Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - K9 (GPH): Recent submissions
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Depression and suicidal behavior in Uganda : validating the response inventory for stressful life events (RISLE)
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-05-11)Background: Depression and suicide ideation are prevalent in the general population but their recognition and detection in primary care is problematic. The present study investigated if the RISLE can be used to detect ... -
Understanding newborn care in Uganda : towards future interventions
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-04-26)Background: The highest rates of newborn deaths are in Africa. Existing evidence-based interventions could reduce up to 72% of the 3.8 million newborn deaths which occur every year worldwide, but are yet to be operationalised ... -
Shoulder and upper extremity impairments, activity limitation and physiotherapeutic exercise in women with rheumatoid arthritis : a biopsychosocial approach
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2000-05-04)The aim of this thesis was to evaluate both specially-designed and commonly used instruments for measuring impairments, activity limitation and health-related quality of life (overall Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)). The ... -
Viljan att göra skillnad : en utmaning i vårdenhetschefers ledarskap
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-10-15)Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to gain a deeper understanding of F-LNMs leadership. Another aim was to examine possible differences in self-rated health between F-LNMs and registered nurses (RNs) on various ... -
Challenges and opportunities for tuberculosis prevention and care in an HIV epidemic area, Chiang Rai, Thailand
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2003-01-20)Objective: To describe the impact of HIV/AIDS on the perceptions, attitudes and behaviors of various groups of people that may effect TB transmission, prevention and care. Methods: The study was conducted in Chiang ... -
Injury prevention and safety promotion in rural communities : contribution of community health workers and an injury data registry system in Iran
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-05-18)Injuries affecting people from the rural populations of middle-income countries are poorly documented and so are people health care seeking behaviour and their views and concern about injury prevention. The aim of this ... -
Empty glasses and broken bones : epidemiological studies on alcohol and injuries treated at an emergency department in Switzerland
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-03-06)Background: Injury-related deaths and Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) represent an important share of the burden of disease worldwide. Acute prior-to-injury alcohol consumption is a known risk factor for injuries. ... -
Telephone support for smoking cessation : the Swedish example
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-11-11)Background: Tobacco is a major public health problem that needs to be addressed. The Swedish quitline is a telephone-based free-of-charge tobacco cessation service. Objective: To study the effectiveness and the ... -
Socioeconomic consequences of obesity : population-based longitudinal studies of Swedish men
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2008-03-28)The overall aim of the thesis was to study if Swedish obese male adolescents become socioeconomicly disadvantaged in later life. Among Swedish men born 1951-79, who went through military conscription examination at age ... -
A matter of context : social inequalities in incidence of myocardial infarction
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-05-06)Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death and makes the separate largest contribution to social inequalities in the burden of disease in Sweden. The purpose of this dissertation is to study the potential influences ... -
Measuring injury magnitude and patterns in a low-income country : experiences from Nicaragua
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-01-05)About 16,000 people around the world die every day from injuries. For every person that dies, several thousands more are injured, many suffering with permanent disabilities. However, like many other health problems, the ... -
Exposure assessment : gender and context, and target groups for prevention of neck/shoulder and low back pain
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-01-26)Neck/shoulder and low back pain are the most frequent sources of pain complaints, health care utilization, and lost work time. The etiology is multifactorial, and includes physical and psychosocial working conditions, ... -
Interpersonal relationships at work : organization, working conditions and health
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-02-12)The overall aim of this thesis was to study the association between interpersonal relationships at work and organizational factors, working conditions and health. Interpersonal relationships are regarded as an important ... -
Women with alcohol problems seeking treatment : underlying individual and psychosocial characteristics
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-01-08)The consequences of hazardous or harmful alcohol use are both physiological and psychosocial and seem to occur earlier in the use of alcohol for women as compared to men. Seeking treatment for alcohol problems means crossing ... -
Sleepiness at the wheel
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-04-22)Prevention of road crashes is a major priority in most countries. The present thesis focuses on driver sleepiness and road crashes. The general aim of the thesis was to explore the relation between driver sleepiness and ... -
Female genital mutilation : studies on primary and repeat female genital cutting
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-02-24)Background: Worldwide at least 130 million now living women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female genital cutting (FGC). Reinfibulation (RI) is a secondary form, mainly performed ... -
High antibiotic use and resistance among children under five : acute respiratory infections : knowledge and behaviour of caregivers and healthcare providers in Vietnam
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-04-30)Background: Increased bacterial resistance is threatening the therapeutic effectiveness of antibiotics. High level of antibiotic use is probably the main factor driving the emergence of resistance. Streptococcus pneumoniae ... -
Dermal exposure to pesticides in Nicaragua : a qualitative and quantitative approach
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-11-25)Background: Pesticide use continues to be a serious public health problem in developing countries, despite decades of safe pesticide use strategies. In Nicaragua, organophosphate insecticides, in particular chlorpyrifos ... -
Care of the newborn in Uganda : studies of the use of simple affordable effective interventions
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-11-23)Background: There are evidence based cost effective interventions available, which could decrease neonatal mortality, if scaled up and delivered under ideal conditions. Aim: To determine the causes of perinatal ... -
The illness flexibility model and sickness absence
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-05-11)Research on sickness absence has repeatedly been described as theoretically undeveloped. In this thesis the model of illness flexibility is introduced. In this model, sickness absence is assumed to be caused by people’s ...