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Variable and Vague Implementation: A Qualitative Study on Municipalities’ Use of the National Guide for Services for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Norway Cover

Variable and Vague Implementation: A Qualitative Study on Municipalities’ Use of the National Guide for Services for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities in Norway

Open Access
|Jan 2026

Authors

Linda Barøy

linda.baroy@ntnu.no

Assistant professor, National Competence Centre on Intellectual Disabilities (NAKU), Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim

Oddvar Førland

Oddvar.Forland@hvl.no

Professor, Centre for Care Research, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen

Sølvi Linde

Solvi.Linde@hvl.no

Assistant professor, Department of Welfare and Participation, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen

Siv Bjønnum

Siv.Bjonnum@bergen.kommune.no

Advisor, Centre for Development of Institutional and Home Care Services (USHT) – County of Vestland, Bergen Municipality

Anita Gjermestad

anita.gjermestad@vid.no

Professor, Faculty of Health Science, Institute of Health, VID Specialized University, Stavanger

Aud Elisabeth Witsø

aud.e.witso@ntnu.no

Associate professor, National Competence Centre on Intellectual Disabilities (NAKU), Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1338 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 28 - 42
Submitted on: Jul 9, 2025
Accepted on: Jan 7, 2026
Published on: Jan 21, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Linda Barøy, Oddvar Førland, Sølvi Linde, Siv Bjønnum, Anita Gjermestad, Aud Elisabeth Witsø, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.