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A healthy and potentially sustainable Nordic diet in early life and aspects of child growth and development
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 417, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Healthy diets optimize our developmental potential starting from life in womb and can promote longevity, well-being and healthy lives. On the other hand, diets of poor quality were attributable to one in five deaths globally ... -
Healthy and sustainable diet and physical activity – Methodological considerations and development of a combined summary score
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 147, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Background: Environmental sustainability and human health are connected through diets and physical activity. A major issue for the near future is how to feed the growing world population, expected to increase from today’s ... -
Hjelpsomme relasjoner i bofellesskap. Et bidrag til kunnskapsbasert praksis
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 317, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn: Ifølge forskning innen både samtalebasert psykoterapi, psykiatriske institusjoner og lokalbasert psykisk helsearbeid, har kvaliteten på relasjonen mellom den profesjonelle og tjenestebrukeren stor betydning for ... -
The humanistic perspective of telemedicine care - COPD patient' and nurses' expereiences of receiving/providing telemedicine care
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder;no. 242, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious and progressive disease, entailing chronic, acute and life-threatening illness occurrences with considerable negative impacts on those living with the ... -
Hverdag og verden er unge jenters psyke. En kontekstualisert forståelse av psykososiale helseplager blant unge jenter
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 366, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Psychosocial health among girls implies that girls’ perception of themselves is related to both their close surroundings and their more distant surroundings. Selfreported mental health problems among adolescents have ... -
iCanCope with PainTM Norway : Cultural translation and feasibility testing of the Norwegian iCanCope with PainTM app aimed at reducing pain and improving health-related quality of life in a school-based population of adolescents with persistent pain
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 288, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Persistent pain has a high prevalence among adolescents. Pain has been shown to reduce all aspects of the adolescent’s health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Available pain-coping applications (apps) are rarely scientifically ... -
Intensive care nurses' attitudes and behavioural intentions toward obese intensive care patients
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 259, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Background: Admission of obese patients with complex health care needs to intensive care units is increasing. Caring for obese critically ill patients can be challenging for qualified intensive care nurses because of the ... -
Inter-municipal cooperation in health care services: coping with the wickedness? : Doctoral Dissertation for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD)
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Interprofessional simulation-based learning used to prepare perioperative nursing students for acute situations
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 402, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Perioperative nursing focuses on care for patients with life-threatening crisis, illness or injury undergoing planned or acute surgery, treatment and/or examination. Performing care requires advanced knowledge ... -
Investigating couple relationships and change during couple and family therapy : A specific focus on domestic violence and work functioning
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 266, Doctoral thesis, 2020)The aims of this thesis were to investigate couple relationships and change in those relationships during couple and family therapy, with a specific focus on domestic violence and work functioning. The first subsidiary ... -
Life situation when your partner has substance use problems : Quality of life and everyday experiences
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 237, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Substance use problems (SUPs) in a family member have a highly negative impact on both the person experiencing such problems and his or her relatives. An estimated 10 – 30% of people are affected by SUPs in a close family ... -
Materialities matter : An exploration of supported housing for people with mental health problems
(Doctoral Dissertation at the University of Agder; no. 274, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Background: In the second half of the twentieth century, supported housing was founded as a comprehensive approach to people with mental health problems, who could receive help in the communities. These living places are ... -
Peer support in healthcare services for people living with HIV. Experiences of peer support in outpatient clinics from the perspective of service users, peer supporters, and healthcare professionals
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 408, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to explore peer support as a service for people living with HIV. This study aimed to describe and get an overview of peer support interventions for people living with HIV worldwide. ... -
The psychophysiological influence of exertion and affect on sport-specific cognitive and physical performance
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"Pushing myself is easier when Physical activity is fun" : Children and adolescents with asthma and their perceptions of participation in physical activity
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Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among Norwegian male athletes. Energy availability, health, and performance among male athletes at different age and performance levels
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder;no. 346, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) is a syndrome where low energy availability (LEA) has a negative impact on health [e.g., endocrine and metabolic alterations, reproductive dysfunction, impaired bone mineral ... -
Sexual quality of life in patients with axial spondyloarthritis
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 378, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Background: Research on the impact of health status on sexual activity and sexual quality of life (QOL) in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is scarce. Aim: The overall aim of the studies was to examine the ... -
Students’ experiences and learning in physical education
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 385, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Rorty’s philosophical pragmatism, which inspired this thesis, states that ‘… our responsibilities are exclusively toward other human beings, not toward “reality”’ (Rorty & Engel, 2007, p. 41). The Norwegian education ... -
The role and development of sprinting speed in soccer
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 80, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Purpose: The overall objective of this thesis was to investigate the role and development of sprinting speed in soccer. Six original studies plus a published review have been completed towards with this objective. Valid ...