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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background Conducting process evaluations of health promoting interventions, and measuring the effectiveness of specific intervention components, may help in the understanding of program failure or success. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background Mental health problems are a worldwide public health burden. The literature concerning the mental health benefits from physical activity among adults has grown. Adolescents are less studied, and ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)Background This study examined the association between psychosocial and organizational work conditions and mental health among women employed in the cleaning profession in Norway. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background Based on previously reported differences in fracture incidence in the socioeconomic less affluent Oslo East compared to the more privileged West, our aim was to study bone mineral density (BMD) ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2004)Background Research on health equity which mainly utilises population-based surveys, may be hampered by serious selection bias due to a considerable number of invitees declining to participate. Sufficient ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2001)Objective To explore whether there is a potential for greater use of research-based information in public health practice in a local setting. Secondly, if research-based information is relevant, to explore ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background Little is known about longitudinal associations between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and quality of life (QoL) after exposure to violence. The aims of the current study were to examine ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)Background More research on factors associated with physical activity and the decline in participation during adolescence is needed. In this paper, we investigate the levels, change, and stability of physical ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)Background: Conflicts and wars in several areas in Indonesia had caused a large number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and 70% of IDPs are children and women. IDPs adolescent is a vulnerable group of having mental ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background The key elements in tuberculosis (TB) control are to cure the individual patient, interrupt transmission of TB to others and prevent the tubercle bacilli from becoming drug resistant. Incomplete ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background Monitoring dynamics in HIV-1 infection and risk behaviours is important in evaluating, adjusting and scaling up prevention programmes. The objective of this study was to estimate trends in the ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background We intended to assess the risk for health care workers (HCWs) of acquiring M. tuberculosis infection after exposure to patients with sputum-smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis at three University ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2007)Due to recent insight into the relation between fetal nutrition and health of the child both early and later in life, assessment of maternal diet has become an integral part of pregnancy and birth cohort studies. A new ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background Growth in use and overuse of diagnostic imaging significantly impacts the quality and costs of health care services. What are the modifiable factors for increasing and unnecessary use of radiological ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)Background It is important to demonstrate learning outcomes of simulation in technology based practices, such as in advanced health care. Although many studies show skills improvement and self-reported ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)Background The prevalence of smoking in nursing personnel remains high. The aim of this study was to identify work factors that predict smoking cessation among nurses' aides. ...