Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - K9 (GPH): Recent submissions
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Sleepiness : night work, time zones and activity
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-05-26)Shift work and travel across time zones affect sleep and alertness negatively, and hence influence accident rate. Self-selected work hours, contextual, and environmental factors affect sleepiness, but it is unclear exactly ... -
Changing reproductive patterns in rural China : the influence of policy and gender
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-10-27)Background: In 1949, at the time for the foundation of the People's Republic of China, PRC, China had a Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 5-6 children per woman, and it remained at that level throughout the 1950s and 1960s. ... -
Psychosocial risk factors in women with coronary heart disease : stress, social support and a behavioral intervention
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-09-16)Background: Studies have shown that psychosocial factors such as stress at work and from marriage as well as lack of social support and depression may influence recovery following an acute coronary event. Rehabilitation ... -
Epidemiology and prevention of home related injuries in the Islamic Republic of Iran
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-11-03)Background: As elsewhere, unintentional injuries are among the leading causes of death In Iran, but non-fatal injuries due to injury events In the home environment have not been analyzed. Many injuries occur in the home ... -
Sexual harassment in schools : prevalence, structure and perceptions
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-08-19)The overall aim of this project was to empirically explore and critically analyze the social phenomenon of sexual harassment in schools, its prevalence, structure and perceptions. Data were collected from a random ... -
The impact of social security compensation inequality on earnings distribution due to sickness and disability
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-08-26)One of the main purposes of social security systems is to compensate for loss of earnings during periods of sickness and disability. Of interest is therefore the extent to which such compensation reduces earnings inequality. ... -
Psychosocial situation of parents of children with congenital heart disease
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-12-31)Background: Current knowledge of the psychosocial situation of parents of congenital heart disease children (PCCHD) should be interpreted with caution. Most studies may not be representative of the population in question, ... -
Resources and relative deprivation : analysing mechanisms behind income, inequality and ill-health
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-12-31)Even in more egalitarian welfare states health is related to income. Improvements in health are acknowledged over the entire income distribution, albeit with decreasing marginal returns of health at higher income levels. ... -
Maternal morbidity in Uganda : studies on life-threatening pregnancy complications in low-income settings
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-11-25)Introduction: Life-threatening complications in pregnancy rarely achieves public health prominence in the same way as maternal mortality partly because they represent a wide spectrum of conditions. The improved level of ... -
Genital and urinary tract infections in pregnancy in southern India : diagnosis, management and impact om perinatal outcome
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-11-24)Background: Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections varies in different parts of the world. These infections, occurring during pregnancy, can result in adverse outcome. There is paucity of information on the ... -
Tuberculosis control in Vietnam : directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS) : the role of information and education
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-11-15)Background: In 1993, the WHO declared tuberculosis (TB) a global emergency. At the same time, the DOTS strategy was recommended for controlling TB. DOTS focuses on sputum smear positive pulmonary TB patients who present ... -
Sleep and cardiovascular health in women : the Stockholm female coronary risk study
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-11-12)Background: Both sleep disturbances and snoring has been related to an increased mortality and CHD risk. However, despite the fact that women report sleep difficulties more often than men, most studies have been done ... -
Poverty and health in different contexts : social inequalities in child mortality in Mozambique and 19th century Stockholm
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-10-08)Infant and child mortality has declined in many low-income countries. However, in sub Saharan Africa, childhood mortality is still one of the major public health problems, which is worsening as some countries experience ... -
Pain following spinal cord injury
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-10-01)The aims of this thesis were to assess and characterise nociceptive and neuropathic pain, the use of pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain treatment, and the influence of pain on the quality of sleep in a population ... -
Teenage parenthood : paternal characteristics and child health outcomes
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-08-13)This thesis had two general aims. The first was to describe and compare the social-economic and reproductive characteristics and involvement in pregnancy and childbirth of fathers of children born to teenage mothers in ... -
The social patterning of road traffic injuries during childhood and youth : national longitudinal register-based studies
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-05-07)Apart from being the primary cause of death during childhood and adolescence, scientific evidence points in the direction that road traffic injuries make a major contribution to social inequalities in health during this ... -
Violence in caring : risk factors, outcomes and support
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-03-12)The overall aim of this dissertation is to promote knowledge of violence against personnel in municipal caring by studying its magnitude, the risk factors involved, its consequences, and the significance of social support ... -
Health and quality of life during years at university : studies on their development and determinants
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-03-26)Transition into and life at university represent a critical period in the formation of the life-pathways of many young adults. The aim of this thesis is to increase knowledge about the health status and quality of life of ... -
Tuberculosis : diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing where resources are scarce
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-01-09)Background: Tuberculosis remains a major global public health problem. Not surprisingly, most cases of this disease occur in poor countries and an increasing number of patients harbor drug - resistant bacteria. ... -
The promotion of safe behaviours at the community level : evaluation of a bicycle helmet-wearing campaign among 5- to 12-year-old children
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2003-11-27)Bicycle-related injuries are among the most important public health problems in childhood. In the Montérégie Region (Québec, Canada), at the beginning of the 1990s, a 4-year community-based program aimed at promoting ...