Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - K9 (GPH): Recent submissions
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The role of education and cognitive skills in understanding mortality inequalities
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-11-15)The overall aim of this thesis is to improve our understanding of the association between cognitive skills and mortality by epidemiological analyses of their relationship. Related factors, especially own and father’s ... -
Unemployment and mortality and morbidity : epidemiological studies
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-11-08)The aim of this thesis is to examine the associations between unemployment and mortality and morbidity and what roles pre-existing risk factors, such as psychiatric diagnoses, alcohol disorders, behavioural risk factors, ... -
Road traffic injuries in the context of rapid motorization : studies on access, provision and utilization of trauma care in Iran
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-11-07)Background: Iran has one of the highest traffic-related mortality and morbidity rates in the world. Evidence shows that improvements in trauma care can prevent a substantial number of road traffic deaths and disabilities ... -
Studies of Alcoholics Anonymous (and similar self-help group) affiliation in longitudinal samples of treated and untreated problem and dependent drinkers in the U.S. and Sweden
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-10-17)Background: AA has become an important adjunct to alcoholism treatment worldwide. As well, many persons turn to AA as a first (sometimes only) source of help for a drinking problem. Thus, these groups represent a significant ... -
HIV-related stigma in Vietnam : implications for the prevention and control of HIV in concentrated epidemic settings
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-09-30)Background: Since the early days of the HIV epidemic, stigma has been recognized as strongly linked to HIV. In concentrated HIV epidemic settings such as Vietnam, stigma is also associated with key risk groups that are ... -
Gender policy and gender equality in a public health perspective : investigating morbidity and mortality in Sweden and 22 OECD countries
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-09-23)The aim of this thesis is to investigate gender policy and gender equality as determinants of health. Data at individual, municipal and country level were employed, and the settings were Sweden and 22 OECD countries. The ... -
Utilization of preventive maternal and child public health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa : a multilevel analysis of individual and small-area socioeconomic disadvantage
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-08-19)Background: Uptake of programmatic maternal and childhood preventive interventions continue to be sub-optimal in sub-Saharan Africa with wide variations within and across the countries. There is evidence suggestive of ... -
Poverty of opportunity for women selling sex in Lahore, Pakistan : knowledge, experiences and magnitude of HIV and STIs
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-23)Background: According to the UNAIDS’ estimates, the incidence of HIV infection has decreased by 19% over the last ten years. WHO estimated in 2005 that approximately 448 million cases of four major curable STIs occur in ... -
Postpartum psychosis and social support in Uganda : the effect of family psychoeducation
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-19)Background: Postpartum psychosis is a rare but severe psychiatric condition that affects not only the mother but the whole family. The standard of care for this condition in Uganda is mainly medical treatment. The role of ... -
Motivations and deterrents to take part in an HIV vaccine trial : experiences from study participants in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-18)Background: As HIV infection continues to be a public health problem, development of an effective preventive HIV vaccine is a priority. For the ultimate development of an AIDS vaccine, clinical trials are being conducted ... -
Antibiotic prescribing : focusing on the situation in Swedish nursing homes
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-18)Background: The increasing rate of resistance to antibiotics has become a global concern. High consumption and irrational use of antibiotics is contributing to this development. In Sweden sales data of antibiotics was ... -
Social determinants of health care use for Ugandan children : does social capital matter?
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-16)Background: Social determinants of health care use individually and synergistically contribute to substantial disparities that exist among children. Whilst many of the determinants that influence children’s effective health ... -
Workplace violence in the road passenger transport sector in Maputo City, Mozambique : extent, causes, consequences and prevention
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-11)Background: Every year millions of workers around the world are victims of workplace violence (WPV). Globally, WPV is a major occupational health and safety hazard, and it has been regarded as a public health problem. There ... -
Primary prevention of mental health problems among children and adolescents through social and emotional training in school
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-10)Among younger people in many high-income countries, mental ill-health, which includes depression, aggressive behavior, feeling down, and alcohol and drug abuse, is one of the greatest health problems. Since most young ... -
Injuries among children and young adults in Uganda : epidemiology and prevention
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-09)Injuries are a major morbidity and mortality cause among children and young adults worldwide. Previous Ugandan studies were limited in scope and biased towards severe adulthood injuries in referral care. Aims and ... -
Triggers of sick leave : epidemiological studies of work-related factors
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-05-06)Background: In Sweden, the prerequisite for compensation during sick leave is a reduction of work ability due to disease or injury. Perhaps as a result of this, sick leave varies between individuals with the same diagnosis ... -
'Striving for motherhood': understanding the socio-cultural context of realizing childbearing among women in Kenya
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-04-26)PMTCT allows people living with HIV to actualize childbearing. However, it also complicates motherhood, as the medical consequences and public health implications of non-adherence to PMTCT service recommendations disrupt ... -
Attitudes towards and exposure to intimate partner violence against women in sub-Saharan Africa : contextual effects, neighbourhood variations and individual risk factors
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-04-20)Aims: We described and compared attitudes toward intimate partner violence and associated socio-demographic, structural, and attitudinal factors among men and women from subSaharan Africa (SSA) (Study I) and explored ... -
Lost in transition : pre-antiretroviral care and delayed initiation of antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-04-18)Background: Comprehensive HIV care aims at providing care and support, from HIV counselling and testing, through pre-antiretroviral (pre-ARV) care to antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, many people living with HIV (PLHIV) ... -
Developing working conditions
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-04-08)The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate working conditions and organizational strategies providing conditions for job resources with potential for development, positive well-being and health. The aim was formed ...