Tor-Johan Ekeland
Biographic Data
| ID | 183394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tor-Johan Ekeland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tor-Johan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ekeland |
| SIGNATURE | EKELAND T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Volda University College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Krisebevissthet og medisinsk leseevne
Faget medisin har gradvis blitt mer avhengig av teknologi på måter som forsterker objektiveringen av mennesket. For pasienten handler dette i økende grad om å bli isolert fra en større kontekst og delt i fragmenter. Vi påpeker at denne utviklingen er beslektet med en distansering til, og tingliggjøring av, naturen. Denne utviklingens etiske implikasjoner fordrer på begge områder besinnelse, tenksomhet, ydmykhet og handlekraft. Vi foreslår derfor …
Governing by commissioning services - Implementing alcohol screening and brief interventions in hospital settings in Norway
Norwegian health services have undergone marked logistical changes in organization and funding over recent decades. One significant change was the new public management-inspired commissioner's document, first issued in 2013 by the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services, to establish medical and surgical departments' identification of patients with underlying substance abuse problems (Ministry of Health and Care Services, 2013). Herein, we…
Social workers use of knowledge in an evidence-based framework: A mixed methods study
Since the 1990s, evidence-based practice has become part of social work, grounded in the notion that social work should be a research-based profession. However, recent studies show that social workers struggle with bridging research and practice. This study analysed Norwegian social workers’ use of knowledge in their daily practice, drawing on data from a survey consisting of 2060 social workers in different practice fields as well as qualitative…
Not talking about illness at meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of silence concerning illness-talk
Research on the topic of not talking about psychosocial hardships describes the presence of 'house rules' against illness-talk in common areas in 'meeting places' ('day centres') in community mental health care. The aim of this article was to explore the complexity of not talking about psychosocial hardships ('silence') in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care. The research team consisted of first-hand and academic knowers of c…
New public management and practitioner autonomy in children’s services in Norway and Wales: Views from the frontline
The article examines aspects of professional autonomy informed by cross sectional surveys of social workers in Wales (UK) and Norway. The data show that in Wales there is circumscribed autonomy whereby rule compliance is both expected and scrutinised, and practitioners are more likely to spend time as a ‘screen-worker’, fettered by austerity, risk-focused and safety-oriented towards children. The Norwegian sample appears to enjoy front-line freed…
Evidence-based practice in social work: Perceptions and attitudes among Norwegian social workers
Although the concept of evidence-based practice (EBP) eludes precise definition, it is used as a trademark label to ensure that practice is based on science and thereby effective and of high quality. Proponents of EBP have proposed that both education and practice in social work should be transformed according to the principle of EBP. They attribute critical opposition to EBP to a lack of knowledge of what EBP is. In this article, we endeavour to…
A participatory discourse analysis of service users' accounts of staffed meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care
Since the 1960s, deinstitutionalisation has been salient in mental health reforms across the West. In Norway, this culminated in the National Action Plan for Mental Health (1999-2008), where meeting places in community mental health care were deemed a prioritised strategy to counter social isolation among people in psychosocial hardships. However, during the same period in England, meeting places were beginning to be contested for contributing to…
Discourses of service user involvement in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of staff accounts
In previous research, meeting places have been favourably addressed by service users, but they have also been contested as exclusionary. In this participatory explorative study, we sought to perform a contextual analysis of meeting places in Norway based on a discourse analysis of three focus group discussions with 15 staff members. We asked the following question: how do meeting-place employees discuss their concrete and abstract encounters with…
Metasynthesis and Bricolage: An Artistic Exercise of Creating a Collage of Meaning
During the past decades, new approaches to synthesizing qualitative data have been developed. However, this methodology continues to face significant philosophical and practical challenges. By reviewing the literature on this topic, our overall aim in this article is to explore the systematic and creative research processes involved in the act of metasynthesizing. By investigating synthesizing processes borrowed from two studies, we discuss matte…
The Negotiation of Identity among People with Mental Illness in Rural Communities
The Negotiation of Identity among People with Mental Illness in Rural Communities
Metasynthesis and Bricolage: An Artistic Exercise of Creating a Collage of Meaning
During the past decades, new approaches to synthesizing qualitative data have been developed. However, this methodology continues to face significant philosophical and practical challenges. By reviewing the literature on this topic, our overall aim in this article is to explore the systematic and creative research processes involved in the act of metasynthesizing. By investigating synthesizing processes borrowed from two studies, we discuss matte…
Social workers use of knowledge in an evidence-based framework: A mixed methods study
Since the 1990s, evidence-based practice has become part of social work, grounded in the notion that social work should be a research-based profession. However, recent studies show that social workers struggle with bridging research and practice. This study analysed Norwegian social workers’ use of knowledge in their daily practice, drawing on data from a survey consisting of 2060 social workers in different practice fields as well as qualitative…
Evidence-based practice in social work: Perceptions and attitudes among Norwegian social workers
Although the concept of evidence-based practice (EBP) eludes precise definition, it is used as a trademark label to ensure that practice is based on science and thereby effective and of high quality. Proponents of EBP have proposed that both education and practice in social work should be transformed according to the principle of EBP. They attribute critical opposition to EBP to a lack of knowledge of what EBP is. In this article, we endeavour to…
A participatory discourse analysis of service users' accounts of staffed meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care
Since the 1960s, deinstitutionalisation has been salient in mental health reforms across the West. In Norway, this culminated in the National Action Plan for Mental Health (1999-2008), where meeting places in community mental health care were deemed a prioritised strategy to counter social isolation among people in psychosocial hardships. However, during the same period in England, meeting places were beginning to be contested for contributing to…
Not talking about illness at meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of silence concerning illness-talk
Research on the topic of not talking about psychosocial hardships describes the presence of 'house rules' against illness-talk in common areas in 'meeting places' ('day centres') in community mental health care. The aim of this article was to explore the complexity of not talking about psychosocial hardships ('silence') in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care. The research team consisted of first-hand and academic knowers of c…
New public management and practitioner autonomy in children’s services in Norway and Wales: Views from the frontline
The article examines aspects of professional autonomy informed by cross sectional surveys of social workers in Wales (UK) and Norway. The data show that in Wales there is circumscribed autonomy whereby rule compliance is both expected and scrutinised, and practitioners are more likely to spend time as a ‘screen-worker’, fettered by austerity, risk-focused and safety-oriented towards children. The Norwegian sample appears to enjoy front-line freed…
Discourses of service user involvement in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of staff accounts
In previous research, meeting places have been favourably addressed by service users, but they have also been contested as exclusionary. In this participatory explorative study, we sought to perform a contextual analysis of meeting places in Norway based on a discourse analysis of three focus group discussions with 15 staff members. We asked the following question: how do meeting-place employees discuss their concrete and abstract encounters with…
The Negotiation of Identity among People with Mental Illness in Rural Communities
Metasynthesis and Bricolage: An Artistic Exercise of Creating a Collage of Meaning
During the past decades, new approaches to synthesizing qualitative data have been developed. However, this methodology continues to face significant philosophical and practical challenges. By reviewing the literature on this topic, our overall aim in this article is to explore the systematic and creative research processes involved in the act of metasynthesizing. By investigating synthesizing processes borrowed from two studies, we discuss matte…
Discourses of service user involvement in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of staff accounts
In previous research, meeting places have been favourably addressed by service users, but they have also been contested as exclusionary. In this participatory explorative study, we sought to perform a contextual analysis of meeting places in Norway based on a discourse analysis of three focus group discussions with 15 staff members. We asked the following question: how do meeting-place employees discuss their concrete and abstract encounters with…
Evidence-based practice in social work: Perceptions and attitudes among Norwegian social workers
Although the concept of evidence-based practice (EBP) eludes precise definition, it is used as a trademark label to ensure that practice is based on science and thereby effective and of high quality. Proponents of EBP have proposed that both education and practice in social work should be transformed according to the principle of EBP. They attribute critical opposition to EBP to a lack of knowledge of what EBP is. In this article, we endeavour to…
A participatory discourse analysis of service users' accounts of staffed meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care
Since the 1960s, deinstitutionalisation has been salient in mental health reforms across the West. In Norway, this culminated in the National Action Plan for Mental Health (1999-2008), where meeting places in community mental health care were deemed a prioritised strategy to counter social isolation among people in psychosocial hardships. However, during the same period in England, meeting places were beginning to be contested for contributing to…
New public management and practitioner autonomy in children’s services in Norway and Wales: Views from the frontline
The article examines aspects of professional autonomy informed by cross sectional surveys of social workers in Wales (UK) and Norway. The data show that in Wales there is circumscribed autonomy whereby rule compliance is both expected and scrutinised, and practitioners are more likely to spend time as a ‘screen-worker’, fettered by austerity, risk-focused and safety-oriented towards children. The Norwegian sample appears to enjoy front-line freed…
Social workers use of knowledge in an evidence-based framework: A mixed methods study
Since the 1990s, evidence-based practice has become part of social work, grounded in the notion that social work should be a research-based profession. However, recent studies show that social workers struggle with bridging research and practice. This study analysed Norwegian social workers’ use of knowledge in their daily practice, drawing on data from a survey consisting of 2060 social workers in different practice fields as well as qualitative…
Not talking about illness at meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care: A discourse analysis of silence concerning illness-talk
Research on the topic of not talking about psychosocial hardships describes the presence of 'house rules' against illness-talk in common areas in 'meeting places' ('day centres') in community mental health care. The aim of this article was to explore the complexity of not talking about psychosocial hardships ('silence') in meeting places in Norwegian community mental health care. The research team consisted of first-hand and academic knowers of c…
Krisebevissthet og medisinsk leseevne
Faget medisin har gradvis blitt mer avhengig av teknologi på måter som forsterker objektiveringen av mennesket. For pasienten handler dette i økende grad om å bli isolert fra en større kontekst og delt i fragmenter. Vi påpeker at denne utviklingen er beslektet med en distansering til, og tingliggjøring av, naturen. Denne utviklingens etiske implikasjoner fordrer på begge områder besinnelse, tenksomhet, ydmykhet og handlekraft. Vi foreslår derfor …
Governing by commissioning services - Implementing alcohol screening and brief interventions in hospital settings in Norway
Norwegian health services have undergone marked logistical changes in organization and funding over recent decades. One significant change was the new public management-inspired commissioner's document, first issued in 2013 by the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services, to establish medical and surgical departments' identification of patients with underlying substance abuse problems (Ministry of Health and Care Services, 2013). Herein, we…
Mental Health and Patient Involvement (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Norwegian (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)