• Development and validation of an instrument to assess oral health literacy in Norwegian adult dental patients 

      Stein, Linda Maria; Pettersen, Kjell Sverre; Bergdahl, Maud; Bergdahl, Jan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-05)
      Objective: To develop and validate an interview instrument to assess oral health literacy in Norwegian adult dental patients. <p/>Materials and methods: The instrument, Adult Health Literacy Instrument for Dentistry (AHLID), was based on an OECD instrument used to assess general literacy in adults. 130 Norwegian adults (mean age 48 years; 57% women) participated. AHLID included a selection of ...
    • Effects of the Conceptual Model of Health Literacy as a Risk: A Randomised Controlled Trial in a Clinical Dental Context 

      Stein, Linda Maria; Bergdahl, Maud; Pettersen, Kjell Sverre; Bergdahl, Jan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-01)
      Numerous conceptual models of health literacy have been proposed in the literature, but very few have been empirically validated in clinical contexts. The aim of this study was to test the effects of the conceptual model of health literacy as a risk in a clinical dental context. A convenience sample of 133 Norwegian-speaking adults was recruited. Participants were randomly allocated to an intervention ...
    • Evaluering av implementeringen av RETHOS for studieprogrammene i tannpleie 

      Lundsbakken, Linda; Stein, Linda Maria; Moe, Rigmor; Haakens, Magnus; Sinderud, Marte Bogen; Aarstad, Åsne Kalland; Kronen, Katrine Moseid (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2022-02-22)
      Denne rapporten omhandler implementeringen av retningslinjene for helse- og sosialfagutdanningene, RETHOS.<p> <p>NOKUT har på oppdrag fra Kunnskapsdepartementet evaluert implementeringen av RETHOS gjennom tre ulike deler:<uli> <li>Kartlegging av etterlevelse av de nasjonale retningslinjene. Her presenteres det vurderinger fra sakkyndige om studieplanene ved institusjonene er i tråd med ...
    • Oral health literacy in adult dental patients - A clinical study 

      Stein, Linda Maria (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2015-05-13)
      Oral health literacy encompasses individuals’ capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic oral health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Evidence suggests that limited oral health literacy inhibit patients from getting necessary oral health information, and that communication with dental professionals may be problematic. Various personality traits are also ...
    • Prisoners' perceived oral and general health and their experience with accessing, understanding and assessing health information: A qualitative study 

      Bergum, Kathrine Høyvik; Bull, Vibeke Hervik; Stein, Linda Maria; Evensen, Kjersti Berge (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-20)
      Prisoners’ oral health and general health are closely connected and generally poorer than that of the wider population. Moreover, knowledge of prisoners’ health literacy is scarce. This study aimed to explore prisoners’ perceived oral and general health and how they accessed, understood and assessed health information to gain insight into their health literacy. Twelve prisoners in a high-security ...
    • Restorative treatment decisions for carious lesions: Do Russian dentists and dental students apply minimal intervention dentistry? 

      Drachev, Sergei Nikolaevich; Galieva, Alexandra S.; Yushmanova, TN; Polivanaya, Elena A.; Stangvaltaite-Mouhat, Lina; Al-Mahdi, Rania; Leinonen, Jukka; Stein, Linda Maria; Davidova, Nadezhda G.; Al-Haroni, Mohammed (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-15)
      Background - The concept of minimal intervention dentistry (MID) includes both delayed restorative treatment and conservative caries removal, and is now recognised as an evidence-based approach for dental caries management. In order to determine if dental professionals in Russia are incorporating this concept into their clinical practice, we investigated the restorative treatment decisions of Russian ...