Jorun Rugkåsa
Biographic Data
| ID | 92069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jorun Rugkåsa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jorun |
| FAMILY NAME | Rugkåsa |
| SIGNATURE | RUGKÅSA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Akershus University Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5842-2845 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Care quality from family carers’ vantage point: A secondary qualitative analysis of experiential accounts through the lens of epistemic injustice
Family carers are expected to engage in the co-production of healthcare, thereby enhancing quality. We investigated, from carers’ viewpoints, how this can be achieved for older patients and those in palliative care, by conducting secondary analyses of qualitative data on carers’ experiences in Norwegian healthcare. We found that carers’ contribution depends on the presence or absence of recognition of carers’ experiential knowledge, situated over…
Seeking a care–life balance: Family carers’ perspectives on how quality of life can improve when caring for an older person living with dementia
Many family carers of older people living with dementia report reduced quality of life, but limited research has investigated what they believe could improve it. Our thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 23 family carers questions the standardisation of carer support and the appropriateness of the current scope of services, and suggests strengthening carers’ independent right to support. We propose the notion of a ‘care–life balance’, whi…
Between No Help and Coercion: Toward Referral to Involuntary Psychiatric Admission. A Qualitative Interview Study of Stakeholders' Perspectives
Objective: Paths toward referral to involuntary psychiatric admission mainly unfold in the contexts where people live their everyday lives. Modern health services are organized such that primary health care services are often those who provide long-term follow-up for people with severe mental illness and who serve as gatekeepers to involuntary admissions at the secondary care level. However, most efforts to reduce involuntary admissions have been…
Service Characteristics and Geographical Variation in Compulsory Hospitalisation: An Exploratory Random Effects Within–Between Analysis of Norwegian Municipalities, 2015–2018
Background: Compulsory hospitalisation in mental healthcare is contested. For ethical and legal reasons, it should only be used as a last resort. Geographical variation could indicate that some areas employ compulsory hospitalisation more frequently than is strictly necessary. Explaining variation in compulsory hospitalisation might contribute to reducing overuse, but research on associations with service characteristics remains patchy. Objective…
The Introduction of Medication-Free Mental Health Services in Norway: An Analysis of the Framing and Impact of Arguments From Different Standpoints
Introduction: Debates about coercive practices have challenged a traditional biomedical hegemony in mental health care. The perspectives of service user organizations have gained considerable ground, such as in the development of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Such changes are often contested, and might in practice be a result of (implicit) negotiation between stakeholders with different discursive positions. To improv…
Quality of life and service satisfaction in outpatients with severe or non-severe mental illness diagnoses
Our study highlights the important differences between those with SMI and those with non-SMI in their reported QoL and in the relationship between QoL and service satisfaction, with only non-SMI patients' QoL influenced by the therapeutic relationship and unmet needs for treatment and activity. It also shows the importance of continuity of care and social factors for good QoL for both groups
To what extent is patient-rated quality of life associated with continuity of care, therapeutic relationships and unmet need for services? A study of outpatient mental health service users in Norway
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Negotiating the care-giving role: Family members’ experience during critical exacerbation of COPD in Norway
Healthcare policies often state that complex conditions are to be treated outside hospital in various forms of public-private partnership. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive illness that includes episodes of serious acute exacerbations characterised by extreme breathlessness. There is limited knowledge about COPD exacerbations from the perspective of family caregivers and implications of the changing boundary between ho…
The use of leverage in community mental health: Ethical guidance for practitioners
BACKGROUND: Leverage is a particular type of treatment pressure that is used within community mental health services to increase patients' adherence to treatment. Because leverage involves practitioners making proposals that attempt to influence patients' behaviours and choices, the use of leverage raises ethical issues. AIM: To provide guidance that can assist practitioners in making judgements about whether it is ethically acceptable to use lev…
Trust, Deals and Authority: Community Mental Health Professionals’ Experiences of Influencing Reluctant Patients
Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research
Researching Mental Health in Minority Ethnic Communities: Reflections on Recruitment
In this article we reflect on the recruitment of research participants to two related studies of experiences of mental health problems in Black and minority ethnic communities in the United Kingdom. A total of 65 people were recruited via three main strategies: the employment of bicultural recruiters, intensive information sharing about the studies, and work through local community groups. Three main issues seemed to affect recruitment: gatekeepe…
Intersectoral partnerships, the knowledge economy and intangible assets
Arguably, partnerships emerged to address knowledge deficits inherent in other modes of coordination, in understanding between different agencies and arms of government (‘silo mentality’), and between government and the people it serves. As an increasingly prevalent form of governance, there is concern about whether partnerships produce benefits that contribute to the public good. This article considers their value in producing intangible assets …
Benefits of working in partnership: A model
Partnership and other forms of public participation in decision-making have become central to policy-making. Simultaneously, there is a growing commitment to evidence-based policy and a requirement to demonstrate value for money for the time and resources invested in partnerships. This paper presents a conceptual model describing the benefits of working in partnership and suggests that these are valuable assets in enabling organizations to take a…
The right tool for the task: ‘Boundary spanners’ in a partnership approach to tackle fuel poverty in rural Northern Ireland
To date, research on fuel poverty has largely focused on the outcomes of interventions, with little attention being accorded to intervention processes. In reporting on an evaluation of a fuel poverty intervention in rural Northern Ireland, the present authors explore some of the mechanisms that secured the project's perceived success. Specifically, they focus on the role of the 'boundary spanner', a concept that is increasingly applied to the ana…
The walls were so damp and cold” fuel poverty and ill health in Northern Ireland: Results from a housing intervention
Hard boys, attractive girls: Expressions of gender in young people's conversations on smoking in Northern Ireland
Health behaviour and attitudes among young people can be interpreted within the context of personal and social identity. This paper explores ways in which 10- to 11-year-olds in Northern Ireland expressed perceptions of gender ideology while discussing the topic of smoking. The data were gathered by means of in-depth interviews (n=85). Although few had tried smoking, the positive quality of their own gender appeared to be expressed through negati…
Anxious adults vs. cool children: Children's views on smoking and addiction
Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research
The walls were so damp and cold” fuel poverty and ill health in Northern Ireland: Results from a housing intervention
Researching Mental Health in Minority Ethnic Communities: Reflections on Recruitment
In this article we reflect on the recruitment of research participants to two related studies of experiences of mental health problems in Black and minority ethnic communities in the United Kingdom. A total of 65 people were recruited via three main strategies: the employment of bicultural recruiters, intensive information sharing about the studies, and work through local community groups. Three main issues seemed to affect recruitment: gatekeepe…
Anxious adults vs. cool children: Children's views on smoking and addiction
Intersectoral partnerships, the knowledge economy and intangible assets
Arguably, partnerships emerged to address knowledge deficits inherent in other modes of coordination, in understanding between different agencies and arms of government (‘silo mentality’), and between government and the people it serves. As an increasingly prevalent form of governance, there is concern about whether partnerships produce benefits that contribute to the public good. This article considers their value in producing intangible assets …
Negotiating the care-giving role: Family members’ experience during critical exacerbation of COPD in Norway
Healthcare policies often state that complex conditions are to be treated outside hospital in various forms of public-private partnership. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive illness that includes episodes of serious acute exacerbations characterised by extreme breathlessness. There is limited knowledge about COPD exacerbations from the perspective of family caregivers and implications of the changing boundary between ho…
To what extent is patient-rated quality of life associated with continuity of care, therapeutic relationships and unmet need for services? A study of outpatient mental health service users in Norway
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Trust, Deals and Authority: Community Mental Health Professionals’ Experiences of Influencing Reluctant Patients
The right tool for the task: ‘Boundary spanners’ in a partnership approach to tackle fuel poverty in rural Northern Ireland
To date, research on fuel poverty has largely focused on the outcomes of interventions, with little attention being accorded to intervention processes. In reporting on an evaluation of a fuel poverty intervention in rural Northern Ireland, the present authors explore some of the mechanisms that secured the project's perceived success. Specifically, they focus on the role of the 'boundary spanner', a concept that is increasingly applied to the ana…
Anxious adults vs. cool children: Children's views on smoking and addiction
Hard boys, attractive girls: Expressions of gender in young people's conversations on smoking in Northern Ireland
Health behaviour and attitudes among young people can be interpreted within the context of personal and social identity. This paper explores ways in which 10- to 11-year-olds in Northern Ireland expressed perceptions of gender ideology while discussing the topic of smoking. The data were gathered by means of in-depth interviews (n=85). Although few had tried smoking, the positive quality of their own gender appeared to be expressed through negati…
The walls were so damp and cold” fuel poverty and ill health in Northern Ireland: Results from a housing intervention
The right tool for the task: ‘Boundary spanners’ in a partnership approach to tackle fuel poverty in rural Northern Ireland
To date, research on fuel poverty has largely focused on the outcomes of interventions, with little attention being accorded to intervention processes. In reporting on an evaluation of a fuel poverty intervention in rural Northern Ireland, the present authors explore some of the mechanisms that secured the project's perceived success. Specifically, they focus on the role of the 'boundary spanner', a concept that is increasingly applied to the ana…
Benefits of working in partnership: A model
Partnership and other forms of public participation in decision-making have become central to policy-making. Simultaneously, there is a growing commitment to evidence-based policy and a requirement to demonstrate value for money for the time and resources invested in partnerships. This paper presents a conceptual model describing the benefits of working in partnership and suggests that these are valuable assets in enabling organizations to take a…
Intersectoral partnerships, the knowledge economy and intangible assets
Arguably, partnerships emerged to address knowledge deficits inherent in other modes of coordination, in understanding between different agencies and arms of government (‘silo mentality’), and between government and the people it serves. As an increasingly prevalent form of governance, there is concern about whether partnerships produce benefits that contribute to the public good. This article considers their value in producing intangible assets …
Researching Mental Health in Minority Ethnic Communities: Reflections on Recruitment
In this article we reflect on the recruitment of research participants to two related studies of experiences of mental health problems in Black and minority ethnic communities in the United Kingdom. A total of 65 people were recruited via three main strategies: the employment of bicultural recruiters, intensive information sharing about the studies, and work through local community groups. Three main issues seemed to affect recruitment: gatekeepe…
Operationalising the capability approach for outcome measurement in mental health research
The use of leverage in community mental health: Ethical guidance for practitioners
BACKGROUND: Leverage is a particular type of treatment pressure that is used within community mental health services to increase patients' adherence to treatment. Because leverage involves practitioners making proposals that attempt to influence patients' behaviours and choices, the use of leverage raises ethical issues. AIM: To provide guidance that can assist practitioners in making judgements about whether it is ethically acceptable to use lev…
Trust, Deals and Authority: Community Mental Health Professionals’ Experiences of Influencing Reluctant Patients
Negotiating the care-giving role: Family members’ experience during critical exacerbation of COPD in Norway
Healthcare policies often state that complex conditions are to be treated outside hospital in various forms of public-private partnership. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive illness that includes episodes of serious acute exacerbations characterised by extreme breathlessness. There is limited knowledge about COPD exacerbations from the perspective of family caregivers and implications of the changing boundary between ho…
To what extent is patient-rated quality of life associated with continuity of care, therapeutic relationships and unmet need for services? A study of outpatient mental health service users in Norway
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Quality of life and service satisfaction in outpatients with severe or non-severe mental illness diagnoses
Our study highlights the important differences between those with SMI and those with non-SMI in their reported QoL and in the relationship between QoL and service satisfaction, with only non-SMI patients' QoL influenced by the therapeutic relationship and unmet needs for treatment and activity. It also shows the importance of continuity of care and social factors for good QoL for both groups
Between No Help and Coercion: Toward Referral to Involuntary Psychiatric Admission. A Qualitative Interview Study of Stakeholders' Perspectives
Objective: Paths toward referral to involuntary psychiatric admission mainly unfold in the contexts where people live their everyday lives. Modern health services are organized such that primary health care services are often those who provide long-term follow-up for people with severe mental illness and who serve as gatekeepers to involuntary admissions at the secondary care level. However, most efforts to reduce involuntary admissions have been…
Service Characteristics and Geographical Variation in Compulsory Hospitalisation: An Exploratory Random Effects Within–Between Analysis of Norwegian Municipalities, 2015–2018
Background: Compulsory hospitalisation in mental healthcare is contested. For ethical and legal reasons, it should only be used as a last resort. Geographical variation could indicate that some areas employ compulsory hospitalisation more frequently than is strictly necessary. Explaining variation in compulsory hospitalisation might contribute to reducing overuse, but research on associations with service characteristics remains patchy. Objective…
The Introduction of Medication-Free Mental Health Services in Norway: An Analysis of the Framing and Impact of Arguments From Different Standpoints
Introduction: Debates about coercive practices have challenged a traditional biomedical hegemony in mental health care. The perspectives of service user organizations have gained considerable ground, such as in the development of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Such changes are often contested, and might in practice be a result of (implicit) negotiation between stakeholders with different discursive positions. To improv…
Seeking a care–life balance: Family carers’ perspectives on how quality of life can improve when caring for an older person living with dementia
Many family carers of older people living with dementia report reduced quality of life, but limited research has investigated what they believe could improve it. Our thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 23 family carers questions the standardisation of carer support and the appropriateness of the current scope of services, and suggests strengthening carers’ independent right to support. We propose the notion of a ‘care–life balance’, whi…
Care quality from family carers’ vantage point: A secondary qualitative analysis of experiential accounts through the lens of epistemic injustice
Family carers are expected to engage in the co-production of healthcare, thereby enhancing quality. We investigated, from carers’ viewpoints, how this can be achieved for older patients and those in palliative care, by conducting secondary analyses of qualitative data on carers’ experiences in Norwegian healthcare. We found that carers’ contribution depends on the presence or absence of recognition of carers’ experiential knowledge, situated over…
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Mental health (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works)