the dominant provider of public goods and services with little involvement of civil society. Civil society in such context has often assumed the role of passive agents instead of being active participants in the country’s developmental agenda. Contemporary development practitioners have criticised this conventional relationship and called for partnership between both entities in co-producing public goods and services. A major reason adduced by authors to support the necessity for such partnership is that, there are some functions better performed by the state and others better …
"Representanter for håpet" : en studie av erfaringskonsulentens rolle og funksjon i det psykiske helsefeltet
2013
Masteroppgave i velferdsstudier - Universitetet i Agder 2013 Psykiske lidelser er den mest brukte diagnosen i Norge. Økt fokus på psykisk helse og brukermedvirkning har vært et stort satsningsområde i Norge de siste årene. Erfaringskompetanse er et voksende felt innenfor psykiske helsetjenester, og kan sees på som en videreføring av brukerperspektivet. Sett i lys av at erfaringskompetanse er et relativt nytt felt innenfor psykisk helsearbeid, er det lite forskning på systematisk ansettelse av mennesker med brukererfaring. Hvordan kan tidligere brukere med erfaring fra å være psykisk syke være nyttige i psykiske helsetjenester? Hensikten med denne studien er å belyse et utvalg erfaringskonsu…
Does an early onset and continuous chain of rehabilitation improve the long-term functional outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury?
2012
Published version of an article published in the journal: Journal of Neurotrauma. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2011.1811 There are currently no international guidelines regarding treatment in the early rehabilitation phase for persons with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), and only a few studies have investigated the effect of integrating rehabilitation into acute TBI care. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether a continuous chain of rehabilitation that begins with the acute phase could improve the functional outcome of severe TBI patients, compared to a broken chain of rehabilitation that starts in the sub-acute phase of TBI. A total of 61 su…
Effekt av en klynge-randomisert kontrollert intervensjon på fysisk aktvitetsnivå blant ungdom i Sør-Norge
2012
Masteroppgave i idrettsvitenskap- Universitetet i Agder 2012 Introduction: Physical activity every day plays an important role in growth, maturation and in keeping in good health throughout your adolescent and adult life. However, only 50 % of Norwegian 15-year-olds achieve the recommended 60 minutes of daily physical activity. Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of a three hour seminar to promote physical activity among 15- to 17-year-olds in the south of Norway. Method: This study is designed as a cluster randomized controlled trial. Questionnaires were completed at baseline, after two weeks (posttest 1) and after three months (posttest 2). A total of 2362 students in the South of Norwa…
Administration of care to older patients in transition from hospital to home care services: Home nursing leaders' experiences
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. Also available from the Publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S51947 Open access Background: Older persons in transition between hospital and home care services are in a particularly vulnerable situation and risk unfortunate consequences caused by organizational inefficiency. The purpose of the study reported here was to elucidate how home nursing leaders experience the administration of care to older people in transition from hospital to their own homes. Methods: A qualitative study design was used. Ten home nursing leaders in two municipalities in southern Norway participated in individual inte…
Important challenges for coordination and inter-municipal cooperation in health care services: a Delphi study
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: BMC Health Services Research. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-451 Open Access Background: Demographical changes have stimulated a coordination reform in the Norwegian health care sector, creating new working practices and extending coordination within and between primary and hospital care, increasing the need for inter-municipal cooperation (IMC). This study aimed to identify challenges to coordination and IMC in the Norwegian health care sector as a basis for further theorizing and managerial advice in this growing area of research and practice. Methods. A Delphi study of consensus development was …