Blar i Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care på dokumenttype "Doctoral thesis"
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Assessment of pain in patients with dementia. Development of a staff-administered behavioural pain assessment tool
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-06-12)Aims: The aim of this thesis is to develop a staff-administered behavioural pain assessment tool for older persons with dementia, to test the instrument with respect to reliability and validity, and to use it in the clinical ... -
Associations of perinatal conditions with adult body sizeand intelligence : a register-based cohort study in Norway 1967-1999
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Asylum-seeking children at a Swiss tertiary hospital
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-11)Introduction: As reflected in the Sustainable Development Goal number 3, it is essential that all people have have timely access to health care to ensure healthy lives for everyone at all ages. Although the number of studies ... -
The Attitudes and Beliefs of Physiotherapists Treating Back Pain : Development and validation of the Norwegian version of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (PABS)
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-09-24)BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal condition. constituting a significant health care problem in developed societies. The available literature suggests that negative attitudes and maladaptive beliefs ... -
Attributable fractions used for partitioning risk and evaluating disease prevention. Concepts, estimation, interpretation and presentation
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-04-18)Background: In medical research some fundamental tasks are to study potential harmful exposures that may give increased risk of getting some disease, potential beneficial treatments that may increase chance of recovering ... -
Attributes and consequences of health information systems data for antenatal care : Health status, health system performance and policy
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-11-05)Background: A routine health information system (RHIS) serves as an important source of data for monitoring health of clients and health system performance. All countries use RHIS data for some form of priority setting; ... -
Barriers to Implementing Emergency Obstetric Care in Northern Tanzania: Balancing Quality and Quantity
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-06-04)Background: Improving obstetric care is one key factor for the achievement of the millennium development goals concerning maternal and child mortality. Earlier studies of barriers to implementation of health policies, ... -
Bed nets for malaria prevention under field conditions in Ethiopia: : Durability, use, and impact on spatial variation of malaria
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-10-30)Background: Despite a remarkable achievement in reducing malaria and in scaling up vector control intervention using long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in the last 15 years, malaria remains a significant public health ... -
Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia : The impact of medication reviews in multicomponent interventions and the consequences of the Covid-19 restrictions
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-02-16)Bakgrunn: Adferdsmessige og psykologiske symptomer ved demens (APSD) er vanlige, kan være krevende å behandle og er forbundet med raskere sykdomsprogresjon og tidligere innleggelse i sykehjem. Det er behov for mer kunnskap ... -
Behaviour change interventions in primary health care
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-03-12)As part of a public health promotion strategy, and in order to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), the Directorate of Health recommends that Norwegian municipalities establish Healthy Life Centres (HLCs). This thesis ... -
Being Home with Dementia: Explorations of the Meaning of Home and Approaches to Care and Support
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-21)Background : The coming years will see an increase in the number of persons with dementia, and more persons with dementia will live at home for a longer time. Over time, most home-dwelling persons with dementia will be ... -
Benzene exposure and hematological effects among offshore workers exposed to crude oil
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-05-04)Objective: The main objective of the study was to gain more knowledge about the exposure to benzene in the Norway’s offshore petroleum industry, its’ relation to effects on the hematological system and the risk of hematopoietic ... -
Beyond the Law - An Ethnography of Zambian Abortion Politics
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-18)Every year, as many as 25 million women are estimated to resort to unsafe abortion worldwide. Many of these abortions lead to severe complications and death. Nevertheless, abortion remains a contentious issue that is ... -
Biophysical and biological effects from infrared Low-Level-Laser-Therapy
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-08-15)Introduction: Physiotherapists have since the early days of the profession utilized electro physical agents (EPAs) as part of their intervention toolbox. A prerequisite for application of all EPAs is that the applied energy ... -
Body weight and physical activity of adults in rural Uganda
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-16)Background: Overweight, obesity and physical inactivity are on the increase across the world. However, the general lack of evidence on overweight, obesity and physical inactivity and their correlates in Africa, suggests a ... -
Breastfeeding patterns and mothers’health in an HIV context in Sub Saharan Africa
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-04-12)Introduction It has been estimated that breastfeeding is a healthier alternative than replacement feeding because of its nutritional and immunological values. If optimally implemented it has the potential to save children’s ... -
Breastfeeding practices and health facility births in South Sudan
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-01-09)Introduction: Studies on the determinants of breastfeeding practices and health facility utilization have not been conducted in South Sudan. This thesis assessed the prevalence and determinants of suboptimal breastfeeding ... -
Bridging the Gap between Primary Care and Specialized Mental Health Care. A mixed method study of the quality of referral information and the referral letters’ potential impact on quality of care
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-22)Background. A major cause of adverse events in health care is insufficient information transference between health professionals. Despite the cardinal role of referral letters as the means of communication between primary ... -
The burden of disease among people with severe substance use disorders
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-14)Background: A substance use disorder (SUD) is a potentially severe clinical condition with high co-occurrence of somatic and mental disorders. The burden of disease attributable to substance use contributes to 11.8 million ... -
Burden of pulmonary tuberculosis and its major determinants: A national prevalence survey in Tanzania
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-11-22)Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in Tanzania. The burden of tuberculosis in the country is monitored through a routine notification system. Although the routine tuberculosis surveillance data have been consistent ...