Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - K9 (GPH): Recent submissions
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Clinical and experimental implementation of standardized hypothermic treatment for neonatal asphyxia in low-income settings
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-07-30)Background: Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a potentially devastating condition caused by birth asphyxia. The standard of care for infants with moderate and severe HIE is therapeutic hypothermia (TH), initiated ... -
Child health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : exploring subnational disparities and inequities in illnesses and mortality
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-05-24)Background: Today, sub-Saharan Africa accounts for a disproportionally high burden of deaths in children, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) being one of the countries with the highest mortality burden. Ample ... -
Impact of non-health sector determinants on child health the role of the Sustainable Development Goals : models, practices and perceptions in Cambodia and globally
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-05-02)Background. Child health has improved significantly over the last decades in Cambodia and globally. With the global adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, a broad set of interlinked global goals to ... -
Sexual and reproductive health and rights among newly arrived migrants in Sweden : knowledge gaps and healthcare challenges
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-04-04)Introduction: Migration is one of today’s most pressing issues, especially concerning sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and human rights. Migrants may face heightened health vulnerabilities due to challenges ... -
Pharmacovigilance of mass drug administration as preventive chemotherapy to control and eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Tanzania
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-03-27)Mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns are usually conducted on an annual basis by many countries globally where neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including lymphatic filariasis (LF), are endemic. Such campaigns are ... -
Consumer reported digital immunization records : feasibility, applicability, and public health utility in the Canadian context
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-02-13)Background: Vaccination is one of the most effective public health interventions of all time. Public health programs collect data on Vaccination Coverage (VC) to determine levels of protection and guide resource allocation ... -
Prenatal risk factors for severe cardiovascular diseases up to middle-age : a Nordic collaborative study
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-01-16)Background and objectives: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are major causes of death and disability. However, the established traditional risk factors cannot explain a substantial proportion of CVD cases, prompting ... -
Moral conflicts in health crises : Swedish health care workers’ experiences and management of moral stress
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-01-09)Background: In health crises, elevated patient needs, and scarce resources may pose moral challenges for healthcare workers (HCWs), as they must prioritize and make complex professional decisions regarding the provision ... -
Methodological challenges in pregnancy pharmacoepidemiology : the case of antiseizure medication and offspring neurodevelopment
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2024-01-02)This thesis is driven by the overarching aim of elucidating methodological challenges inherent in pharmacoepidemiology during pregnancy, with a particular focus on antiseizure medications. In Study I, a substantial surge ... -
Pediatric injury care in low-resource hospital settings. Insight from Mozambique, before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2023-11-20)Background: Children are a high-risk group for injuries and the burden is disproportionally high in low- resource settings such as the African continent, which has the highest population of children globally. In low-resource ... -
Pharmacovigilance of preventive chemotherapy for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Ethiopia
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2023-11-20)The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends preventive chemotherapy (PC) as a core public health intervention for the control and elimination of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths (STHs) in endemic countries. ... -
Risk factor patterns in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease : exploring methods for precision medicine in public health
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2023-11-07)Non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, are leading contributors to the global burden of disease and an important public health challenge. At an individual level, there is important ... -
Maternal metabolic health and neurodevelopmental conditions in offspring
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2023-10-26)Background Observational studies published in the last decade have indicated relationships between maternal “overnutrition” states and offspring neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs), such as autism, attention ... -
On people, data and systems : perspectives on routine health data processing and its digitalization in Tanzania
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2023-09-08)Background: Facility-based routine health information is captured in health management information systems by health care providers and is the main data source for health system planning and outcome monitoring in Tanzania ... -
Exploring barriers and enablers to the implementation of feasible interventions that address antibiotic resistance in Romania
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2023-08-09)Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global public threat to human and animal health and sustainable development with significant economic and societal implications. The key drivers of AMR are numerous ... -
Risk factors of road traffic injuries among motorcyclists in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2023-04-14)Background: Commercial motorcycling has become an alternative mode of transport and employment in low and middle-income countries, contributing to road traffic injuries and deaths. Still, there is limited context-specific ... -
Sexual risk behaviors among young migrants and key populations in Sweden
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2023-03-30)Background: The approximate number of young migrants (aged 15 to 24 years) is almost 32 million globally. In Sweden, in 2022, nearly 2.5% of all citizens were foreign-born aged 15-24. Previous research has shown that young ... -
Autism : educational outcomes and self-harm in adolescents and young adults
(Inst för global folkhälsa / Dept of Global Public Health, 2022-11-23)Autism is one of the most prevalent neurodevelopmental conditions worldwide, and autistic individuals face challenges in daily functioning related to differences and difficulties in social interaction and communication ... -
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. ...