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Associations between parental rules, style of communication and children's screen time
2015
Background Research suggests an inverse association between parental rules and screen time in pre-adolescents, and that parents’ style of communication with their children is related to the children’s time spent watching TV. The aims of this study were to examine associations of parental rules and parental style of communication with children’s screen time and perceived excessive screen time in five European countries. Methods UP4FUN was a multi-centre, cluster randomised controlled trial with pre- and post-test measurements in each of five countries; Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary and Norway. Questionnaires were completed by the children at school and the parent questionnaire was brough…
Viktigheten av fysisk aktivitet og trening blant eldre
2012
Published version of an article in the journal: Norsk Epidemiologi. Also available from the publisher at: http://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/norepid/article/view/1562 Open access Regular physical activity in older adults is critically important to ensure healthy aging. The link between physical activity and prevention of disease, maintenance of independence, and improved quality of life is supported by strong evidence (ACSM's Position Stand 1998; Spirduso & Cronin, 2001; Taylor et al., 2004). The purpose of this review is therefore to clarify the importance of regular physical activity and training during the aging process and in addition, present the relationship between a physical active li…
A Usability Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record System for Nursing Documentation Used in the Municipality Healthcare Services in Norway
2014
Published version of a chapter in the book: HCI in Business. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07293-7_67 The paper presents a usability evaluation of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of an Electronic Health Record System (EHR). The topic of interest was to explore the system's usability in the context of nursing process documentation. A cognitive walk through approach was used. The data were analyzed with content analysis and the results show that challenges identified were related to navigating and finding information in the system. Even though there were problems in progressing from one phase to another in nursing process documentation, the syste…
Tilhørighet og trygghet En kvalitativ studie om forebyggende psykisk helsearbeid hos barn
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 Background and purpose of the Project The purpose of this study was to examine what could promote good mental health to children of elementary school age. In recent years, bullying stories have been illuminated in the media. Today many children are struggling against low self-esteem, self-harm, exclusion and mental challenges. My aim was to investigate what children themselves experienced as meaningful for their well-being and confidence in their everyday school life. In this study, my focus was mental health in a preventive perspective. My target was increased focus on early intervention in relation to mental health work, and t…
Tvang innen psykisk helsevern og ettersamtaler Hvordan oppleves utskrivningssamtalen etter innleggelse på tvungen psykisk helsevern?
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 Background: In the field of mental health, it is an important objective to use less coercion. Political guidelines require less coercion and more user involvement. Law require user involvement. After use of coercive interventions, it is also an important goal to reduce the user’s experience of trauma and humiliation. Implementation of post-event debriefing after admission may be such an intervention. Purpose and research question: The purpose of this study is to gain an insight on to how people who experienced coercion in mental health care experienced the discharge conversation. We wanted their unique experience of user involve…
«Kognitiv atferdsterapi ved psykoser og behandling i allmenpsykiatrisk døgnpost»
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 In 2013, Directorate of Health published guidelines for assessment, treatment and monitoring of patients with psychotic disorders, with recommendations that cognitive behavioral therapy should be offered to all patients with psychosis symptoms as well as to be used in all treatment phases. The purpose of our study is to gain knowledge about how cognitive behavioral therapy can be used in public psychiatric inpatient wards. The issue of our study is: How to use the principles and potential of cognitive behavioral therapy in the establishment of treatment programs for people with psychotic disorders in general psychiatric inpatien…
"Vi ønsker å bli sett, men ønsker ikke å bli sett rart på" Om materialitet og mennesker i bofellesskap og dagsentra innen psykisk helsetjeneste i kom…
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 Studien retter søkelyset mot bofellesskap og dagsentra beregnet for mennesker med psykiske lidelser. Bakgrunnen for bygging av bofellesskap og dagsentra var den omfattende deinstitusjonaliseringen som fant sted i hele den vestlige verden etter andre verdenskrig. Hensikten med denne studien er å undersøke hvorvidt de materielle stedene støtter opp om intensjonene bak oppførelsen av bofellesskap og dagsentra; om stedene bidrar til gode levekår og et bedre liv for brukerne. Fokus er på materialitet, regler og rutiner med utgangspunkt i forholdet mellom menneskene og det bygde sted. Problemstillingen er følgende: Hvilken betydning k…
Mestring og verdighet En kvalitativ studie av meningsinnholdet i begrepene, slik de blir forstått av brukere, pårørende og ansatte innen psykisk hels…
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015
Møtet med den nye hverdagen Om mestring og tilpasning hos bosatte flyktninger
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 The purpose of this investigation has been to explore the difficulties and challenges refugees living through in their attempts to adapt to Norwegian society. What causes stress in the new daily life, how does it affect them, and how do they handled it? This is a qualitative investigation, based on data from interviews done with three-year intervals, with four refugees, allowing to find out whether changes are caused by structural conditions, or due do to the individual's inner resources, or both? The theoretical framework is sourced from stress- and coping theory. A hermeneutic phenomenological method, and the findings are anal…
Opplevd psykisk helse og livskvalitet hos elever 3, 6 og 9 år etter at de gikk ut av tilrettelagt videregående skole Kvalitativ retrospektiv studie a…
2015
Masteroppgave psykisk helsearbeid- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 As a teacher at an adaptive organized secondary school for vocational training, I want to examine how former students perceive their mental health (MH) and quality of life (QoL) today. The purpose of the project is to see if the program has positively helped to strengthen their MH and their QoL, some years after leaving school. The research question is, "3, 6 and 9 years after the adapted secondary education - How does the former pupils experience their mental health and quality of life?" The study throws light on four sub-questions. 1. How is your experienced mental health and quality of life today? 2. What have contributed pos…