• Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Strategies: The Possible Side Effects of Their Good Intentions 

      Msomphora, Mbachi Ruth; Larsen, Anette Iren Langås (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-01)
      The public health policies are principally implemented using two main strategies, namely, the population strategy and the high-risk strategy. The purpose of this article is to discuss possible side effects of the good intentions of these two main strategies. The discussions herein are made based on our perspectives and literature study methodology. Main findings portray that the disease prevention ...
    • Fortellinger om læsing 

      Larsen, Anette Iren Langås (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-16)
      En av hensiktene med denne studien er å synliggjøre og oppnå en dypere forståelse av folks bruk og erfaring med læsing i den nordnorske og samiske kulturen. Videre er det et fokus på skolemedisinske uforklarlige gode vendinger hvor helbreder er involvert. Jeg ønsker også å oppnå en dypere forståelse av hva som gjør at læsing fortsatt brukes av mange, til tross for dagens moderne, høyteknologiske ...
    • Mapping the experience and use of traditional healing in Northern Norway. Among conventional health care providers, users and traditional healers 

      Larsen, Anette Iren Langås (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2018-05-31)
      The aim of this research project was to improve the knowledge of the people in Northern Norway (the Sami, Kven, and Norwegians) understanding of health, including the use of traditional healing. We conducted 60 semi-structured interviews and 7 focus group interviews. The participants were health personnel, healers, and users of traditional healing. Both the Sami and Norwegians often used traditional ...
    • Samtykke fra mindreårige. Implikasjoner rundt barns samtykke til informasjonsdeling i tverretatlig samarbeid. 

      Holm, Inger Marie; Jacobsen, Ioanna Dallari; Larsen, Anette Iren Langås (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-19)
      For å sikre helhetlig oppfølging av utsatte barn og unge er samarbeid på tvers av tjenester et uttalt mål i offentlig sektor, og det følger også av lov. En samordnet innsats fordrer informasjonsdeling mellom tjenester, hvilket medfører utfordringer knyttet til blant annet taushetsplikt, samtykke og personvern. I enkeltsaker kan det være krevende å avgjøre hvorvidt en mindreårig er samtykkekompetent. ...
    • "There are more things in heaven and earth!" How knowledge about traditional healing affects clinical practice: Interviews with conventional health personnel 

      Larsen, Anette Iren Langås; Salamonsen, Anita; Kristoffersen, Agnete Egilsdatter; Hamran, Torunn; Evjen, Bjørg; Stub, Trine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-12)
      People with Sami and Norwegian background are frequent users of traditional folk medicine (TM). Traditional healing, such as religious prayers of healing ( reading ) and the laying on of hands, are examples of commonly used modalities. The global aim of this study is to examine whether health personnel ’ s knowledge, attitudes and experiences of traditional healing affect their clinical practice. ...
    • "We own the illness”: a qualitative study of networks in two communities with mixed ethnicity in Northern Norway 

      Larsen, Anette Iren Langås; Salamonsen, Anita; Kristoffersen, Agnete Egilsdatter; Hamran, Torunn; Evjen, Bjørg; Stub, Trine (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-21)
      Background: When people in Northern Norway get ill, they often use traditional medicine. The global aim of this study was to examine the extended family networks’ function and responsibility in cases of illness in the family, in two Northern Norwegian communities with a population of mixed ethnicity.<p> Methods: Semi-structured individual interviews with 13 participants and 4 focus group interviews ...