134 projects

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HELSEVEL-H-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Improving clinical practice and national guidelines: A comparative effectiveness study of prevention strategies for HPV-related conditions

In Norway, new screening technologies can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of cervical cancer screening. Mailing self-sampling device kits to all women non-compliant to screening within a 5-year or 10-year period can be more effective and less costly than the current reminder letter polic...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice 2014-2015

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Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo - Oslove

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

International Conference on Physician Discontent - Causes and Consequences Soria Moria Conference Center, Oslo, June 2- 3, 2014

International conference on physician discontent - magnitude, root causes and implications A number of international studies document that many physicians are professionally discontent. This seems to be a problem across countries despite different healt h systems, although Norwegian doctors rep...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Improved management of patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis in primary health care

Osteoarthritis is a very common joint disease among the adult population. Previous research has shown that people with osteoarthritis in Norway do not necessary receive the treatment recommended in international guidelines for osteoarthritis care. An increasing number of people are referred to as...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Re-directing the gaze: an international quest for promising practices in long-term residential care.

Many of our most vulnerable seniors receive care and treatment in nursing homes and other long-term institutions, both in Norway and in many other countries in Europe and North America. Despite the objective both in Norway and other OECD countries to real ize the "best effective level of care" (B...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2014

Location: Innlandet

HELSEVEL-H-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Making user participation work - from policy to practice.

The project analyses how different discourses influence user participation among three groups of service users (elderly people, persons with mental health problems and disabled people). The project examines in what ways the goals of user participation are expressed in the national policy document...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2019

Location: Innlandet

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

2011 Norway attacks:Longitudinal patterns and predictors of health care utilization among survivors of the Utøya massacre and their parents.

The study The objective of this study was to assess the reactions of the survivors of the terror attack at Utøya the 22nd of July, 2011, and their parents, their experiences with the post-terror outreach and the health services they received. This will provide knowledge that may contribute to be...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

ESS R7 Health Module: Equality in the Access to Health Care

Access to health care is a fundamental determinant of health, particularly in terms of the treatment of pre-exciting conditions. In most advanced capitalist countries, access to health care is universal. However, there are variations in terms of how health care is funded, the role and level of co...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Prioritizing Health Care Tensions and Interplay between Legal, Political, Economic and Professional Perspectives

Prioritization and distribution of healthcare services represent multiple challenges to welfare systems. In this project we have conducted empirical and normative analyzes of how healthcare prioritization is influenced by, and should be shaped by respectively legal, political, economic, adminis...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Vestland

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Young Onset Dementia - the difficult diagnosis and the stressful life for the whole family

The project consists of a qualitative (Aud Johannessen, postdoc) and a quantitative part (Lara Hvidsten, PhD-student), of which results will contribute to: 1) Describing, developing and evaluating a collaboration model between primary healthcare services and specialized healthcare services for...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Vestfold

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

KNOWLEDGE SHARING - Utilising the results of the Chronic Disease Management of depressed elderly persons project

This application refers to results of the research group working on the ongoing project: Chronic disease management-implementation and coordination of health care systems for depressed elderly persons' project funded by The Norwegian Research Council in 2 010 (No. 204238/V50, 2011-2014). We apply...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Vestfold

HELSEVEL-H-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Transitions in rehabilitation: Biographical reconstruction, experiential knowledge and professional expertise

The Transition in Rehabilitation project explored rehabilitation processes of individuals suffering from traumatic injuries. Of special interest was the organization and impact of professional support in the rehabilitation process. The project applied a qualitative approach with interviews and ob...

Awarded: NOK 8.5 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2021

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Good user pathways among persons with long-term mental health issues. Facilitators and barriers for Continuity of care

The primary objective of this project is to gain knowledge on good user pathways as a basis to improve services for mental health service users. By identifying factors that promote or hinder continuity of care, the project will provide a useful knowledge base for developing more coherent and coor...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HELSEVEL-V-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Implementing Skill-based Intervention in Child-Welfare Services (CWS) in North of Norway: Enhancing Family and Community Involvement

The aim of implementing is to improve quality of services provided by the Child Welfare Services (CWS) by implementing skill-based training and systematic evaluation with well-documented instruments. The goal is to improve long term mental health, general well-being and sustain able care of child...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2021

Location: Oslo - Oslove

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Practice 2013-2014

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Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-H-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Comparative effectiveness analyses of coordinated care initiativs in three Nordic countries

Does expansion of municipal services lead to reduced use of secondary health care? Which effects does the level and composition of health care services have on costs, resource use and the patients survival? The objective is to evaluate the effects of the three main measures in the Norwegian Coord...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Pathways through Care - The association between municipal health services and disease course in dementia

The study "Pathways through care, the association between municipal health care services and disease course in dementia" was based on a sample of 696 nursing home patients included at admission to the nursing home. The inclusion started in July 2013 and was completed in August 2014. The main ob...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Innlandet

HELSEVEL-H-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Active cooperation for improved pharmacotherapy in frail elderly people - The COOP Study. A randomised controlled trial

Polypharmacy is considered a major health concern in frail elderly patients, increasing the risk of several adverse drug effects. This project should provide better knowledge on how the health and care services at the local level, and in particular its cooperation with families, local communities...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2019

Location: Oslo - Oslove

TJENESTER-Helse- og omsorgstjenester

Søknad om arrangementstøtte til nasjonalt dialogseminar (workshop)

Som én av flere strategier for å bidra til praksisnær forskning om kommunale omsorgstjenester har de fem sentre for omsorgsforskning opprettet et panel av såkalte forskningskommuner som består av tilfeldig utvalgte små (< 4000 innb.), mellomstore (7-12.00 0 innb.) og store (> 20.000 innb.) kommun...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Innlandet

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Providing integrated health care for older people

The broad theme of this study is the preconditions and consequences of integration and co-operation across professions and institutions within the health care sector and between sectors at the local level. We have conducted in- depth studies of recruitment policies and the division of labour ...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Vestland

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

End of Life Communication in Nursing Homes. Patient Preferences and Participation

This research project about preparatory conversations/advance care planning (ACP) in nursing homes started September 1st of 2013 and the final report was submitted 31st of Jan. 2019. The project consists of 3 subprojects. 1) A systematic literature review about these types of conversations (i...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Health Care Utilization among Immigrants in Norway

The first part of the project ? The Immigrant Hospitalization Study ? has made statistical analyses of all contacts (consultations, day treatments, admissions) with somatic hospitals and specialized mental health care 2008-2011. Data come from the Norwegian Patient Register, linked to individual ...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Coordination agreements, financial incentives and local responses in the governance of Danish and Norwegian health and care services

The project analyses effects of recent reforms and the multilevel governance of Danish and Norwegian health and care services. It is carried out by researchers at IRIS - International Research Institute of Stavanger, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Science and the University of Co...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Rogaland

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Developing innovative models for health care services for safety and autonomy of people with dementia

The growing ageing population combined with lack of qualified health care staff is a major challenge for our health care system. Dementia is the diagnosis that currently requires the most extensive resources for care from the public health care sector. De mentia also has a significant impact on t...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Buskerud

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Sensing illness in everyday life: Care-seeking and perception of symptoms among chronic cancer patients

The aim of the project SENCANCER was to explore how people having had cancer, sense and experience bodily sensations and symptoms. We wished to investigate how everyday life takes form, what experiences lead to healthcare-seeking, who was used as a helper from the social networks (therapeutic pat...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Voluntary work in Norwegian Long Term Care - Prevalence, Forms, Interaction with Professionals and Potentials for the Future

BACKGROUND The overarching goal of the project was to generate new knowledge about unpaid, voluntary work in the Norwegian long-term care services, focusing on prevalence, forms, interaction with professionals and potential for the future. We have also studied informal caregiving to close fami...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Innlandet

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

5 by 5: Comparing 5 Quality of Life instruments in 5 countries

-Comparing quality of life instruments: 5 HRQoL (health related quality of life) instruments in 6 countries across 7 disease groups When setting priorities across health care programmes, it is essential to compare health outcomes from the different programmes as well as the disease severitie...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Effects and costs of a day centre care program, designed for people with dementia - a 24 month controlled study (ECOD)

Attending day care centres with programs specifically designed for patients with dementia is believed to postpone admittance to nursing home as well as increase quality of life and well-being for both patients and their family carers. Therefore, the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services ...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Vestfold

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Immigrant women with mental health problems in a primary care setting

Immigration to Norway has been especially high the last two decades. Some immigrant groups appear to have poorer health and more psychological distress than the rest of the population. Together, this can have implications for healthcare services. In Norway, equity in health care services is an im...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2017

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Improving mental health and end-of-life care in residents of nursing homes: A cluster randomized clinical trial of efficacy

Related to this successful trial, we published/re-submitted/submitted further 19 COSMOS related contributions in 2017. COSMOS data are not only used by PhD candidates directly related to the trial, Irene Aasmul and Christine Gulla who will complete their PhD in 2018. Data are also used by two res...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Vestland

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