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Norwegian policies to reduce social inequities in health: Developments and challenges. A qualitative case study
(The University of Bergen, 2012-05-09)
Although health inequities have increasingly been acknowledged as an urgent public health challenge in all European countries, the health gap still widens, while there remains a lack of knowledge about how to effectively ...
Women's Empowerment and Family Planning: A Quantitative study from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-20)
Introduction This study analyses the impact of
empowerment on women's health and contraceptive
use. Empowerment is a process which enables one to
exercise choice. In this study, choice is the
present and/or planned use ...
"Implementation of the Public Health Act in a Norwegian municipality with regard to Health in all Policies and Health Inequity"
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-20)
Background In Norway, as in the rest of Europe, people live on average longer and healthier lives than previous generations but are faced with increasing health inequities revealing socio-ecological factors as the main ...
Socio-cultural Perceptions of Infertility and their Implications:A study of Women Experiencing Childlessness in South Gondar, Ethiopia
(The University of Bergen, 2011-05-30)
Infertility is a global problem affecting a considerable number of people. However, perceptions on the causes and treatments of infertility vary across societies. This study was conducted to assess the socio-cultural ...
Mother's socioeconomic status and breastfeeding in Savalugu Nanton District of Northern Ghana
(The University of Bergen, 2011-01-28)
PURPOSE: The aim of this research is to identify socioeconomic factors associated with mother's breastfeeding infants from 0-6months old in Savalugu Nanton district of Northern Ghana. Although many previous studies have ...
Fra paternalisme til pasientmedvirkning? Eldre pasienter som blir behandlet med hemodialyse, deres nære pårørende og sykepleiere: et diskursivt perspektiv på erfaringer med pasientmedvirkning i dialyseavdelinger
(The University of Bergen, 2013-03-06)
The rights of patients and their families to participate in treatment and health care are
guaranteed by international law and by national law in Norway since 1999.
The overall aim of this thesis is to explore and analyze ...
"Veien til trygghet" - En evalueringsstudie av gruppemodellen "Circle of Security"- Virginia, basert på deltagernes egne erfaringer.
(The University of Bergen, 2013-05-21)
Denne studien er en evaluering av foreldres erfaringer av å ha fullført programmet «Circle of Security» Virginia - gruppemodell. Programmet er tilknytningsfremmende og er basert på teori og forskning om blant annet tilknytning ...
Thriving in a Time of Transition: Orphaned Youth in Lothlakane East, Botswana
(The University of Bergen, 2012-05-09)
Introduction: The purpose of this thesis was to explore how young people in Botswana experience different transitions in their life, and how they cope with these. Method: This qualitative study included 4 focus groups with ...
Household-based cash transfer targeting strategies in Zimbabwe: are we reaching the most vulnerable children?
(Elsevier, 2012-12)
Census data, collected in July 2009, from 27,672 children were used to compare the effectiveness,
coverage and efficacy of three household-based methods for targeting cash transfers to vulnerable
children in eastern ...
Communicating Gender in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention: A contemporary study of gender as a category in HIV/AIDS prevention in the Dominican Republic
(The University of Bergen, 2010-05-10)
This study is exploring the category of gender in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention.
It has been done research on two Dominican organisations and how they communicate gender in their HIV/AIDS preventive strategies. R.Connell's ...