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Levekår, emosjonelle plager, resiliens og foreldrestress - En kartlegging av flyktningfamilier fra Ukraina
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-11-01)Norway’s integration programme for newly arrived refugees is mandatory, and is offered by all municipalities. The programme offers courses in social studies, Norwegian language and parental guidance. In 2023, it was decided to allow municipalities to adapt and shorten the latter course for families from Ukraine due to capacity constraints. To make informed adaptations, the municipalities need more ... -
Effectiveness of a Bullying Intervention (Be-Prox) in Norwegian Early Childhood and Education Care Centers: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-10-24)Background: A new and growing body of research has studied bullying among children in early childhood education and care centers (ECECs). The Bernese Program (Be-Prox) is designed to systematically prevent and handle bullying between children in Swiss ECECs. However, the effectiveness of the Be-Prox intervention has not yet been explored in a Norwegian ECEC setting.<p> <p>Objective: This study ... -
Patients and family attitudes about clinical and research sharing of electronic clinical data
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-07-06)Purpose: To access the attitudes of service users about the sharing of health records for research and to foster collaboration between municipal health services and the specialist health services in Norway.<p> <p>Methods: Members (n≈2000) of the Norwegian mental health service users’ organizations (SUO’s), ADHD Norway, the Autism Association and the Tourette Association, representing Central ... -
Ability of clinical data to predict readmission in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-10-18)This study addresses the challenge of predicting readmissions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) by analyzing the predictability of readmissions over short, medium, and long term periods. Using health records spanning 35 years, which included 22,643 patients and 30,938 episodes of care, we focused on the episode of care as a central unit, defined as a referral-discharge cycle ... -
Adolescents' Negotiations of Loyalty and Fairness in Relation to Parents' Separation Process
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-07-10)Research on children's experiences of parental separation highlights equality and fairness between parents as one explanation for why children wish for symmetrical time-sharing between parents. In this paper, we analyse adolescents' narratives and ask how adolescents negotiate closeness and distance with their parents, with a specific emphasis on issues of loyalty when adoles cents' views diverge ... -
A large-scale multivariate soccer athlete health, performance, and position monitoring dataset
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-30)Data analysis for athletic performance optimization and injury prevention is of tremendous interest to sports teams and the scientific community. However, sports data are often sparse and hard to obtain due to legal restrictions, unwillingness to share, and lack of personnel resources to be assigned to the tedious process of data curation. These constraints make it difficult to develop automated ... -
Når barn og unge skal høres: Et sett kritiske refleksjonsspørsmål som støtter medvirkningsprosesser
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-09-23)Barn og unges medvirkning i offentlige helse- og omsorgstjenester byr på utfordringer i praksis. Dette viser forskning og fagfolk og brukeres erfaringer. I skandinavisk og internasjonal forskningslitteratur har innholdet i begrepet brukermedvirkning i offentlige tjenester vært karakterisert som omstridt, upresist, skiftende og mangelfullt implementert i praksis. I denne artikkelen presenteres et ... -
How to Conduct and Interpret Meta-Analyses
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024)Research questions may be answered with empirical studies or by aggregating existing research . In contrast to single studies, meta-analyses combine the quantitative findings of multiple primary studies to estimate an overall effect size, for example the mean predictive validity of spatial tests used for pilot selection . This aggregation allows researchers to make more reliable conclusions about ... -
Challenges in Interpreting Norwegian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Records
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024)The Electronic Health Record system BUPdata served Norwegian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for over 35 years and is still an important source of information for understanding clinical practice. Secondary usage of clinical data enables learning and service quality improvement. We present some insights from explorative data analysis for interpreting the records of patients referred ... -
Optimizing indicated cognitive behavioral therapy to prevent child anxiety and depression: A cluster-randomized factorial trial
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-18)Identifying effective components can lead to interventions that are less resource-intensive and better suited for real-world needs. In this 2×2×2 cluster-randomized factorial trial (clinicaltrials.gov NCT04263558), we investigated the effects of three components of an indicated, transdiagnostic CBT intervention for children: 1) Intervention Delivery Format (child group format versus a blended format ... -
Parenting sense of competence and associated factors among parents facing adversity in Norway: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-07-15)Objective - Parenting sense of competence plays a central role in understanding the dynamics within a family and is central to positive parenting. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated parenting sense of competence among parents facing adversity. The study aimed to investigate self-reported parenting sense of competence (PSOC) and associated factors at individual, family, social and service ... -
Traumesensitiv opplæring for barn og unge som har opplevd krig og flukt. Kontekstualisering av Better Learning Program fra bruk i konfliktområder til norsk skolekontekst
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2024)De siste årene har millioner av mennesker blitt drevet på flukt. De fleste flyktninger som kommer til Norge opplever det som trygt å være her, men mange har utfordringer knyttet til integrering, språk, tilhørighet, sosial kompetanse og psykisk helse. Barn og unge er sårbare og trenger støtte i integreringsprosessen, som for eksempel psykososial støtte på skolen. Yrkesgrupper som jobber med barn og ... -
Applicability and Psychometric Properties of General Mental Health Assessment Tools in Autistic People: A Systematic Review
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-04-13)In recent years, there has been a proliferation of instruments for assessing mental health (MH) among autistic people. This study aimed to review the psychometric properties of broadband instruments used to assess MH problems among autistic people. In accordance with the PRISMA guidelines (PROSPERO: CRD42022316571) we searched the APA PsycINFO via Ovid, Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Embase and the Web of Science ... -
Dose-Response Effects of MittEcho, a Measurement Feedback System, in an Indicated Mental Health Intervention for Children in Municipal and School Services in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-29)Including routine client feedback can increase the effectiveness of mental health interventions for children, especially when implemented as intended. Rate of implementation, or dose, of such feedback interventions has been shown to moderate results in some studies. Variation in implementation and use of client feedback may also contribute to the mixed results observed within the feedback ... -
Måleegenskaper ved den norske versjonen av Parenting Stress Index (PSI), 2. utgave
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-22)Beskrivelse Parenting Stress Index (PSI) er et kartleggingsverktøy for å måle foreldrestress i foreldre-barnrelasjonen, og er tilgjengelig både i fullversjon og kortversjon. Måleinstrumentet ble utviklet av Richard R. Abidin i 1995, og oversatt til norsk av John A. Rønning i 2006. PSI-fullversjon består av et barnedomene på seks delskalaer og et foreldredomene på syv delskalaer som til sammen ... -
Health and well-being needs of Indigenous adolescents: A protocol for a scoping review of qualitative studies
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-20)Introduction Improving the health of Indigenous adolescents is central to addressing the health inequities faced by Indigenous peoples. To achieve this, it is critical to understand what is needed from the perspectives of Indigenous adolescents themselves. There have been many qualitative studies that capture the perspectives of Indigenous young people, but synthesis of these has been limited ... -
School children’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-05)Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the daily routines of children, with social distancing and quarantine leading to reduced social interactions and potential increased conflicts within families. These factors can increase the risk for anxiety and depression while reducing overall quality of life. <p><p>Methods: Our study included 1843 school children aged 8 to 12 from 56 ... -
Parental Satisfaction With Child Welfare Services in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-04-08)This study aims to examine parents' satisfaction with Norwegian child welfare services (CWS) and factors associated with parents' satisfaction. Different factors were included in the analysis, such as characteristics of the contact with CWS, and service aspects, as evaluated by parents (accessibility, information quality, workers' skills and user participation). Data were collected from 412 parents ... -
“Vulnerability” and Its Unintended Consequences
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-11)“Vulnerability” is now a widely used term in different settings—from politics and academia to everyday life. In response, a growing body of research has emerged critiquing and challenging the use of the concept in the social sciences. In this paper, we explore the use of the term vulnerability in research on children in out-of-home care and discuss the possible negative consequences of this—for the ... -
Mapping the well-being of Norwegian mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-04-16)The COVID-19 pandemic had negative effects on many people's well-being and quality of life. In the present work, we focused on Norwegian mothers with elementary school children, and investigated whether their well-being, stress, and worries (and the relationships between them) changed across the early months of the pandemic. We collected data at two time points in 2020. In June 2020, 231 mothers ...
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