Steinar Krokstad

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Steinar Krokstad er professor i sosialmedisin ved HUNT forskningssenter, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin og sykepleie, NTNU og psykiater ved Sykehuset Levanger.

Articles by Steinar Krokstad

How can we help more people to re-join the labour force?

Steinar Krokstad

22.02.2021: A high employment rate is one reason for the success of the Nordic welfare state. But for those who have dropped out of the labour force, it can be a long road back. It is time to take a new approach to helping people return to the workplace. Article 10 of the Norwegian Constitution requires the...

Health in adolescence and subsequent receipt of social insurance benefits – The HUNT Study

Karin de Ridder,
Kristine Pape,
Steinar Krokstad,
Johan Håkon Bjørngaard

02.06.2015: Long-term sickness absence and work incapacity in young adulthood is a problem for the individual affected, and entails poorer future prospects with a view to health, socioeconomic position and labour force participation (1, 2). Sickness absence and work incapacity among young adults also represent...

Pitfalls for the health services

Steinar Krokstad

20.08.2013: The health services in Norway of today, with their generally high quality, relatively low patient charges and hospitalisations that are free of charge, have not come about by themselves. No law of nature would indicate such a development. This edifice rests on two pillars: humanism and natural...