Inger Helen Solheim

• Solheim, Inger Helen & Makuu, Mariana Josephat (2023). The relations between Tanzanian cultural practices and understanding of the terms respect and human rights. In Sæbjørnsen, Siv Elin Nord; Makuu, Mariana Josephat & Ødegård, Atle (Ed.), Change agents : an interprofessional book about children with disabilities in Tanzania and Norway. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 978-82-15-05790-3. p. 131–143. doi: 10.18261/9788215057903-23-07. Show summary

  The meanings of “human rights” and “respect” are not necessarily universal. Local cultural traditions and collectivistic values result in different cultural practices than those based upon an individualistic mindset. We highlight the importance of exploring the diversity of knowledge that exists in order to implement the UN rights for the betterment of children with special needs in Tanzanian society the Tanzanian way.

• Solheim, Inger Helen (2011). Brukermedvirkning og begrepets implementering i en studie av ”Identitet, kropp og hverdagsliv i ett folkehelseperspektiv”. In Rönnmark, Lars (Eds.), Brukarens roll i välfärdsforskning och utvecklingsarbete. Högskolan i Borås. ISSN 978-91-85659-78-4. p. 55–58.

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• Sæbjørnsen, Siv Elin Nord; Bromstad, Thrine Marie Nøst & Solheim, Inger Helen (2019). Reciprocal student exchange and international collaboration for improvement of life quality for children with special needs in Tanzania.
• Rønning, Solrun Brenk; Hoemsnes, Helene; Solheim, Inger Helen; Orøy, Aud Jorun & Dale, Karl Yngvar (2018). Kan økt kompetanse imøtekomme behov i regionen? Åndalsnes Avis.
• Rønning, Solrun Brenk; Hoemsnes, Helene; Solheim, Inger Helen; Orøy, Aud Jorun & Dale, Karl Yngvar (2018). Kan økt kompetanse imøtekomme behov i regionen? Tidens Krav.
• Rønning, Solrun Brenk; Hoemsnes, Helene; Solheim, Inger Helen; Orøy, Aud Jorun & Dale, Karl Yngvar (2018). Kan økt kompetanse imøtekomme behov i regionen? : nasjonale føringer for kompetanse innen helse- sosial og velferdstjenester er tydelige. Romsdals Budstikke.. ISSN 0806-5160.
• Solheim, Inger Helen & Bromstad, Thrine Marie Nøst (2018). Kunnskap kan redusere avvik og øke livskvalitet. Tidens Krav.
• Solheim, Inger Helen & Bromstad, Thrine Marie Nøst (2018). Kunnskap kan redusere avvik og øke livskvalitet. Romsdals Budstikke.. ISSN 0806-5160. p. 34–35. Show summary

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• Solheim, Inger Helen (2011). Identity, body and everyday life in a public health perspective.
• Solheim, Inger Helen (2009). Identitet, kropp og hverdagsliv i et folkehelseperspektiv.
• Solheim, Inger Helen (2013). Identity, Body and Everyday Life in a Popularly Perspective : and the Role of Experiential Knowledge within Public Health Thinking . Karlstads universitet. Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier. ISSN 9789170634802. Show summary

  Over the last decades the weight has increased in the Norwegian population. Report no 16 to the Storting, “Prescription for a healthier Norway”, expresses concern for this development and defines important areas of commitment to prevent a further increase in health problems like diabetes 2 and other lifestyle related diseases. The foci described above are all justified by figures and statistical surveys. The dominant approach towards lifestyle related diseases is closely connected with Western medicine. The main tendency in the recommendations is primarily presenting overweight and obesity as something negative and problematic. This study focuses on self-assessment and self-perception of people that are overweight as well as those of normal weight. The aim is to reveal the collective understanding in a local community that struggles to avoid a further weight-gain in its population. This thesis seeks to, shed light on how the weight- evolvement in the Norwegian society influence peoples individual self-image and body perception. A local community in Norway (“Libygda”) defined by media, some years ago, as the most overweight local community in the country, constitutes the basis for this thesis. Methods like fieldwork, multistage focus group interviews and individual interviews (all carried out in “Libygda”) were used. The main focus in all the approaches is the bottom up strategy gained through the research approach Co-operative Inquiry which implies that both researcher and participants together search to gain insight and new experiential knowledge. In this case about individual health perception, body and identity. The data material is analyzed mainly through Life Mode-Theory, and theories of social capital (and other theories from the Social Science field). Methodological and theoretical approaches within Public Health Work are mainly based in Health Science, whereas this thesis has Social Science (Sociology and Social Anthropology) as its point of departure. The thesis will by its perspective aim to complement the traditional Health Science and offer a supplemental approach to the Science of Public Health. This thesis describes how experience-based perspectives on health and body exist side by side with the medical and Public Health Science perspective. This implies that there exists a parallel understanding of reality, which is rarely focused on by health professionals. If Public Health Work should gain a greater impact on peoples’ everyday life, these experience based and folk perspectives must be taken into consideration and accepted by professionals as relevant.

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