Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Theses - K9 (GPH): Recent submissions
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Body size and physical activity : epidemiological studies on children and young adults
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-05-25)The overall aim of this thesis was to increase the knowledge about different aspects of body size and physical activity among Swedish children and young adults. Specific aims were: (i) to investigate how BMI-distributions ... -
Acute pesticide poisonings in Nicaragua : underreporting, incidence and determinants
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-11-24)Background: Acute pesticide poisonings (APP) are a public health problem in Nicaragua. The quality and coverage of APP´s register, the real incidence of APP, the main determinants, the economic cost of treating cases and ... -
Growth in Sweden : surveillance of growth patterns and epidemiological monitoring of secular changes in height and weight among children and adolescents
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-04-25)This thesis investigates the growth patterns of infants, children and adolescents in all of Sweden and the secular change for height and weight for schoolchildren. This thesis is based on the study of two cohorts: First, ... -
Young men's sexuality and sexually transmitted infections in Zambia
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2002-10-04)Aim: To describe and analyse young Zambian men's sexuality and implications for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS in Chiawa rural community and Lusaka urban compound of Misisi. Methods: Over ... -
Kampen för människovärdet : om identitet i ett föränderligt arbetsliv
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-01-26)This thesis examines the construction of individual identity at work, and the psychological meaning of this effort, during times of great work-life changeability. I ask whether the increased incidence of work-related psychic ... -
Health care financing in China : equity in transition
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2002-08-12)The aim of the thesis is 1) to assess equity in the provision, financing and utilization of health services in the study counties, after the launching of the Chinese health reform, in relation to income and health status, ... -
Domestic violence during pregnancy in Uganda : the social biomedical consequences and the relationship with induced abortion
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2006-05-05)Objectives: The specific objectives were to 1) determine the prevalence and predictors of domestic violence during pregnancy; 2) explore community perceptions of factors associated with domestic violence in Wakiso district ... -
Intimate partner violence against women in rural Vietnam : prevalance, risk factors, health effects and suggestions for interventions
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2008-09-12)Background: Vietnam has undergone a rapid transition in the past 20 years, moving towards a more equal situation for men and women. However, Confucian doctrine is still strong and little is known about men s violence ... -
Psychosocial factors and prognosis in coronary heart disease
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-05-08)Aim: This thesis aims to contribute to the better understanding of the role of psychosocial factors in coronary heart disease (CHD) by analysing (1) the relationship of income, anger expression and work stress with prognosis ... -
Homelessness and health : analysis of mortality and morbidity from a gender perspective
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-03-13)In this thesis, results from epidemiological cohort studies of morbidity and mortality among homeless men and women are presented. Comparisons were made with the general population concerning hospital care for somatic ... -
The impact of managerial leadership on stress and health among employees
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-10-02)The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the relationship between managerial leadership on the one hand and stress, health, and other health related outcomes among employees on the other. This was done in five studies, ... -
Outcome-based continuing medical education : an intervention to improve rational prescribing
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2009-11-02)Background: Continuing medical education (CME) for doctors has been compulsory in Iran since 1991. Conventional CME programmes are often unsuccessful in improving medical professionals performance. Modifications of CME ... -
The emergence and preservation of sick building syndrome : research challenges of a modern age disease
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 1999-05-21)Since the 1970ies, the sick building syndrome (SBS) has become a common health problem. It is usually defined as a state of ill health consisting of subjective symptoms from mucous membranes and skin, as well as of' general ... -
Intelligence and cardiovascular health : epidemiological studies of swedish men
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-08-20)Aim: A first aim of this thesis was to examine the relationship between intelligence in early adulthood and health outcomes, mainly cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, CVD, later in life using register-based data on ... -
The interface between biomedical and traditional health practitioners in STI and HIV/AIDS care : study on intersectoral collaboration in Zambia
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-05-04)The aim of this thesis is to explore potential opportunities for and obstacles to collaboration between biomedical and traditional health practitioners (BHPs and THPs) and to test a dialogue nurturing intervention in ... -
Perinatal and familial risk factors of youth suicidal behaviour
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2005-10-28)Completed suicide constitutes one of the leading causes of death in adolescents and young adults. Youth suicide attempt often precedes completed suicide and represents in itself a considerable public health problem in ... -
Fertility and HIV infection : fertility decision-making challenges of mutually- disclosed discordant couples and young people
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2010-08-30)Background: Sexuality and reproduction in mature generalised HIV epidemics pose significant dilemma to both HIV infected and negative people. Sexually active young people and HIV serodiscordant couples are faced with ... -
Hypersensitivity to electricity : symptoms, risk factors and therapeutic interventions
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2001-09-13)Persons reporting nonspecific health complaints attributed to activated electrical equipment have been a growing concern in Sweden in the last decades. The aims of this thesis were to investigate possible risk factors ... -
Dermal exposure determinants : a pesticide exposure assessment approach for developing countries
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2008-11-26)Background: We know little about the levels of exposure to pesticide in subsistence farmers mainly because of lack of easy to use and low cost pesticide exposure assessment methods. Aim: This thesis aimed to develop ... -
Encounters with power : health care seeking and medical encounters in tuberculosis care : experiences from Ujjain District, India
(Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap / Department of Public Health Sciences, 2007-11-23)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) has been declared a government priority in India and public TB care is delivered by the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP). Despite having achieved a significant increase ...