Body experience and lived through meanings of being ill, with special regard to long-lasting musculoskeletal pain, life after obesity surgery etc., phenomenological and gender perspectives. Treatment of patients with long-lasting muscle pain, bodily based learning. Theoretical foundation of physiotherapy and health sciences

 

Master’s thesis

• birte barsnes; Målfrid Råheim; Liv Heide Magnussen (2009). Sykefraværsarbeid i praksis - erfaringer og synspunkt fra langtidssykemeldte og ledere. Fokusgruppeintervju av sykemeldte og ledere. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim (2010). Endringar i kropp, helse og funksjon – langtidserfaringar etter operasjon for sjukleg overvekt. (external link)
• Birte G. Hellen; Gunnhild Blåka; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2007). Fornemmelser av svangerskap - mer enn uteblitt menstruasjon og morgenkvalme. En kvalitativ fenomenologisk intervjuundersøkelse om kvinners kroppslig baserte erfaringer og refleksjoner ved svangerskapets begynnelse. (external link)
• Ragnhild Wikene Johnsen; Målfrid Råheim (2008). "Å vere stabil - du føler sentrum og du blir sterkare, òg!" Ein kvalitativ studie om erfaringar med Basal Kroppskjennskap i psykriatisk gruppebehandling. (external link)
• Linda Book Dalsgård; Målfrid Råheim (2011). Organisering av kommunal fysioterapitjeneste. Enhetslederes syn på dagens og fremtidens utfordringer. (external link)
• Florian Lars Baschong; Målfrid Råheim (2010). ”Hvilke erfaringer har pasienter med førstegangs undersøkelse hos manuellterapeut?”. (external link)
• Janiche Helen Pedersen; Målfrid Råheim (2011). Fra høydepunkt til mareritt. Ungdomsskoleelevers tanker om kroppsøvingstimer og fysisk aktivitet og syn på egen kropp. (external link)
• Hege Handeland; Målfrid Råheim (2010). Barn med cerebral parese - erfaringer med regelmessig trening hos fysioterapeut. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Målfrid Råheim; Kari Marie Martinsen (2005). Om å komme til seg selv gjennom sansing, bevegelse og forståelse. (external link)
• Christine Warholm; Målfrid Råheim; Aud Marie Øien (2009). Forhold til egen kropp etter operasjon for sykelig overvekt. (external link)
• Judith Birkeland; Målfrid Råheim (2005). Førebyggingsstrategiear hos erfarne yrkesutøvarar. (external link)
• Bodil Anderson; Liv Inger Strand; Målfrid Råheim (2004). Psykomotorisk fysioterapi som gruppetrening - Et langvarig oppfølgingstilbud til pasienter med kroniske utbredte smerter etter et tverrfaglig rehabiliteringsopplegg. (external link)
• Live Ragne Berg; Målfrid Råheim (2012). Barn og unge med astma - erfaringer med og tanker om fysisk aktivitet. (external link)
• Trine Lill Corneliussen; Målfrid Råheim (2007). Erfaringer med fysioterapi som del av palliativ (lindrende) behandling. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim (2010). Erfaringar i kropp, helse og funksjon - langtidserfaringar etter operasjon for sjukleg overvekt. (external link)
• Benedicte Schreiner; Målfrid Råheim (2013). Å være ung med cerebral parese - erfaringer med og tanker om fysisk aktivitet og deltagelse. (external link)
• Birte Hellen; Målfrid Råheim; Gunnhild Blåka (2007). Fornemmelser av svangerskap - mer enn utebklitt menstruasjon og morgenkvalme. En kvalitativ fenomenologisk intervjuundersøkelse om kvinners kroppslig baserte erfaringer og refleksjoner ved vsnagerskapets begynnelse. (external link)
• Aashild Eldøy; Målfrid Råheim (2007). Feldenkraismetoden i praksis - erfaringer med å delta i rørslegrupper. (external link)
• Inge Swan; Målfrid Råheim (2007). Ulike måter å tenke om helse og sykdom. Med mennesket i sentrum. (external link)

Editorial/Leader article

• Karin Dahlberg; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim (2010). Editorial. (external link)

Academic article

• Målfrid Råheim; Liv Heide Magnussen; Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse et al. (2016). Researcher-researched relationship in qualitative research: Shifts in positions and researcher vulnerability. (external link)
• Anne Solveig Iversen; Marit Graue; Målfrid Råheim (2013). At the edge of vulnerability - lived experience of parents of children with cerebral palsy going through surgery. (external link)
• Ingrid Loftås; Målfrid Råheim (2020). Ikke for liten, ikke for stor: Unge postgravide kvinners erfaringer gjennom kroppslige endringer. (external link)
• Janiche Helen Pedersen; Eline Thornquist; Eli Natvik et al. (2019). Physical education classes – a double-edged sword: a qualitative study of Norwegian high-school students’ experiences. (external link)
• Mari Husabø; Magne Olav Mæhle; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2023). Persevering professionals: dilemmas of relationships and self-determination in work with people with intellectual disability – a multi-method study based on interpersonal process recall. (external link)
• Ida E. Vestrheim; Målfrid Råheim; Liv Inger Strand (2008). Barn med celebral parese intensiv trening og funksjonsutvikling : en forløpsstudie. (external link)
• Viktoria Marander; Målfrid Råheim; Inger Haukenes et al. (2024). Mothers’ experiences living with diastasis recti abdominis – an interview study. (external link)
• Karen Synne Groven; Gunn Engelsrud; Målfrid Råheim (2012). Living with bodily changes after weight loss surgery - women's experiences of food and "dumping". (external link)
• Karin Margreta Børsum; Målfrid Råheim (2017). Når kropp er vanskelig: Psykomotorisk fysioterapi for pasienter med spiseforstyrrelser : en intervjustudie. (external link)
• Sidsel Ellingsen; Asgjerd Litleré Moi; Eva Gjengedal et al. (2020). “Finding oneself after critical illness”: voices from the remission society. (external link)
• Synnøve Iversen; Bjørn Ellertsen; Svein Roar Jacobsen et al. (2006). Developing a participatory multidisciplinary team approach to enhance the quality of school start. (external link)
• Tordis Ustad; Anne Brit Sørsdahl; Målfrid Råheim (2011). Foreldres erfaring med intensiv fysioterapi til små barn med CP : en intervjustudie. (external link)
• Janiche Helen Pedersen; Eline Thornquist; Målfrid Råheim (2021). Regulated physical education–a well-working solution, but still outsiders: a qualitative study of Norwegian high-school students’ experiences. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Kari Martinsen; Målfrid Råheim (2007). Hvis ikke kropp og psyke - hva da? : holdning og bevegelse i selvutfoldelse og tilbakeholdelse. (external link)
• Mari Husabø; Magne Olav Mæhle; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2022). Balancing responsibility, boundaries and time: social workers’ experiences in service user meetings – a multi-method study based on Interpersonal Process Recall. (external link)
• Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim; Gunn Engelsrud (2012). Dis-appearance and dys-appearance anew: Living with excess skin and intestinal changes following weight loss surgery. (external link)
• Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim; Elin Håkonsen et al. (2016). "Will I ever be a True Woman?" An exploration of the experiences of women with vestibulodynia. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim (2013). Living in a changed female body after gynecological cancer. (external link)
• Kjellaug Klock Myklebust; Stål Bjørkly; Målfrid Råheim (2017). Nursing documentation in inpatient psychiatry : the relevance of nurse-patient interactions in progress notes : a focus group study with mental health staff. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Kari Martinsen; Målfrid Råheim (2007). Hvis ikke kropp og psyke - hva da? Holdning og bevegelse i selvutfoldelse og tilbakeholdelse. (external link)
• Oddgeir Synnes; Aud Jorun Orøy; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2020). Finding ways to carry on : stories of vulnerability in chronic illness. (external link)
• Tina Taule; Liv Inger Strand; Jan Sture Skouen et al. (2015). Striving for a life worth living: stroke survivors' experiences of home rehabilitation. (external link)
• Aslaug Johanne Risøy; Reidun Lisbet Skeide Kjome; Karin Svensberg et al. (2020). Pharmacists’ experience of a diabetes risk-assessment service and analytical quality control in community pharmacies – A focus-group study. (external link)
• Kari Martinsen; Randi Sviland; Målfrid Råheim (2009). Å komme til seg selv - i bevegelse, sansning og forståelse. (external link)
• Liv Heide Magnussen; Stein Nilsen; Målfrid Råheim (2007). Barriers against returning to work - as perceived by disability pensioners with back pain: A focus group based qualitative study. (external link)
• Ragnhild Wikene Johnsen; Målfrid Råheim (2010). Feeling more in balance and grounded in one's own body and life. Focus group interviews on experiences with Basic Body Awareness Therapy in psychiatric healthcare. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2018). Space perception, movement and insight: Attuning to the space of everyday life after major weight loss.. (external link)
• Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim; Eli Natvik (2017). Practicing physical activity following weight-loss surgery: The significance of joy, satisfaction and well-being. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Kari Marie Martinsen; Målfrid Råheim (2017). Towards living within my body and accepting the past: a case study of embodied narrative identity. (external link)
• Ida Eline Vestrheim; Målfrid Råheim; Liv Inger Strand (2008). Vestrheim, Ida E.; Råheim, Målfrid; Strand, Liv Inger. Barn med celebral parese intensiv trening og funksjonsutvikling : en forløpsstudie.. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Kari Marie Martinsen; Målfrid Råheim (2014). To be held and to hold one’s own: narratives of embodied transformation in the treatment of long lasting musculoskeletal problems. (external link)
• Nina Strømsvik; Målfrid Råheim; Eva Gjengedal (2011). Cancer worry among Norwegian males BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. (external link)
• Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim; Gunn Engelsrud (2015). Changing bodies, changing habits : Women's experiences of intervall training following gastric bypass surgery. (external link)
• Birte Barsnes; Liv Heide Magnussen; Målfrid Råheim (2011). Sykefraværsoppfølging erfart av sykmeldte og ledere : eksplorerende fokusgruppeintervjuer. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Målfrid Råheim; Gunnhild Blåka et al. (2009). Cancer as a life-changing process: Women's experiences five years after treatment for gynaecological cancer. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim; Christian Moltu; Eli Natvik (2022). Living the dream – but not without hardship: stories about self-directed weight transformation from severe obesity. (external link)
• Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim; Jean Braithwaite et al. (2013). Weight loss surgery as a tool for changing lifestyle?. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim; Wenche S. Håland (2006). Lived experience of chronic pain and fibromyalgia: Women's stories from daily life. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Målfrid Råheim; Gunnhild Blåka et al. (2010). Life beyond cancer: women's experiences 5 years after treatment for gynaecological cancer. (external link)
• Liv Heide Magnussen; Kjersti Thulin Wilhelmsen; Målfrid Råheim (2025). Patient Experiences of a Group Intervention Integrating Vestibular Rehabilitation, Body Awareness, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Long-Lasting Dizziness: A Focus Group Study. (external link)
• Torild Jacobsen; Målfrid Råheim; Bjørn Konrad Rasmussen (2010). Creating the simulated patient through dialogue:An approach based on Bakhtin's dialogical thinking. (external link)
• Tove Dragesund; Målfrid Råheim; Liv Inger Strand (2012). Body Awareness Rating Questionnaire. Measurement properties. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Målfrid Råheim; Eva Gjengedal (2015). Shyness and openness - common ground for dialogue between health personnel and women about sexual and intimate issues after gynecological cancer. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim (2004). Er det ualminnelige helt ualminnelig? Dagligliv, kropp og helse hos friske kvinner og kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter. (external link)
• Nina Strømsvik; Målfrid Råheim; Nina Øyen et al. (2010). Stigmatization and Male Identity: Norwegian Males' Experience after Identification as BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers. (external link)
• Tove Dragesund; Målfrid Råheim (2008). Norwegian psychomotor physiotherapy, and patients with chronic pain: Patients' perspective on body awareness. (external link)
• Synnøve Iversen; Aud Marie Øien; Målfrid Råheim (2008). Physiotherapy treatment of children with cerebral palsy: The complexity of communication within sessions and over time. (external link)
• Bodil Anderson; Liv Inger Strand; Målfrid Råheim (2007). The effect of long-term body awareness training succeeding, a Multimodal cognitive Behavior program for patients with widespread pain. (external link)
• Carina Ribe Fernee; Siv Torvik; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2024). Et sted å puste: En utforskende studie av et naturbasert dagtilbud for ungdom. (external link)
• Liv Inger Strand; Alice Kvåle; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2005). Do Norwegian manual therapists provide management for patients with acute low back pain in accordance with clinical guidelines?. (external link)
• Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim; Gunn Engelsrud (2010). "My quality of life is worse compared to my earlier life" : living with chronic problems after weight loss surgery. (external link)
• Oddgeir Synnes; Målfrid Råheim; Else Lykkeslet et al. (2020). A complex reminding: the ethics of poetry writing in dementia care. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Eva Gjengedal; Christian Moltu et al. (2014). Re-embodying eating: Patients' experiences 5 years after bariatric surgery. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Eva Gjengedal; Christian Moltu et al. (2015). Translating weight loss into agency: Men's experiences 5 years after bariatric surgery. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Målfrid Råheim; Kari Martinsen (2010). Språk - uttrykk for inntrykk. (external link)
• Janice Andersen; Eva Gjengedal; Sverre Sandberg et al. (2015). A skin disease, a blood disease or something in between? : an exploratory focus group study of patients' experiences with porphyria cutanea tarda.. (external link)
• Tina Taule; Målfrid Råheim (2014). Life changed existentially: A qualitative study of experiences at 6-8 months after mild stroke. (external link)
• Liv Magnussen; Stein Nilsen; Målfrid Råheim (2007). Barriers against returning to work - as perceived by disability pensioners with back pain: A focus group based qualitative study. (external link)
• Synnøve Iversen; Bjørn Ellertsen; Svein Roar Jacobsen et al. (2006). Developing a participatory multidisciplinary team approach to enhance the quality of school start. (external link)
• Anne Solveig Iversen; Marit Graue; Anne Haugstvedt et al. (2018). Being mothers and fathers of a child with type 1 diabetes aged 1 to 7 years: a phenomenological study of parents' experiences. (external link)
• Marit Nilsen Albertsen; Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim (2019). Patients’ experiences from basic body awareness therapy in the treatment of binge eating disorder -movement toward health: a phenomenological study. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim; John Roger Andersen et al. (2019). An Experientially Derived Model of Flexible and Intentional Actions for Weight Loss Maintenance After Severe Obesity. (external link)
• Aud Marie Øien; Målfrid Råheim; Synnøve Iversen et al. (2009). Self-perception as embodied knowledge - changing processes for patients with chronic pain. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim; John Roger Andersen et al. (2018). Living a successful weight loss after severe obesity. (external link)
• Mari Husabø; Magne Olav Mæhle; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2023). Possibilities and pitfalls: exploring social welfare professionals’ experiences with interpersonal process recall followed by focus group discussions. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim (2013). Totally changed, yet still the same: patients' lived experiences 5 years beyond bariatric surgery. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Målfrid Råheim; Kari Marie Martinsen (2012). Touched in sensation – moved by respiration : embodied narrative identity – a treatment process. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim; Randi Sviland (2021). The hamster wheel: a case study on embodied narrative identity and overcoming severe obesity. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Målfrid Råheim; Kari Marie Martinsen (2009). Å komme til seg selv - i bevegelse, sansning og forståelse. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Målfrid Råheim; Gunnhild Blåka et al. (2012). Living through gynaecological cancer: three typologies. (external link)
• Brita Cecilie Norrud; Målfrid Råheim; Tobba Therkildsen Sudmann et al. (2021). Facilitating new movement strategies: Equine assisted physiotherapy for children with cerebral palsy. (external link)
• Eva Gjengedal; Randi Sviland; Asgjerd Litleré Moi et al. (2019). Patients’ quest for recognition and continuity in health care: time for a new research agenda?. (external link)
• Christine Warholm; Aud Marie Øien; Målfrid Råheim (2014). The ambivalence of losing weight after bariatric surgery. (external link)
• Aud Marie Øien; Sissel Steihaug; Synnøve Iversen et al. (2011). Communication as negotiation processes in long-term physiotherapy: a qualitative study. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Oddgeir Arne Synnes; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim (2023). Time and Dignity: A Phenomenological Investigation of Poetry Writing in Dementia Care. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim (1997). Forståelse av kroppen som fenomen. Kritikk og utfordringer i helsefagenes grunnlagsforståelse. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim; Eva Gjengedal (2001). Kropp og kroppslighet - erfaringers kroppslighet, kroppslighetens erfaringer. Eksempler fra studier om å leve med cystisk fibrose og fibromyalgi. (external link)
• Janice Andersen; Sverre Sandberg; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2011). Psychosocial aspects of predictive genetic testing for acute intermittent porphyria in Norwegian minors. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim (2006). Kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter - kropp og dagligliv. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim; Eva Gjengedal (2007). Kropp og kroppslighet - erfaringers kroppslighet, kroppslighetens erfaringer. Eksempler fra studier om å leve med cystisk fibrose og fibromyalgi. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Eli Natvik; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim (2012). Bariatric surgery as a life-changing process: Patients’ lived experiences five years after surgery. (external link)
• Anne Elisabeth Ljunggren; Liv Inger Strand; Målfrid Råheim (1999). Advanced master of science study in physiotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Bergen, Norway. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim; Eva Gjengedal (2013). The Lived Body in Illness - A Changed Lifeworld. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim (1996). Kvinners kroppsbilder og livssammenheng. En fenomenologisk-hermeneutisk studie av friske kvinner og kvinner med fibromyalgi. (external link)
• Bodil Anderson; Liv Inger Strand; Målfrid Råheim (2009). The effect of long-term body awareness training succeding a multimodal cognitive behavior program for patients with widespread pain. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim (2013). Re-embodying eating: Patients' Lived Experinece 5 Years Beyond Bariatric Surgery. (external link)
• Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim; Gunn Engelsrud (2013). Gruppebasert trening etter fedmekirurgi -utfordringer og muligheter. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2016). Movement and Spatiality: The Lived Experience of Massive Weight Loss. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Marit Nilsen Albertsen; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2025). Co-Creating Knowledge in Weight Loss Surgery: The Dialogue Model in Action. (external link)
• Synnøve Iversen; Bjørn Ellertsen; Svein Roar Jacobsen et al. (2007). Developing a participatory multidisciplinary team approach to enhance the quality of school start. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Målfrid Råheim; Gunnhild Blåka et al. (2007). Cancer as a lifechanging process.. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Christian Moltu; Eva Gjengedal et al. (2015). Lågare vekt for større handlingsrom: Menn sine erfaringar fem år etter fedmekirurgi. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Tineke Abma; Marit Nilsen Albertsen et al. (2024). Watershed Moments: Participatory Research in the Weight Loss Surgery Field. (external link)
• Randi Sviland; Kari Marie Martinsen; Målfrid Råheim (2009). Language - expression of impression. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Gunnhild Blaaka; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2009). Living beyond cancer: Balancing between xourage and anxiety. Women's experiences five years after treatment for gynaecological cancerhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pon.1594. (external link)
• Marit Nilsen Albertsen; Målfrid Råheim; Frøydis Kristine Bruvik et al. (2024). The Neglected Diagnosis: Binge Eating Disorder. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Karen Synne Groven; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2023). Space Perception, Movement and Insight: Attuning to the Space of Everyday Life after Major Weight Loss. (external link)
• Aud Marie Øien; Synnøve Iversen; Sissel Steihaug et al. (2009). self-perception as embodied knoeledge - changing processes for patients with chronic pain in Norwegian PsyhoMotor Physiotherapy Treatment. (external link)
• Anne Solveig Iversen; Marit Graue; Målfrid Råheim (2008). Lived experience of parents of children with disability going through surgery. (external link)
• Christine Warholm; Aud Marie Øien; Målfrid Råheim (2012). The Process of Losing Weight After Obesity Surgery. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim; John Roger Andersen et al. (2018). Frå alvorleg fedme til varig vekttap - utan kirurgi. (external link)
• Liv Heide Magnussen; Stein Nilsen; Målfrid Råheim (2010). Barrier against returning to work as perceived by disability pensioners with back pain. A focus group based qualitative study. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim (2011). Profound change in perceived health and participation in daily life: Long-term experiences after bariatric surgery. (external link)
• Eva Gjengedal; Liv Bachmann; Else Mari Ruberg Ekra et al. (2017). Vulnerability as an existential challenge in chronic illness : a balance between self and others. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim (2010). regaining the familiar body after surviving gynaecological cancer. (external link)
• Liv Heide Magnussen; Stein Nilesen; Målfrid Råheim (2009). Barriers against returning to work - as perceived by disability pensioners with back pain - a focus group qualitative study. (external link)
• Synnøve Iversen; Aud Marie Øien; Målfrid Råheim (2009). Providing motor learning opportunities for children with cerebral palsy: the complexity of communication within and over sessions. (external link)
• Marit Nilsen Albertsen; Eli Natvik; Tineke Abma et al. (2024). User involvement to improve health services for patients with severe obesity. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim; Christian Moltu; Eli Natvik (2019). Living the dream, but not without hardship. Stories about sustained weight loss from severe obesity. (external link)
• Målfrid Råheim (2015). Body Awareness - A Phenomenological Account. (external link)
• Tina Taule; Jan Sture Skouen; Liv Inger Strand et al. (2015). Å streve etter et liv verdt å leve Slagpasienters erfaringer med hjemme-rehabilitering.. (external link)

Conference abstract

• Janice Andersen; Sverre Sandberg; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2011). Psychosocial aspects of predictive genetic testing for acute intermittent porphyria in minors. (external link)
• T Taule; Jan Sture Skouen; Målfrid Råheim (2013). Life changed existentially. A qualitative study of experiences 6 months post stroke. (external link)

Non-fiction monograph

• Herdis Alvsvåg; Norman Anderssen; Eva Gjengedal et al. (1997). Kunnskap, kropp og kultur - helsefaglige grunnlagsproblemer. (external link)
• Herdis Alvsvåg; Norman Anderssen; Eva Gjengedal et al. (1997). Kunnskap, kropp og kultur. (external link)
• Herdis Alvsvåg; Norman Anderssen; Eva Gjengedal et al. (1997). Kunnskap, kropp og kultur. (external link)
• Herdis Alvsvåg; Norman Anderssen; Eva Gjengedal et al. (1997). Kunnskap, kropp og kultur: Helsefaglige grunnlagsproblemer. (external link)
• Herdis Alvsvåg; Norman Anderssen; Eva Gjengedal et al. (1997). Kunnskap, kropp og kultur. Helsefaglige grunnlagsproblemer. (external link)
• Herdis Alvsvåg; Norman Anderssen; Eva Gjengedal et al. (1997). Kunnskap, kropp og kultur. Helsefaglige grunnlagsproblemer. (external link)
• Herdis Alvsvåg; Eva Gjengedal; Målfrid Råheim et al. (1997). Kunnskap, kropp og kultur. Helsefaglige grunnlagsproblemer. (external link)
• Herdis Alvsvåg; [Mangler fornavn] Anderssen; Eva Gjengedal et al. (1997). Kunnskap, kropp og kultur. (external link)

Conference poster

• Marit Nilsen Albertsen; Eli Natvik; Frøydis Kristine Bruvik et al. (2024). Udekkede behov i helsetilbudet før og etter bariatrisk kirurgi. (external link)
• Birte Barsnes; Målfrid Råheim; Liv Magnussen (2009). Do people on long term sick leave experience an "including working life"?. (external link)
• Synnøve Iversen; Bjørn Ellertsen; Svein Roar Jacobsen et al. (2007). Developing a participatory multidisciplinary team approach to enhance the quality of school start. (external link)
• Tordis Ustad; Anne Brit Sørsdahl; Målfrid Råheim (2010). Intensive physiotherapy to newly diagnosed infants with cerebral palsy, experiences of the parents. (external link)
• Birte Barsnes; Liv Heide Magnussen; Målfrid Råheim (2009). Do people on longterm sickleave experience an including working life?. (external link)
• Liv Inger Strand; Alice Kvåle; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2004). Are manual therapists� information, advice and other treatment given to patients in acordance with clinical guidelines?. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim; John Roger Andersen et al. (2019). Living a succesful weight loss after severe obesity. (external link)
• Birte Barsnes; Målfrid Råheim; Liv Heide Magnussen (2009). What do people on long term sick leave think is important to help them improve their working ability? A focus group study. (external link)
• Liv Heide Magnussen; Målfrid Råheim (2009). Barriers against returning to work – as perceived by disability pensioners with back pain: a focus group based qualitative study. (external link)
• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim; John Roger Andersen et al. (2019). Successful weight loss and weight loss maintenance after severe obesity: A proposed model for future research. (external link)
• Janiche Helen Pedersen; Eline Thornquist; Eli Natvik et al. (2018). Kroppsøving - et tveegget sverd. (external link)
• Birte Barsnes; Liv Heide Magnussen; Målfrid Råheim (2009). What do people on long term sick leave think is important to help them improve their working ability? A focus group study. (external link)

Research report

• Liv Heide Magnussen; Torill Helene Tveito; Birte Barsnes et al. (2009). Individuell mestring - fra kollektive til individuelle tiltak for å redusere sykefravær. Evaluering av prosjekt i Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune. (external link)

Media feature article

• Gunn Helene Engelsrud; Målfrid Råheim; Trine Ørbæk et al. (2023). Til forsvar for mennesket i den digitale tidsalder. (external link)
• Trine Ørbæk; Gunn Helene Engelsrud; Målfrid Råheim et al. (2023). Til forsvar for mennesket i den digitale tidsalder. (external link)

Lecture

• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim (2018). Kroppserfaring og dagligliv etter overvektsoperasjon. (external link)
• Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse; Målfrid Råheim; Gunnhild Blåka et al. (2010). Å leve i spenninga mellom livsmot og redsel for tilbakefall. Kvinners erfaringer fem år etter behnadling for underlivskreft.. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Eli Natvik; Målfrid Råheim (2015). Carrying the weight of uncertainty: Patients' long-term experiences after bariatric surgery. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Nina Strømsvik; Målfrid Råheim; Nina Øyen et al. (2009). Men in the women's world of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer-a systematic review. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Publications

2013

Articles

• Groven, K. S., Råheim, M., Engelsrud, G. (2013). Changing Bodies, Changing Habits: Women’s Experiences of High Intensity Training Following Weight Loss Surgery. Health Care for Women International, DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2013.794465.

• Groven, K.S., Råheim, M., Braithwaite, J., Engelsrud, G. (2013). Weight loss surgery as a tool for changing lifestyle? Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, DOI 10.1007/s11019-013-9471-7

• Iversen, A. S., Graue, M., Råheim, M. (2013). At the edge of vulnerability – lived experience of parents of children with cerebral palsy going through surgery. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 8: 20007 – http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v8i0.20007

• Natvik, E., Gjengedal, E., Råheim, M. Totally changed, yet still the same: Patients’ lived experience 5 years beyond bariatric surgery. Qualitative Health Research, DOI: 10.1177/1049732313501888.

• Sekse, R. J., Gjengedal, E., Råheim, M. (2013). Living in a Changed Female Body After Gyneacological Cancer. Health Care for Women International, 34, 1, 14-33. DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.645965

 

Abstracts

• Groven, K.S., Råheim, M., Engelsrud, G. Gruppebasert trening etter fedmekirurgi. Idrettsmedisinsk kongress, Oslo, november 2013.

• Råheim, M., Gjengedal, E. The lived body in illness. Oral presentation. The 32nd International Human Science Research Conference, Aalborg, August 13.-16., 2013.

• Natvik, E., Gjengedal, E., Råheim, M. Re-embodying Eating: Patients’ Lived Experiences 5 Years Beyond Bariatric Surgery. Oral presentation. The 32nd International Human Science Research Conference, Aalborg, August 13.-16., 2013.

• Sviland, R., Martinsen, K., Råheim, M. To be held and to hold one’s own

Narratives of Embodied Transformation in the Treatment of Long Lasting Musculoskeletal Problems. Oral presentation. The 32nd International Human

Science Research Conference, Aalborg, August 13.-16., 2013.

• Pedersen, J.H., Råheim, M. Fra høydepunkt til mareritt: Ungdomsskole-elevers erfaringer med kroppsøving og syn på egen kropp. Kroppsøvingskonferansen, Norges idrettshøyskole, juni 2013.

2012

Articles

• Dragesund, T., Råheim, M., Strand, L. I. (2012). Body Awareness Rating Questionnaire- Measurement properties. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 28, 7, 515-528.

• Groven, S., Engelsrud, G., Råheim, M. (2012). Living with Bodily Changes after Weight Loss Surgery: Women’s Experiences of Food and “Dumping”. Phenomenology and Practice, 6, 1, 36-54.

• Groven, K., Råheim, M., Engelsrud, G. (2012). Dis-appearance and dys-appearance anew: living with excess skin and intestinal changes following weight loss surgery. Medicine Health Care and Philosophy, DOI: 10.1007/s11019-012-9397-5.

• Sekse, R. T., Råheim, M., Blaaka, G. Gjengedal, E. (2012). Living through gynaecological cancer: three typologies. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2626-2635.

• Sviland, R., Råheim, M., Martinsen, K. (2012). Touched in sensation –moved by respiration: Embodied narrative identity – a treatment process. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 26, 811-819.

 

Abstracts

• Natvik, E., Gjengedal, E., Råheim, M. Bariatric surgery as a life-changing process: Patients’ lived experiences five years after surgery. Plenary presentation at The Congress on Obesity and Quality of Life Outcomes,

Balestrand, 5.-7. Juni 2012.

• Warholm, C., Øien, A. M., Råheim, M. The ambivalence of losing weight.

Plenary presentation at The Congress on Obesity and Quality of Life Outcomes, Balestrand, 5.-7. Juni 2012.

 

2011

Articles

• Andersen, J., Sandberg, S., Raaheim, M., Gjengedal, E. (2011). Psychosocial Aspects of Predictive Genetic Testing for Acute Intermittent Porphyria in Norwegian Minors. JIMD Reports, DOI: 10.1007/8904_2011_8.

• Barsnes, B., Magnussen, L., Råheim, M. (2011). Sykefraværsoppfølging erfart av sykmeldte og ledere – eksplorerende fokusgruppeintervjuer. (Follow up on sickleave as experienced by leaders and patients – focus group interviews.) Fysioterapeuten, 6, 11, 18-24.

• Stromsvik, N., Råheim, M., Gjengedal, E. (2011). Cancer worry among Norwegian male BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. Familial Cancer, DOI 10.1007/s10689-9456-8.

• Ustad, T., Sørsdahl. A.B., Råheim, M. (2011). Foreldrenes erfaring med intensiv fysioterapi til små barn med CP – en intervjustudie. (Parents’ experience of intensive physiotherapy to small children – an interview study.) Fysioterapeuten, 8, 11, 22-28.

• Øien, AM, Steihaug S, Iversen S, Råheim M. (2011). Communication as negotiation processes in long-term physiotherapy: A qualitative study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 25, 53-61.

 

Abstracts

Natvik, E., Råheim, M. Profound change in perceived health and participation in daily life: Long-term experience after bariatric surgery. 30th International Human Science Research Conference, Oxford, July 27th-30th 2011.

 

2010

Articles and editorials

• Dahlberg, K., Gjengedal, E., Råheim, M. (2010). Editorial. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v5i4.5800

• Groven, K.S., Råheim, M., Engelsrud, G. (2010). “My quality of life is worse compared to my earlier life” Living with chronic problems after weight loss surgery. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Well-being, DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v5i4.5553

• Johnsen RW., Råheim M. (2010). Feeling more in balance and grounded in one’s own body, Focus group interviews on experiences with Basic Body Awareness Therapy in Psychiatric Healthcare. Advances in Physiotherapy,12, 166-174.

• Sviland R., Råheim M., Martinsen K. (2010). Språk – uttrykk for inntrykk. MATRIX Tidsskrift for nordisk psykoterapi, 27, 2, 132-156.

• Sekse RTJ, Råheim M, Blaaka G, Gjengedal E. Life beyond cancer: Women’s experiences five years after treatment for gyneacological cancer. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 24, 799-807.

• Strømsvik N, Råheim M, Oyen N, Gjengedal E. Stigmatization and Male Identity: Norwegian Males’ Experience after Identification as BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 19, 360-370.

 

Abstracts

• Johnsen RW, Råheim M. Conversations on Body Awareness and Movement – a focus group study on experiences from Basic Body Awareness Group Therapy. International Conference of Physiotherapy in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Lund, February 2nd – 5th, 2010. Abstract/Presentation.

 

2009

Articles

• Jakobsen T, Råheim M, Rasmussen B. (2009). Creating the simulated patient through dialogue – an approach based on Bakhtin’s dialogical thinking. Applied Theatre Researcher, 16, article 6.

• Sekse RTJ, Råheim M, Blaaka, G, Gjengedal E. (2009). Cancer as a life-changing process: Women’s experiences five years after treatment for gyneacological cancer. International Journal of Qualitative Research on Health and Well-being, 4, 288 - 298.

• Strømsvik N, Råheim M, Øyen N, Gjengedal E. (2009). Men in the women’s world of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer – a systematic review. Familial Cancer, 8, 221-229.

• Øien AM, Råheim M, Iversen S, Steihaug S. (2009). Self-perception as embodied knowledge – changing processes for patients with chronic pain. Advances in Physiotherapy, 11, 121-129.

• Sviland R, Råheim M, Martinsen K. (2009). Å komme til seg selv – i bevegelse, sansning og forståelse. (To be one self – in movement, sensing, and understanding.) Matrix: Tidsskrift for nordisk psykoterapi, 26, 2, 257 – 275.

 

Reports

• Magnussen L, Tveito TH, Barsnes B, Råheim M. Evaluering av prosjekt i Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune. Individuell mestring – fra kollektive til individuelle tiltak for å redusere sykefravær. (Evaluation of a project in Sogn og Fjodane County. From collective to individual approaches in order to reduce sickleave.) Rapport 2009, UNIFOB HELSE.

 

Abstracts/posters

• Barsnes B, Magnussen L, Råheim M. Do people on long term sick leave experience an including working life? European College of Sports Science Congress 2009, Oslo, May 24th – 27th. Posterpresentation.

• Barsnes B, Råheim M, Magnussen L. What do people on longterm sickleave think is important to help them improve their working ability? A focus group study. 13th South African Sports Medicine Association International Conference 2009, June 12th -13th. Abstract/Presentation.

• Iversen S, Øien AM, Råheim M. Providing motor learning opportunities for children with cerebral palsy: the complexity of communication within and over sessions. The 29th International Human Science Research Conference (IHSRC), Molde University College 2009, May 16th – 20th. Abstractbook, p. 82.

• Iversen AS, Graue M, Råheim M. Lived experience of parents of children with disability going through surgery. The 29th International Human Science Research Conference (IHSRC), Molde University College 2009, May 16th – 20th. Abstractbook, p. 55.

• Magnussen L, Nielsen S, Raaheim M. Barriers against returning to work - as perceived by disability pensioners with back pain - a focus group based qualitative study. Primary Research on Low Back Pain, Boston International Forum X. Boston, June 14th-17th 2009. Poster/Presentation.

• Sviland R. Martinsen K, Råheim M. Language – expression of impression. The 29th International Human Science Research Conference (IHSRC), Molde University College, June 16th -20th 2009. Abstract/Presentation. Abstractbook, p. 71.

• Øien AM, Iversen S, Steihaug S, Råheim M. Self-perception as embodied knowledge – changing processes for patients with chronic muscle pain in Norwegian Physiotherapy Treatment. The 29th International Human Science Research Conference (IHSRC), Molde University College 2009, June 16th -20th. Abstract/Presentation. Abstractbook, p. 87.

 

2008

Articles

• Dragesund T, Råheim M. (2008). Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy and patients with chronic pain: Patients’ perspectives on body awareness. Physiotherapy Theory & Practice, 24, 4, 243-254.

• Iversen S, Øien AM, Råheim M. (2008). Physiotherapy treatment of children with cerebral palsy: The complexity of communication within sessions and over time. Advances in Physiotherapy, 10, 41-52.

• Vestrheim I, Råheim M, Strand LI. (2008). Grovmotorisk funksjonsutvikling hos førskolebarn med cerebral parese under intensive trening. (Motor development in preschool children with cerebral palsy following an intensive training program) Fysioterapeuten, 8: 22-28.

 

Abstracts

• Iversen S, Ellertsen B, Jacobsen SR, Råheim M, Knivsberg A-M. Developing a participatory multidisciplinary team approach to enhance the quality of school start. 5th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Qualitative Methods in the Service of Health (QMSH), University of Stavanger, May 20th – 22nd 2008. Abstract/Presentation.

 

2007

Articles

• Anderson B, Strand LI, Råheim M. (2007). The effect of long-term body awareness training succeeding a multimodal cognitive behavior program for patients with widespread pain. Journal Musculoskeletal Pain, 15, 3.19-29.

• Magnussen L, Nilsen S, Råheim M. (2007). Barriers against returning to work – as perceived by disability pensioners with back pain. A focus group based qualitative study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 29, 3,191-197.

• Sviland R, Martinsen K, Råheim M. (2007). Hvis ikke kropp og psyke – hva da? Holdning og bevegelse i selvutfoldelse og tilbakeholdelse. (If not body and soul – so what? Attitude and movement as self-expression and self-control) Fysioterapeuten, 74, 12, 23-8.

 

Chapters in books

• Råheim M, Gjengedal E. (2007). Kropp og kroppslighet - erfaringers kroppslighet, kroppslighetens erfaringer. (Body and embodiment – the embodiment of experience, and experience of embodiment) In Gjengedal E, Hanestad BR (red) (2. utg.) Å leve med kronisk sykdom - en varig kursendring. (Living with chronic illness) Oslo: Cappelen Akademiske.

 

2006

Articles

• Råheim M, Håland W. (2006). Lived experience of chronic pain and fibromyalgia: Women’s stories from daily life. Qualitative Health Research, 16, 741-761.

• Iversen S, Ellertsen B, Jacobsen SR, Råheim M, Knivsberg AM. (2006). Developing a participatory multidisciplinary team approach to enhance the quality of school start. Action Research, 4, 271-292.

 

Chapters in books

• Råheim M. (2006). Kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter – kropp og dagligliv. (Women with chronic muscle pain – body and daily life) In Bengtsson, J. (red.) Å forske i sykdoms- og pleieerfaringer – livsverdensfenomenologiske bidrag. (Kap. 5). Kristiansand: Høyskoleforlaget.

 

Abstracts

• Råheim M. Researcher and reflexivity. Tension betrween pre-understanding and openness, closenenss and distance. 4th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Qualitative Methods in the Service of Health (QMSH), Växjø University 2006, May 18th -20th. Abstract/Presentation.

• Dragesund T, Råheim M. Body consciousness and Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy. Experiences from patients with chronic widespread pain. International Conference of Physiotherapy in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Leuven/Kortenberg, 2006, February 15th-17th. Abstract/Presentation.

 

 

2000-2005

Articles

• Strand LI, Kvåle A, Råheim M, Ljunggren AE. (2005). Do Norwegian manual therapists provide management for patients with acute low back pain in accordance with clinical guidelines? Manual Therapy, 10, 38-43.

• Råheim M. (2004). Er det ualminnelige helt ualminnelig? Dagligliv, kropp og helse hos friske kvinner og kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter. (Is the unusual quite unusual? Healthy women and women with chronic muscle pain - body, health, and daily life) Kvinneforskning, 28, 2, 22-38.

• Smedbråten B, Råheim M, Heiberg E. (2003). ”Alle musklene og tankene roet seg …” – et kroppsfenomenologisk perspektiv som kilde til innsikt i unges livsverden. (All muscles calmed down – phenomenology of the body as perspective on young people’s lifeworld) Fysioterapeuten, 70, 6, 25-30.

• Råheim M. (2002). Kroppsfenomenologi – innsikt relevant for klinisk praksis. (Phenomenology of the Body – Relevance for Clinical Practice) Tidsskrift for Den Norske Lægeforening, 25, 122, 2477 – 2480.

 

Chapters in books

• Sudmann T, Råheim M. (2001). Kvinnehelse og fysioterapi i Norge – lang tradisjon og kjønnsblindhet side om side. (Women’s health and physiotherapy in Norway – long-lasting tradition and gendered blindness side by side) I Stokkenes G, Sudmann T, Sæbøe G. (red.) Fysioterapi på terskelen. 13 perspektiver på faget. (Physiotherapy on the doorstill. 13 perspectives) Kristiansand: Høyskoleforlaget.

 

Doctoral Thesis

• Råheim, M. (2001). Kvinners kroppserfaring og livssammenheng. En fenomenologisk-hermeneutisk studie av friske kvinner og kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter. (Women, body experience, and context of life. A phenomenological -hermeneutical study of healthy women and women with chronic muscle pain) Faculty of Psychology and Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen.

 

Abstracts/posters/invited lectures

• Råheim M. Kroniske muskelsmerter hos kvinner i et kulturelt perspektiv – om kroppen i det moderne og kvinnekroppens sårbarhet. (Chronic muscle pain in women in a cultural perspective – the body in the context of modernity and the vunerability of the female body). Mestring av kroniske sykdommer - tverrfaglig konferanse, Bergen 2000, November 22nd - 24th. Invited lecture.

• Råheim M. Kroppsfenomenologi – innsikt relevant for klinisk praksis

(Phenomenology of the body – relevance for clinical practice). Nordisk symposium i psykiatrisk - og psykosomatisk fysioterapi (Nordic Symposium in Psychiatric - and Psychosomatic Physiotherapy), Gøteborg 2002, november, 18th -20th. Key-note lecture.

• Råheim M. Kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter – mestring og mening. (Women with chronic muscle pain – coping and meaning.) Presentasjon av to case fra et doktorgradsarbeid. Kropp og sjel. Nasjonal konferanse om psykosomatiske tilstander, Bergen 2003, october 7th-9th. Invited lecture.

• Råheim M. Women with fibromyalgia – coping and meaning in a lifeworld perspective. MYOPAIN 2004, München, June 4th - 7th. Poster presentation.

• Strand LI, Kvåle A, Ljuggren E, Råheim M. Are manual therapists’ information, advice and other treatment given to patients with acute and subacute low back pain in accordance with clinical guidelines? Spineweek and annual meeting for The International Society of the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), Porto, May 30th – June 5th, 2004. Spineweek 2004, abstract book, p. 550.

 

1991-1999

Articles

• Råheim M. (1994). Kroppen som erfaring og mening. (The Body as Lived Experience) Fysioterapeuten,12,15-20.

 

Chapters in books and edition

• Alvsvåg H, Anderssen N, Gjengedal E, Råheim M. (red.) Kunnskap, kropp og kultur. Helsefaglige grunnlagsproblemer. (Knowledge, body, and Culture. Theoretical challenges in the health sciences) Oslo: AdNotam Gyldendal.

• Råheim M. (1997). Forståelse av kroppen som fenomen. Kritikk og utfordringer i helsefagenes grunnlagsforståelse. (Understanding the human body as phenomenon. Critics and challenges in the theoretical foundation of the health sciences) In Alvsvåg H, Anderssen N, Gjengedal E, Råheim M. (red.) Kunnskap, kropp og kultur. Helsefaglige grunnlagsproblemer. (Knowledge, body, and Culture. Theoretical challenges in health sciences) Oslo: AdNotam Gyldendal.

 

Abstracts

• Råheim M. A comparative study of the structure of meaning of healthy women’s body images and body images of women with chronic muscle pain. An interpretive phenomenological approach. Proceedings, The 9th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Bergen 1995, august 28th-30th, Abstract/Presentation, abstract book, p. 69.

• Råheim M. Kvinners kroppserfaring og livssammenheng. En fenomenologisk-hermeneutisk studie av friske kvinner og kvinner med kroniske muskelsmerter. Presentasjon av et forskningsprosjekt med vekt på metodisk tilnærming og teoretiske perspektiver. Kropp og sjel. Nasjonal konferanse om psykosomatiske tilstander, Bergen 1996, June 5th - 7th. Abstract.

• Råheim M. Women with chronic muscle pain and fibromyalgia – body experience in the context of daily life. A phenomenological-hermeneutic study. The 17th International Human Science Research Conference (IHSRC), Halifax 1997, august 6th -8th. Abstract/Presentation.

 

Master of Science Thesis

• Råheim, M. (1991). Kroppsbilde – en fenomenologisk begrepsanalyse. (Body Image – a Phenomenological Concept Analysis). Master of Science Thesis, Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen.

 

 

 

Projects

Ongoing projects

• Main supervisor: Norwegian Psychomotor Physiotherapy: Theory development using text-analysis, and theory and empiri intertwined in clinical studies.

PhD-student Randi Sviland, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen (UiB), co-supervisor prof. Kari Martinsen, Harstad University College.

• Main supervisor: Life after severe obesity: Long-term experiences of weight loss and embodied change.

PhD-student Eli Natvik, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, co-supervisor professor Eva Gjengedal (UiB) and ass. professor John Roger Andersen, University College in Sogn and Fjordane, Førde

• Co-supervisor: Life after weight-loss surgery. Phenomenological and gender perspectives on patients’ experiences

PhD-student Karen Synne Groven, Department of Health and Nursing Science, University of Oslo (UiO), Main supervisor professor Gunn Engelsrud, Department of Health and Nursing Science, UiO, and Norwegian University College in Sports.

• Co-supervisor: Psychosocial health and quality of life living with acute intermittent porphyria and porphyria cutanea tarda.

Phd-student Janice Andersen, Norwegian Porphyria Centre (NAPOS), Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Haukeland University Hospital (HUS), main supervisor professor Sverre Sandberg, and co-supervisors professors Eva Gjengedal and Karin Nordin, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, UiB..

• Co-supervisor: Function, activity and participation. Su-project in the umbrella project: “Slagrehabiliteringskjeden – Bergen” (Stroke rehabilitation chain – Bergen)

PhD-student Tina Taule, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care,UiB/HUS. Main supervisor professor Jan Sture Skouen (UiB/HUS), and professor Liv Inger Strand, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, UiB.

• Project leader: Stories on the role of the researcher throughout own research projects

Co-researchers: Professor Astrid Blystad, ass. professor Liv H. Magnussen, Department of Public Health and Årimary Health Care, University of Bergen, PhD Torild Jakobsen, assistant professor Ragnhild Tveitt Sekse, Haukeland University Hospital, and PhD-student Åshild Lunde, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, UiB.

• Senior researcher in one of the sub-studies in the umbrella project FaKta, and main supervisor for one master student in another sub-study. FaKta: Sub-group classification based physiotherapy for patients with long-lasting back pain - effects on sick-leave, function and coping.

Project leader, professor Alice Kvåle, fellow researchers: professors Peter O’Sullivan and Ann Smith, Curtin University, Australia, and professor Jan Sture Skouen, postdoc. Kjartan Vibe Fersum, PhD-student Tove Ask, postdoc Tove Dragesund, and three master students, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, UiB.