Field of work
Oddvar Førland is a professor and a researcher at Centre for Care Research, Western Norway, at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences and chief editor of the Journal for Care Research/Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning (Scandinavian University Press).
Førland has comprehensive experience in long-term care research and competence and experience in qualitative and quantitative methods. He has led and participated in several projects directed by the Research Council of Norway, ministries, directorates, and municipalities.
Research areas
- comparative service research within the healthcare and welfare sector
- public organization and service development
- analyzes of new public reforms and new knowledge
- variations in municipal care services
- long-term care, elderly care and rehabilitative services
- needs for care, access to care services and early interventions
- prioritizing in care, ethics, care philosophy, professionalism, trust studies
- mixed-method studies
Research groups
Publications
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Variable and Vague Implementation: A Qualitative Study on Municipalities’ Use of the National Guide for Services for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Norway | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
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The Norwegian National Guide “Good Health and Care Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities” - A Pilot Study of Municipalities’ Experiences with the Guide
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Hvordan går det med hverdagsrehabiliteringen - egentlig? Et kunnskapsnotat skrevet på oppdrag fra Innovasjons- og samskapingsutvalget i Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet
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Statlig re-byråkratisering av hjelp til hjelpetrengende i eget hjem - En praxeologisk studie om innføring av Tillitsreform i hjemmesykepleien i en norsk kommune
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Staff characteristics associated with initial transfer from Nursing Home to Emergency Care
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