Fagområder
Overdoser, mortalitet blant narkotikabrukere, narkotikabruk, sprøytebruk, rusmiddelbruk på festivaler
Prosjekter
- En langtidsoppfølging av narkotikabrukere
- ESPAD (European School Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs)
- Evaluering av overdosestrategien 2014-2017
- Narkotikabruk - omfang, forbruk, marked og aktører
- Overdoser
- Rusmiddelbruk blant festivaldeltakere i Norge
- Rusmiddelutløste dødsfall (prosjektbeskrivelse)
- RUSS-2019 En studie blant deltakere på tre store russesamlinger vår 2019
- Undersøkelsen ved sprøyteutdelingen i Oslo 1993-2019
- Utelivsstudien 2017 (prosjektbeskrivelse)
Publikasjoner
- Linn Gjersing, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, Håvard Furuhaugen, Hallvard Gjerde, (2019). Illegal substance use among 1,309 music festival attendees: An investigation using oral fluid sample drug tests, breathalysers and questionnaires. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1403-4948. 47 (4), s 400-407. doi: 10.1177/1403494818821481.
- Hallvard Gjerde, Linn Gjersing, Håvard Furuhaugen, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, (2019). Correspondence between Oral Fluid Drug Test Results and Self-Reported Illicit Drug Use among Music Festival Attendees. Substance Use & Misuse. ISSN 1082-6084. 54 (8), s 1337-1344. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1580295.
- Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, Jasmina Burdzovic, Linn Gjersing, Elisabeth Leere Øiestad, Hallvard Gjerde, (2019). Identification and Assessment of Drug-User Groups Among Nightlife Attendees: Self-Reports, Breathalyzer-Tests and Oral Fluid Drug Tests. European Addiction Research. ISSN 1022-6877. 25 (2), s 93-102. doi: 10.1159/000497318.
- Desiree Madah-Amiri, Linn Renathe Gjersing, Thomas Clausen, (2019). Naloxone distribution and possession following a large-scale naloxone programme. Addiction. ISSN 0965-2140. 114 (1), s 92-100. doi: 10.1111/add.14425.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, (2018). Patterns of substance use and mortality risk in a cohort of 'hard-to-reach' polysubstance users. Addiction. ISSN 0965-2140. 113 (4), s 729-739. doi: 10.1111/add.14053.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, Kristine Vinge-Holmquist, Svetlana Skurtveit, Jørgen Gustav Bramness, Thomas Clausen, (2017). Emergency service use is common in the year before death among drug users who die from an overdose. Journal of Substance Use. ISSN 1465-9891. 22 (3), s 331-336. doi: 10.1080/14659891.2016.1208778.
- Stian Biong, Linn Renathe Gjersing, (2016). Bidrar opplæring av ansatte i språk og språkobservasjoner til økt brukertilfredshet hos beboerne i et lavterskel hybelhus?. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 12 (3), s 210-220. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2016-03-04.
- Christian Tjagvad, Svetlana Skurtveit, Jørgen Gustav Bramness, Linn Renathe Gjersing, Michael Gossop, Thomas Clausen, (2016). Misuse of prescription drugs and overdose deaths. Journal of Substance Use. ISSN 1465-9891. 21 (5), s 515-520. doi: 10.3109/14659891.2015.1077280.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, (2015). Are overdoses treated by ambulance services an opportunity for additional interventions? A prospective cohort study. Addiction. ISSN 0965-2140. 110 (11), s 1767-1774. doi: 10.1111/add.13026.
- Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, Mats Lillehagen, Linn Renathe Gjersing, Jasmina Burdzovic Andreas, (2015). Illicit use of opioid substitution drugs: Prevalence, user characteristics, and the association with non-fatal overdoses. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. ISSN 0376-8716. 147 (1), s 89-96. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.002.
- Helge Waal, Thomas Clausen, Linn Renathe Gjersing, Michael Gossop, (2014). Open drug scenes: responses of five European cities. BMC Public Health. ISSN 1471-2458. 14 (853), doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-853.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, (2014). Gender differences in mortality and risk factors in a 13-year cohort study of street-recruited injecting drug users. BMC Public Health. ISSN 1471-2458. 14 (1), doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-440.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, (2013). Is opioid substitution treatment beneficial if injecting behaviour continues?. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. ISSN 0376-8716. 133 (1), s 121-126. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.05.022.
- Linn Gjersing, Kristine V. Jonassen, Stian Biong, Edle Ravndal, Helge Waal, Jørgen G. Bramness, Thomas Clausen, (2013). Diversity in causes and characteristics of drug-induced deaths in an urban setting. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1403-4948. 41 (2), s 119-125. doi: 10.1177/1403494812472007.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, Helge Waal, Jo Røislien, Michael Gossop, Thomas Clausen, (2011). Variations in treatment organisation, practices and outcomes within the Norwegian Opioid Maintenance Treatment Programme. Norsk Epidemiologi. ISSN 0803-2491. 21 (1), s 113-118.
- Kjersti Storheim, Linn Renathe Gjersing, Kristin Bølstad, May Arna Risberg, (2010). Sjokkbølge- og trykkbølgebehandling ved kroniske muskel- og skjelettsmerter. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 130 (23), s 2360-2364. doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.09.0654.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, Helge Waal, John RM Caplehorn, Michael Gossop, Thomas Clausen, (2010). Staff attitudes and the associations with treatment organisation, clinical practices and outcomes in opioid maintenance treatment. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 10 doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-194.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, John RM Caplehorn, Thomas Clausen, (2010). Cross-cultural adaptation of research instruments: language, setting, time and statistical considerations. BMC Medical Research Methodology. ISSN 1471-2288. 10 doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-13.
- Linn Renathe Gjersing, T Butler, JRM Caplehorn, JM Belcher, R Matthews, (2007). Attitudes and beliefs towards methadone maintenance treatment among Australian prison health staff. Drug and Alcohol Review. ISSN 0959-5236. 26 s 501-508. doi: 10.1080/09595230701499118.