Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences: Recent submissions
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Mobile teleconsultations in acute burn care : acceptance and user-experience among emergency care providers in resource-poor settings
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-10-08)Background: Burn injuries are a global health problem with severe consequences for those affected and nearly 95% of all burns occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While minor burns can be treated locally ... -
Can improved paediatric pneumonia diagnostic aids support frontline health workers in low resource settings? : large scale evaluation of four respiratory rate timers and five pulse oximeters in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-08-29)Background: Pneumonia is the leading cause of infectious death in children under-five in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Currently, the diagnostic criterion for pneumonia is based on increased respiratory rate (RR) ... -
Self-management of type 2 diabetes : processes for setting up a diabetes and pre-diabetes support intervention in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities in Sweden
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-08-13)Background: Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes are major public health challenges, disproportionately affecting disadvantaged populations worldwide. The high burden of Type 2 diabetes (T2D) contributes significantly to ... -
Aspects of positive and negative mental health in young people, aged 16-29 years : measurements, determinants, and interventions
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-08-07)Background: Mental health problems in young people, i.e. those self-reported as well as registered diagnoses, have been of concern for decades. For Western societies, most studies indicate a rise in symptoms, but also ... -
Wellbeing and family effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery : results from an observational study and RCT
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-05-17)Introduction: Obesity is a world-wide public health issue. Bariatric surgery has shown to be the only effective way to reduce and maintain weight loss over time, with Roux- en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) as the most common ... -
Retention during the first year of HIV care and the effect of an interactive text-messaging service on patient engagement in care
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-04-26)Background: Retention in HIV care is critical to ensure timely treatment initiation, viral suppression, reduced transmission, and to prevent AIDS-related deaths. Retention in care is low and falls short of the level ... -
Maternal mental health matters : childbirth related care in Yemen through women's eyes
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-04-24)Background: Yemen has a high maternal mortality and a persistent high home birth rate. Though maternal mortality still lies at the heart of maternal health indicators, there is a growing concern about the impact of mental ... -
Infections in patients with chronic kidney disease : patterns, outcomes and the role of vitamin D for future prevention
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-03-11)Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognized as a global public health problem. Patients with CKD are at high risk of infections. Frequent episodes of infections with greater use of antibiotics ... -
Local alcohol prevention in Sweden : construction of a prevention index and assessments of prevention effects on consumption and harm
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-03-04)Background: Over the past 15–20 years, local alcohol and drug prevention has developed substantially in Sweden. This has largely been a planned strategy from the national level with channels through to the regional level ... -
Quality of life and sexual health among transgender people and people living with HIV in Sweden
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2019-01-18)Background: The overarching objective of public health policy in Sweden has a clear focus on equitable health throughout the population and includes a commitment to reduce avoidable health inequalities. Trans (transgender) ... -
Alcohol-related health problems and crime : studies on the long-term consequences of increased alcohol availability and unemployment
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-11-21)Background: The well-being of young people with respect to health and life opportunities is of high importance in society. This thesis examines the long-term adverse consequences of two periods in Sweden marked by high ... -
Depression among adolescents and young adults : social and gender differences
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-11-08)Depression is a large public health problem that has a negative impact on many aspects of life. Among adolescents and young adults it is the leading cause of disability-adjusted life years. Many different factors can be ... -
Count in the young people : HIV vaccine trial participation in Tanzania
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-11-01)Background: For nearly four decades, HIV infection has raged across the world; leaving devastation in its wake particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Even though the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs has significantly contributed ... -
mHealth for image-based diagnostics of acute burns in resource-poor settings : studies on the role of experts and the accuracy of their assessments
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-10-05)Background The global burden of injuries could be reduced by the provision of adequate emergency care but this is impeded by barriers like poor access to specialised care. Accurate and timely diagnostics supported by ... -
Depression and cardiovascular diseases
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-09-28)Background and aim The concept of depression as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is now well known. However, weather the severity of depression has a dose response effect on risk of CVD is not known. Also ... -
Relating to risk : sexual behaviour and risk perception among men who have sex with men
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-09-05)Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a key population for HIV worldwide. Overall HIV incidence is declining but over the past years the proportion of HIV diagnoses attributed to sex between men has remained ... -
Sawubona MAMA : Using mHealth to improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes in South Africa
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-08-24)BACKGROUND: At the end of the first decade of the 2000’s, South Africa had poor, and worsening, maternal and neonatal health outcomes. In parallel, the use of mobile phone technology to support health care (mHealth) increased ... -
Community-Based Interventions : Implications for childhood anemia prevention and control in India
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-08-22)Background: Nutritional iron deficiency is the number one cause of anemia worldwide. Iron deficiency anemia has morbidity and mortality effects borne predominantly by premenopausal women and children living in South Asia ... -
Socioeconomic development initiatives and women’s welfare in rural Bangladesh
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-05-21)Background: Socioeconomic development initiatives (SDIs) are not only regarded as vehicles for poverty eradication but as promotion of women‟s welfare in terms of their economic independence, empowerment, and safety from ... -
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early childhood obesity prevention
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-05-15)Background: Due to individual health-related and social consequences, but also due to its immense cost burden, obesity remains a large public health challenge for which effective and cost-effective prevention is lacking. ...