HOVFEL23020 Digital opportunities in health and welfare (Vår 2022)

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

Elective course in the following programmes:

• Bachelor in Child Welfare

• Bachelor in Nursing

• Bachelor in Social Educator Training

• Bachelor in Social Work

• Bachelor in Work and Welfare Studies

The course is open for international students within the same bachelor programmes.

The course is to be combined with:

HOVFEL20020 - Digitalisation and interdisciplinary collaboration in health and welfare services (10 ECTS)

Absolutte forkunnskaper

The course is to be combined with:

HOVFEL20020 - Digitalisation and interdisciplinary collaboration in health and welfare services (10 ECTS).

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

Completed courses from the first year of the bachelor programme.

Undervisningssemester

4th semester (spring).

Studentens læringsutbytte etter bestått emne

Knowledge

The student:

• has knowledge about digital tools and solutions in health and welfare services

• has knowledge about how digital tools and solutions can be used to enhance individuals' personal resources and coping strategies

Skills

The student:

• can identify, evaluate and reference relevant literature on challenges relating to the use of digital aids, and relate this to a relevant research question

• can reflect upon social inequality and inclusion

General competence

The student:

• has knowledge of digital tools and methods relating to digital innovation, implementation and service improvement

Innhold

• Digital tools and solutions for patients and service users

• Innovation and service improvement work

• The following service users are emphasized in the module:

- Children and young people

- People who misuse drugs and people who experience mental health issues

- People who have experienced violence and sexual abuse

• Digitalisation and inclusion, equality and non-discrimination

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Relevant learning methods: Digital methods like screencast and podcast, lectures, group activities, seminars, workshop.

Arbeidsomfang

Expected study effort in the course is 130 hours.

Praksis

No practical training/internship in this course.

Arbeidskrav - vilkår for å avlegge eksamen

• Participation in compulsory activities. Look into the general part of the curriculum.

Requirements must be approved before the student can complete the exam.

Eksamen

Digital written exam under supervision (Multiple Choice).

• Duration: 1 hour

• No aids allowed

• Grading system: A-F.

Sensorordning

Internal examinator.

Evaluering av emnet

Feedback from our students is vital in order for us to be able to offer best possible courses and study programmes. The following forms of evaluation are used for this course:

- Continuous evaluation with reference group

- Final evaluation

The results are considered in a programme council.

Litteratur

The literature is last updated May 2021

 

Andreassen, T. A. (2019). Measures of accountability and delegated discretion in activation work: lessons from the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service. European Journal of Social Work, 22(4), 664–675. doi:10.1080/13691457.2018.1423548
(11 pages)

Bakkeli, V., & Grønningsæter, A. B. (2020). ‘Developing an App Could Be the Wrong Place to Start’: User Reflections and Ideas about Innovation in Municipal Substance Abuse Services. Nordic Journal of Social Research, 11(1), 86–108. https://doi.org/10.7577/njsr.2185
(22 pages)

Byrne, J., Kirwan, G., & Mc Guckin, C. (2019). Social Media Surveillance in Social Work: Practice Realities and Ethical Implications. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 37(2-3), 142–158. https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2019.1584598
(18 pages)

Del Busso, L., Brottveit, G., Løkkeberg, S.T & Gluppe, G. (2021): Women’s embodied experiences of using wearable digital self-tracking health technology: a review of the qualitative research literature, Health Care for Women International, https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2021.1884682
(25 pages)

Devlieghere, J., Bradt, L., & Roose, R. (2021). Electronic information systems as means for accountability: why there is no such thing as objectivity. European Journal of Social Work, 24(2), 212–223. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2019.1585335
(13 pages)

Eriksson, R., & Ellingsen, P. (2020). Symbolic Rationality in the Public Sector. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 33(5), 979–991. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-09-2019-0292
(12 pages)

Eriksson, M.C.M., Kivi, M., Hange, D., Petersson, E.-L., Ariai, N., Häggblad, P., Ågren, H., Spak, F., Lindblad, U., Johansson, B., & Björkelund, C. (2017). Long-term effects of Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for depression in primary care - the PRIM-NET controlled trial. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 35(2), 126–136. https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2017.1333299
(10 pages)

Fugletveit, R. & Lofthus, A.-M. (2021). From the desk to the cyborg’s faceless interaction in The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration. Nordisk Välfärdsforskning, 6(2), 77-92. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2021-02-01
(15 pages)

Gillingham, P. (2021). Practitioner perspectives on the implementation of an electronic information system to enforce practice standards in England, European Journal of Social Work, 24(5), 761-771, https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2020.1870213
(10 pages)

Hansen, H. T., Lundberg, K., & Syltevik, L. J. (2018). Digitalization, Street-Level Bureaucracy and Welfare User`s Experiences. Social Policy & Administration, 52(1), 67–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12283
(23 pages)

Johannessen, Rasmussen, E. B., & Haldar, M. (2022). Student at a distance: exploring the potential and prerequisites of using telepresence robots in schools. Oxford Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2022.2034610
(15 pages)

Leonardsen, A.-C. L., Hardeland, C., Helgesen, A. K., & Grøndahl, V. A. (2020). Patient experiences with technology enabled care across healthcare settings- a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1), 779. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05633-4
(17 pages)

Lindgren, I., Madsen, C. Ø., Hofmann, S., & Melin, U. (2019). Close encounters of the digital kind: A research agenda for the digitalization of public services. Government Information Quarterly, 36(3), 427-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2019.03.002
(9 pages)

Løberg, I. B. (2022). Assessments of Digital Client Representations: How Frontline Workers Reconstruct Client Narratives from Fragmented Information. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muac017
(11 pages)

Madsen, C., & Kræmmergaard, P. (2016). Warm Experts in the age of Mandatory e-Government: Interaction Among Danish Single Parents Regarding Online Application for Public Benefits. Electronic Journal of E-government,14(1), 87-98. http://www.ejeg.com/issue/download.html?idArticle=447
(11 pages)

Miller, D., Sinanan, J., Wang, X., McDonald, T., Haynes, N., Costa, E., Spyer, J., Venkatraman, S., & Nicolescu, R. (2016). How the world changed social media. UCL Press. (online/open access)

• Kap.1 What is social media? (9 s)

• Kap. 7 Online and offline relationships (14 s)

Mishna, F., Bogo, M., Root, J., Sawyer, J.-L., & Khoury-Kassabri, M. (2012). “It just crept in”: The Digital Age and Implications for Social Work Practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 40(3), 277–286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-012-0383-4
(10 pages)

Pink, S., Ferguson, H., & Kelly, L. (2021). Digital social work: Conceptualising a hybrid anticipatory practice. Qualitative Social Work : QSW : Research and Practice, 147332502110036. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250211003647
(18 pages)

Pollitt, C. (2010). Technological Change: a central yet neglected feature of public administration. Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe. The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 3(2), 31. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10110-010-0003-z
(23 pages)

Sletten, M.S. & Bjørkquist, Ch. (2021) Professionals’ tinkering with standardised tools: dynamics involving actors and tools in child welfare practices. European Journal of Social Work, 24(5), 749-760, https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2020.1793114
(11 pages)

Sørensen E, Torfing J. Enhancing Collaborative Innovation in the Public Sector. Administration & Society. 43(8): 842-868. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399711418768
(26 pages)

Timmermans, S & Berg, M. (2003). The practice of medical technology. Sociology of Health & Illness. 25(3), 97-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.00342.
(17 pages)

Topooco, N., Berg, M., Johansson, S., Liljethörn, L., Radvogin, E., Vlaescu, G., Nordgren, L. B., Zetterqvist, M., & Andersson, G. (2018). Chat- and internet-based cognitive–behavioural therapy in treatment of adolescent depression: randomised controlled trial. BJPsych Open, 4(4), 199–207. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2018.18
(8 pages)

Van Pelt, Ph. A., Drossaert, C.H.C, Kruize, A.A., Huisman, J., Dolhain, R.J.E.M., Wulffraat, N.M. (2015). Use and perceived relevance of health-related Internet sites and online contact with peers among young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Rheumatology 54(10). Pages 1833–1841, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kev193
(8 pages)