Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health: Recent submissions
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Immune dysregulation in early life and risk of autism
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-11-15)Background: The notion of immune perturbations in autism is in part based on numerous observations of an association between maternal infections in general during pregnancy and autism in the child, and on observations of ... -
Bereavement and risks of cardiovascular diseases and mortality
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-10-26)The loss of a significant person is a serious source of stress. Increasing evidence suggests that widowhood in middle-aged or elderly population may increase the risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality. ... -
Cardiovascular disease risk among people living with HIV in South Central Uganda
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-10-21)Background: With the introduction of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), the clinical management needs of people living with HIV are rapidly shifting from AIDS-related opportunistic infections to age-related co-morbidities. ... -
Mental health service use among refugee children, other migrant children, and children born in Sweden : what are the differences and why does it differ?
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-10-14)Background: Research shows that migrant children, and especially refugee migrant children, are at increased risk of poor mental health. Given that mental disorders are the leading cause of disability among children and ... -
Lifestyle risk factors for Parkinson disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : an epidemiological perspective
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-10-07)Following progressive aging of the population, the global prevalence of PD and ALS is expected to increase in the next decades. Primary prevention of the diseases is hampered by limited knowledge of preventable causes. ... -
School nurses’ use of motivational interviewing as a method for health promoting conversations with parents of primary school children
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-10-05)School nurses in Sweden have an important task to promote healthy behaviours in children through regular health conversations with parents and children. Nonetheless, there are no evidence-based methods in Sweden for health ... -
Global and local road traffic injury epidemiology in children and adolescents
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-09-26)Background: Every year around the globe, more than 800,000 children and adolescents under the age of 20 die due to injuries from any cause. Globally, low-and middle-income countries bear a disproportionate 95% of the burden ... -
Making a difference with home visiting : studies of an intervention in multicultural, disadvantaged settings in Sweden
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-09-09)Introduction: Inequalities in health, including child health, occur even in welfare countries like Sweden because of unequal distribution of the social determinants of health. Children’s health is poorer in multicultural ... -
Effects of exercise on alcohol use disorders
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-08-18)Background: Alcohol use disorders are common, yet highly undertreated. Major barriers for not seeking treatment are stigma, lack of problem awareness, and the desire to self-manage the problem. In addition to health ... -
Health promotion and obesity prevention through a school-based parental support programme
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-05-18)It is important to find ways to halt the rise in overweight and obesity among children, which are linked not only to physical and mental illness but also to social inequalities. The school is an ideal setting for public ... -
Sex, drugs and intersecting risks : HIV among people who belong to more than one key population in the United States
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-05-16)Background: The HIV epidemic in the United States (US) is mainly concentrated in so-called ‘key populations’ including men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who inject drugs (PWID). In addition, other groups such as ... -
The effect of a text-messaging intervention on retention in care for women living with HIV and their infants in Kenya
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-05-12)Background: Retention in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV care is crucial to reduce vertical HIV transmission, and to improve the health and survival of women living with HIV and their infants. ... -
Human papillomavirus in men who have sex with men, transgender women and people living with HIV in Pakistan
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-05-02)Background: Anal infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) and associated anal squamous intraepithelial lesions (ASIL), are more prevalent among men who have sex with men (MSM) particularly among MSM and transgender women ... -
Bereavement in adulthood and risks of incident and recurrent cardiovascular diseases
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-04-29)Bereavement, the loss of a family member or a loved one, is a severely stressful life event that may occur at least once in most individuals’ life. Bereaved persons are likely to be influenced by the loss in multiple aspects ... -
Beyond the hospital bed : studies of post-discharge socioeconomic and quality of life outcomes in trauma patients in urban India
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-04-20)Background: Trauma contributes toone-tenth of the global morbidity, with low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) bearing a disproportionate burden. It is the biggest contributor of morbidity among young adults, and there ... -
Antibiotic use and resistance in under five children in rural central India : implications of caregivers’ healthcare-seeking behaviour and informal healthcare providers’ practices
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-04-20)Background: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming increasingly prevalent around the world, and this is true for both pathogenic and commensal bacteria. The findings of prior investigations have revealed a statistically ... -
Cannabis use : understanding other illicit drug use, drug-related morbidity and dependence
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-04-14)Amid increased prevalence globally of both cannabis use, and cannabis use disorder (CUD), changes of the legal status of use, as well as increased cannabis potency, it is important to increase the understanding about the ... -
Children and adolescents with parental mental illness (CAPRI) : prevalence, physical health, and social outcomes
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-03-03)Children and adolescents whose parents have mental illness (CAPRI) are a potentially vulnerable group. Previous studies showed that they are more likely to experience adverse mental health and social outcomes. However, ... -
Home visiting for a better start in life : studies of an intervention to promote health equity in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area of Sweden
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-02-24)Background: Early childhood is considered to be a crucial period for ensuring health over the life course of an individual. It is also a prioritized period for policies to reduce socially determined health inequities. ... -
Lifelong antiretroviral treatment for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in routine healthcare in Tanzania, what works?
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-02-01)Background: The UNAIDS estimate of the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in Tanzania remains unacceptably high at 11%, despite 84% coverage of lifelong antiretroviral treatment (ART) for the prevention of ...