Funding and collaboration
The PhD project is part of the research project Migration For Welfare: Nurses within Three Regimes of of Immigration and Integration into the Norwegian Welfare State (WELLMIG), funded by the Research Council of Norway.
Academic interests
- Migration
- Labour migration
- Transnationalism
- Development
Background
- Expereince from civil society organisations, inlcuding international experience from Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
- MA Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU, 2006
- Cand.Mag, The Arctic University of Norway, UiT, 2004
Tags:
Human Geography,
Development studies,
Migration,
Transnationalism
Publications
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2023).
‘I chose to stay for a while’: Aspirations and capabilities in the nonmigration decision making of nurses in the Philippines.
Population, Space and Place.
ISSN 1544-8444.
doi:
10.1002/psp.2705.
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Hynek, Kamila Angelika; Gotehus, Aslaug; Methi, Fredrik; Nes, Ragnhild Bang; Skirbekk, Vegard Fykse & Hansen, Thomas
(2023).
Caregiving + Migrant Background = Double Jeopardy? Associations between Caregiving and Physical and Psychological Health According to Migrant Backgrounds in Norway.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH).
ISSN 1661-7827.
20(10).
doi:
10.3390/ijerph20105800.
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Informal caregiving can have detrimental consequences for physical and psychological health, but the impacts are highly heterogenous. A largely ignored question is whether these impacts differ with migrant backgrounds, and whether caregiving and a migrant background combine to create double jeopardy. We explored these questions using large-scale data that allows stratification by sex, regional background, and types (inside vs. outside of household) of caregivers. We used cross-sectional 2021 data collected from two Norwegian counties as part of the Norwegian Counties Public Health Survey (N = 133,705, RR = 43%, age 18+). The outcomes include subjective health, mental health, and subjective well-being. The findings show that both caregiving, especially in-household caregiving, and a migrant background relate to lower physical–psychological health. In bivariate analysis, non-Western caregivers, women particularly, reported poorer mental health and subjective well-being (but not physical health) than other caregiver groups. After controlling for background characteristics, however, no interaction exists between caregiver status and migrant background status. Although the evidence does not suggest double jeopardy for migrant caregivers, caution is warranted due to the likely underrepresentation of the most vulnerable caregivers of migrant backgrounds. Continued surveillance of caregiver burden and distress among people of migrant backgrounds is critical to develop successful preventive and supportive intervention strategies for this group, yet this aim hinges on a more inclusive representation of minorities in future surveys.
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2021).
Agency in deskilling: Filipino nurses’ experiences in the Norwegian health care sector.
Geoforum.
ISSN 0016-7185.
126,
p. 340–349.
doi:
10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.08.012.
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Vaughn, Taylor; Seeberg, Marie Louise & Gotehus, Aslaug
(2019).
Waiting: Migrant nurses in Norway.
Time & Society.
ISSN 0961-463X.
29(1),
p. 187–222.
doi:
10.1177/0961463X19880145.
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Gotehus, Aslaug & Gautun, Heidi
(2023).
Den andre tidsklemma: Arbeidstakere som yter omsorg til gamle foreldre.Innlegg på stortingsseminaret "Hvordan skal velferdsstaten møte eldrebølgen og "den andre tidsklemma". .
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2023).
Den andre tidsklemma: Yrkesaktive barn og gamle foreldre. .
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2023).
Hvordan kombinere omsorg og jobb? Fleksibilitet og omsorg i arbeidstiden.
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2023).
Flexible Work Arrangements and Informal Eldercare.
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Vaughn, Taylor; Seeberg, Marie Louise & Gotehus, Aslaug
(2020).
Video Abstract. Waiting: Migrant Nurses in Norway.
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2019).
Filipino health workers in Norway - What do studies tell us?
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2018).
Reading novels as a part of social science research.
WELLMIG project blog.
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2018).
For my family.
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Aslaug Gotehus has interviewed nursing students and hospital nurses in the Philippines about migration
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Seeberg, Marie Louise; Vaughn, Taylor & Gotehus, Aslaug
(2018).
Modes of waiting
Filipino and Swedish nurses in Norway
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2017).
Migration of Filipino nurses and transnational care.
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2022).
Agency and temporality in skilled migration: Decisions, experiences and practices of Filipino nurses in Norway and in the Philippines.
Universitetet i Oslo.
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Gotehus, Aslaug
(2019).
Evaluering av Lesevenn. Høytlesning for barn, utført av sanitetskvinner.
NOVA.
ISSN 978-82-7894-716-6.
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NOVA har på oppdrag fra Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening (N.K.S.) evaluert prosjektet «Lesevenn». Lesevenn er høytlesning for barn, og utføres av frivillige tilknyttet lokale sanitetsforeninger. Aktiviteten drives i samarbeid med lokale skolefritidsordninger, skoler, barnehager, bibliotek og krisesenter. Bakgrunnen for prosjektet er kunnskap om de positive effektene av høytlesning på barns språklige utvikling, samt verdien av positiv voksenkontakt.
Prosjektet utføres av frivillige i N.K.S. sine lokalforeninger, og deres erfaringer utgjør hoveddelen av denne evalueringen. Evalueringen er gjennomført ved hjelp av kvalitative intervjuer av lesevenner, representanter for samarbeidspartner og andre involverte, samt observasjoner og uformelle samtaler i utvalgte lokalforeninger.
Evalueringen viser at prosjektet har vært et vellykket initiativ som har blitt godt mottatt av lokalforeningene, lokale samarbeidspartnere, foreldre og barn. Lesevennene opplevde sitt frivillige engasjement som meningsfullt og givende, og for samarbeidspartnerne var det et kjærkomment supplement å ha en ekstra voksenperson tilstede som har tid, ser barna og bidrar til gode leseopplevelser. Notatet presenterer også noen anbefalinger om hvordan prosjektet kan styrkes ytterligere.
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Apr. 22, 2020 2:01 PM
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