Development of an intervention for the social reintegration of adolescents and young adults affected by cancer.

Background: In Denmark, around 500 adolescents and young adults (AYAs) aged 15-29 are diagnosed with cancer each year. AYAs affected by cancer constitute a vulnerable group in need of special support in pursuing everyday life as young people. These needs are, however, not currently being adequately met.

Somatic health care professionals' stigmatization of patients with mental disorder: a scoping review.

Background: Patients with mental disorders have an increased risk of developing somatic disorders, just as they have a higher risk of dying from them. These patients often report feeling devaluated and rejected by health professionals in the somatic health care system, and increasing evidence shows that disparities in health care provision contribute to poor health outcomes. The aim of this review was to map and synthesize literature on somatic health professionals' stigmatization toward patients with mental disorders.

A qualitative study of mechanisms influencing social inequality in cancer communication.

Objective: To understand and describe mechanisms influencing social inequality in cancer communication between patients, companions and healthcare professionals.

Methods: The study was based on observations of 104 encounters and 30 semi-structured interviews with nurses and medical doctors on three Danish oncology wards. Observations, interviews and subsequent analysis were guided by the theoretical framework of cultural health capital developed by Shim to investigate mechanisms that may generate social inequality in cancer communication.

'Motivational work': a qualitative study of preventive health dialogues in general practice.

Background: The aim of this article is to explore preventive health dialogues in general practice in the context of a pilot study of a Danish primary preventive intervention 'TOF' (a Danish acronym for 'Early Detection and Prevention') carried out in 2016. The intervention consisted of 1) a stratification of patients into one of four groups, 2) a digital support system for both general practitioners and patients, 3) an individual digital health profile for each patient, and 4) targeted preventive services in either general practice or a municipal health center.

Methods: The empirical material in this study was obtained through 10 observations of preventive health dialogues conducted in general practices and 18 semi-structured interviews with patients and general practitioners.

Targeted prevention in primary care aimed at lifestyle-related diseases: a study protocol for a non-randomised pilot study.

Background: The consequences of lifestyle-related disease represent a major burden for the individual as well as for society at large. Individual preventive health checks to the general population have been suggested as a mean to reduce the burden of lifestyle-related diseases, though with mixed evidence on effectiveness. Several systematic reviews, on the other hand, suggest that health checks targeting people at high risk of chronic lifestyle-related diseases may be more effective.

Can inequality be tamed through boundary work? A qualitative study of health promotion aimed at reducing health inequalities.

This paper examines the organisational dynamics that arise in health promotion aimed at reducing health inequalities. The paper draws on ethnographic fieldwork among public health officers in Danish municipalities and qualitative interviews from an evaluation of health promotion programmes targeting homeless and other marginalised citizens. Analytically, we focus on 'boundary work', i.

Comparison of health behaviors among women brothel workers to those of the general population of women in Denmark.

Previous research on behavioral risk factors for illness among sex workers has been limited and based on mixed, poorly defined groups of sex workers. The aim of the present study was to compare the health behaviors and weight of women brothel workers with women in the general population in Denmark. Logistic regression analyses were used to compare data from eighty-eight women working in brothels in 2010 with data from 3,225 women of similar age from the nationally representative Danish Health Survey 2010.