Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - K9 (GPH): Recent submissions
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Virologic failure and HIV-1 drug resistance among antiretroviral therapy recipients in an urban resource-limited setting : the South African virologic evaluation (SAVE) study
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-03-28)In sub-Saharan Africa, more than four million HIV-infected people have been initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART); most only have access to first line-treatment, and few ART clinics can provide second- line regimens ... -
Priorities and potential of pedestrian protection : accident data, experimental tests and numerical simulations of car-to-pedestrian impacts
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-03-17)Pedestrian disability and fatality as a consequence of car crashes is a large global health problem. To introduce maximally effective car-based countermeasures it is important to understand which injuries are most common ... -
Self-inflicted injury among adolescents and young adults : the role of ethnicity, socioeconomic conditions and school performance
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-02-11)Background: Over the past ten years, the number of hospitalisations due to self-inflicted injury has increased significantly among young people in Sweden. The underlying causes are often both psychological and social. ... -
Adolescent alcohol use : implications for prevention
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-02-03)Background: Alcohol use, especially heavy episodic drinking, at an early age has been associated with various problems (e.g. risky sexual behaviours, health problems, depression, and heavy alcohol consumption at a later ... -
Measurements of physical workload with special reference to energy expenditure and work postures
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-01-27)Background: There is a need in preventive ergonomics for accurate and valid methods of quantifying exposure to physical workload. Aims: Two technical instruments were evaluated for quantifying occupational physical ... -
Improving adherence : an evaluation of the enhanced tuberculosis adherence model in Cape Town, South Africa
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-01-19)BACKGROUND: Patient adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment continues to be problematic despite the wide implementation of directly observed therapy (DOT). In many settings with high HIV and TB co-infection, the two ... -
Adolescents' encounters with public space : safety and mobility in relation to individual and contextual factors in Sweden
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-01-14)Background: Public space, areas to which everyone has access, is especially important for adolescents. Their mobility, e.g. when travelling to school, and perceived safety and security in that environment impacts on their ... -
Computerized rehabilitation for cognitive deficits after central nervous system malaria in Ugandan children
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-01-11)Background: Malaria infecting the central nervous system (CNS) affects over 575,000 children annually in sub-Saharan Africa leading to cognitive deficits. The effect of this form of malaria on everyday behaviour and academic ... -
Cognitive deficits and HIV-associated psychotic disorders in Uganda
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-01-10)Introduction: HIV infection is known to cause neuro-psychiatric disturbances whose prevalence ranges between 74-83%. The prevalence of HIV in patients with psychosis has been found at 18%. Cognitive dysfunction occurs in ... -
Intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age in Nigeria : magnitude, nature and consequences for reproductive health
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-01-05)Background: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women is now recognised as a problem of global magnitude, owing to its detrimental consequences on the health, social and economic welfare of women and their children. ... -
Epidemiology and statistical modeling in burn injuries
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2010-12-22)An important issue in assessing the epidemiology of injuries, including burns, is the investigation of appropriate methodologies and statistical modeling techniques to study injuries in an efficient and trustworthy manner. ... -
Rapid detection of drug resistance and genetic characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Honduras
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2010-12-17)Background: New challenges for tuberculosis (TB) control are emerging in the 21st century. The deadly combination TB/HIV as well as the development and spread of new forms of drug resistance are some examples. In this ... -
A community-based child drowning prevention program in Bangladesh : a model for low income countries
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2010-11-25)Background: Drowning is a global public health problem of children. Children of low- and middle-income countries are the most susceptible victims. Prevention measures implemented in high-income countries have effectively ... -
Managing malaria in under-fives : prompt access, adherence to treatment and referral in rural Tanzania
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2010-11-19)Background: Nearly a million people die of malaria each year, the majority are children in rural African settings. These deaths could be reduced if children had prompt access to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACTs), ... -
Early and later life mechanisms in the aetiology of cardiovascular disease
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2010-10-27)Evidence over the recent decades indicates that susceptibility to cardiovascular disease (CVD) may be established already prenatally and in early childhood, and that the aetiological processes of the disease involve ... -
Needs assessments for international humanitarian health assistance in disasters
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-11-02)Background: Natural and man-made disasters overwhelmingly affect people in low and middle-income countries. In that socio-economic context both the immediate and long-term needs of those affected often exceed ... -
Chilean women in midlife : aspects on health, sexuality, migration and gender roles : implications for midwifery
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-11-30)Aims: To explore effects of biological and psychosocial factors on climacteric symptoms in Chilean midlife women (I), - to assess the impact of menopause and sociodemographic variables on quality of life (QoL) (II) - to ... -
Vocational rehabilitation, work resumption and disability pension : a register-study of cases granted vocational rehabilitation by social insurance offices in a Swedish county
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-02-03)Increasing figures for long-term sickness absence and disability pension are problems for many European countries where they have increased to burdensome levels, socially and financially. In a European study in 2003, Sweden ... -
Non-conventional risk and prognostic factors in coronary heart disease : studies on heart rate variability, alcohol consumption, inflammation and depression
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-04-01)Background and aims: Although, there has been a drop in age-specific coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence, and its prognosis has improved considerably in most parts of the industrialized world, CHD is still by far the ... -
Vital exhaustion and coronary artery disease in women : biological correlates and behavioral intervention
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2003-05-01)Background: Vital exhaustion - a state characterized by unusual fatigue, irritability, and demoralization - is a predictor of coronary heart disease (CHD). The physiological mechanisms mediating this effect are not fully ...