Norwegian version
Linda Aimee Hartford Kvæl

Linda Aimee Hartford Kvæl

About

Linda Kvæl is a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Health Sciences, the research group Aging, Health and Welfare, and researcher II for NOVA, Department of Ageing Research and Housing Studies. She has a PhD in health sciences from OsloMet. Kvæl has clinical experience as a physiotherapist from the community care services with a master's degree in rehabilitation of older persons. Her research interests include quality in health and care services for older people and their relatives, with a special focus on participation, active aging in context, person-centered care and implementation of evidence-based knowledge.

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Health service and health administration research   Health sciences

Subject areas

Patient progress   active aging   Implementation Science   Health and care services   Person-centred care

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Scientific publications

Rimereit Aarønes, Turid ; Taraldsen, Kristin ; Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford (2025). Assessment of older persons with multimorbidity in Norwegian primary care: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals' experiences and preferences in fostering continuity of care. BMC Health Services Research.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12185-4

Linnerud, Siv; Bjerk, Maria ; Olsen, Nina Rydland; Taraldsen, Kristin ; Brovold, Therese ; Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford (2024). Managers’ perspectives on their role in implementing fall prevention interventions: a qualitative interview study in Norwegian homecare services. 11 p. Frontiers in Health Services. Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2024.1456028

Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Gulbrandsen, Pål; Werner, Anne; Bergland, Astrid (2024). Implementation of the four habits model in intermediate care services in Norway: a process evaluation. 13 p. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11647-z

Bjerk, Maria ; Flottorp, Signe A.; Pripp, Are Hugo ; Øien, Henning; Hansen, Tonya Moen; Foy, Robbie; Close, Jacqueline; Linnerud, Siv; Brovold, Therese ; Solli, Rune ; Olsen, Nina Rydland; Skelton, Dawn A.; Rydwik, Elisabeth; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Idland, Gro; Kvæl, Linda ; Vieira, Edgar; Taraldsen, Kristin (2024). Tailored implementation of national recommendations on fall prevention among older adults in municipalities in Norway (FALLPREVENT trial): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial. 11 p. Implementation Science. Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13012-024-01334-2

Linnerud, Siv; Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Bjerk, Maria ; Taraldsen, Kristin ; Skelton, Dawn A.; Brovold, Therese (2024). Feasibility of an implementation strategy for preventing falls in homecare services. 14 p. Implementation Science Communications. Vol. 5.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-024-00615-7

Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Bergland, Astrid ; Eldh, Ann Catrine (2023). Preference-based patient participation in intermediate care: Translation, validation and piloting of the 4Ps in Norway. Health Expectations. Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13899

Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Gautun, Heidi (2023). Social inequality in navigating the healthcare maze: Care trajectories from hospital to home via intermediate care for older people in Norway. Social Science and Medicine. Vol. 333.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116142

Bunæs-Næss, Heidi ; Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Nilsson, Birgitta Blakstad ; Heywood, Sophie; Heiberg, Kristi Elisabeth (2023). Aquatic high-intensity interval training (HIIT) may be similarly effective to land-based HIIT in improving exercise capacity in people with chronic conditions: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 13 p. BMJ Open sport & exercise medicine. Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001639

Linnerud, Siv; Kvæl, Linda Aimee Hartford ; Graverholt, Birgitte; Idland, Gro; Taraldsen, Kristin ; Brovold, Therese (2023). Stakeholder development of an implementation strategy for fall prevention in Norwegian home care – a qualitative co-creation approach. 10 p. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10394-x

Gautun, Heidi ; Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee ; Bratt, Christopher (2022). After Hospital: Should Older Care-Needing Patients Be Transferred to Their Homes or to an intermediate Care Institution?. Healthcare. Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10030475





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