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Inger Haukenes

Senior Researcher

inha@norceresearch.no
+47 56 10 72 38
Årstadveien 17, 4. etg, 5009 Bergen, Norway

Expertise:

•social inequality in sickness absence and disability pension

•gender difference in sickness absence and disability pension

•musculoskeletal disorders in working life

Inger Haukenes was educated in physiotherapy at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (1983). After internship and work in the Northern part of Norway she returned to Bergen in 1985. Haukenes has experience with rehabilitation of elderly people, disabled children, occupational health services and occupational medicine.

She has a master degree in Philosophy from the University of Bergen (2004), and defended her PhD thesis «Predictors of disability pension, the role of class, work and gender» in 2013.

After studying pain rehabilitation for one year at Umeå University in Sweden, she received a post doctor grant from the Norwegian Research Council for addressing mechanisms of gender differences in sickness absence and disability pension.

Currently she holds a 50% position as senior researcher and 50% post doctor.

Her research interests include marginalisation from working life, factors that influence inequality and inequity in sickness absence and disability pension, and the relation between primary health care, the patient and working life.

Expertise:

•social inequality in sickness absence and disability pension

•gender difference in sickness absence and disability pension

•musculoskeletal disorders in working life

Inger Haukenes was educated in physiotherapy at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (1983). After internship and work in the Northern part of Norway she returned to Bergen in 1985. Haukenes has experience with rehabilitation of elderly people, disabled children, occupational health services and occupational medicine.

She has a master degree in Philosophy from the University of Bergen (2004), and defended her PhD thesis «Predictors of disability pension, the role of class, work and gender» in 2013.

After studying pain rehabilitation for one year at Umeå University in Sweden, she received a post doctor grant from the Norwegian Research Council for addressing mechanisms of gender differences in sickness absence and disability pension.

Currently she holds a 50% position as senior researcher and 50% post doctor.

Her research interests include marginalisation from working life, factors that influence inequality and inequity in sickness absence and disability pension, and the relation between primary health care, the patient and working life.

Inger Haukenes

Division

Health & Social Sciences

Research themes

Depression
General practice

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Publications
Stakeholder views on work participation for workers with depression and intersectoral collaboration in depression care: a focus group study with a salutogenic perspective – Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2023
Level of education and sustainable return to work among long-term sick-listed workers with depression: a register-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP Study) – BMJ Open 2023
Effect of exercise on the inter-rectus distance in pregnant women with diastasis recti abdominis: an experimental longitudinal study – Physiotherapy 2023
Workplace gender composition and sickness absence: A register-based study from Sweden – Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2023
Psychosocial resources predict frequent pain differently for men and women: A prospective cohort study – PLOS ONE 2023
Young adults with depression: A registry-based longitudinal study of work-life marginalisation. The Norwegian GP-DEP study – Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2023
General self-efficacy and social support in men and women with pain – irregular sex patterns of cross-sectional and longitudinal associations in a general population sample – BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2022
Comparison of depression care provided in general practice in Norway and the Netherlands: registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study) – BMC Health Services Research 2022
Practice characteristics influencing variation in provision of depression care in general practice in Norway; a registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study) – BMC Health Services Research 2022
Patient experiences with depression care in general practice: a qualitative questionnaire study – Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 2022
Effect of a specific exercise programme during pregnancy on diastasis recti abdominis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial – BMJ Open 2022
Trends in treatment for patients with depression in general practice in Norway, 2009–2015: nationwide registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP Study) – BMC Health Services Research 2021
The Female Menstrual Cycles Effect on Strength and Power Parameters in High-Level Female Team Athletes – Frontiers in Physiology 2021
Chronic hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia, and metabolic syndrome are associated with risk of tendon injury – Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2021
General practitioners’ drug treatment for depression by patients’ educational level: registry-based study – British Journal of General Practice Open 2021
Independent medical evaluation of general practitioners’ follow-up of sick-listed patients: a cross-sectional study in Norway – BMJ Open 2020
Variation in general practitioners’ depression care following certification of sickness absence: a registry-based cohort study – Family Practice 2020
Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on mental health service provision: a pilot focus group study in six European countries – International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2020
Inequity in disability pension: an intersectional analysis of the coconstitution of gender, education and age. The Hordaland Health Study – Critical Public Health 2018
The gender gap in accrued pension rights - an indicator of women’s accumulated disadvantage over the course of working life. The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) – Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2017
Developing a Tool for Increasing the Awareness about Gendered and Intersectional Processes in the Clinical Assessment of Patients – A Study of Pain Rehabilitation – PLOS ONE 2016
Sykefravær handler ikke om folkehelse. Den norske folkehelsen, målt som sykdomsbyrde, er ikke bedre enn i land vi ofte sammenligner oss med. – Bergens Tidende 2015
Is there a gender bias in recommendations for further rehabilitation in primary care of patients with chronic pain after an interdisciplinary team assessment? – Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2015
Does pain severity guide selection to multimodal pain rehabilitation across gender? – European Journal of Pain 2015
Kvinner er blitt friskere: Forskjellen i sykefravær mellom kvinner og menn øker hevder mange. Det skyldes tvilsom bruk av statistikk. – Bergens Tidende 2014
Kvinners sykefravær - langt fra himmelhøyt – Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) 2014
Physical health-related quality of life predicts disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders: seven years follow-up of the Hordaland Study Cohort – BMC Public Health 2014
Low-educated women with chronic pain were less often selected to multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs – PLOS ONE 2014
Smokers' increased risk for disability pension: social confounding or health-mediated effects? Gender-specific analyses of the Hordaland Health Study cohort – Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2013
Cumulative incidence of sickness absence and disease burden among the newly sick-listed, a cross-sectional population-based study – BMC Public Health 2013
Fastlegetilhørighet og sykefravær - en registerbasert studie – Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2013
Women’s higher likelihood of disability pension: the role of health, family and work. A 5-7 years follow-up from the Hordaland Health Study – BMC Public Health 2012
Attending work or not when sick - what makes the decision? A qualitative study among car mechanics – BMC Public Health 2012
Disability pension by occupational class - the impact of work-related factors: The Hordaland Health Study Cohort – BMC Public Health 2011
Forståelse av sykefravær - erfaringer fra dem det angår mest – Ramazzini: norsk tidsskrift for arbeids- og miljømedisin 2008
A survey of occupational health in The Royal Norwegian Navy – International Maritime Health 2008
Forståelse av sykefravær -erfaringer fra de det angår mest – Seksjon for arbeidsmedisin 2008
Målinger av helkroppsvibrasjon blant maskinkjørere – Universitetet i Oslo 2008
Utstøting fra arbeidslivet i industri med spesiell risiko for ryggplager; der man utsettes for helkroppsvibrasjon – Seksjon for arbeidsmedisin 2007
Sluttrapport fra prosjektet HMS Sjø – Universitetet i Oslo 2007
En spørreundersøkelse om arbeid og helse blant ansatte i Sjøforsvaret - En delrapport i prosjektet HMS SJØ – Universitetet i Oslo 2004
En spørreundersøkelse om arbeid og helse blant ansatte i Sjøforsvaret – Seksjon for arbeidsmedisin 2004
Mennesket og arbeid - arbeidsmiljøfaktorer – 2003
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