Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - K9 (GPH): Recent submissions
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Obesity and stigma : studies on children, adults and health care professionals
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-05-07)Obesity may not only pose a threat to an individual's physical health but may also have socioeconomic and psychosocial consequences. Stigma is assumed to be a common experience among individuals with obesity and is also ... -
Attempted suicide in Vietnam
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-10-05)Suicide and attempted suicide is currently a major public health problem in rapidly developing countries but there are limited studies on this field in Asian countries. These are the first studies on suicidal behavior in ... -
Emergency contraception among young people in Uganda : user and provider perspectives
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-11-21)Background: The maternal mortality ratio for Uganda is 435/100,000 live births. Between 12-30 percent of the maternal deaths are due to induced abortions. According to the 2007 Uganda demographic and health survey (UDHS), ... -
Subjective well-being in an adult Swedish population : findings from a population-based study
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-01-09)This doctoral thesis examines various factors associated with subjective well-being (SWB) in an adult Swedish population, aged 20-64 years, using cross-sectional and longitudinal data. The thesis includes four studies based ... -
Low back and neck-shoulder pain : work and heritability
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2008-11-14)Low back pain (LBP) and neck-shoulder pain (NSP) represent a large public health problem being common disorders that often lead to negative consequences for the individual and large costs for Society. The main goal of ... -
Communication in the health services : two examples
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2003-10-17)Background: The first objective of this thesis was to pinpoint decisive factors in the physician- patient encounter, i.e. factors in the behaviour of orthopaedic surgeons which can facilitate or impede communication in ... -
The post-polio syndrome : studies of immunology and immunomodulatory intervention
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-09-02)Late effects in patients with prior poliomyelitis were first reported in the nineteenth century and have been referred to as the post-polio syndrome (PPS). PPS is characterized by new muscular deterioration, fatigue and ... -
Control of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections : studies in Tanzania and Zambia
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-03-13)Background: Efforts to control STI/HIV in sub-Saharan Africa has met with difficulties. Although the epidemic seems to be levelling off, prevalence and incidence are still high in many parts. In spite of 20 years of ... -
Towards cost-effective tuberculosis control in the Western Cape of South Africa : intervention study involving lay health workers on agricultural farms
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-04-11)BACKGROUND: At the request of the fanning community, the local public health authority in a tuberculosis (TB) high-burdened area implemented a farm-based lay health worker (LHW) project focusing on TB control. This project ... -
Socioeconomic differences in a rural district in Vietnam : effects on health and use of health services
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-08-27)Background: Differences in health status and health care utilization between socioeconomic groups are evident in low-income and high-income countries. The situation in rural Vietnam is not well known. Empirical results ... -
Health care pricing and payment reforms in China : the implications for health service delivery and cost containment
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-01-20)China's transition into a market economy has exerted some influence on the health sector in terms of a significant growth of facilities, but it has also produced a range of destabilizing social costs. This thesis ... -
Information and interaction : influencing drug prescribing in Swedish primary care
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 1999-05-21)Aim: The studies concern drug information and continuing education on drug treatment, focusing on doctors' prescribing in primary care in Sweden. The long-term aim has been to develop educational models accepted by the ... -
Vocational rehabilitation of unemployed sick-listed people in a Swedish rural area : an individual-level study based on social insurance data
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2000-11-28)The long trend of low unemployment and increasing economic growth in Sweden was broken in the early 1990 s. In a short time, the rate of unemployment had risen from 1.3% in 1990 to 8.2% in 1993. A previous study made in ... -
The impact of airway-irritating exposure and wet work on subjects with allergy or other sensitivity : epidemiology and mechanisms
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-09-14)The prevalence of asthma and allergies is increasing, which means that the proportion of workers on the labour market with allergy or other sensitivity also increases. It is as of yet not known to what extent these ... -
Sexual and reproductive health services for young people in Kenya and Zambia : providers’ attitudes and young people’s needs and experiences
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2008-03-21)Background: Unintended pregnancy, abortion and STI, including HIV are common sexual and reproductive health problems among young people in Kenya and Zambia. Yet, the reproductive health services are underutilised. Nurses ... -
Externally assessed psychosocial work characteristics : a methodological approach to explore how work characteristics are created, related to self-reports and to mental illness
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-09-07)The general aim of this thesis was to add knowledge to the area of measurement issues of psychosocial work characteristics and job design by using a more objective methodological approach. Expert assessments were made ... -
Building the basis for primary prevention : factors related to cigarette smoking and alcohol use among adolescents
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-05-21)Background: Cigarette smoking and alcohol use influence morbidity and premature death all over the world. Studies have shown that most life-time smokers and adult heavy drinkers began their use during their adolescent ... -
Body and soul : studies on health and psychosomatic complaints among adolescents in Sweden
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2008-10-07)Objective: The aim of this thesis is to describe the health of the adolescents with special emphasis on psychosomatic complaints. Method: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to get a insight into ... -
Suicide mortality in the South African context : exploring the role of social status and environmental circumstances
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-11-28)Suicide is a serious public health problem worldwide, but is differentially distributed across social groups and regions. The goal of this thesis, focusing on the post-apartheid transitional setting of South Africa, is to ... -
Turning understanding into clinical practice : an intervention in continuing professional development based on readiness to change
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2008-08-07)BACKGROUND: Current continuing medical education (CME) programmes are often insufficient in changing doctors performance, and there is a need to improve CME and shift toward a more comprehensive continuing professional ...