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  • Forskning i kommunehelsetjenesten, etiske aspekter i helsetjenesten, kvalitet og pasientsikkerhet i helsetjenesten, primær og sekundærhelsetjenesten
  • Andre forskningsområder som f.eks: High-fidelity simulering, Serious games, Opplevd helse, e-Helse, Helserelatert livskvalitet, Opplevelse av sammenheng, Risiko for underernæring, Psykisk helse, Ensomhet, Uformell og formell omsorg, Omsorg for personer med demens, Overganger, Lindrende omsorg, Frivillighet og Instrumenttesting blant eldre mennesker.

Projects and programs

Current research projects

  • “Self-care and health among older home-dwelling people in rural and urban areas in southern Norway – a continuation with studies about mental health, and testing studies of Norwegian self-care related instruments” funded by the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Ulrika Söderhamn, Bjørg Dale, and Kari Sundsli)
  • “Experience of loneliness among older home-dwelling people” funded by the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Solveig Thorbjørnsen Tomstad, Hans Inge Sævareid, Kari Sundsli, Bjørg Dale and Ulrika Söderhamn)
  • “Translation into Chinese and testing the Chinese version of the Self-care Ability Scale for the Elderly funded by the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Ulrika Söderhamn)
  • “Translation into Persian and testing the Iranian version of the Self-care Ability Scale for the Elderly funded by the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Ulrika Söderhamn)
  • “Translation into Persian and testing the Iranian version of the Nutritional Form For the Elderly” funded by the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Ulrika Söderhamn)
  • “Preventive home visits to older people in Agder” funded by the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Bjørg Dale)
  • “Volunteering in palliative care” funded by the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Ulrika Söderhamn, Ragnhild Skaar, Marthe Fensli and Sylvi Flateland)
  • “Spiritual well-being in older patients with advanced COPD in the community health care services” funded by the Centre for Caring Research, Southern Norway, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Ulrika Söderhamn, Bjørg Dale)
  • Komparativ folkehelsepolitikk (Charlotte Kiland, Dag Olaf Torjesen (UiA, ISL) og Gro Kvåle (UiA, ISL))
  • Public health governance and responsive regulation (Charlotte Kiland og Martin Stangborli Time (UiA, ISL))
  • Policyforskning i helsefremmende arbeid (Charlotte Kiland, Elisabeth Fosse (UiB/HSN) og Kristin Ingstad Sandberg (NTNU))
  • Promoting social innovation within institution-based elderly care (Åshild Slettebø, Ragnhild Skaar, Kari Brodtkorb)(Financed by Norwegian Research Council. Collaboration with Nordlandsforskning, Nord University, University of Stavanger, University of Ålborg, Denmark and University of Agder).
  • Safe medication management in home healthcare settings (Medikamenthåndtering i hjemmebaserte tjenester) (Mariann Fossum, Åshild Slettebø)
  • Examination techniques performed by nurses and nurses’ recognition of physiological deterioration of in-patients (Systematiske kliniske undersøkelser og vurderinger (SKUV))(Mariann Fossum, Kjersti Frivoll Johnsen, Aud Findal Dahl, Geir Vegard Berg, Åshild Slettebø)
  • Systematic ethical reflection in the community health care sector in one municipality (SEEK)(Åshild Slettebø, Ragnhild Skaar, Anne Valen-Sendstad Skisland, Kari Brodtkorb)
  • Evaluation of Ethical reflections project in 13 municipalities at Agder (EEKAVA) (Åshild Slettebø, Ulrika Söderhamn, Helga Tofte Kjøstvedt)
  • Nursing Education in the Nordic Countries (NENC) (Åshild Slettebø)
  • Læringsmiljø og veiledning i kommunal praksis (Kristine Haddeland)

Active Doctoral students' projects

  •  “Holistic continuity of patient care – A multiple methods project of patient pathways in the Norwegian community health care services” funded by UiA (Elin Rogn Nilsen)
  • Sykepleiekompetanse i kommunale akutt døgnplasser (Torunn Kitty Vatnøy)
  • Peer-support programmes in health care services for people with HIV (Anita Øgård-Repål)
  • Rusmiddelbruk og rusmiddelavhengighet blant eldre hjemmeboende (Anne Jørstad Antonsen)
  • Pre-anaesthetic assessment and the Nurse Anaesthetist (Eirunn Kristoffersen)
  • Learning in clinical studies – addressing the student nurse perspective (Ingrid Espegren Dalsmo)
  • Standardisert terminologi i sykepleiedokumentasjon (Lene B. Laukvik)
  • Et sosiokulturelt blikk på simuleringslæring (Jorunn Aas Handeland)
  • High-fidelity simulation as a pedagogical approach in perioperative education of nurses – developing professional competence (Hege Kristin Aslaksen Kaldheim)

Completed Doctoral students' projects 

  •  “To be a relative of an intensive care patient”: Family members’ experiences during and after a stay in an Intensive Care Unit (Gro Frivold)
  •  Teaching clinical reasoning skills to nursing students with technology-enhanced earning (TEL) (Hege Mari Johnsen)
  •   “Course of Dementia and Neuropsychiatric symptoms among elderly receiving in home care (CONSIC)” funded by the Norwegian Directorate of Health and by grant from the Research Council of Norway, Norwegian Centre for Research, Education and Service Development, Innlandet Hospital Trust and the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder (Jon Wergeland)
  •  “Living with COPD and being followed up through telemedicine – Studies about COPD patients' health-related quality of life and cooperation with nurses in a telemedical centre” funded by Ugland/UiA (Tina Lien Barken)
  •  Nursing students recognition and response to clinical deterioration events: A multi centre cluster-randomized controlled trial. Funded by UIA. (Kristine Haddeland)
  •  E-health: cooperation without borders in community health care sector (Elisabeth Holen Rabbersvik)
  •  “The transition of older residents into long-term care units in nursing homes - Studies of how newly admitted older residents are perceived, experienced and helped by staff and next of kin” funded by the Faculty of Health and Social Studies, University College of Southeast Norway (Marianne Eika)

Current research partners

  • RN, PhD, Professor Øyvind Kirkevold, Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing, NTNU, Gjøvik, Norway
  • MD, PhD Geir Selbæk, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Ottestad, Norway
  • Professor Gunnar Hartvigsen, University of Tromsø, Norway
  • Associate professor Geir Berg (Sykehuset Innlandet, NTNU)
  • RN Inger Johanne Bolstad, Municipality of Grimstad, Grimstad, Norway
  • Fagsykepleier i bemanningsenheten, RN, Hilde Gunleifsen B. Olsen, SSHF, Norway
  • Occupational therapist Berit Westbye, Municipality of Grimstad, Grimstad, Norway
  • RN, MSc Kristine Jortveit, Municipality of Kristiansand, Kristiansand, Norway
  • Professor Kun Liu, College of Nursing, Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou, China
  • MSc Han Gao, College of Nursing, Liaoning Medical University, Jinzhou, China
  • PhD, MD, MPH Farshad Sharifi, Elderly Health Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • BSc Mehrdad Amir Behghadami, School of Health Service Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
  • RN, PhD, Professor Christina Cliffordson, Department of Nursing, Health and Culture, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
  • PhD Bella Vivat, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, Division of Psychiatry, University of London
  • Professor Tracey Bucknall, Deakin University, Australia
  • Associate professor Pirashantie Vivekananda-Smith, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Associate professor Ann Fruhling, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA
  • Associate professor Patricia Carstens, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA
  • Associate professor Anna Löfmark, Stord Haugesund University College, Norway / University of Gävle, Sweden
  • Associate professor Jette Henriksen, VIA University College, Denmark
  • Associate professor Eivor Wallinvirta, Helsinki University, Finland
  • Associate professor Thora Gunnarsdottir, University of Reykjavik, Iceland