Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - K9 (GPH): Recent submissions
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Between opportunities and risks : adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Zambia
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-11-24)Background: Adolescence is a dynamic period in life with both opportunities and risks related to the culturally constructed gender norms. Many adolescents in sub-Saharan countries, Zambia included, lack control over their ... -
Sexually transmitted infections and other reproductive tract infections in rural Vietnam : current situation, management and implications for control
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-02-27)Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) and other reproductive tract infections (RTI) constitute a huge health and economic burden in low-income countries. The infections may result in severe sequelae, particularly ... -
Exploring health-seeking behaviour of disadvantaged populations in rural Bangladesh
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-10-14)Background: Improving ability of the health system to reach the poor/disadvantaged populations is important for health and essential to mitigate the income-erosion consequences of ill- health in Bangladesh. This study ... -
Screening for intimate partner violence in healthcare in Kano, Nigeria : barriers and challenges for healthcare professionals
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-05-05)Background: Though there has been increased advocacy for screening for Intimate partner violence (IPV) in healthcare over the past decades, data from developed country context suggest that only one in ten healthcare providers ... -
Burnout and sleep
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-09-09)The overall aim of this thesis was to describe the physiological characteristics of sleep in persons with burnout and the relation between sleep and a number of physiological stress markers. The aim was also to evaluate ... -
Task-shifting of major surgery to midlevel providers of health care in Mozambique and Tanzania : a solution to the crisis in human resources to enhance maternal and neonatal survival
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-03-05)Background: Task-shifting, using non-physician clinicians (NPCs) to perform major surgery in obstetric emergencies is common, though still controversial, in Africa to overcome the crisis of human resources for health. ... -
Young adults in urban Pakistan : barriers and challenges for improving health behaviors in the wake of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-08-26)Background: HIV/AIDS is spreading globally more specifically among the younger generation. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the youth cannot be underestimated. According to the UNAIDS report 2008; an estimated number of 33 ... -
Health sector aid coordination in Zambia : from global policy to local practice
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-08-31)The volume of foreign aid to the health sector in low- and middle-income countries and the number of donors involved have increased in recent years. During the last two decades, more attention has been directed towards ... -
Tuberculosis control in Oman : challenges to elimination
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-11-25)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health challenge. More than 1.7 million deaths worldwide in 2007 were attributed to TB. Directly Observed Therapy Short course (DOTS) is the globally recommended strategy ... -
Amount of work : studies on premature death and subjective health in a work life balance perspective
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-09-29)The aim of this thesis is to increase knowledge about the association between amount of work and health. Amount of work is measured as unemployment, excessive work, and interference between work and home. Two studies, based ... -
Child sexual abuse : disclosure, social support and subjective health in adulthood
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-05-19)Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a known risk factor for ill-health. It is assumed that the health consequences are worse if the abuse has been considered severe or if the child has been exposed to cumulative trauma, e.g. ... -
Cognitive functions in depression and anxiety disorders : findings from a population-based study
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-11-10)This doctorial thesis examines cognitive functions in depression and anxiety disorders in a populationbased sample that includes mostly untreated persons. It is well established that depression is associated with cognitive ... -
Science and practice of balanced scorecard in a hospital in Pakistan : feasibility, context, design and implementation
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-03-03)Background: Millennium Goals emphasize good governance and health systems research. In Pakistan, hospitals provide the major bulk of both basic and advanced care. Challenges faced by the hospitals in Pakistan include: poor ... -
Challenges of studying complex community health promotion programmes : experiences from Stockholm diabetes prevention programme
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-03-31)The main objective of this thesis focused on how to capture the complexity in the implementation of a community health promotion programme. The thesis is based on experiences of Stockholm diabetes prevention programme ... -
Maternity care in Zambia : with special reference to social support
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2004-01-07)The Zambian woman starts childbearing early and gives birth to an average of 5.9 children during her reproductive period. The already high levels of maternal deaths are increasing in Zambia. Only 43 per cent of the women ... -
Causes and consequences of violence against child labour and women in developing countries
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2008-04-25)Violence against children and women is a serious public health and human rights problem. In low income countries it is closely related to poverty and culture with major social consequences and economic burden for ... -
Severe maternal morbidity in Angola : studies on postpartum haemorrhage, jaundice and clinic-based audit
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-05-13)Background: Angola has recently ended a long period of warfare, which has resulted in an almost complete collapse of public health. In Luanda, the capital, some 70,000 deliveries take place in public facilities. Maternal ... -
Cardiovascular disease among professional drivers and subway staff in Stockholm
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-03-30)Professional drivers are at an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI), but the underlying causes are not clear. The aims of this thesis were to broaden our understanding of the causal factors involved in this elevated ... -
Life course determinants of coronary heart disease and stroke in middle-aged Swedish men
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-02-19)The general aim of the thesis was to study how socioeconomic and behaviour-related factors measured in childhood, late adolescence or adulthood are related to coronary heart diseae (CHD) and stroke in middle age among ... -
Drug use, mortality and outcomes among drug users in the general population and in methadone maintenance treatment
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-03-19)The two general aims of this thesis were to longitudinally analyse the association between drug use experience among young men and mortality and socio-economic situation up to late middle age and secondly the impact of ...